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[[Image:SpartanTanKArt.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Death Guard]] Spartan Assault Tank]]
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The '''Spartan Assault Tank''' was a large heavy transport designed during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] to carry a full squad of [[Terminator]]-armoured [[Space Marines|Marines]].
The design is based off the famous [[Land Raider]].{{Fn|2}}
==Overview==
[[Image:SpartanTanKArt.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Death Guard]] Spartan Assault Tank]]Originally designed to get through the ''Ring of Death'' surrounding the city of [[Aries Primus]] on [[Mars]], the standard [[Land Raider ]] at the time could not transport Terminators.{{Fn|1}} Such was the lethality of the Ring of Death's plasma defence systems, that even with use of the Spartans, only the fraction of Terminator squads could hope to survive the advance.{{Fn|4a}} The design is based off the famous [[Land Raider]].{{Fn|2}}
The original Spartan had the standard [[Land Raider]] armament of two [[twin-linked]] [[lascannon]]s (heavy bolters were not standard then) but also mounted either a [[heavy bolter]] or [[flamer|heavy flamer]] on a turret on top. It was widely spread after the Heresy, but disappeared when the standard Land Raider was re-designed to carry [[Terminator]]s.{{Fn|1}}
==See also==
*[[Land Raider#Known Variants|Land Raider Variants]]
**[[Spartan Hermetika]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space-Marine-Tanks/SPARTAN_ASSAULT_TANK.html Forge World - SPARTAN ASSAULT TANK] ''(last accessed 23 May 2015)''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pg. 222
*4: [[Imperial Armour Volume 2 - Second Edition]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 116
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 118
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Horus Heresy: Legions]] - '''Shadow of the Warmaster''': ''Death Guard Expansion'' Card Description
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Liber Astartes (2nd Edition)]], pg. 79
*{{Endn|8}}: [https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/legions-imperialis-spartan-assault-tanks-2024 Warhammer Webstore : Legions Imperialis: Spartan Assault Tanks] ''(lasta ccessed last accessed 14/03/24March 2024)''
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