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The '''Atlas (Recovery Tank)''' is an armoured recovery tank based on the [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]] chassis. It is designed to recovery recover disabled or destroyed vehicles and tow them back to friendly lines for repairs.

The Atlas is a stripped -down Leman Russ with no turret, weakened armour and a supercharged engines engine to enable it to move weights in excess of 60 tonnes. Three or more Atlases are needed to tow a super heavy tank[[Super Heavy Tank]].

Usually all of the Atlases in an [[Imperial Guard]] unit are grouped together under the control of the regimental commander, although not all [[regiments ]] have them. Those that do, almost always find their services in need. During battles they are held in reserve until a call comes through for one of them to brave the battlefield and rescue a vehicle. It has a large crane and rear spade to allow it to lift the heavy weight without toppling over backwards.

Often Atlases are accompanied by [[Trojans]] which can tow large flatbed trailers to put damaged vehicles on to be moved to the workshops. Often an Atlas crew is well enough trained to repair a vehicle on the spot, in which case they are often followed by a [[Techpriest Enginseer]] to properly bless and consecrate the vehicle.

Destroyed vehicles will be investigated for scavengesalvage, freeing its [[machine spirit ]] to the [[Emperor]] and then left to rust away in peace.

The Atlas is armed with a single hull mounted [[Heavy Bolter]]. It may also be upgraded with [[Camo Netting]], [[Extra Armour]], a [[Mine Sweeper]], a pintle-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]]/[[Storm Bolter]], a [[Rough Terrain Modification]], a [[Searchlight]], [[Track Guards]] and [[Smoke Launchers]].

*[[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]], {{Cite This}}