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[[image:Deathstrike Missile Launcher.jpg|right|thumb|Deathstrike Missile Launcher{{Fn|3}}]]
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[[File:IG5EDeathstrikeMissleLauncher.jpg|280px|right|thumb|Deathstrike Missile Launcher{{Fn|1}}]]
The '''Deathstrike Missile Launcher''' is an [[Imperial Guard]] artillery vehicle based on the [[Chimera]] chassis. Its ability to fire a massive payload over extreme ranges is the Deathstrike's main advantage over other artillery systems. Only ever seeing deployment during the most vicious battles, each Deathstrike missile launcher is a force multiplier whose payload causes fear in even the most experienced enemies of the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|1}} The Deathstrike is designated an ''Ordnance Extremis'' by the [[Departmento Munitorum]] and requires special authorization to deploy.{{Fn|5}}
==Overview==
On [[Armageddon]], Deathstrike batteries located at [[Hive Helsreach]] were frequently used to provide support for the defenders of [[Hive Volcanus]] during the [[Third War for Armageddon]], despite the latter's location on the opposite side of the planet.{{Fn|2}}
During the [[Ork]] raid on [[Baric Six]] in 994.[[M40]], a band of [[Loota]]s somehow managed to infiltrate and steal one of three Deathstrike missile launchers from the Army 52 artillery park. They would use it shortly after, resulting in the loss of two entire armoured companies of the [[Mordian 278th Armoured]] and the [[Baneblade]] ''"[[Steel Might"]]'', not to mention over a hundred surprised Orks. A dozen Imperial generals would be executed for dereliction of duty following a two-year investigation into how the launcher was stolen.{{Fn|1}}
==Payloads==
==Technical Specifications==
The Death Strike Missile Launcher, besides its main payload, is armed with a hull mounted weapon - either a [[Heavy Bolter]] or [[Heavy Flamer]] — and includes a [[Searchlight]] and [[Smoke Launchers]]. It may also be upgraded with [[Camo Netting]], [[Dozer Blades]], [[Extra Armour]], a [[Hunter-Killer Missile]] and a [[pintle-mounted]] [[Storm Bolter]] or [[Heavy Stubber]].{{Fn|1}}
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==Images==
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Deathstrike Missile Launcher.jpg|Deathstrike Missile Launcher miniature.{{Fn|3}}EpicDeathstrike1st.jpg|1st Edition [[Epic]] Scale Deathstrike{{Fn|9}}
EpicDeathstrike.jpg|3rd Edition [[Epic]] Scale Deathstrike{{citethis}}
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== Sources ==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], pg. 55
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Epic Armageddon]], pg. 97
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1230511a_Imperial_Guard_Datasheet_-_Deathstrike_Vortex_Missile Apocalypse Datasheet]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition)]] — ''Deathstrikes''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Armies_of_the_ImperiumArmies of the Imperium]], pg. 59
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Epic Magazine]], pg. 20
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Steel Tread (Novel)]], Chapter Fourteen
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*[[Crimson Tears]] by [[Ben Counter]], {{Cite This}}
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