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The Sicaran Battle Tank was primarily armed with two Herakles-pattern [[Accelerator Autocannon]]s, which allowed it to rapidly fire shells at a far higher velocity than a standard autocannon. Secondary armament included sponson-mounted [[Lascannon]]s. Because of its advanced weaponry, the Sicaran was capable of tracking and engaging swift moving targets and pinpoint weaknesses in enemy armor with lethal precision.{{Fn|1}}
In the [[M41|41st Millennium]] Sicaran tanks are prized as rare relics, their systems little understood by even the most venerable [[Master of the Forge]]. They are normally held in stasis when not in use to prevent the vehicle from decaying.{{Fn|4}}
[[Chaos Space Marine]] warbands still employ Sicarans, though these are often millennia old and have since become Daemonically corrupted. As such, they are most commonly found among the original [[Traitor Legion]]s.{{Fn|5}}
==Sicaran Venator=Technical Specifications===The '''Sicaran Venator''' is a variant of the Sicaran Battle Tank introduced towards the end of the [[Great Crusade]]. Purpose-built as a tank destroying vehicle, it mounts the fearsome [[Neutron Laser Projector]]. The Venator's combination of mobility, protection, and firepower made it highly valued by the Space Marine Legions.{{Fn|3}}
{{Imperial Vehicles
|Vehicle Name=Sicaran Battle Tank{{Fn|4}}
|Access Points=N/A
}}
===Variants===
==Sicaran Venator==
[[Image:SicVenator.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Sicaran Venator]]
The '''Sicaran Venator''' is a variant of the Sicaran Battle Tank introduced towards the end of the [[Great Crusade]]. Purpose-built as a tank destroying vehicle, it mounts the fearsome [[Neutron Laser Projector]]. The Venator's combination of mobility, protection, and firepower made it highly valued by the Space Marine Legions.{{Fn|3}}
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==Sicaran Punisher==
[[Image:SicaranPunisher.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Sicaran Punisher]]
The '''Sicaran Punisher''' is a variant of the Sicaran Battle Tank that came into general use amongst the various [[Space Marine Legion]]s in the final days of the [[Great Crusade]], however the [[Punisher Rotary Cannon]] it mounts has a far older history. Originally mounted on the now rare [[Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer|Cerberus pattern main battle tank]]s, the punisher had established a reputation as a deadly tool in the eradication of massed conscript infantry or hordes of swarming [[xenos]] creatures, limited only by its relatively short range and prodigious appetite for munitions. Married to the Sicaran hull, where the impressive speed of that vehicle effectively negated the short range of the weapon, and the complex feed assemblies developed as part of the various Terran accelerator cannon, the punisher is once again in widespread use among the Legions, though now it is employed against the very warriors it was intended to protect.{{Fn|6}}
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==Known Named Sicaran Tanks==
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition)]] pg.80-81
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned]] pg.37
*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Sicaran-Punisher-Tank-2017 Forge World]
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