Tau Equipment (List)

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List for Tau wargear and equipment, including Drones.

• Weaponry can be found at Tau Weaponry (List)
• Vehicles, Battlesuits, and vehicle upgrades can be found at Tau Vehicles (List)

• NOTE - this list does not include "named" wargear (ie character-specific wargear).

Battlesuits

Broadside Battlesuits
Name	Notes
Broadside Battlesuit - XV88	Standard pattern
Broadside Battlesuit - XV88-2	Variant - arm-mounted Railguns

Crisis Battlesuits
Name	Notes
Crisis Battlesuit - XV8	Standard pattern
Iridium Battlesuit - XV8-02	Command variant - equipped with heavier armour
Crisis Battlesuit - XV81	Command variant - shoulder-mounted Smart Missile System
Crisis Battlesuit - XV84	Command variant - equipped with Markerlight and Target Lock
Enforcer Battlesuit - XV85	Command variant
Coldstar Battlesuit - XV86	Command variant
Crisis Battlesuit - XV89	Command variant - extra armour
Warmaker Battlesuit	High-performance experimental variant

Hazard Battlesuits
Name	Notes
Hazard Battlesuit - XV9	Close Support Armour
Hazard Battlesuit - XV9-01	Variant - Fusion Cascades
Hazard Battlesuit - XV9-04	Variant - Phased Ion Guns

Stealth Battlesuits
Name	Notes
Stealth Battlesuit - XV15	Original pattern
Stealth Battlesuit - XV22	Command variant
Stealth Battlesuit - XV25	Current standard pattern
Stealth Battlesuit - XV26	Newer pattern
Stealth Battlesuit - XV95 Ghostkeel	Current pattern

Riptide Battlesuits
Name	Notes
Riptide Battlesuit - XV104	Current pattern
R'varna Battlesuit - XV107	Experimental pattern
Y'vahra Battlesuit - XV109

Vanguard Battlesuits
Name	Notes
Vanguard Battlesuit - XV46	Current pattern

Ballistic Suits
Name	Notes
Stormsurge Ballistic Suit - KV128
Supremacy Armour - KX139

Wargear and Support

Wargear
Name	Notes
Advanced EM Scrambler	Prototype[1]
Advanced Stabilization System	Battlesuit support system
Advanced Targeting System	Battlesuit Support System
Automated Armour Defences	Vior'la signature system[4a]
Automated Repair System
Be'gel Hunter's Plate	Armour
Blacksun Filter	Battlesuit support system or Hard-wired
Bonding Knife
Combat Armour	Armour
Command and Control Node	Battlesuit support system/Special issue
Counterfire Defence System	Battlesuit Support System
Cross-Linked Stabiliser Jets	Prototype[1]
Energy Flare Launcher
Decoy Launcher
Disruption Pod
Drone Controller	Battlesuit support system or Hard-wired
DS8 Tactical Support Turret
Dynamic Mirror Field	Dal'yth signature system[4a]
Early Warning Override	Battlesuit Support System
E-H Disruption Suite	Battlesuit Support System[4b]
Ejection System	Special issue
Electro-Static Flare	Battlesuit system[3]
Electrowarfare Suite	Battlesuit system
Energy Shield	Aircraft system
Evaporator unit
Failsafe Detonator	Special issue
Field Amplifier Relay
Gravity Wave Projector	Battlesuit Support System
Guidance Beacon
Holophoton Countermeasures	Battlesuit Support System
Homing Beacon	Battlesuit Support System
Honour Blade	Ethereals only
Humble Stave	Ethereal relic
Iridium armour	Special issue
Jetpack
KV126 Skyfire Platform	Anti-aircraft platform[2]
KV129 Stormfury Platform	Anti-aircraft platform[2]
Markerlight
Multi-Sensory Discouragement Array	Special Issue
Multispectrum Sensor Suite
Multi-tracker	Battlesuit support system or Hard-wired
Neocapacitor Shield	Battlesuit shield
Networked Markerlight	Battlesuit Support System
Neuro-empathic Nullifier	Ethereal relic
Neuroweb System Jammer
Nim ko’nai	Tau food rations
Nova Reactor	Battlesuit powerplant
Ohr'tu's Lantern	Markerlight
Onager Gauntlet
Overdrive Power Systems	Bork'an signature system[4a]
Point Defence Targeting Relay
Pol-hat	Worn by Tau diplomats
Positional Relay	Battlesuit support system/Special issue
Pulse Accelerator	Battlesuit Support System
Puretide Engram Neurochip	Biological enhancement
Recon Armour	Armour
Remote Sensor Tower
Repulsor Impact Field
Riptide Shield Generator	Support system for XV104 Battlesuit
Sceptre of Unity	Ethereal relic
Sensory Negation Countermeasures	Prototype Battlesuit system[4b]
Sensor Spine
Serenity
Shield Generator	Battlesuit support system
Solid-Image Projection Unit	Special issue
Starflare Ignition System	Prototype Battlesuit system[4b]
Stealth field generator
Stimulant Injector	Special issue
Structural Analyser	Scanner. It is now wielded only by El'Myamoto
Target Lock	Battlesuit support system or Hard-wired
Targeting Array	Battlesuit support system
Tissue Rebuilder	Part of a Tau med-kit
Vectored Retro-Thrusters	Battlesuit support system/Special issue
Vectored Manoeuvring Thrusters	T'au signature system[4a]
Velocity Tracker	Battlesuit Support System
Wide-Spectrum Scanners	Battlesuit Support System[4b]

Drones

Drones
Name	Notes
Command-link Drone
Drone Sentry Turret
Earth Caste Builder Drone
Escort Drone
Exploratory Drone
Gun Drone
Guardian Drone
Grav-inhibitor Drone
Heavy Gun Drone
Hover Drone
Interceptor Drone
Marker Drone
Missile Drone	Includes Shielded Missile Drones
Oversight Drone
Pulse Accelerator Drone
Recon Drone
Remora Drone Stealth Fighter
Shield Drone
Sniper Drone
Stealth Drone
Technical Drone

See Also

• Tau Armoury
• List of Lists

Sources

• 1: Psychic Awakening: The Greater Good pg.36-37
• 2: Warhammer Community: Flight Plan: You're Grounded (posted 10/20/2020) (last accessed 10/20/2020)
• 3: Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 downloads Sudden Dawn Cadre PDF, pg. 3 (Last accessed on 08/05/2024)
• 4: Codex: T'au Empire (9th Edition)
  • 4a: pgs. 56-60
  • 4b: pgs. 70-71