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The '''Whirlwind multiple missile launcher''' is mounted on the [[Space Marine]] [[Whirlwind]] vehicle. It is capable of firing various types of missiles, the most common types being the standard Vengeance missile or the more advanced Incendiary Castellan missile. The Whirlwind can only be loaded with multiple types of munitions, but can only launch one specific type at a time. The most current versions of the launcher, are either 2 pods of missile 5 missiles each, fired in tandem pairs, or larger missiles fired one at a timefrom 2 pods of 2 missiles each.
==Vengeance missiles==
==Castellan missiles==
'''Castellan missiles''' are defensive missiles, which upon detonating, scatter mines over a large area. They are often effective for denying an enemy an easy route for counter attacks. Sufficient mines are fired in each shot that the field will remain until the end of the battle.<sup>1</sup> ==Incendiary Castellan missile=='''Incendiary Castellan missiles''' are missiles that have exchanged the fragmentation charge for a volatile chemical warhead that blankets the blast area in searing flames. It is commonly used on targets inside structures which are protected from fragmentation blast. Even the most sturdy of defenses provide no protection and if by some chance the defenders inside the structure aren't burned to death, most die from the after vapours which kill them from the inside out.<sup>2</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)]]
*[[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]]
*<sup>2</sup>[[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
==Related Articles==
*[[Missile Weapons]]