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[[Image:JumpPackMK7JumpPack.jpg|thumb|right|A Valkyris 250px|Overview of Mk.7 Mars Pattern Jump Pack{{Fn|24}}]]
A '''Jump Pack''' is a back mounted device containing turbines or jets powerful enough to lift even a user in [[Power Armour]].
==Overview==
Jump Pack's are based on ancient [[STC]] technology. Intake vents on the top of the pack intake air to feed the jets, while the turbine blades expel it to create lift. Even with the aid of the power armor's energy coils the jump pack has its own fuel supply, such is the power required to send a fully armed and armored [[Space Marine]] into the sky. A Jump Pack is usually good for around a dozen or so "jumps" before it must be refueled or discarded.{{Fn|4}}
A jump pack greatly enhances a warrior's mobility by allowing him to travel quickly across the battlefield, making great bounding leaps over obstructions and launching him into the melee of close combat. Its roaring engines cam also slow the wearer's descent when leaping from low-flying aircraft, allowing him to [[Deep Strike]] with relative safety directly into the fray.{{Fn|1}}
==Known Patterns==
*'''Mk.IV Maximus Pattern''' — Used by Space Marines clad in [[Mk.IV Power Armour]], this unusual design had a single thruster with smaller manoeuvring jets.{{Fn|3}}
*'''Mk.VII Mars Pattern''' — Standard design used by [[Assault Marine]]s{{Fn|4}}
*'''Corvid Pattern Jump Pack''' — Used by the [[Raven Guard]]. This redesigned version of the Warhawk Pattern, the Corvid adds a sophisticated vector thrust assembly that allows its wearer to make longer more precise leaps.{{Fn|7}}
*'''Heavy Jumpp Jump Pack''' - Used by [[Inceptor Squad]]s{{Fn|9}}
*[[Enigmatus Pattern Jump Pack]] — Used by the [[Firewing]] of the [[Dark Angels]] during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|5}}
*'''Seraphim Jump Pack''' - Used by [[Adepta Sororitas]] [[Seraphim Squad]]s{{Fn|12}}
*'''Valkyris Pattern''' — Used by the [[Space Wolves]].{{Fn|2}}
*[[Venatari Jump Harness]] — Used by [[Custodian Venatari]].{{Fn|8}}
==Images==
<gallery heights="160px" widths="220px" mode="packed" caption="">
JumpPack.jpg|A Valkyris Pattern Jump Pack{{Fn|2}}
HHJ.jpg|Warhawk Pattern Jump Pack{{Fn|10}}
JumpPackHeresy.jpg|Mk.IV Jump Pack
HHJP2.jpg|Heresy-era Jump Pack{{Fn|11}}
InceptorJumpPack.jpg|[[Inceptor Squad|Inceptor]] Heavy Jump Pack{{Fn|9}}
SeraphimJumpPack.jpg|[[Seraphim Squad|Seraphim]] Jump Pack{{Fn|12}}
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Assault Squad]]*[[Chaos Raptor]]*[[Inceptor Squad]]*[[Jump Pack Intercessor SquadGrav-Chute]]
*[[Rokkit Pack]]
*[[Space Marine Equipment (List)]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]], pg. 59
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/MKIV-Space-Marine-Assault-Squad Forge World]
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Munitorum: Jump Packs (Background Book)]]- Introduction
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest]], pg. 166
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Hunt for Voldorius (Novel)]], Chapter 9
*{{Endn|10}}: [https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/horus-heresy-mk6-assault-marines-2023 Games Workshop MKVI Assault Squad] (last accessed 18/8/2024)
*{{Endn|11}}: [https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/MKV-Space-Marine-Assault-Squad Games Workshop MKV Assault Squad] (last accessed 18/8/2024)
*{{Endn|12}}: [https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/Adepta-Sororitas-Seraphim-Squad-2020 Games Workshop Seraphim Squad] (last accessed 18/8/2024)
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