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The '''Spartan Assault Tank''' was a large heavy tank designed during the [[Horus Heresy]] to carry a full squad of Terminator-armored [[Space Marines|Marines]] through the 'Ring of Death' surrounding the city of [[Aries Primus]] on [[Mars]]. The standard Land Raider at the time could not transport Terminators<sup>1</sup>. The design is based off the famous [[Land Raider]].{{Fn|2}}
The original Spartan had the standard [[Land Raider]] armament of the day, two [[twin-linked]] [[lascannon]]s (heavy bolters were not standard then) but also mounted either a [[heavy bolter]] or [[flamer|heavy flamer]] on a turret on top. It was widely spread after the Heresy, but disappeared when the standard Land Raider was re-designed to carry [[Terminator]]s<sup>1</sup>. The Spartan design used today features the twin hull-mounted heavy bolters seen on contemporary Land Raider designs, as well as a pair of sponsons fitted with a quad-lascannon battery each. It is able to transport 25 Space Marines in [[power armour]]. Additionally, it is considerably faster than other Land Raider variants despite its increased size, due to its reactor-driven motive drive systems<sup>2</sup>. It is unknown whether this is intended to be a different pattern to the original Spartan, or whether it has replaced it entirely in canon.
==Images==
<center>
<gallery>
Image:Spartan1.jpg|'''Original Spartan design featuring [[Ultramarines]] livery, [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|Rogue Trader]] era'''
Image:Spartan.jpg|'''Updated Spartan design released by Forge World, featuring [[Red Scorpions]] livery'''
</gallery>
</center>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[WD119|White Dwarf 119]] (1989) ''Spartan'', by Rick Priestley
*{{Fn|2}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SPARTAN_ASSAULT_TANK.html Forge World - SPARTAN ASSAULT TANK]
==Related articles==
* [[Land Raider#Variants|Land Raider Variants]]
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[[Category:Vehicles (Space Marines)]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
[[Category:Tanks]]
[[Category:Vehicles]]
[[de:Spartan]]
The original Spartan had the standard [[Land Raider]] armament of the day, two [[twin-linked]] [[lascannon]]s (heavy bolters were not standard then) but also mounted either a [[heavy bolter]] or [[flamer|heavy flamer]] on a turret on top. It was widely spread after the Heresy, but disappeared when the standard Land Raider was re-designed to carry [[Terminator]]s<sup>1</sup>. The Spartan design used today features the twin hull-mounted heavy bolters seen on contemporary Land Raider designs, as well as a pair of sponsons fitted with a quad-lascannon battery each. It is able to transport 25 Space Marines in [[power armour]]. Additionally, it is considerably faster than other Land Raider variants despite its increased size, due to its reactor-driven motive drive systems<sup>2</sup>. It is unknown whether this is intended to be a different pattern to the original Spartan, or whether it has replaced it entirely in canon.
==Images==
<center>
<gallery>
Image:Spartan1.jpg|'''Original Spartan design featuring [[Ultramarines]] livery, [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader|Rogue Trader]] era'''
Image:Spartan.jpg|'''Updated Spartan design released by Forge World, featuring [[Red Scorpions]] livery'''
</gallery>
</center>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[WD119|White Dwarf 119]] (1989) ''Spartan'', by Rick Priestley
*{{Fn|2}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SPARTAN_ASSAULT_TANK.html Forge World - SPARTAN ASSAULT TANK]
==Related articles==
* [[Land Raider#Variants|Land Raider Variants]]
{{SMVehicles}}
[[Category:Vehicles (Space Marines)]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
[[Category:Tanks]]
[[Category:Vehicles]]
[[de:Spartan]]
