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{{Ambig|subject=Space Marine Dreadnoughts|disambiguation=Dreadnought}}
[[Image:SMDreadnoughtArt.jpg|thumb|right|320px|A [[Castaferrum Pattern Dreadnought]] of the [[Ultramarines]]{{Fn|22}}]]
'''Dreadnoughts''' are massive a classification of large war-machines piloted by an honoured [[Space Marine]] hero whose body has been ravaged in battle. Dreadnoughts are also known as the '''Old Ones''' in the [[Space Marines]] [[Chapters]].{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|3a20}}{{Fn|21}}
==Imperial Dreadnoughts==
===Space Marines Dreadnoughts===
Space Marine Dreadnoughts are piloted by an honoured [[Space Marine]] hero whose body has been ravaged in battle. Dreadnoughts are also known as the '''Old Ones''' in the [[Space Marines]] [[Chapters]].{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|3a}}
A Dreadnought is a large, armoured walker which carries both powerful guns and lethal close combat weaponry, built to withstand all but the most powerful of enemy firepower and often relied upon by Space Marine forces to tear an opening in enemy defences.{{Fn|2d}}{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3b}} Each Dreadnought contains a living being, permanently interfaced with the machine through a form of [[Mind Impulse Unit]]. Dreadnoughts are surprisingly agile, able to walk and balance with the ease of a living creature. It is said that old proto-Dreadnoughts of the [[Unification Wars]] could be piloted by non-Adeptus Astartes warriors, but later only Space Marines could be interred in them.{{Fn|2d}}
