Astra Militarum Vehicles (List)

"What I cannot crush with words I will crush with the tanks of the Imperial guard".

— Lord Solar Macharius. ^[1a]

This is a list of the vehicles and vehicle upgrades available to various Astra Militarum regiments - as well as its Great Crusade predecessor, the Imperial Army.

For a list of aircraft commonly used in conjunction with Guard operations, see Imperial Navy Vessels (List)#Aircraft.

Vehicles

Light Vehicles

Light Vehicles
Name	Images	Notes
Bike		Single Transport/Reconnaissance
Centaur Carrier		Artillery tow, Light Armoured Transport
Cyclops Demolition Vehicle		Remote-controlled explosives carrier
Sentinel		Reconnaissance, Light Support
Cadian Sentinel		Slightly more armour. Autocannon equipped.
Catachan Sentinel		Jungle and Deathworld environment.
Tallarn Sentinel		Desert environment
Armoured Sentinel		Heavy armour, anti-tank. Also called the Armageddon Pattern Sentinel
Armageddon Pattern Sentinel Variant		Tracked variant of Armoured (Armageddon) sentinel
Dictrix-class Sentinel		Enforcement, Prison Control
Support Sentinels		Missile fire support
Powerlifter		Cargo loading. Rear-eschelon.
Command Sentinel		Command variant^{Golden Demon}
Cobal-Pattern Target Control Sentinel		Targeting vehicle^{Golden Demon}
Sentinel Lancer		Light melee^{Golden Demon}
Demolition Sentinel		Remote-controlled explosives carrier^{Golden Demon}
Siegfried		Light Tank
Scylla		Light Tank
Tauros		All-Terrain Vehicle, Rapid Assault
Jeep		Armed Transport^{Fanatic Press}
Aquilus Warquad		Reconnaissance Quad
Armoured Car		Officer transport and Reconnaissance
Vulpa (Bike)		Rough Rider Scout Bike
Cargo-6		Truck
Cargo-8		Truck
Cargo-12		Truck
Cargo-20		Truck
A-50 Armoured Transport
Thirty-Sixer

Armoured Personnel Carriers

Armoured Personnel Carriers
Name	Images	Notes
Centaur RSV		Infantry Transport
Chimera		Infantry Armoured Transport
Chimerax		Infantry Armoured Assault Transport
Chimedon		Infantry Armoured Assault Transport
Chimerro		Infantry Armoured Assault Transport
Hippogriff AFV		Fire Support Vehicle
NT-20		Infantry Armoured Assault carrier
Pegasus AAV		Amphibious Assault Vehicle
Salamander Command		Armoured Transport, Command Vehicle
Salamander Scout		Armoured Transport, Reconnaissance Vehicle
Taurox		Armoured personnel carrier
Taurox Prime		Infantry assault vehicle
Pegasus AFV		Reconnaissance Vehicle
Pegasus Command Vehicle		Command Vehicle
SC-3 Carrier		Transport vehicle
YT-9		Transport vehicle
Tigermoth Skimmer
SteG-4		Light Tank

Tanks

Tanks
Name	Images	Notes
Destroyer		Rare, Anti-Armour Vehicle equipped with Laser Destroyer
Thunderer		Siege Tank (Destroyer variant)
Hellhound		Anti-Infantry Tank
Bane Wolf		Hellhound variant, equipped with chemical war sprayers
Devil Dog		Hellhound variant, equipped with Melta cannons
Leman Russ Battle Tank		Main Battle Tank
Leman Russ Annihilator		Anti-Armour Tank, equipped with twin Lascannons
Leman Russ Conqueror		Main Battle Tank, equipped with rapid-fire battle cannon
Leman Russ Demolisher		Siege Tank
Leman Russ Eradicator		Equipped with Nova Cannon
Leman Russ Executioner		Rare, equipped with Plasma Cannon
Leman Russ Exterminator		Equipped with Autocannon
Leman Russ Punisher		Anti-Infantry, equipped with Punisher Gatling Cannon
Leman Russ Vanquisher		Rare, equipped with long-range Battle Cannon
King Russ		An enlarged, more heavily armoured version that can mount either the standard or Vanquisher Battle Cannon
APDS-6a Defender		Chimera variant armed with Laser Destroyer
Behemoth Primal		Legendary battle-tank.
Kurtis Tank

Self-Propelled Artillery

Self-Propelled Artillery
Name	Images	Notes
Basilisk		Mobile Earthshaker Cannon Platform
Colossus Bombard		Siege Mortar Platform
Deathstrike Missile Launcher		Inter-continental Missile Platform
Cobal-Pattern Deathstrike		Walker variant. Unique to the Cobal Landstriders ^{Golden Demon}
Griffon		Heavy Mortar Platform
Hydra Flak Tank		Anti-Aircraft Artillery Platform
Manticore (Tank)		Multiple Missile Launcher Platform
Medusa (Siege Tank)		Siege Cannon Platform
Minotaur		Rare, Earthshaker Cannon platform
Praetor Armoured Assault Launcher		Crassus Armoured Transport variant, Long-range missile platform.
Wyvern Suppression Tank		Self-Propelled Mortar
Dominus		Battery of three Dominus Triple Bombards on Crassus Chassis
Earthwrecker		Railway Artillery
Bayonet

