Grav-vehicle

Grav-vehicles, also known as Skimmers^[3][6] and Hoverers^[5] are a type of vehicle which generates an anti-gravitational field, allowing them to hover a short distance over the ground. Some grav-vehicles are also Flyers - being capable of full flight^[5] - and exist among different species, including Humankind.^[4] One example is the Eldar Falcon^[1][2]

Overview

Grav-tanks are designed to be manoeuvrable but much more heavily armoured than grav-vehicles. The extra weight, however, would slow them down a lot, so many vehicles make use of advanced Force Fields with more moderate armour. Since anti-grav technology is very difficult to create and maintain, only a few races employ them regularly. The Eldar and Tau have mastered the technology and make heavy use of it in their systems. Anti-grav vehicles are used for many different tasks which any other type of Tank would be. These include Armoured Infantry Vehicles, Battle Tanks, Tank Destroyers, Artillery Tanks and Air Defence Tanks.^[Help]

List of Grav-vehicles

Imperial

An Imperial Land Speeder

Bikes & Personal Transports

• Imperial Jetbike
  • Grav-Bike
• Magos Sky Platform
• Hover Pulpit
• Power-board

Light Vehicle

• Grav-Car
• Land Speeder
• Storm Speeder
• Javelin Attack Speeder
• Speeder Carriage

Tanks & APC/IFVs

• Grav-Attack Tank
• Grav-Rhino
• Grav-Raider
• Grav-Spartan
• Gun-Cutter
• Caladius
• Pallas
• Coronus
• Kharon
• Impulsor
• Gladiator
• Repulsor
  • Repulsor Executioner
• Astraeus

Eldar

A host of Eldar Grav-tanks, Jetbikes, and aircraft

Bikes & Personal Transports

• Eldar Jetbike
• Vyper Jetbike

Tanks & APC/IFVs

• Wave Serpent
• Falcon
• Fire Prism
• Night Spinner
• Firestorm
• Warp Hunter
• Cobra
• Scorpion
• Storm Serpent
• Void Spinner
• Lynx
• Hornet
• Starweaver
• Voidweaver
• Skyweaver (Harlequin)
• Starweaver (Harlequin)
• Voidweaver (Harlequin)

Dark Eldar

Bikes & Personal Transports

• Reaver Jetbike

Tanks & APC/IFVs

• Venom
• Raider
• Ravager
• Reaper
• Tantalus

Orks

Tanks & APC/IFVs

• Ork Minelayer
• Some Deffkoptas utilise anti-grav technology

Tau

Light Vehicle

• Tetra
• Piranha

Tanks & APC/IFVs

• Devilfish
• Hammerhead
• Sky Ray Gunship

Necrons

Bikes & Personal Transports

• Tomb Blade

Heavy Vehicles

• Catacomb Command Barge
• Annihilation Barge
• Doomsday Ark
• Ghost Ark
• Monolith

Kin

• Magna-Coil Bike
• Kapricus

See also

• Suspensor
• Power-board

Sources

• 1: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 73
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara, pgs. 174-179
• 3: Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Rulebook, pg.86 - SKIMMERS
• 4: Fanatic Online Issue: 78 Feeling the Need for Speed Pt2 (archived) ^{Fanatic Press}
• 5: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader pg.105
• 6: Dark Heresy Apocrypha: Vehicles & Riding Beasts Vehicle Types (Archived)

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