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===Development===
[[File:Terminator1wd109pg32.jpg|thumb|180px|Terminator Armour early design{{Fn|2}}]]
Terminator armour was developed first fielded on [[Terra]] during the late [[Great CrusadeUnification Wars]] {{Fn|634}} by , though the [[Adeptus MechanicusTech-Priest]] Tech Adepts s of Marsthe [[Martian Mechanicum]] also refined its design during the [[Great Crusade]]. {{Fn|6}} Its design is a blend of [[Dreadnought]] armour, standard Marine power armour and heavy suits used by engineers working in the most hostile environments (such as micro-debris-plagued orbits or the radioactive engine cores of stellar frigates). It was first intended to provide heavy armour and firepower to troops fighting in cramped battle zones, such as the claustrophobic tunnels of [[hive world]]s and [[Space Hulk]]s, which are too confined for Dreadnoughts and vehicles.It has been stated that had the [[Horus Heresy]] not broken out, the [[Legiones Astartes]] may have issued Terminator armour as the ''de facto'' wargear.{{Fn|34}}
Several designs of Terminator armour evolved in parallel from the [[Forge Worlds|forge worlds]] of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the armouries of the Marines. Often bearing little physical resemblance to each other, these different exo-armour suits in fact have much in common. Massively armoured, sealed against any external conditions and incorporating their own armament, Terminator armour designs proved their worth from the first. Like power armour, the suits were equipped with fibre-bundle muscles and imposed few movement restrictions upon the wearer, despite their immense weight.{{Fn|2}}
