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== Overview ==

The Deathstrike Missile Launcher is a tracked [[Chimera]] variant used uncommonly by the [[Imperial Guard]] throughout the [[Imperium]].

== Armament and Upgrades ==

The Death Strike Missile Launcher is armed with a hull mounted weapon - either a [[Heavy Bolter]] or [[Heavy Flamer]] - and may also use several special improvements like other imperial tanks. Various Death Strike warheads exist in the form of High Explosive, Plasma, Biological, Incendiary, and the most rare and dangerous the [[Vortex Grenade|Vortex]] variant. The most common warhead used is the Plasma variant making it almost standard armament within the Imperial Guard. ¹

Over the years the [[Imperium]] has slowly moved on to more mobile forms of artillery that required less logistical support and have much less complex firing systems. As a result, today's Deathstrikers are mostly involved in the most dire and apocalyptic of battles but can also sometimes be found in smaller formations in need of destruction on a grand scale.¹:

During the [[Ork]] raid on Baric Six in 994.M40 Lootas managed to infiltrate and and steal one of three Deathstrike missile launchers from the [[Imperial]] 52 artillery battery. This would later prove to be a fatal mistake resulting in the loss of two entire armoured companies of the [[Mordia|Mordian]] 278th and the [[Baneblade]] ''"Steel Might"'' not to mention over a hundred Orks. Later after two years of investigations a dozen Imperial Generals would be put to death for direliction of duty.¹:

== Sources ==

*²: [[Imperial Armour I]]

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