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{{ambiguous|subject=Vindicator Tank|disambiguation=Vindicator}}
[[Image:Vindicator DOW.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Blood Ravens]] Vindicator from [[Dawn of War]]]]
The '''Vindicator''' is a short range bombardment siege tank used by [[Space Marine]] chapters.
Its ==Armament==The Vindicator's primary weapon is the large-caliber [[Demolisher Cannon|Demolisher]] siege cannon, firing which is built into its hull and fires a self-propelled demolisher siege shell. It  The vehicles cannot carry any Space Marines due to the large amount of space taken up by the cannon. It can be equipped with [[Dozer Blade]]s, [[Extra Armour]], a [[Hunter-killer Missile]], a [[pintle-mounted]] [[Storm Bolter]], the [[Power of the Machine Spirit]], a [[Searchlight]] and [[Smoke Launchers]].
==History==
The first Vindicator tanks were converted from [[Rhino]] APCs during the subjugation of Rostern I, early in the Horus Heresy, and were quickly adopted by both sides. During the conquest of the fortress-city Stahlenburg, the [[Ultramarines]] Legion suffered grievous casualties battling through the cramped streets. [[Roboute Guilliman]] ordered that a number of the Ultramarines Legion's Rhinos should be fitted with [[Thunderer]] cannons in order to demolish the fortified buildings one at a time, denying the traitors sanctuary. Vindicator tanks (later fitted with Demolisher cannons) have been a mainstay of most Space Marine chapters ever since.
 
Vindicators were used extensively by rebel Legions during the [[Horus Heresy]] during the '''Siege of the Imperial Palace'''.
The first Vindicator tanks were converted from [[Rhino]] APCs during the subjugation of Rostern I, early in the Horus Heresy, and were quickly adopted by both sides. During the conquest of the fortress-city Stahlenburg, the [[Ultramarines]] Legion suffered grievous casualties battling through the cramped streets. [[Roboute Guilliman]] ordered that a number of the Ultramarines Legion's Rhinos should be fitted with [[Thunderer]] cannons and to demolish the fortified buildings one at a time, denying the traitors sanctuary. Vindicator tanks (later fitted with Demolisher cannons) have been a mainstay of most Space Marine chapters ever since. Games Workshop has since re-released a new model based on the newer mark of Rhino chasischassis. It is possible to purchase for apocolypse apocalypse battle 3 at a time.
==Images==
==Sources==
*[[Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)]]
*[[Codex Titanicus]], p. 23
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