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Sometimes referred to as ''tread heads'' by infantry officers, to become a tank commander an officer requires singularly obsessive focus on mastery of the art of armoured warfare. Veterans of dozens of battles and multiple wars, the average Tank Commander is a steel eyed [[Tank Ace]], commanding very best crew the [[armoured regiment]] has to offer. These grizzled guardsmen are virtually one with their machine, possessing an implicit knowledge of armoured warfare in all its forms.{{Fn|4a}}
[[Image:Tank Commander Heirarchy - Cadia A Codex Astra Militarum Supplement pg 66.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In the example of this [[Cadian Shock Troopers|Cadian]] [[Battle Group]], a Tank Commander may be assigned overall command of the entire battle group, while a different Tank Commander has been placed in charge of three squadrons of [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]]s.{{Fn|6}}]]
The size of the formations a Tank Commander will oversee can vary, as can their actual rank within [[Imperial Guard Hierarchy]]. Examples include:
*[[Dymetrin]]
*[[Kabe]]
*[[Kastock]] — Commands the [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]], ''[[Kasr's Vengeance]]'', defending the [[Imperium]] world [[Calder's Reach]].{{Fn|3}}
*[[Maximillian Weisemann]]
*[[Pask]]
*[[Pysell Roderrik]] — Currently leading his [[Cadian Shock Troopers|Cadian]] armoured battle group in battle against [[Necron]]s.{{Fn|4b}}
*[[Silas Ovik]]
*[[Tulathan]] — [[Vastadt 4th Independent Tank Regiment]]
*[[Hadeya Etsul]]
*[[Colaron Vor Artem Lo Bannick]] - Initially commanding from the Leman Russ Tank ''[[Indomitable Fury]]''{{Fn|17a}}, and then the Baneblade ''[[Cortein's Honour]]''.{{Fn|17b}}, he now commands from Also had temporary command of the [[Shadowsword]] ''[[Lux Imperator]]''.{{Fn|18b18}}
*Colonel [[Nelson]] - A [[Death Korps of Krieg]] Tank Commander known for pushing his guardsmen into close combat with the enemy. This was often to point blank range, all while Nelson waved his [[Power Sword]], [[The Colonel's Deathblow]], from the cupola of his command tank.
*[[Obadiah Schfeer]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition)]] (e-version) — ''Tank Commanders''
*2: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 264-265
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 41
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 37 — ''Tank Commanders''
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 76
**{{Endn|4c}}: pg.21 - ''Catachan''
**{{Endn|4d}}: pg. 29 — ''Armoured Regiments''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Darktide]]: Mourningstar Hub area (idle npc dialogue) - Commissar Dukane, Guardsman Pragg, Guardsman Harket, and Overseer Marsett
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Cadia: A Codex Astra Militarum Supplement]] pg, pgs. 67-68*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (2nd Edition)]] pg, pgs. 44 & 95*{{Endn|8}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250926130716/https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/astra-militarum-leman-russ-battle-tank-2023?srsltid=AfmBOorQTwr6Oi2H7XITpbGTQlSGd3jGVvCGB5KGQfN9LozHsbNizTYD Leman Russ Battle Tank (2023 Release)] '' ''(saved archive page, last accessed 26 March 2025, original link: archived from [https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/astra-militarum-leman-russ-battle-tank-2023?srsltid=AfmBOorQTwr6Oi2H7XITpbGTQlSGd3jGVvCGB5KGQfN9LozHsbNizTYDthe original], last accessed 26 March 2025)''
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Citadel Journal 7]], pg. 38 {{FE}}
*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Citadel Journal 22]], inner cover {{FE}}
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 89
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex Supplement: Ultramarines (8th Edition)]], pg. 46
*16: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Second Edition: Imperial Guard]]:**{{Endn|16a}}: pgpgs. 270-275
**{{Endn|16b}}: pg. 91
*17: [[Baneblade (Novel)]] (e-version):
**{{Endn|17a}}: Chapter 2
**{{Endn|17b}}: Epilogue
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Shadowsword (Novel)]] (e-version): Chapters 16-17, Chapter Seventeen*{{Endn|19}}: [[Chapter Approved 2001]] pg. 21 - ''Commissar Tank''
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Apocalypse]] pg. 106
*{{Endn|21}}: [[For the Emperor (Novel)]] (e-version), Chapter Eight
*{{Endn|22}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]]
*{{Endn|23}}: [[Necropolis (Novel)]] (e-version) - '', Chapter Fifteen''*{{Endn|24}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080701072543/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/IMPERIAL_GUARD_CREW.html Imperial Guard Crew] ''(saved archive page, dated 1 July 2008, last accessed 21 October 2025, original link: archived from [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/IMPERIAL_GUARD_CREW.htmlthe original] 01 July 2008, last accessed 21 October 2025)''
*{{Endn|25}}: [[Forge World Catalogue 2006]] - ''FIGURES''
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (10th Edition)]], pg. 99
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Forge World 2014/15 Catalogue]] , pg.20*{{Endn|28}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign]] , pg.63
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