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The '''Spartan Assault Tank''' was a large heavy tank designed during the [[Horus Heresy]] to carry a full squad of Terminator-armored [[Space Marines|Marines]] through the 'Ring of Death' surrounding the city of [[Aries Primus]] on [[Mars]]. The standard Land Raider at the time could not transport Terminators{{Fn|1}}. The design is based off the famous [[Land Raider]].{{Fn|2}}
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The '''Spartan Assault Tank''' was a large heavy transport designed during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] to carry a full squad of [[Terminator]]-armoured [[Space Marines|Marines]].
  
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The original Spartan had the standard [[Land Raider]] armament of the day, two [[twin-linked]] [[lascannon]]s (heavy bolters were not standard then) but also mounted either a [[heavy bolter]] or [[flamer|heavy flamer]] on a turret on top. It was widely spread after the Heresy, but disappeared when the standard Land Raider was re-designed to carry [[Terminator]]s{{Fn|1}}. The Spartan design used today features the twin hull-mounted heavy bolters seen on contemporary Land Raider designs, as well as a pair of sponsons fitted with a quad-lascannon battery each. It is able to transport 25 Space Marines in [[power armour]]. Additionally, it is considerably faster than other Land Raider variants despite its increased size, due to its reactor-driven motive drive systems{{Fn|2}}. It is unknown whether this is intended to be a different pattern to the original Spartan, or whether it has replaced it entirely in canon.
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The design is based off the famous [[Land Raider]].{{Fn|2}}
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==Overview==
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[[Image:SpartanTanKArt.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Death Guard]] Spartan Assault Tank]]
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Originally designed to get through the ''Ring of Death'' surrounding the city of [[Aries Primus]] on [[Mars]], the standard [[Land Raider]] at the time could not transport Terminators.{{Fn|1}} Such was the lethality of the Ring of Death's plasma defence systems, that even with use of the Spartans, only the fraction of Terminator squads could hope to survive the advance.{{Fn|4a}}
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The original Spartan had the standard [[Land Raider]] armament of two [[twin-linked]] [[lascannon]]s (heavy bolters were not standard then) but also mounted either a [[heavy bolter]] or [[flamer|heavy flamer]] on a turret on top. It was widely spread after the Heresy, but disappeared when the standard Land Raider was re-designed to carry [[Terminator]]s.{{Fn|1}}
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The Spartan design used today features the twin hull-mounted heavy bolters seen on contemporary Land Raider designs, as well as a pair of sponsons fitted with a deadly quad-lascannon battery each. It is able to transport 25 Space Marines in [[power armour]] and has the largest transport capacity of any dedicated transport vehicle used in the Imperium save the [[Gorgon Armoured Assault Transport|Gorgon]].{{Fn|3}} Additionally, it is considerably faster than other Land Raider variants despite its increased size, due to its reactor-driven motive drive systems and secrets.{{Fn|2}} Spartans could further be outfitted with protective [[Flare Shield]]s.{{Fn|7}}
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Many Space Marine [[Chapter]]s still maintain these huge war machines as part of their arsenals and deploy them into warzones where even the mighty Land Raider would be torn asunder. The Spartan is mainly popular in such Chapters who possess many Terminator suits, such as the [[Minotaurs]].{{Fn|4a}} [[Chaos Space Marine]] warbands still operate Spartans that date back to the [[Great Crusade]], with most belonging to the original [[Traitor Legion]]s.{{Fn|5}}
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==Technical Information==
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{{Imperial Vehicles
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|Vehicle Name=Spartan Assault Tank{{Fn|4b}}
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|Forge World of Origin=[[Anvilus Nine]]
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|Known Patterns=I-VI
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|Crew=Driver, Gunner
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|Powerplant=[[Atomantic Reactor]] core with auxiliary reactor
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|Weight=71 tonnes
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|Length=10m
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|Width=6.1m
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|Height=5m
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|Ground Clearance=0.5m
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|Fording Depth=
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|Max Speed - on road=45kph
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|Max Speed - off road=38kph
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|Main Armament=2x Sponson-mounted quad [[Lascannon]]s
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|Secondary Armament=[[Twin-Linked]] [[Heavy Bolter]]
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|Gun Traverse=180°
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|Gun Elevation=From -32° to +55°
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|Main Ammunition=Unlimited cell power feed
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|Secondary Ammunition=800 rounds
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|Turret Armour=N/A
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|Superstructure Armour=95mm
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|Hull Armour=95mm
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|Gun Mantlet Armour=N/A
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|Vehicle Designation=N/A
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|Transport=25
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|Fire Ports=N/A
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|Access Points=N/A
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}}
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==Variants==
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====Spartan Prometheus====
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[[Image:SpartanPrometheus.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Spartan Prometheus{{Fn|9}}]]
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The '''Spartan Prometheus''' is a variant of the standard Spartan. It trades its standard [[Lascannon]] arrays for [[Heavy Bolter]]s or [[Laser Destroyer]]s.{{Fn|9}}
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====Spartan Hermetika====
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{{Main|Spartan Hermetika}}
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The '''Spartan Hermetika''' is a command variant of the Spartan.{{Fn|10}}
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==Known Named Spartan Tanks==
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*''[[Sire of Calth]]'' — of the [[Ultramarines]].{{Fn|4c}}
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*''[[Tombkeeper]]'' — of the [[Death Guard]].{{Fn|6}}
  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
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Spartanplastic2022.jpg|plastic [[Imperial Fists]] Spartan Assault Tank for the [[Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness]]
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Image:Spartan1.jpg|'''Original Spartan design featuring [[Ultramarines]] livery, [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|Rogue Trader]] era'''
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SpartanSize.jpg|Size of a [[Forge World (Company)|Forge World]] Spartan Assault Tank compared to a [[Land Raider Proteus]]{{Fn|2}}
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Image:Spartan.jpg|'''Updated Spartan design released by Forge World, featuring [[Red Scorpions]] livery'''
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Spartan1.jpg|Original Spartan design featuring [[Ultramarines]] livery ([[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|Rogue Trader]] era)
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HHLILegionSpartan2024.jpg|[[Epic]]-scale Spartan for [[Legions Imperialis]]{{Fn|8}}
 
