M-6 Carnifex

The M-6 Carnifex Hand Cannon is a heavy pistol in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3.

Description
Highly accurate and lethal sidearm. Effective against armor; weak against shields and biotic barriers. Upgrades the Predator heavy pistol.

The Carnifex is a favored sidearm of mercenary leaders and Eclipse mercenary tech specialists. An expensive but powerful weapon. Its marketing materials feature a charging krogan with the slogan, "Don't you wish Carnifex was at your side?"

Acquisition
The M-6 can be obtained while recruiting Mordin Solus on Omega. Mordin gives it to Shepard when the commander arrives at the clinic. He tells Shepard it was from a dead Blue Suns mercenary.

Squad Use
This weapon can be used by Jack, Jacob, Miranda, Mordin, Tali, Kasumi, Liara and Wilson.

Player Notes

 * Serves as a high-calibre, high-recoil "Magnum" type pistol of Mass Effect 2.
 * Although dealing increased damage over the M-3, the M-6 has:
 * A slower firing rate
 * Much more recoil and a slower recovery rate
 * Less magazine and less spare ammo capacity.
 * The M-6 deals a total of 2,049.6 damage as opposed to the M-3's 2,678.4 total damage. These values are based on base damage values and default ammo counts
 * Using Cryo Ammo may help to offset the Carnifex's very low ammo supply, as frozen enemies take twice as much damage and therefore, fewer shots to kill.

Mass Effect 3
M-6 Carnifex/ME3SP|Single-player M-6 Carnifex/ME3MP|Multiplayer

Trivia

 * Carnifex means "butcher" in Latin - literally, "a maker of meat". Due to the tendency to employ butchers as public executioners, the word carnifex shifted from its original meaning and came to mean both a butcher and an executioner.
 * The appearance is based on the alternate pistol in Mass Effect.
 * The pistol has "Magnus" (Latin for "great") written on its side. This is a possible reference to highly powerful 'magnum' cartridges, which are enlarged versions of other existing cartridges, and possess immense stopping power.
 * The M-77 Paladin and M-11 Suppressor are variants of the Carnifex.
 * During Mass Effect 3, in the course of unsuccessfully trying to persuade Mordin Solus to sabotage the genophage cure, the Commander threatens him with a Carnifex, the same weapon Mordin offered Shepard as a sign of goodwill in Mass Effect 2.