Hellbore

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Hellbore Burrowing Transport

The Hellbore is a burrowing vehicle used by the Adeptus Mechanicus^[1], Imperial Guard^[1], and Adeptus Astartes^[2].

Larger then both the Termite and Mole, it uses a phase-field generator to burrow a drill filled with troops into the ground, allowing them to surface behind or on the flanks of enemy fortifications and positions.^[1][2] It has the capacity to transport up to one of the following: 12 Squads of Space Marines, 12 Imperial Guard Squads^[5], 8 Dreadnoughts, 4 light vehicles, or 2 Rhinos (with troops inside them to their normal carrying capacity).^[2] The troops embark and disembark by an assault ramp which folds into the Hellbore's body when not in use.^[3] The Hellbore drilling-rig is armed with a multi-melta and heavy bolters while the transport vehicle is armed with heavy bolters and defended by two power fields.^[4]

The drilling-rig portion of a Hellbore is as long as a Stormbird while being wider in beam and more heavily armoured.^[3]

Hellbores also get used by the forces of Chaos like the Iron Warriors.^[3]

Hellbores remain in active service within the Imperium as of the Era Indomitus, with the Cadian 101st still making use of them.^[6]

See also

• Termite
• Mole
• Hades Breaching Drill
• Mantolith
• Plutona

Sources

• 1: Armies of the Imperium, pgs. 59-62
• 2: White Dwarf 123 (UK), pg. 25
• 3: The Iron Without (Short Story) — Iron Warriors: The Omnibus (Omnibus), Then
• 4: White Dwarf 130 (UK), pg. 50 — Praetorians
• 5: Space Marine (2nd Edition)
• 6: Cadian Honour (Novel) (E-Version) Chapter 11