Baal Predator
From Lexicanum
The Baal Predator is an infantry support tank used only by the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter and their successor Chapters.
The Baal Predator was developed by Techmarines of the Blood Angels chapter, and was designed to carry weapons with a high rate of fire, giving it devastating anti-infantry power and enabling it to lay down a withering hail of fire as the Blood Angels advance, scything down enemy infantry and light vehicles with terrifying efficiency.
The Baal Predator's turret mounts twin-linked assault cannons. Its side sponsons are capable of mounting heavy bolters or heavy flamers. This makes the Baal pattern highly effective at supporting close infantry assaults.
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History
Like the other Predator variants, the Baal is based on the ubiquitous Rhino chassis. The pattern has seen service by the Blood Angels almost since their inception as a Legion. The STC template for the Baal's construction was recovered during the early Great Crusade. Instead of giving to the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Blood Angels kept it, returning it to Baal, where it remains to this day, protected in stasis as a relic of the Chapter. The design is now only produced by the Blood Angels themselves and by their descendant chapters.
Technical Information
Armour
The Baal Predators armour is the same as the other Predator variants, including the relative weak-spot at the rear of the tank.
Equipment
The Baal Predator can also be equipped with a pintle-mounted Storm Bolter as well as with a Dozer Blade, Extra Armour, Hunter-killer Missile, Power of the Machine Spirit, Searchlight and Smoke Launchers.
Sources
| 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 |
