Whirlwind
From Lexicanum
The Whirlwind Artillery Tank is an Rhino-based artillery support vehicle. The Whirlwind along with the Land Raider Helios are the closest weapons Space Marine Chapters use that could be considered true artillery. It is primarily used to soften up a heavily-fortified or well-defended target prior to the main attack. It mounts a Whirlwind multiple missile launcher on its turret, firing a variety of different missiles with different purposes. The Whirlwind design is not available to Chaos Space Marines, since the STC technology from which is was derived was discovered after the Horus Heresy.1
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Types of Ammunition
The whirlwinds missile launcher is capable of firing 3 different kind of missiles2:
1. Vengeance Missiles: The standard explosive warhead.
2. Castellan Missiles: A specially made warhead that explodes in midair at a designated spot and scatters a number of smaller mines. Used to quickly establish minefields without tedious labor.
3. Incendiary Castellan Missiles: A modified Castellan Warhead where the warhead has been modified to scatter huge amounts of burning promethium. This gruesome warhead is used to 'cook' enemies taking cover.
Hyperios variant
The Whirlwind Hyperios is a rarer version of the standard Whirlwind, designed as an anti-aircraft vehicle. It mounts in place of the standard missile launcher, an anti-aircraft missile launcher designed to target and shoot down enemy aircraft. They are used when Thunderhawk Gunships are not available to defend important positions from air attacks.3
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Sources
- 1:Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)
- 2:Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)(ISBN:978-1841548944) and Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)(ISBN:1-84154-807-3)
- 3:Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition
| Rhino Chassis | Rhino • Damocles Command Rhino • Razorback • Vindicator • Whirlwind • Predator Annihilator • Predator Destructor • Baal Predator • Sabre Tank Hunter |
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| Land Raider Chassis | Land Raider • Land Raider Crusader • Land Raider Redeemer • Land Raider Helios • Land Raider Prometheus • Land Raider Ares • Land Raider Terminus Ultra • Hellfire Land Raider • Land Raider Spartan |
| Dreadnought Chassis | Dreadnought • Furioso Pattern • Mortis Pattern • Ironclad Dreadnought • Siege Dreadnought • Venerable Dreadnought • Grey Knights Dreadnought |
| Land Speeder Chassis | Land Speeder • Land Speeder Tornado • Land Speeder Typhoon • Land Speeder Tempest • Land Speeder Storm |