Heavy Vehicles

Heavy Tanks
Name	Images	Notes
Crassus Armoured Transport		Heavy Armoured Transport
Gorgon Armoured Assault Transport		Heavy Armoured Transport
Macharius (Heavy Tank)		Second-generation Baneblade variant.
Macharius Vanquisher		Macharius variant
Macharius Vulcan		Macharius variant
Macharius Omega		Macharius variant
Malcador (Heavy Tank)		Smaller heavy tank, largely replaced by the Leman Russ Battle Tank and its variants.
Malcador Annihilator		Malcador Variant
Malcador Defender		Malcador Variant
Malcador Infernus		Malcador Variant
Ragnarok		Heavy Battle Tank
Rogal Dorn Battle Tank		Heavy Battle Tank
Valdor (Heavy Tank)		Malcador variant

Super-Heavy Vehicles

Super-Heavy Tanks
Name	Image	Notes
Baneblade		Super Heavy Tank
Banehammer		Super Heavy Tank
Banesword		Heavy Siege Tank (Shadowsword variant)
Capitol Imperialis		Mobile Command Post
Doomhammer		Anti-Titan vehicle (Banehammer variant), equipped with Magma cannons
Hellhammer		Short-range fire support vehicle (Baneblade variant)
Leviathan (Transport)		Originally of Squat manufacture
Shadowsword		Titan-hunter, equipped with Volcano Cannon
Stormblade		Shadowsword variant, but equipped with a Plasma Blastgun
Stormhammer		Formerly used by the Imperial Army, it continues to serve in the Imperial Guard
Stormlord		Anti-infantry tank, equipped with a Vulcan Mega-Bolter.
Stormsabre		Titanic Tank
Stormsword		Shadowsword variant, equipped with a Hellhammer cannon
Command Tractor		Command vehicle
Cobal Enforcer		Walker pattern alternative to the Baneblade. Unique to the Cobal Landstriders Regiment.^{Golden Demon}
Cobal Dominator		Superheavy Walker Artillery armed with Dominus Triple Bombard. Unique to the Cobal Landstriders Regiment.^{Golden Demon}

Static Artillery

Static Artillery
Name	Images	Notes
Blitzen		field artillery, anti-air capability
Bombast Cannon		field artillery
Earthshaker		Static Artillery
Siege Cannon		field artillery
Götterdämmerung Howitzer		field artillery
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun		Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Heavy Lascannon		field artillery
Heavy Bolter Sentry Turret		Portable Defense Turret
Heavy Mortar		Siege Artillery
Heavy Quad-Launcher		Static Defense
Hydra (Platform)		Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Mallus Rocket Launcher		field artillery
Multiple Rocket Launcher		field artillery
Manticore (Platform)		Long-Range Missile Platform
Medusa Siege Gun		Towed siege cannon
Rapier		Semi-mobile Anti-Tank Platform
Cobal-Pattern Rapier		Walker variant of the Rapier.^{Golden Demon}
Tarantula Sentry Gun		Portable Defense Turret

Recovery, Support, and Transport

Including such vehicles whose size category is not clearly stated.

Support Vehicles
Name	Images	Notes
Atlas		Recovery Vehicle
Hades Breaching Drill		Assault Drill used by Engineers
Hellbore		Burrowing Vehicle
Land Crawler		Logistical vehicle
Mole		Burrowing Vehicle
Robot Crawler		Robotic Support Vehicle
Sentinel Powerlifter		Cargo Lifter
Trojan		Logistic Towing and ssupply transport
Centurion Recovery Vehicle		Logistical Vehicle
Termite		Burrowing Vehicle
Bruennhilde		Artillery tow, Light Armoured Transport
Halftrack		Light Logistics and Reconnaissance Vehicles
Heracles Halftrack		Logistical vehicle
Samaritan		Medical Chimera variant
Shedu Overlander		Six-wheeled troop transport. Size unspecified.
Synford-Pattern Mk III Promethium Transport		Fuel Transport
Full-track lorry
Hyena Light Support Vehicle
Jungle Class Clearance Bulldozer		Tracked jungle clearing engineering vehicle^{Fanatic Press}

Aquatic Vessels/Vehicles

Aquatic Vessels/Vehicles
Name	Images	Notes
Swift boat
Triton-pattern gunboat
Poseidon-class patrol boat
Orca-class patrol boat
Inflatable assault lander
Landing craft
Sea skimmer

Imperial Army

These vehicles served in the Imperial Army during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. For some it may not be clear if they continued to serve in M41 or the Era Indomitus.

