Pegasus Command Vehicle
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The Pegasus Command Vehicle is a reconnaissance HQ vehicle for the Imperial Guard.[1b]
The Pegasus Command Vehicle[2] is a variant of the Pegasus 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. Pegasus Command Vehicles are lightly armed and armoured. It is crewed by one driver, one gunner, and one officer.[1b]
The Pegasus Command Vehicle 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 Pegasus Command Vehicle 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][2]
Images
Pegasus Command Vehicle of the Mordian Iron Guard, commanded by a Commissar[1c]
Trivia
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- Both the Pegasus and the Pegasus Command Vehicle 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 Pegasus in The Citadel Journal 16.[3]
- In The Citadel Journal 15 the Pegasus Command went under the name Minotaur but as of White Dwarf #270 that seemed to have changed, likely to avoid confusion with a vehicle of the same name.
- The vehicle's appearance is most likely based on the Humber Armoured Car.
Sources
- 1: The Citadel Journal 15:
- 2: White Dwarf 270 (UK), pg. 42
[Help] - 3: The Citadel Journal 16, pgs. 26-28
