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'''Attack Craft''' are the small, carrier-launched spacecraft that provide far-ranging support for battlefleets in combat. The difficulty of hitting such targets with anti-ship weapons makes them a formidable weapon, but they are held back by their lack of endurance.
== Overview ==
Most attack craft fall into one of three broad categories: Fighters, Bombers, and Assault Boats.
*'''Fighters ''' are small, one-man craft that intercept and destroy enemy attack craft and ordnance, but lack the firepower to damage starships.*'''Bombers ''' are (relatively) large, lumbering craft that carry heavy anti-ship weapons.*[[Assault Boats Boat]]s clamp on to enemy ships and deliver their cargo of elite soldiers for a short but damaging boarding action.
==Imperium==
===Imperial Navy===
*[[Fury Interceptor]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}*[[Starhawk Bomber]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}*[[Shark Assault Boat]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
===Space Marines===
*[[Thunderhawk]]<sup>{{Fn|2</sup>}}*[[Stormraven Gunship]]<sup>{{Fn|6</sup>}}
*[[Stormtalon Gunship]]
*[[Storm Eagle Gunship]]
*[[Caestus Assault Ram]]<sup>{{Fn|7</sup>}}
==Chaos==
*[[Swiftdeath Fighter]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}*[[Doomfire Bomber]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}*[[Dreadclaw Assault Boat]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
==Orks==
*[[Fighta-Bommer]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
*[[Bommer]]
*[[Ork Assault Boat]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
==Eldar==
*[[Darkstar Fighter]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}*[[Eagle Bomber]]<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
*[[Nightwing]]
*[[Vampire Raider]]
==Dark Eldar==
*[[Raptor Fighter]]<sup>{{Fn|3</sup>}}
*[[Razorwing Jetfighter]]
*[[Raven Fighter]]
*[[Razorwing Bomber]]<sup>{{Fn|3</sup>}}*[[Slavebringer Assault Boat]]<sup>{{Fn|3</sup>}}*[[Impaler Assault Module]]<sup>{{Fn|3</sup>}}
==Necrons==
==Tyranids==
The [[Tyranid]]s use a number of organisms that approximate the function of fighters and assault boats, but they are far too varied to be categorized into distinct classes as such.<sup>{{Fn|4</sup>}}
*[[Escort Drone]]
==Tau==
*[[Barracuda]]<sup>{{Fn|5</sup>}}
*[[Tiger Shark]]
*[[Manta]]<sup>{{Fn|5</sup>}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007§ion=&aId=4300022 Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Ships of the Gothic Sector] (accessed 2010.11.14)
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007§ion=&aId=4300022 Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Imperial Fleets] (accessed 2010.11.14)
*{{Endn|3}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007§ion=&aId=4300022 Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Xenos Feets] (accessed 2010.11.14)
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007§ion=&aId=4300022 Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Necron and Tyranid Fleets] (accessed 2010.11.14)
*{{Endn|5}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007§ion=&aId=4300022 Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Tau Fleets] (accessed 2010.11.14)
*{{Endn|6}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440196a&prodId=prod900149a Games Workshop]
*{{Endn|7}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine_Aircraft/CAESTUS-ASSAULT-RAM.html Caestus Assault Ram]
