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The integration of an Ork into a Deff Dread makes the machine very deadly, for these orky machines can move as if they were the pilot's own body. Ork Deff Dreads are loud, stompy and shooty, three things that symbolize Ork warfare and culture. Deff Dreads are normally armed with two huge pincers or saws and two [[big shoota]]s, [[rokkit launcha]]s, [[skorcha]]s or [[Kustom Mega-Blasta]]s.{{Fn|1}}
In battle, Deff Dreads act as support units and mobile weapon platforms, working in compliment with ork mobs or backing up a [[Warboss]] and [[Nobz]]. Even a single Deff Dread brings enough firepower and ferocity to an engagement to tip the scales of even the most fearsome battle in the Orks’ favor. Extremely expensive, Deff Dreads are used sparingly by those Warbosses who can afford them. This irritates none more than the pilots locked within, whose only release from the tedium of being welded inside these machines comes in slaughtering their foes on the battlefield.{{Fn|2}} Deff Dreads weight 4 tons and have a speed of 10kph on-road and 10kph off-road.{{Fn|4}}
==Big Mek Dread==
'''Big Mek Dreads''' are controlled by [[Big Mek]]s and lead [[Killa Kans]] and Deff Dreads into battle. Unlike other Ork walkers, though, Big Meks are not permanently installed within their Dreads and can freely move out of their walkers' top hatches. Big Mek Dreads, however, are exclusively used by the [[Bad Moons]], as only their [[Ork Clan]] have enough [[teef]] to buy such an impressive Dread. This includes the Big Mek Dreads' Kustom-built [[Shokk Attack Gun]]s.{{Fn|3}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Only War: Enemies of the Imperium]] pg.56
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 400 (UK)]], pgs. 106-107 - ''Kit Bash'' - Created by [[Mark Jones]]
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Battle for Armageddon (Background Book)]], pg. 84
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