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A formidable gunship, the Storm Eagle mounts fearsome firepower for a vehicle of its size and is capable of transporting twenty Space Marines directly into the thick of an assault. The exact provenance of the Storm Eagle is unknown, but it bears clear similarities to the [[Stormraven]]s employed by the [[Blood Angels]] and [[Grey Knights]]. Certain sources place the principal manufacture of the Storm Eagle upon [[Tigrus]] and [[Anvilus IX]], both primary-grade [[Forge World]]s that suffered catastrophic damage during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
In recent decades the number of Storm Eagles in active service has begun to increase, especially amongst those Chapters known to have favourable relations with the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. But despite its increase in production, the Storm Eagle has yet to be deployed as widely as the [[Storm Raven]].{{Fn|4}} [[Chaos Space Marine]] warbands are also known to still employ the Storm Eagle, though these date back to the Great Crusade and have often since become Daemonically corrupted.{{Fn|5}}
==Armaments==
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three]] pg.278
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes]], pg. 134
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned]] pg.71
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