Howdah
Howdahs are platforms, positioned on the backs of large animals used to carry troops or to mount heavy weapons. The constructions can range in size, growing with the size of the beast used, from small platforms to multi-turreted castles.[2a]
Eldar
In times of war, the Eldar Exodites who usually herd livestock Dragon like the Megasaur and Megadon, and even the titanic building-sized Brachiosaur will instead mount Howdahs on the backs of their tended beasts to ferry crews of as many as a dozen warriors with their small arms[5] as well as a variety of heavy weapon galleries crewed by two Eldar each[5], including Twin-Barrelled Shuriken Cannons[4], Laser Cannons[5], Twin Prism Cannons[4] or Fusion Lances.[5]
Orks
Orks mount Howdahs on the backs of the massive wolly-tusked Squiggoth to carry Boyz and mounted weapons such as the Supa-lobba.[1] Feral Orks mount Howdahs on the backs of Orkeosaurus.[2]
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem, pg. 47
- 2: Liber Xenologis, pg. 76
- 3: Codex: Eldar (2nd Edition), pgs. 16-17, 76
- 4: The Infinite and the Divine (Novel) - Chapter 6
- 5: Path of the Outcast (Novel) - Chapter 7
