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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
This image says that it's a Land Raider Proteus, not a Prometheus.
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[[Image:LandRaiderProteusArtLRProm.jpg|thumb|right|350px250px|thumb|An [[InquisitionUltramarines]] Land Raider Proteus{{Fn|4d}}Prometheus]]
The '''Land Raider Prometheus''' is a specialist [[Space Marine]] command tank based on the [[Land Raider]] chassis.
The exact origins of the 'Prometheus' pattern Land Raider remains a mystery. Some [[Tech-adepts]] believe it to be a variant of the 'Tartarus' pattern Land Raider, due to the striking similarities between the two. Although no clear evidence has been found to support this claim{{Fn|4a}} there is at least one archival report that depicts the vehicle, or else one that closely resembles it, that fought on the side of the Loyalists during the early period of the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|4b}} Others believe that it was the [[Salamanders]] which first produced it as they retain more Prometheus models, than any other [[Chapter]] (however, the Salamanders deny this claim). In any case, the number of Chapters which do have a Prometheus within their [[Armoury|Armouries]] is unknown.{{Fn|1}} For example, the [[White Scars]] only have four of these Land Raiders.{{Fn|3}} There is even another version that the origins of 'Prometheus' where in fact founded by the [[Landites]] - followers of the famous [[Arkhan Land]].{{Fn|4a}}
The most famous example of a Prometheus used in battle during the '''[[Masali]] Campaign''', when [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[UltramarinesCato Sicarius]] of the [[Cato SicariusUltramarines]] used his Prometheus to turn the tide of battle against [[Eldar]] pirates, in the process earning the first-class [[Marksman's Honour]] badge.{{Fn|1}}
==Design Features==
The Prometheus's transport capacity is only slightly diminished by the equipment as it is able to carry ten Space Marines in [[power armour]] or five in [[Terminator armour]].{{Fn|1}} Besides a [[Searchlight]] and [[Smoke Launchers]] it can be further upgraded with [[Extra Armour]], a [[Hunter-Killer Missile]] and a pintle-mounted [[Multi-melta]].{{Fn|2}}
==Technical Information==
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**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 36
**{{Endn|4c}}: pg. 48
**{{Endn|4d}}: pg.222
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