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{{Main|Stealth Battlesuit}}
[[Image:XV15.jpg|right|thumb|220px|XV15 Stealthsuit]]
Stealth Battlesuits, also called '''Stealthsuits''', employ a holographic disruption field to make them hard to spot and target. Like the larger XV8 Battlesuit, the Steath Stealth Battlesuits incorporate a [[Jetpack]] in their design. Unlike other battlesuits, whose pattern derive derives from the mass-class, Stealthsuits are identified by the secondary number of "5" which denotes a stealth variation of the mass-class standard pattern (such as the Ghostkeel).
Known existing patterns consist of the [[XV15]], [[XV22]], [[XV25]], and [[XV95]].
* '''[[XV15]]'''; a Mass-Class 1 stealthsuit that adds additional armour plating to the Fire Warrior armour, as well as servos and support for the weapon systems it carries, not unlike Space Marine [[Terminator Armour]]
* '''[[XV22]]'''; an experimental stealthsuit worn by [[Commander Shadowsun]]. The XV22 is a much more advanced system than the XV25 in current use. Currently in the field testing stage* '''[[XV25]]'''; The most common version of the stealthsuit in use by the Tau Empire. The [[Earth Caste]] hoped to introduce the XV22 en masse to replace the XV15, however , the [[Kappa Mortis Incident]] forced them to instead bring the easier-to-produce XV25 into full-scale production. Thanks to their larger frame and augmented muscles, XV25s can replace their [[Burst Cannon]] for a [[Fusion Gun]], and may also take an additional [[Battlesuit Support System.]]* '''[[XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuit]]''' The largest stealthsuit in operation, they are considered the pinnicle pinnacle of Tau stealth technology
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