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Made a section for the missile types, and added the missing 'incendiary castellan missile' to the article.
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The '''Whirlwind Artillery Tank''' is an [[Rhino]]-based artillery support vehicle. The Whirlwind along with the [[Land Raider Helios]] are the closest weapons [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]]s use that could be considered true artillery. It is primarily used to soften up a heavily-fortified or well-defended target prior to the main attack. It mounts a [[Whirlwind multiple missile launcher]] on its turret, firing either tactical warheads or rapidly deploying minefields a variety of different missiles with the special 'Castellan' missilesdifferent purposes. The Whirlwind design is not available to [[Chaos Space Marines]], since the [[STC]] technology from which is was derived was discovered after the [[Horus Heresy]].<sup>1</sup> ===Varius Ammonition===The whirlwinds missile launcher is capable of firing 3 different kind of missiles<sup>2</sup>:<br />1. Vengeance Missiles: The standard explosive warhead, functions like a regular missile.<br />2. Castellan Missiles: A specially made warhead the explodes in midair at a designated spot and scatters a number of smaller mines. Used to quickly establish minefields without tideus labour.<br />3. Incendiary Castellan Missiles: A modified castellan warhead where the warhead have been fitted to scatter huge amounts of burning prometheum. This gruesome warhead is used to 'cook' enemies taking cover.<br />
===Hyperios variant===
The '''Whirlwind Hyperios''' is a rarer version of the standard Whirlwind, designed as an anti-aircraft vehicle. It mounts in place of the standard missile launcher, an anti-aircraft missile launcher designed to target and shoot down enemy aircraft. They are used when [[Thunderhawk Gunship]]s are not available to defend important positions from air attacks.<sup>23</sup>
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==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)]]
*<sup>2</sup>:[[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]](ISBN:978-1841548944) and [[Codex: Dark Angels]](ISBN:1-84154-807-3)*<sup>3</sup>:[[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]]
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