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{{stubcite}}[[Image:Stalk-tank.jpg|thumb|250px|A rendition of a stalk tank by a [[Mechanicus]] [[Magos]].{{Fn|2}}]] The '''Stalk Tank''' is was a light armoured vehicle fielded by the [[Blood Pact]] during the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]]. Resembling a variant smaller, nimbler version of the [[Defiler]] [[Daemon Engine]] utilized by the forces of the [[Blood PactChaos Space Marines]]. More lightly armored than the standard Defiler, Stalk tanks are a typical stalk tank was powered by six spider-like piston limbs , and are armed with double pulse-lasers [[laser]]s in mini-turrets.{{Fn|1}} It was driven by a single pilot, sometimes hard-wired into the cockpit.{{Fn|2}} Cheap and quick to manufacture in large numbers, especially after the Blood Pact occupied the [[forge world]] [[Urdesh]], stalk tanks fulfilled a "niche" role on the battlefield, providing mobile support to Blood Pact infantry forces, rather than to engage enemy tanks. The [[Imperial Tactician]]s advising the [[crusade]] force were forced to acknowledge that it was a niche for which the [[Imperial Guard]] had no effective counter.{{Fn|2}} In addition to their weaponry, stalk tanks were, like everything in the Blood Pact's armoury, a potent terror weapon, dominating enemy infantry with their size and grotesque appearance.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080928005105/http://www.blacklibrary.com/articles/blood-pact.asp Blood Pact Article]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Double Eagle (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett''', {{Cite This}}
[[Category:Sabbat Worlds Crusade]]
[[Category:Walkers]]
[[Category:Vehicles (Chaos)]]