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==Related articles==
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==See also==
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* [[Land Raider#Variants|Land Raider Variants]]
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*[[Land Raider#Known Variants|Land Raider Variants]]
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[WD119|White Dwarf 119]] (1989) ''Spartan'', by Rick Priestley
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 119 (UK)]], pg. 60 — ''The Spartan''
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*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SPARTAN_ASSAULT_TANK.html Forge World - SPARTAN ASSAULT TANK]
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*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space-Marine-Tanks/SPARTAN_ASSAULT_TANK.html Forge World - SPARTAN ASSAULT TANK] ''(last accessed 23 May 2015)''
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pg. 222
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*4: [[Imperial Armour Volume 2 - Second Edition]]:
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**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 116
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**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 118
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**{{Endn|4c}}: pg. 119
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*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned]], pg. 66
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Horus Heresy: Legions]] - '''Shadow of the Warmaster''': ''Death Guard Expansion'' Card Description
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[Liber Astartes (2nd Edition)]], pg. 79
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*{{Endn|8}}: [https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/legions-imperialis-spartan-assault-tanks-2024 Warhammer Webstore: Legions Imperialis: Spartan Assault Tanks] ''(last accessed 14 March 2024)''
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*{{Endn|9}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20260326045644/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/n4iwpwxs/adepticon-preview-2026-ogryns-big-guns-and-a-spartan-in-horus-heresy/ Warhammer Community: AdeptiCon Preview 2026 – Ogryns, big guns and a Spartan in Horus Heresy] ''(archived from [https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/n4iwpwxs/adepticon-preview-2026-ogryns-big-guns-and-a-spartan-in-horus-heresy/ the original], last accessed 26 March 2026)''
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*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest]], pg. 237
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 31 March 2026

The Spartan Assault Tank was a large heavy transport designed during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy to carry a full squad of Terminator-armoured Marines.

The design is based off the famous Land Raider.[2]

Overview

Death Guard Spartan Assault Tank

Originally designed to get through the Ring of Death surrounding the city of Aries Primus on Mars, the standard Land Raider at the time could not transport Terminators.[1] Such was the lethality of the Ring of Death's plasma defence systems, that even with use of the Spartans, only the fraction of Terminator squads could hope to survive the advance.[4a]

The original Spartan had the standard Land Raider armament of two twin-linked lascannons (heavy bolters were not standard then) but also mounted either a heavy bolter or heavy flamer on a turret on top. It was widely spread after the Heresy, but disappeared when the standard Land Raider was re-designed to carry Terminators.[1]

The Spartan design used today features the twin hull-mounted heavy bolters seen on contemporary Land Raider designs, as well as a pair of sponsons fitted with a deadly quad-lascannon battery each. It is able to transport 25 Space Marines in power armour and has the largest transport capacity of any dedicated transport vehicle used in the Imperium save the Gorgon.[3] Additionally, it is considerably faster than other Land Raider variants despite its increased size, due to its reactor-driven motive drive systems and secrets.[2] Spartans could further be outfitted with protective Flare Shields.[7]

