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First, when firing a plasma gun on rapid fire, if one of the rolls is a gets hot, and the other is a hit, does the gets hot negate the hit.
We had this come up this weekend. Even after reading the rules he said yes, I said no, but he let me have it.

Secondly, if a weapon gets hot, but the save is passed, Can the weapon be fired again?
Some folks would suggest that the weapon is destroyed, but in reading the rules it seems that the weapon simply overheated, and can be fired again the next turn.

First, no the hit still counts
Second, yes

You make a save for the gets hot roll, the other shot you work out as normal.
If you make the save then the weapon is fine and you can shoot it again in your next phase.

The other shot does hit.
Yes, the weapon can be fired again.

I've never ever EVER heard anything about the weapon not being able to be fired again.

Weapon only gets so hot that it burns the poor guy's hands.
It's only in Dark Heresy that it can actually explode. >.>

Thanks folks,
Good to know that I'm reading the rules right.

This weekend I had my first two games with my new IG army. I run all 5 of my infantry squads with plama, and I lost 1/2 of them plasma gunners in the game, but it was worth it!