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{{IntWik|Destination=Aquila Lander}}
[[Image:Aquila Lander.jpg|thumb|An Aquila Lander]][[Image:CrashedAquila.jpg|thumb|A crashed Aquila Lander from the Battle for Macragge box set]]
The '''Aquila Lander''' is a light shuttle typically used by the [[Imperial Navy]]. It is used to carry officers or other important persons from orbit to ground level and is named because of its wing arrangement. The wings end in a feather-like design and taper back as if in imitation of the [[Aquila|sign of the Aquila]]. It is not designed as a combat vehicle, being only lightly armed with a [[Heavy Bolter]] (other variants replace the Heavy Bolter with a [[Multi-laser]] or [[Autocannon]]) for self defence, but it is well enough armoured to survive atmospheric insertion that it can protect its passengers from several hits before going down.<sup>1-p36</sup>