Many Space Marine Chapters still maintain these huge war machines as part of their arsenals and deploy them into warzones where even the mighty Land Raider would be torn asunder. The Spartan is mainly popular in such Chapters who possess many Terminator suits, such as the Minotaurs.[4a] Chaos Space Marine warbands still operate Spartans that date back to the Great Crusade, with most belonging to the original Traitor Legions.[5]

Technical Information

Vehicle Name: Spartan Assault Tank[4b] Main Armament: 2x Sponson-mounted quad Lascannons
Forge World of Origin: Anvilus Nine Secondary Armament: Twin-Linked Heavy Bolter
Known Patterns: I-VI Traverse: 180°
Crew: Driver, Gunner Elevation: From -32° to +55°
Powerplant: Atomantic Reactor core with auxiliary reactor Main Ammunition: Unlimited cell power feed
Weight: 71 tonnes Secondary Ammunition: 800 rounds
Length: 10m
Width: 6.1m Armour
Height: 5m
Ground Clearance: 0.5m Superstructure: 95mm
Fording Depth: Hull: 95mm
Max Speed - on road 45kph Gun Mantlet N/A
Max Speed - off road: 38kph Vehicle Designation: N/A
Transport Capacity: 25 Firing Ports: N/A
Access Points: N/A Turret: N/A


Variants

Spartan Prometheus

Spartan Prometheus[9]

The Spartan Prometheus is a variant of the standard Spartan. It trades its standard Lascannon arrays for Heavy Bolters or Laser Destroyers.[9]

Spartan Hermetika

Main article: Spartan Hermetika

The Spartan Hermetika is a command variant of the Spartan.[10]

Known Named Spartan Tanks

Images

See also

Sources


Space Marine Vehicles
Light
Vehicles

Bike (Attack Bike • Scout Bike • Outrider Bike) • Invader ATV • Grav-Bike • Land Speeder (Proteus • Storm • Talonmaster • Tempest • Tornado • Typhoon • Vengeance • Darkshroud • Sirocco • Lightning • Hurricane • Thunderbolt • Assault Buggy) • Storm Speeder (Hailstrike • Hammerstrike • Thunderstrike)

Walkers &
Dreadnoughts

Centurion Warsuit • Dreadknight • Dreadnought (Castaferrum • Hellfire • Venerable • Chaplain • Grey Knights • Contemptor • Deredeo • Furioso • Death Company • Durandal • Librarian • Ironclad • Leviathan • Mortis • Redemptor • Ballistus • Brutalis • Siege • Wulfen) • Invictor Tactical Warsuit

Armored
Personnel
Carriers 		Rhino (Razorback • Damocles • Rhino Primaris • Rhino Advancer • Techmarine Rhino) • Impulsor • Armoured Supply Carrier
Battle
Tanks 		Predator (Annihilator • Destructor • Baal) • Land Raider (Phobos • Crusader • Redeemer • Achilles • Prometheus • Terminus Ultra • Ares • Excelsior • Wrath of Mjalnar • Angel Infernus • Solemnus Aggressor • Anvilarum) • Vindicator Laser Destroyer • Repulsor (Repulsor Executioner) • Gladiator • Astraeus • Hercules
Artillery Whirlwind (Hyperios) • Vindicator • Stalker • Hunter • Land Raider Helios
Aircraft Stormtalon • Thunderhawk (Thunderhawk Transport • Shadowhawk) • Stormraven • Storm Eagle (Fire Raptor) • Stormhawk • Caestus Assault Ram • Xiphon • Dark Talon • Nephilim • Stormfang • Stormwolf • Corvus Blackstar • Overlord
Air-Dropped
& Deployed 		Drop Pod • Hammerfall Bunker • Firestrike Servo-Turret • Icarus Stormcannon Array • Skyspear Missile Launcher
Rare &
Retired 		Contemptor Dreadnought • Deredeo Dreadnought • Leviathan Dreadnought • Lucifer Dreadnought • Furibundus Dreadnought • Saturnine Dreadnought • Arquitor • Cerberus • Deimos Rhino • Deimos Predator • Falchion (Ascalon) • Fellblade • Javelin • Jetbike • Kratos • Mauler • Land Raider Proteus • Land Raider Achilles • Mastodon • Sabre • Sicaran • Spartan (Prometheus • Hermetika) • Typhon • Whirlwind Scorpius • Harpy Interceptor • Hercules • Hephaestus • Wrath • Stormbird • Stormcrow • Lightning Crow • Stormstrike • Hawkwing • Stormhawk • Orgus Flyer • Apis • Lotus • Corsair • Castellan • Deathbird • Pythos • Dreadclaw • Swordstrike • Kharybdis Assault Claw • Termite • Mantolith • Plutona • Araknae


