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The '''Glaive Super-Heavy Special Weapons Tank''', or '''Fellglaive''', was a tank pattern related to the [[Fellblade]] armed with a [[Volkite Carronade]] and designed to destroy large [[xenos]] beasts and enemy vehicles. It saw peak use during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|2}}

==Overview==
[[Image:Glaive2.jpg|thumb|right|330px|A Legion Glaive.{{Fn|3}}]]
Its primary weapon is so fearsome that the [[Techpriest]]s of [[Mars]] only agreed with some acrimony to the [[Emperor]]'s demand that a tank be armed with it. Though all eighteen Legiones Astartes received limited quantities of Glaives, the [[Salamanders]] and [[Dark Angels]] were noted to operate them more regularly. Its rarity was because the Glaive was complicated to produce and staggeringly expensive.{{Fn|1}}

The [[Dark Angels]] were given specialized Fellglaives for use in the [[Dreadwing]] which were designed by the Emperor's greatest armourers. These vehicles were equipped with [[Vortex Weapon]]s in place of its volkite carronade.{{Fn|2}}

The Glaive first saw use against the [[Catachi Diabolum]] which had previously proved a thorn in the [[Great Crusade]]'s side. Later they saw use against [[Ork]]s and various other [[xenos]] monstrosities during the surrounding of the [[galactic core]].{{Fn|1}}
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==Images==
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Glaive.jpg|[[Iron Hands]] Glaive miniature (2013){{Fn|4}}
GlaivePlastic.jpg|Plastic Glaive for the [[Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness]]{{Fn|6}}
LIGlaive.jpg|[[Epic]]-scale [[Iron Warriors]] Glaive for [[Legions Imperialis]]{{Fn|5}}
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Fellblade]] - a similar tank pattern equipped with an [[Accelerator Cannon]]
*[[Falchion Super Heavy Tank Destroyer|Falchion]] - a similar tank pattern equipped with a [[Volcano Cannon]]

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]], pg. 205
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]], Chapter 4
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness 2nd Edition Rulebook]], pg. 19
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Legiones_Astartes/Legion_Vehicles/LEGION_GLAIVE.html Forge World Legion Glaive] ''(last accessed 10 March 2015)''
*{{Endn|5}}: [https://archive.ph/BSxS7 Warhammer Community: World Championships Preview – Rule the Legions Imperialis battlefield with super-heavy tanks and Saturnine Terminators] ''(archived from [https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/539rbxut/world-championships-preview-rule-the-legions-imperialis-battlefield-with-super-heavy-tanks-and-saturnine-terminators/ the original] 7 November 2025, last accessed 7 November 2025)''
*{{Endn|6}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20260117000008/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/o0vvkblo/the-new-year-preview-tanks-galore-for-the-legiones-astartes/ Warhammer Community: The New Year Preview – Tanks galore for the Legiones Astartes] saved page, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/o0vvkblo/the-new-year-preview-tanks-galore-for-the-legiones-astartes/ (last accessed 16/1/2026)
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