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The '''Land Raider Crusader''' is an assault-based version of the [[Land Raider]] used by the [[Space Marines]]. It has several modifications to allow it to assist warriors assaulting out of the front hatch. It also has a much greater transport capacity due to the removal of many of the large energy generators needed to power the [[Lascannons]], and special frag charges to fill the air before it with lethal shrapnel and cover the disembarking Marines.

The Land Raider Crusader was originally designed by the [[Black Templars]] to provide vast amounts of anti-infantry fire before disgorging the Black Templars to mow down the survivors. It was designed during the [[Jerulas Crusade]] in (645.[[M39]]) and maintains all by [[Artificer]] [[Simagus]] using recovered ancient techno-arcana in the long-forgotten depths of a captured [[Hive City]]. As tales of the robustness Crusader's successes spread, many other Chapters began to request information regarding its remodelling. The [[Techpriest]]s of [[Mars]] officially recognised the Crusader pattern in 763.[[M39]], although this was a mere formality since the Land Raiderdesign had already spread to hundreds of Chapters.