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Various forms of Armour upgrade exist. For example, extra armour applied to vehicles is used by [[Imperial Guard]]{{Fn|2}}, [[Space Marines]]{{Fn|1}}, [[Daemonhunter]]s, [[Witch Hunters]] and [[Chaos Space Marine]] forces. Sometimes it is elaborately detailed armour and sometimes simple sheets of [[ceramite]].{{cite this}} It reduces the degree to which the vehicle in question is shaken around by weaker impacts.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
==Types==
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===Ablative Armour===
A crude and somewhat rudimentary method of enhancing a vehicle’s armoured protection, ablative armour often takes the forms of large sections of [[plasteel]] welded or in some cases hooked onto exposed areas of a vehicle’s sides. {{Fn|4}} These extra protective plates form a secondary layer of armour.{{fn|5}} These types of modifications add to a vehicle’s staying power, but often slow it down due to the excess weight. Ablative armour cannot be repaired and must be replaced.{{Fn|4}} They are also unable to provide protection against a [[Graviton Gun|Graviton Weapon]] or a [[Shokk Attack Gun]].{{fn|5}}
===Superior Plating===
Some vehicles are lucky enough to incorporate rare materials or internal reinforcement within their armour plating, giving them much greater damage resistance than standard armour and certainly more than hastily applied ablative patches. Superior plating often takes longer to repair as regular armour plating.{{Fn|4}}
<gallery heights="200px" widths="200px" mode="nolines" caption="">Siege Leman Russ by Simon Hawkings The Citadel Journal 4 Inner Cover.png|<sup>[[File:Leman Russ Battle Tank]] in "Siege" Configuration, with '''Reinforced Armour''' and '''Ablative Armour'''</sup>Predator Reinforced Armour.jpg|thumb|center|<sup>[[Predator]] with Extra '''Reinforced Armour (Reinforced)'''{{Fn|3}}]]</sup></gallery>
==See also==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition)]] - ''Space Marine Vehicle Equipment''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition)]] - ''Glossary''
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20151207050236/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Rhino-Predator-Reinforced-Armour Forge World] Website - Rhino/Predator Reinforced Armour''(archived from [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Rhino-Predator-Reinforced-Armour the original] 07 December 2015, last accessed 12 February 201611 December 2025)''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Only War: Shield of Humanity]], pgs. 132-133
*{{Endn|5}}: [[2nd Edition]] [[Warhammer_40000_Cards#Common_Vehicle_Upgrades| Vehicle Upgrade Card]]
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