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The '''Deimos Pattern Vindicator''' was an early type of Vindicator used by the [[Legiones Astartes]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]]{{Fn|9}}, although many still operate as of [[M41]] in Space Marine [[Chapter]]s.{{Fn|6}}
It could be equipped with a '''Magna [[Laser Destroyer]]''' array{{Fn|12a}}, allowing him to tear through the armour plating of enemy vehicles{{Fn|12b}}. The laser destroyer's rate of fire could be greatly increase trough through mounting a '''power capacitor''' in the vehicle's internal volume, which is normally taken up with a munitions store for the more common Vindicator's Demolisher cannon. Stability is required for this overcharged firing however, and it is possible for the capacitor to overload the vehicle's energy grid with disastrous consequences.{{Fn|11}}
Several [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]] took to fielding this variant as a mainline battle tank, proving itself on many occasions as an able tank hunter.{{Fn|9}}
