Looted Wagon

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"We done found us a tank!"

- Ork Driva.[4]


Looted Wagons are enemy vehicles which the Orks have wrecked and are salvaged by Lootas and taken to Meks to be rebuilt.[1][12] This provides the Orks with a wide range of mechanized support, and asides, the Orks find it amusing to blow up an enemy with their own weapons.[12]

Overview

A looted Leman Russ Battle Tank

Orks have a knack for salvage, and few things are more valuable to them than weaponry. Scrap teams will haul off damaged or abandoned enemy vehicles, often even during the thick of ongoing battle. Mekboyz will pay out mouthfuls of Teef handsomely for recovered wrecks, and delight in adding 'Kustomisations' to upgrade their speed, dakka, or general design.[12] Some of these are as likely to damage the Wagon as it is to damage the enemy.[1] Though less efficient than their previous incarnations, they will still see widespread battlefield use.[3]

Most often Imperial vehicles are the basis for Looted Wagons, in part because the Imperium is the single largest empire in the galaxy, but also a testament to the sturdiness of Imperial vehicles to survive Ork tinkering. This is because the "tinkering" of Mekboyz often involves heavy blows with blunt tools.[12]

"Looted Wagon" is a catch-all term and encompasses any number of modified vehicles, but they can broadly fall into three categories[12]:

  • Karts - These are Mek tinkered transport vehicles, with common bases including Chimeras, Goliath Trucks, and Rhinos, ideal for getting ork boyz to the front line as fast as possible.[12]
  • Wagons - These sacrifice transport capacity for larger weapons and thicker armour. Leman Russ Battle Tanks are the most common base for these, though Orks will try just about anything.
  • Battlefortresses - The largest of such pilfered vehicles, mobile strongholds bristling with weapons, gun turrets, and additional armour plating. They are frequently based on Imperial Super Heavy Tank's such as the Baneblade or the Shadowsword.

Mek boyz often install a mysterious big red button in the cockpits of Looted vehicles[12] (much as they do on Ork ships)[17] which can provide several temporary effects such as increased speed, boosted firepower, or an auto-welder repair feature.[12]

Looted Wagons are popular with the Death Skulls tribe who are very good at "liberating" vehicles. Death Skulls like to loot a vehicle, repair it, then use it on the enemy in the same battle. There is a legend about a Loota called 'Grabber' Gutzbag who could loot Imperium Titans. Blood Axes also like looted wagons and use them to infiltrate Imperial Guard positions.[1]

Looted Skorpius are only piloted by Grots, as no self-respecting Ork would ever hover into battle.[9] The Orks are known to also loot other types of vehicles, such as aircraft.[11] Anti-grav hover vehicles made by xenos can often be fragile, and not survive the tinkering of Mekboyz, though some still manage to.[12]

Notable Looted Wagons

Gork's Other Foot - A looted Baneblade used by Nabrot Stub-fingers.[10]

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