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Oh look, the autocannon debate again!

Never take Heavy Bolters, autocannons for the same price are much better in the vast majority of situations.

Hooray, I've done my bit!

I'll just point out, to the OP when fighting orks: against T4 models the HB is better in a ratio of about 6:5 wounds inflicted compared to the autocannon, since it has more shots but a worse to-wound roll. Against ork bikes, trukks, buggies, killa kans and even dreadnoughts and BW side armour, the autocannon is much, much better than a HB. It's not the best weapon in the game vs AV11-12, but it is useful and justifies the points cost.