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[[Image:ScimitarSoH.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A [[Sky Hunter]] mounted on a '''Scimitar'''-pattern [[Imperial Jetbike|Jetbike]]{{Fn|3}}]]
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The '''Scimitar''' pattern [[Imperial Jetbike|Jetbike]]s were available to the [[Legiones Astartes]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]]. They were typically used in [[Sky-Hunter]] squadron formations.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
[[Image:ScimitarSoH.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A [[Sky Hunter]] mounted on a '''Scimitar'''-pattern [[Imperial Jetbike|Jetbike]]{{Fn|3}}]]
Scimitar Jetbikes are modifications of designs which considerably predated the [[Imperium]]. They are propelled by a jet-engine and their gravity is assisted by a grav-impellor allowing them to maintain great speeds for extended periods of low altitude flight. Their lift-strength is sufficient to carry a heavily armoured Space Marine and his wargear, but also a variety of heavy weapons mounts and stocks of ammunition, giving the Sky-Hunters
extremely potent firepower.{{Fn|1}}
Given the materials required to make and maintain them (such as iridium-calicite alloys and repulsor plates), demand for them by the Legions has largely been outstripped.{{Fn|1}}
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===Shamshir Pattern===
[[Image:GoldenKeshigChampion2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Golden Keshig Champion]] on a '''Shamshir''' Pattern Jetbike{{Fn|4}}]]
The '''Shamshir''' pattern [[Jetbike]] was a rare variant of the [[Imperial Jetbike|Scimitar Jetbike]], that was heavily used by the [[Golden Keshig]] of the [[White Scars]] Legion during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] for its increased speed and maneuverabilitymanoeuvrability. However, production of the Shamshir was limited to small [[Mechanicum]] enclaves established in the [[Kolarne Circle]] and maintained by an ancient treaty with the White Scars and their [[Primarch]] [[Jaghatai Khan]].{{Fn|2}}
Shamshir Jetbikes were equipped with a [[Scatterbolt Launcher]].{{Fn|5}}