Rare/Retired
Name	Images	Notes
Hermes Light Sentinel		Used by Imperial Army during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Aethon Heavy Sentinel		Used by the Imperial Army during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Aurox		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Carnodon		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Dracosan		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Leman Russ Incinerator		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Malcador Vanquisher		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Stormhammer		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Later used by the Imperial Guard
Banestorm		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Excertus		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Orion-pattern Troop Carrier		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Slayerblade		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Testudo		Used by the Imperial Army in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Scurrier
Scarab-Pattern Carrier
Rapier		Used by the Imperial Army and Legiones Astartes in the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Continues to serve in M41 and Era Indomitus
Thunderblast Battlecannon		Field artillery
Kalliope Rocket Mortar		Field artillery
Heavy Rocket Bombard		Field artillery
Neimos		Submersible

Unspecified

The name or pattern of these vehicles is either not specified or is specified but such information is not yet available.

Light Vehicles
Vehicle	Images	Notes
Very large vehicle		Showcased at a Games Workshop store. Note the Great Crusade era Aquila with Lightning bolts and Solar Auxilia miniature on top. Called "Titan Killer" in user upload. ^{External Link: more images}
Two-Wheeled vehicle, operated by a Commissar		^[2]^{Golden Demon}
Bridging vehicle. Appears to lay down a pontoon bridge. Several were present at the Big Toof River Massacre^[3]

Vehicle Upgrades

Vehicle Upgrades
Name	Notes
Anti-Grenade Mesh
Armoured Crew Compartment
Artificer Hull
Auspex Surveyor
Camo Netting
Dozer Blade
Distributed Ammunition Storage System
Extra Armour
Hunter-killer Missile
Improved Comms
Mine Sweeper
Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter
Pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber
Rough Terrain Modification
Searchlight
Smoke Launchers
Track Guards

Sources

1: Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition):
- 1a pg. 8
2 Workshop Official Warhammer World Facebook (Posted 29 October 2012) Last Accessed 4 December 2025 (see Astra Militarum Vehicles (List)/Sources in case of deadlink) ^{Golden Demon}
3: White Dwarf 216 (UK), pg.83

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Armored Vehicles	Defender • Chimera (Chimerax • Chimedon • Chimerro) • Centaur RSV • Devil Dog • Hellhound (Bane Wolf • Devil Dog) • Hippogriff • NT-20 • Pegasus (Pegasus AAV • Pegasus Command) • Salamander Scout (Salamander Command • Salamander Scout) • SC-3 • Sentinel • Shedu • Tauros • Taurox (Taurox Prime) • YT-9
Tanks	Behemoth Primal • Destroyer • Kurtis Tank • Leman Russ (Annihilator • Assault • Conqueror • Eradicator • Executioner • Exterminator • Incinerator • Punisher • Siege • Vanquisher) • Scylla • Siegfried • SteG-4 • Thunderer
Heavy Vehicles	Crassus • Gorgon • King Russ • Macharius (Omega • Vanquisher • Vulcan) • Malcador (Annihilator • Defender • Infernus • Vanquisher) • Ragnarok • Rogal Dorn • Valdor
Super-Heavy Vehicles	Banehammer • Baneblade • Banesword • Capitol Imperialis • Command Tractor • Doomhammer • Hellhammer • Icarus • Leviathan • Shadowsword • Stormblade • Stormhammer • Stormlord • Stormsabre • Stormsword
Self-Propelled Artillery	Basilisk • Bayonet • Colossus • Dominus • Earthwrecker • Griffon • Hydra • Manticore • Medusa • Minotaur • Praetor • Wyvern
Field Artillery	Bombast • Earthshaker • Götterdämmerung • Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun • Heavy Lascannon • Heavy Mortar • Malleus • Medusa • Multiple Rocket Launcher • Siege Cannon • Thudd Gun
Other	A-50 Armoured Transport • Aquilus • Armoured Car • Atlas • Cargo-6 • Cargo-8 • Cargo-12 • Cargo-20 • Centaur Carrier • Centurion • Cyclops • Half-Track • Hades • Hellbore • Heracles • Hyena • Jeep • Jungle Class Clearance Bulldozer • Land Crawler • Mole • Remote Mine • Robot Crawler • Samaritan • Soft Skinned Vehicle • Termite • Thirty-Sixer • Tigermoth Skimmer • Trojan • Vulpa
Watercraft	Inflatable assault lander • Landing craft • Orca • Poseidon • Sea skimmer • Swift boat • Triton
Rare/Relic	Aethon • Aurox • Carnodon • Dracosan • Excertus • Hermes • Testudo

Astra Militarum Vehicles (List)

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