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The '''Leman Russ Vanquisher''' is a rare and specialised variant of the [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]] used by the [[Imperial Guard]]. It has a mounts the significantly more powerful cannon, with a longer barrel and the ability to fire anti-tank Vanquisher rounds, called the [[Vanquisher cannon]]. These , firing special Vanquisher shells which are extremely effective at penetrating armour even at great ranges.[[Image:Leman Russ Vanquisher.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Leman Russ Vanquisher ([[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook|5th edition]])]]

The Vanquisher was mainly built on the [[Forge World]] [[Tigrus]] until it was overrun by the [[Ork]] [[Warboss|Warlord]] [[Arrgard the Defiler]] in [[M35]]. Since then the numbers of Vanquishers have been dropping and no one can replace them easily. Few current Forge Worlds have succeeded in producing the Vanquisher with their own designs. Two that are known to have succeeded are [[Gryphonne IV]] (Later turned into a [[Dead World ]] by [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]]) and [[Stygies VIII]].

The Vanquisher is beginning to make a comeback among Imperial forces. The good accuracy, long range and high ratio of first-hit kill makes it a choice anti-tank weapon by many Imperial commanders. Such is the power of the gun and the ammunition it uses, there is no known armour which cannot be penetrated by a Vanquisher, including that of [[Titans]].

The Vanquisher is armed with a turret-mounted Vanquisher cannon and a co-axial [[Storm bolter]] and one hull-mounted weapon of either a [[Lascannon]] or [[Heavy Bolter]]. It may also take two side sponsons of Heavy Bolters or [[Heavy Flamers]]. It may also be upgraded with [[Camo Netting]], [[Extra Armour]], a [[Hunter-killer Missile]], [[Improved Comms]], a [[Mine Sweeper]], a [[pintle-mounted]] [[Heavy Stubber]]/[[Storm Bolter]], a [[Rough Terrain Modification]], a [[Searchlight]], [[Track Guards]] and [[Smoke Launchers]].

*[[5th Australler Armoured Regiment]] *[[Tallarn 3rd Armoured Regiment|3rd Tallarn Armoured Regiment ']] "Desert Storm']] " - possibly [[Defence of Balle Alpha]], [[Balle Prime]]

*[[Valhallan 28th Armoured Regiment|28th Valhallan Armoured Regiment]]*[[Krieg 76th Armoured Regiment|76th Krieg Armoured Regiment]] - [[Commissar]] [[Konstantin Garrick]]'s vehicle*[[Magdellan 6th Armoured Regiment|6th Magdellan Armoured Regiment]] - [[Tsaragrad]]*[[Cthonian 2nd Armoured Regiment|2nd Cthonian Armoured Regiment]] - defence of [[Veridian Prime]]*[[Varolian 256th Armoured Regiment|256th Varolian Regiment ']] "the Ironsides']] " - fire deserts of [[Ferrum-Prime ]] - [[Imperial Guard Captain|Captain]] [[Solomon Stanz]]'s vehicle*[[Mortant 7th Regiment|7th Mortant Regiment 'Headhunters']] "Headhunters" - [[Sacking of Colonia]]*[[Cadian 142nd Armoured Regiment|142nd Cadian Armoured Regiment]] - defence of [[Cadia]] during [[13th Black Crusade]] ([[Mars Alpha]] chassis)*[[Valhallan 193rd Armoured Regiment|193rd Valhallan Armoured Regiment]] - defence of [[Canaan's World]]*[[Mordian 16th Armoured Regiment|16th Mordian Armoured Regiment]]*[[Valhallan 8th Armoured Regiment|8th Valhallan Armoured Regiment]] - [[Sallan's World ]] campaign

*[[Jouryan 27th Infantry Regiment]] - [[Liberation of Septiam Torus]]*[[8th Pardus Armoured Regiment]]^{{Fn|1}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 366 (UK)]], p.3*{{Endn|2}}: [[Honour Guard (Novel)]] - [[Gaunt's Ghosts: The Saint (Omnibus)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]: {{Cite This}}, ppg. 57*===Uncited==={{Endn|3Uncited}}: *[[White Dwarf #366 (UK)]], pg. 3*[[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]]*, {{Endn|4Cite This}}: *[[Titanicus (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]*, {{Endn|5Cite This}}: *[[The Bleeding Chalice (Novel)]] by [[Ben Counter]], {{Cite This}}