Grav-Attack Tank
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The Grav-Attack Tank[1] is a grav-tank used by Imperial forces, most notably by the Adeptus Astartes.[2]
Description
A standard, if less streamlined, Imperial design based upon Eldar vehicles,[3] Grav-Attacks are produced by the Adeptus Mechanicus in their weapon-shops on Terra and other worlds throughout the galaxy. Some of these are modified for use by Space Marine Chapters, though most Astartes Grav-Attacks are manufactured by the Space Marines themselves. Grav-Attacks can also be produced in support variants, troop carrier variants,[2] assault variants, medical variants or communication variants.[3]
The Grav-Attack is kept afloat through use of a standard gravitic-reaction motor that includes gravitational counter-thrust engines and suspensors. The vehicle is capable of high speeds with the help of a single jet engine, especially when travelling on roads and other equally flat surfaces.[2] Upon such suitable worlds, the Grav-Attack replaces the Land Raider in its battlefield role.[3]
Armour material can consist of a variety of materials, depending on local availability, but ideally should include a ceramite core, upon which cellular layers of plastics and an outer coating of silicate sit.[2]
The Grav-Attack is capable of mounting a single Imperial heavy weapon or a combination of lighter armaments, but is most often equipped with a turreted, auto-aimed lascannon and an auto-aimed missile launcher firing frag and krak missiles.[2][4] Otherwise, it can mount an auto-aimed multi-laser in the turret and two forward firing auto-aimed boltguns on a fixed mount.[3] The Grav-Attack also features an auto-drive system, a communicator,[2] a targeter and an energy scanner.[3]
Miniatures
Grav-Attack Tank miniature featured in White Dwarf[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 252 (UK), pg. 71 — Chapter Approved: Vehicle Design Rules
- 2: White Dwarf 95 (UK), pg. 47
- 3: Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican, pg. 69
- 4: Chapter Approved 2001, pg. 81