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I'm confused about a portion of the wargear entry in the CSM codex. Pg. 83 conveniently lists both combi-weapons and Plasma Guns.

Now, the Combi Weapon entry states that the combi portion gets one "shot"; but plasma weapons at close range are allowed to rapid fire.

Does "shot" in this context mean "one shooting phase", or does it mean I cannot Rapid Fire the combi-plasma in the turn I choose to use it and therefore only get one "shot"?

You can fire the weapon ONCE, i.e. "one shot"

However many shots it actually fires is irrelevant, it simply means once-per-game you use X

(plus, you dont rapid fire anything, the same as you dont heavy a lascannon)

Nosferatu, Please clarify. I think I understand you but please clarify. You are saying:

"shot" in this context means "one shooting phase"; ie: Counts as for all intents and purposes a plasma gun for the purpose of this one shooting phase?

Yes: when you fire it as a plasma gun it IS a plasma gun, which is rapid fire and therefore uses the rules for rapid fire weapons.

So yes, if within 12" you would get 2 S7 shots out of it, for that phase at least.

In the context of the combi weapon, "one shot" means one normal shooting attack for that weapon type.