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==MkIb Mars Pattern==
[[File:RhinoMkIborRH1-N0-1988.jpg|thumb|300px|Rhino MkIb Armoured Assault Vehicle{{Fn|11}}]]
The oldest surviving Rhino pattern is the '''MkIb [[Mars ]] Pattern''', which was produced in such numbers that many surviving examples still exist. However, these machines are considered past their prime and no longer constructed, though they are still used with honour and respect. Compared to the current MkIIc pattern, the MkI's drive and engine system is less robust, lacking the same redundancy system. However it has a slightly higher top speed, load-bearing capacity, and requires less maintenance time.{{Fn|2b}}
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==MkIc Deimos Pattern==
[[File:RhinoAOD.jpg|thumb|300px|Deimos Pattern Rhino{{Fn|10}}]]
A variant of the '''MkIb''', the '''MkIc''' or '''[[Deimos ]] Pattern''' was the mainstay of the [[Legiones Astartes]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]]. The '''MkIc Deimos Pattern Rhino''' is amongst one of the oldest variants, first issued en-masse to the Space Marine Legions of the Great Crusade{{Fn|5}}
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==MkIIc Mars pattern==
[[Image:RhinoMin.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Ultramarines]] Rhino MkIIc]]
The modern '''[[Mars ]] Pattern Rhino'''(MkIIc) also saw use during the [[Great Crusade]], thought not at the levels seen with the Deimos pattern. The Mars Pattern Rhino was more easily reproduced, but had inferior environmental and secondary systems.{{Fn|7}}
Now, only the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] possess the knowledge to build a Rhino (although a Rhino could easily be built on virtually any world in the Imperium if it possessed a copy of the Rhino design schemes). Each Rhino is purified and blessed, each piece appeased before being put in place. Should a Rhino be lost in battle, it will be salvaged and repaired if possible, being sent back out into the field to give the [[Machine Spirit]] a chance for retribution against its enemies.{{Fn|2b}}
