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The Deathstrike Missile Launcher is a tracked [[Chimera]] variant used uncommonly by the [[Imperial Guard]] throughout the [[Imperium]]. | The Deathstrike Missile Launcher is a tracked [[Chimera]] variant used uncommonly by the [[Imperial Guard]] throughout the [[Imperium]]. | ||
| − | + | Deathstrike represents the largest threat offered by any mobile Imperial Guard missile system. This inter-continental solid fuel rocket offers the largest payload possible with unmatched effective range. Only ever seeing deployment during the most veracious battles the Death Strike is a force multiplier that's payload causes fear in even the most experienced enemies of the Imperium<sup>1</sup>: | |
== History == | == History == | ||
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Overview
The Deathstrike Missile Launcher is a tracked Chimera variant used uncommonly by the Imperial Guard throughout the Imperium. Deathstrike represents the largest threat offered by any mobile Imperial Guard missile system. This inter-continental solid fuel rocket offers the largest payload possible with unmatched effective range. Only ever seeing deployment during the most veracious battles the Death Strike is a force multiplier that's payload causes fear in even the most experienced enemies of the Imperium1:
History
In the 41st Millennium
Deathstrike missiles boast an extreme payload size a reach unparalleled by any other artillery unit. They fire a inter-continental solid fuel rocket, which has an operational range measured in thousands of kilometers. However, Deathstrike missile launchers have become an increasingly rare sight on the Imperium battle fields, size and logistics of their deployment seeing them overlooked in favour of more mobile artillery units. Due to their size and destructive potential, Deathstrike missile launchers are only deployed when total oblivion of a key target is required.
Deathstrike missiles are able to carry a range of payloads ranging from biological to specialised Titan-hunting rockets. The most rare and destructive of all are the dreaded vortex warheads- weapons created during the Dark Age of Technology with the ability to tear the boundaries between dimensions and create a raging void of destruction that annihilates anything in it's path.
When one of these gigantic missiles detonates everything cought in it's path is engulfed by a raging fireball that vapourises flesh in a instant. There is no escape from the cataclysmic explosion as everything, even buildings are torn apart. So armed, a Deathstrike missile launcher has the capability of annihilating entire armies.1:
Notable Moments In Time
In 994.M49, Ork Lootas infiltrated the Army 52 artillery park and stole one of three Deathstrike missile launchers. How this was achieved was the subject of a two-year investigation in which a dozen generals were executed for dereliction of duty. The Orks used the launcher shortly after it was taken during the battle for Baric Six. The cataclysmic explosion accounted for the destruction of two entire armoured companies of the Mordian 278th, the Baneblade Steel Might and over a hundred surprised Orks.
Armament and Upgrades
The Death Strike Missile Launcher must be armed with a hull mounted weapon of either a Heavy Bolter or Heavy Flamer. It may also be upgraded with a pintle-mounted Storm Bolter or Heavy Stubber, Hunter-Killer Missile, Dozer Blade, Extra Armour, and Camo Netting. Various Death Strike warheads exist in the form of High Explosive, Plasma, Biological, Incendiary, and the most rare and dangerous the Vortex variant. The most common warhead used is the Plasma variant making it almost standard armament within the Imperial Guard. 1:
