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Proteus Land Speeder

Proteus Land Speeder of the White Scars[1]

Proteus pattern Land Speeders are a Land Speeder variant that saw peak use within the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. They are high speed reconnaissance and rapid attack skimmers that utilise antigravity technology to achieve extraordinary battlefield mobility and speed.[2a]


Description

The Proteus Land Speeder is a lightly armoured two-man craft[2a], trading some of a Jetbike’s agility for a stronger, more resilient frame and the ability to carry heavier weaponry.[2c] However, they are not main battleline vehicles; they rely more on their extreme manoeuvrability and speed for survival than durability. A Proteus requires the kind of skill and reflexes to operate at peak performance that only a Space Marine can bring to bear.[2a]

Strategic Use

They were often deployed ahead of a Space Marine Legion’s advance, both to locate the enemy and to destroy their supplies and munitions.[2c] They are particularly apt to fight delaying actions whilst the rest of a Space Marine force moves into attack positions or redeploys.[2a]

Land Speeder squadrons provide a Space Marine force with a flexible core of rapidly deployable firepower and make for highly able tank hunters and close air support units. As a result, mixed formations of Land Speeders are often called upon to operate as a rapid reaction force, held in reserve to quickly intercept enemy counter-attacks.[2a]

Formations

Weapons

Images

  • Proteus Land Speeder miniature (2018)[4]

  • Proteus Land Speeder miniature (2018)[4]

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.

  • The Land Speeder Proteus model was the very first Land Speeder model released by Games Workshop in march 1988.[5] It disappeared as a design for 30 years and was repurposed as an Horus Heresy-era unit in 2018.[4]

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Sources


Legiones Astartes Forces of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Command Primarch • Lord Commander • Praetor • Centurion • Optae • Command Squad
Specialists Consul (Herald • Siege Breaker • Overseer) • Champion • Vigilator • Chaplain • Librarian (Esoterist) • Techmarine (Praevian) • Apothecary (Primus Medicae) • Decurion • Master of Signals • Master of Descent • Augur Squad • Moritat
Elite Troops Veteran Squad (Veteran Assault Squad) • Terminator Squad (Cataphractii • Tartaros • Saturnine • Nullificator) • Destroyer Squad (Assault • Mortalis) • Honour Guard
Troops Tactical Squad • Assault Squad • Heavy Support Squad • Breacher Squad • Tactical Support Squad • Reconnaissance Squad • Despoiler Squad • Scout Squad • Inductii
Fast Attack Seeker Squad • Outrider Squad • Sky Seeker Squad • Sky-Hunter Squadrons • Hussar Squad • Javelin Attack Speeder • Proteus Land Speeder
Dreadnoughts Contemptor • Castaferrum • Deredeo • Leviathan • Lucifer • Saturnine
Armored Vehicles Rhino (Advancer) • Predator (Executioner • Infernus) • Mauler Tank • Sabre • Land Raider (Phobos • Proteus • Achilles • Explorator) • Termite • Plutona
Heavy Vehicles Kratos • Sicaran • Malcador • Spartan (Prometheus • Hermetika) • Behemoth • Cerberus • Typhon
Super-Heavy Vehicles Fellblade (Glaive) • Falchion (Ascalon) • Stormblade • Shadowsword • Mastodon • Mantolith • Leviathan • Capitol Imperialis
Artillery Basilisk • Medusa • Whirlwind (Hyperios • Scorpius) • Vindicator (Laser Destroyer) • Arquitor (Morbus • Spicula • Graviton) • Rapier • Heavy Quad Launcher • Tarantula • Araknae
Aircraft Drop Pod (Deathstorm) • Dreadclaw • Kharybdis Assault Claw • Stormbird • Thunderhawk • Storm Eagle • Fire Raptor • Stormstrike • Xiphon • Primaris Lightning Strike Fighter • Caestus Assault Ram • Orgus Flyer • Apis • Lotus • Wrath • Lightning Crow • Stormhawk • Stormcrow • Corsair • Deathbird • Swordstrike • Castellan • Pythos • Harbinger • Hawkwing
Legion-specific
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