Minotaur AFV

This article is about the Imperial Guard Armored Fighting Vehicle; for the Imperial Guard Artillery Vehicle, see Minotaur Artillery Tank.

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Minotaur Command Vehicle^[1a]

The Minotaur AFV is a reconnaissance HQ vehicle for the Imperial Guard.^[1]

The Minotaur AFV is a variant of the Centaur AFV that allows Imperial Guard Commanders to move with great speed to any part of a battlefield where their presence is required. This is especially important when commanding large numbers of tanks. Minotaur AFVs are lightly armed and armoured. It is crewed by one driver, one gunner, and one officer.^[1b]

The Minotaur AFV functions in a manner akin to a mobile command HQ. It is equipped with specialised fire control and communication equipment, being able to call in artillery barrages. In addition to the comm-link the Minotaur AFV is equipped with sophisticated sensors, movement/heat detectors, and other surveillance equipment.^[1b]

It is armed with a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter or Heavy Flamer with a 90 degree field of fire.^[1b]

Additionally the Heavy Bolter can be equipped with a targeter. Additions include auto-launchers carrying Frag Grenades, Blind Grenades, or Frag Defender rounds.^[1b]

Images

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  Minotaur of the Mordian Iron Guard, commanded by a Commissar^[1c]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• Both the Centaur AFV and the Minotaur AFV were designed by modeller Ewen Little, using parts from both then-available 2nd Edition Leman Russ and Chimera. A simple guide on how to convert was provided how to create the Minotaur in The Citadel Journal 16.^[2]
• The vehicle's appearance is may be based on the Humber Armoured Car.
• From 2019 until 2026 the Centaur AFV was erroneously listed as the Pegasus, and the Minotaur AFV as the Pegasus Command Vehicle on Lexicanum. In 2022 the novel Krieg by Steve Lyons was released. It included a section in Chapter 14 that included a Pegasus Command Vehicle. The war-gear listed is similar to that of the Minotaur AFV.^[3] Whether these were meant to the same vehicle or not is unknown.

Sources

• 1: The Citadel Journal 15:
  • 1a: inner cover
  • 1b: pgs. 11-12
  • 1c: pg. 50
• 2: The Citadel Journal 16, pgs. 26-28