Legiones Astartes Forces of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Command Primarch • Lord Commander • Praetor • Centurion • Optae • Command Squad
Specialists Consul (Herald • Siege Breaker • Overseer) • Champion • Vigilator • Chaplain • Librarian (Esoterist) • Techmarine (Praevian) • Apothecary (Primus Medicae) • Decurion • Master of Signals • Master of Descent • Augur Squad • Moritat
Elite Troops Veteran Squad (Veteran Assault Squad) • Terminator Squad (Cataphractii • Tartaros • Saturnine • Nullificator) • Destroyer Squad (Assault • Mortalis) • Honour Guard
Troops Tactical Squad • Assault Squad • Heavy Support Squad • Breacher Squad • Tactical Support Squad • Reconnaissance Squad • Despoiler Squad • Scout Squad • Inductii
Fast Attack Seeker Squad • Outrider Squad • Sky Seeker Squad • Sky-Hunter Squadrons • Hussar Squad • Javelin Attack Speeder • Proteus Land Speeder
Dreadnoughts Contemptor • Castaferrum • Deredeo • Leviathan • Lucifer • Saturnine
Armored Vehicles Rhino (Advancer) • Predator (Executioner • Infernus) • Mauler Tank • Sabre • Land Raider (Phobos • Proteus • Achilles • Explorator) • Termite • Plutona
Heavy Vehicles Kratos • Sicaran • Malcador • Spartan (Prometheus • Hermetika) • Behemoth • Cerberus • Typhon
Super-Heavy Vehicles Fellblade (Glaive) • Falchion (Ascalon) • Stormblade • Shadowsword • Mastodon • Mantolith • Leviathan • Capitol Imperialis
Artillery Basilisk • Medusa • Whirlwind (Hyperios • Scorpius) • Vindicator (Laser Destroyer) • Arquitor (Morbus • Spicula • Graviton) • Rapier • Heavy Quad Launcher • Tarantula • Araknae • Daedalus Stormcannon • Skyspear
Aircraft Drop Pod (Deathstorm) • Dreadclaw • Kharybdis Assault Claw • Stormbird • Thunderhawk • Storm Eagle • Fire Raptor • Stormstrike • Xiphon • Primaris Lightning Strike Fighter • Caestus Assault Ram • Orgus Flyer • Apis • Lotus • Wrath • Lightning Crow • Stormhawk • Stormcrow • Corsair • Deathbird • Swordstrike • Castellan • Pythos • Harbinger • Hawkwing
Legion-specific


Chaos Space Marine Forces
Command Chaos Lord • Exalted Champion • Sorcerer Lord • Daemon Prince
Specialists Sorcerer (Balefire Acolyte) • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Execution • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Apothecary • Infernus Abomination
Troops Legionary • Havocs • Chosen • Chaos Terminators • Possessed (Greater Possessed • Anointed) • Khorne Berzerkers • Plague Marines • Noise Marines • Rubric Marines • Obliterators (Mutilators) • Dark Disciple • Shrivetalon • Butcher • Chaos Spawn • Fallen
Fast Attack Bikers • Raptors • Warp Talons
Chaos Dreadnoughts Helbrute • Ferrum Infernus Dreadnought • Contemptor Dreadnought • Sonic Dreadnought • Berserker Dreadnought • Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought • Deredeo Dreadnought
Vehicles & Daemon Engines Rhino • Predator • Infernal Relic Predator • Vindicator • Land Raider • Land Raider Proteus • Land Raider Achilles • Land Raider Hades Diabolus • Relic Sicaran • Sicaran Venator • Maulerfiend • Forgefiend • Defiler • Brass Scorpion • Blood Slaughterer • Decimator • Blight Drone • Kytan • Plague Hulk • Venomcrawler • Whirlwind Scorpius
Heavy Vehicles Spartan • Fellblade • Typhon • Cerberus • Falchion • Mastodon • Lord of Skulls • Death Wheel • Plaguereaper • Plague Centurion
Aircraft Heldrake • Stormbird • Thunderhawk • Storm Eagle • Fire Raptor • Hell Blade • Hell Talon • Harbinger • Deathship • Dreadclaw • Kharybdis
The Lost and the Damned Traitor Enforcer • Dark Commune (Cult Demagogue • Mindwitch • Iconrach • Blessed Blades) • Cultists (Firebrand • Accursed Mutant • Torments) • Traitor Guard • Mutants • Beastmen (Bloodgor • Pestigor • Tzaangor • Slaangor) • Chaos Ogryns
Summoned Greater Daemons • Lesser Daemons • Daemonic Beasts
Special Characters Abaddon the Despoiler • Haarken Worldclaimer • Khârn the Betrayer • Invocatus • Typhus • Ahriman • Huron Blackheart • Lucius the Eternal • Fabius Bile • Cypher • Kranon the Relentless
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