Glaive
| Glaive redirects here. For the escort vessel, see Glaive (Escort). |
The Glaive Super-Heavy Special Weapons Tank, or Fellglaive, was a tank pattern related to the Fellblade armed with a Volkite Carronade and designed to destroy large xenos beasts and enemy vehicles. It saw peak use during the Horus Heresy.[2]
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Overview
Its primary weapon is so fearsome that the Techpriests of Mars only agreed with some acrimony to the Emperor's demand that a tank be armed with it. Though all eighteen Legiones Astartes received limited quantities of Glaives, the Salamanders and Dark Angels were noted to operate them more regularly. Its rarity was because the Glaive was complicated to produce and staggeringly expensive.[1]
The Dark Angels were given specialized Fellglaives for use in the Dreadwing which were designed by the Emperor's greatest armourers. These vehicles were equipped with Vortex Weapons in place of its volkite carronade.[2]
The Glaive first saw use against the Catachi Diabolum which had previously proved a thorn in the Great Crusade's side. Later they saw use against Orks and various other xenos monstrosities during the surrounding of the galactic core.[1]
Images
Iron Hands Glaive miniature (2013)[4]
Plastic Glaive for the Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness[6]
Epic-scale Iron Warriors Glaive for Legions Imperialis[5]
See also
- Fellblade - a similar tank pattern equipped with an Accelerator Cannon
- Falchion - a similar tank pattern equipped with a Volcano Cannon
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre, pg. 205
- 2: Angels of Caliban (Novel), Chapter 4
- 3: Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness 2nd Edition Rulebook, pg. 19
- 4: Forge World Legion Glaive (last accessed 10 March 2015)
- 5: Warhammer Community: World Championships Preview – Rule the Legions Imperialis battlefield with super-heavy tanks and Saturnine Terminators (archived from the original 7 November 2025, last accessed 7 November 2025)
- 6: Warhammer Community: The New Year Preview – Tanks galore for the Legiones Astartes saved page, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/o0vvkblo/the-new-year-preview-tanks-galore-for-the-legiones-astartes/ (last accessed 16/1/2026)
