Siege Tank

Siege Tanks are Tanks designed to combat enemy fortifications, especially bunkers and fortified positions.

Construction and Use

A Leman Russ Demolisher^[5]

Siege Tanks tend to have a short-ranged gun as range is not much of a factor in urban terrain, while also having thicker top armour to prevent damage from shelling from the upper floors of buildings.^[1]

Siege Tanks are mostly used in urban areas or strongholds, against fixed fortifications and emplacements.^[1]

Types of Siege Tank

Imperial Guard

• Leman Russ Demolisher^[5]
• Griffon^[1]
• Thunderer^[4]
• Dominus Armoured Bombard^[1]
• Medusa^[2]
• Colossus^[2]
• Wyvern^[3]

Space Marines

• Vindicator^[6]
• Typhon Heavy Siege Tank^[8]
• Arquitor Bombard^[7]
• Land Raider Ares^[9]

Chaos Space Marines

• Thunderstrike^[11]
• Plagueburst Crawler^[12]

Orks

• Kill Bursta^[10]

Sources

• 1: Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition), pgs. 52-55
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume One (Second Edition), pgs. 160-161
• 3: Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition) - Wyverns
• 4: Honour Guard (Novel) — The Saint (Omnibus), Chapter Three
• 5: Codex: Imperial Guard (2nd Edition), pg. 29
• 6: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pgs. 67-69
• 7: The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest, pg. 200
• 8: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pg. 225
• 9: Space Marines Apocalypse Datasheet - PDF (Link no longer valid)
• 10: Kill Bursta by Forgeworld
• 11: Raven's Flight (Short Story)
• 12: Codex: Death Guard (8th Edition), pg. 51