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'''Battle tanks''' are heavy armed and armoured vehicles designed to fight both infantry and vehicles/tanks. Quite often they have a rotating turret.
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'''Battle tanks''' are heavy armed and armoured vehicles designed to fight both infantry and vehicles.
  
 
==Construction==
 
==Construction==
[[Imperial]] battle tanks are constructed on [[Forge World|forge worlds]], and most use designs that are thousands of years old. Other races have their own methods of construction, some similar, as with the [[Tau]], who build their tanks in factories to the same design, or very different, as with the [[Eldar]] method of singing the wraithbome into shape.  A notable race are the [[Ork]]s, who construct their tanks out of the wreckage of other races' war machines, or simply stealing intact versions of the enemie's tanks and getting the meks to'''smak it inta shape'''.
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[[Imperial]] battle tanks are constructed on [[Forge World]]s, and most use designs that are thousands of years old. Other races have their own methods of construction.  A notable race are the [[Ork]]s, who construct their tanks out of the wreckage of other races' war machines.
  
 
==Employment==
 
==Employment==
Battle tanks are normally used to supplement infantry actions, using their heavy weapons to wipe out troops and engage other vehicles. Sometimes battle tanks will be used alone, such as in environmental conditions that an infantryman couldn't survive, such as the battle for [[Tallarn]]. On rare occasions, dedicated forces of armour may be fielded, however, it is unusual for this to be done.  
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Battle tanks are normally used to supplement infantry actions, using their heavy weapons to wipe out troops and engage other vehicles. Sometimes battle tanks will be used alone, such as in environmental conditions that an infantryman couldn't survive.
  
 
==Battle Tank Types==
 
==Battle Tank Types==
Note that these do not include [[Super Heavy Vehicle]]s, [[Heavy Tank]]s or [[Grav Tanks]] which have their own articles.
 
 
 
===Imperium===
 
===Imperium===
==== Imperial Guard ====
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==== Imperial Guard{{Fn|1}} ====
*[[Leman Russ Battle Tank]]
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*[[Leman Russ Battle Tank]];
*[[Leman Russ Conqueror]]
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*[[Leman Russ Conqueror]];
*[[Leman Russ Demolisher]] (also serves as a [[Siege Tank]])
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*[[Leman Russ Demolisher]] (also serves as a [[Siege Tank]]);
 
*[[Leman Russ Exterminator]]
 
*[[Leman Russ Exterminator]]
 
*[[Leman Russ Executioner]]
 
*[[Leman Russ Executioner]]
 
*[[Leman Russ Eradicator]]
 
*[[Leman Russ Eradicator]]
 
*[[Leman Russ Punisher]]
 
*[[Leman Russ Punisher]]
*[[Leman Russ Vanquisher]] (also serves as a [[Tank Destroyer]])
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*[[Leman Russ Annihilator]]
*[[Hellhound]] flame tank
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*[[Leman Russ Incinerator]]
*[[Devil Dog]] Melta Cannon variant of the [[Hellhound]]
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*[[Leman Russ Vanquisher]] (also serves as a [[Tank Destroyer]]);
*[[Bane Wolf]] Chem Cannon variant of the [[Hellhound]]
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*[[Hellhound]];
*[[Ragnarok]]
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*[[Devil Dog]];
*[[Siegfried]]
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*[[Bane Wolf]];
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*[[Ragnarok]];
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*[[Siegfried]];
  
 
==== Space Marines ====
 
==== Space Marines ====
*[[Land Raider]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
 
 
*[[Predator]]
 
*[[Predator]]
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*[[Deimos Pattern Predator]]
  
 
==== Adepta Sororitas ====
 
==== Adepta Sororitas ====
 
*[[Immolator]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
 
*[[Immolator]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
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====Adeptus Mechanicus====
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*[[Krios]]
  
 
===Chaos===
 
===Chaos===
 
*[[Chaos Land Raider]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
 
*[[Chaos Land Raider]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
 
*[[Chaos Predator]]
 
*[[Chaos Predator]]
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*[[Infernal Relic Predator]]
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===Eldar===
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*[[Falcon]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
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*[[Fire Prism]] (also serves as an [[Air Defence Tank]] or [[Tank Destroyer]])
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*[[Warp Hunter]]
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===Dark Eldar===
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*[[Raider]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
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*[[Ravager]]
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*[[Reaper]]
  
 
===Orks===
 
===Orks===
 
*[[Battlewagon]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
 
*[[Battlewagon]] (also serves as an [[Armoured Infantry Vehicle]])
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*[[Looted Wagon]]
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*[[Bonebreaka]]
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*[[Bonecruncha]]
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*[[Braincrusha]]
 
*[[Gunwagon]]
 
*[[Gunwagon]]
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*[[Gutrippa]]
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*[[Grot Tank]]
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*[[Spleenrippa]]
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===Necrons===
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*[[Doomsday Ark]]
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*[[Tesseract Ark]]
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===Tau===
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*[[Hammerhead Gunship]] (also serves as a [[Tank Destroyer]])
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*[[Swordfish]]
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== Related Articles ==
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*[[Super-Heavy Tanks]]
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*[[List of Lists]]
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
*[[Codex|Codexes]] of the [[Imperial Guard]], all editions
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], pgs. 48-50
*[[Codex|Codexes]] of the [[Space Marines]], all editions
 
*[[Codex|Codexes]] of the [[Orks]], all editions
 
*[[Codex|Codexes]] of the [[Chaos Space Marines]], all editions
 
*[[Codex|Codexes]] of the [[Witch Hunters]], all editions
 
  
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Revision as of 07:13, 2 October 2015

Battle tanks are heavy armed and armoured vehicles designed to fight both infantry and vehicles.

Construction

Imperial battle tanks are constructed on Forge Worlds, and most use designs that are thousands of years old. Other races have their own methods of construction. A notable race are the Orks, who construct their tanks out of the wreckage of other races' war machines.

Employment

Battle tanks are normally used to supplement infantry actions, using their heavy weapons to wipe out troops and engage other vehicles. Sometimes battle tanks will be used alone, such as in environmental conditions that an infantryman couldn't survive.

Battle Tank Types

Imperium

Imperial Guard[1]

Space Marines

Adepta Sororitas

Adeptus Mechanicus

Chaos

Eldar

Dark Eldar

Orks

Necrons

Tau

Related Articles

Sources