Land Speeder
From Lexicanum
Land Speeders are light anti-gravity vehicles, serving as the primary reconnaissance, scouting, resupply and fast attack vehicles of the Imperial Space Marine Chapters. Land Speeders are based on STC data recovered in M31, and afterwards became widely produced and used throughout the Imperium. Land Speeders were also originally used by the Imperial Guard, but since then the plasma and anti-gravity technologies required to use them have become increasingly rare, and so only extremely resource rich planets or organizations such as Ryza or the Space Marines can afford to create them. As they were rediscovered after the Horus Heresy there are no Land Speeders in Chaos Space Marines armies.
On the battlefield, Land Speeders can be organized into squadrons of up to 3.
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Design
Land Speeders have light armour all around and a crew of two Power Armoured Space Marines (with the exception of the Tempest Variant, which have a crew of one pilot and slaved targeting systems).
Armament
The standard Land Speeder mounts a gunner-operated heavy bolter, multi-melta or heavy flamer.
Variants
Tornado
Land Speeder Tornadoes are more heavily armed variants of the standard Land Speeder, mounting a secondary, under-slung heavy flamer, heavy bolter, multi-melta or assault cannon.
Typhoon
Land Speeder Typhoons mount a Typhoon missile launcher in addition to its gunner-operated weapon.
Tempest
The Land Speeder Tempest is fully enclosed, with a single pilot, a fixed-forward assault cannon and twin-linked missile launchers, as well as heavier armor.
Storm
Land Speeder Storms are variants which carry five-man Scout squads, often used to stealthily insert a squad into a vulnerable enemy position where the squad can wreak havoc. They mount a gunner-operated heavy bolter, heavy flamer, multi-melta or assault cannon.
| 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 |
