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The Leman Russ Vanquisher is a rare and specialised variant of the Leman Russ Battle Tank used by the Imperial Guard. It has a significantly more powerful cannon, with a longer barrel and the ability to fire anti-tank Vanquisher rounds, called the Vanquisher cannon. These are extremely effective at penetrating armour even at great ranges.

Leman Russ Vanquisher (5th edition)

History

The Vanquisher was mainly built on the Forge World Tigrus until it was overrun by the Ork Warlord Arrgard the Defiler in M35. Since then the numbers of Vanquishers have been dropping and no one can replace them easily. Few current Forge Worlds have succeeded in producing the Vanquisher with their own designs. Two that are known to have succeeded are Gryphonne IV (Later turned into a Dead World by Hive Fleet Leviathan) and Stygies VIII.

The 41st Millennium

The Vanquisher is beginning to make a comeback among Imperial forces. The good accuracy, long range and high ratio of first-hit kill makes it a choice anti-tank weapon by many Imperial commanders. Such is the power of the gun and the ammunition it uses, there is no known armour which cannot be penetrated by a Vanquisher, including that of Titans

Forge World Variations

• Gryphonne IV - huge length of barrel for shell velocity
• Stygies VIII - Smaller calibre shell with no rifling, also better gun stabilising and recoil dampning, although only the accuracy of the first shot is improved due to the smoothboring and high speeds but does not aid later shots

Armaments and Upgrades

The Vanquisher is armed with a turret-mounted Vanquisher cannon and a co-axial Storm bolter and one hull-mounted weapon of either a Lascannon or Heavy Bolter. It may also take two side sponsons of Heavy Bolters or Heavy Flamers. It may also be upgraded with Camo Netting, Extra Armour, a Hunter-killer Missile, Improved Comms, a Mine Sweeper, a pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber/Storm Bolter, a Rough Terrain Modification, a Searchlight, Track Guards and Smoke Launchers.

Technical Specifications

Vehicle Name:	Leman Russ Vanquisher	Main Armament:	Vanquisher Battle Cannon
Forge World of Origin:	Stygies VIII	Secondary Armament:	Lascannon or Heavy Bolter
Known Patterns:	I-VI	Traverse:	360 degrees
Crew:	Commander, Gunner, Driver, Loader, 2 Sponson Gunners	Elevation:	From -8 to +25 degrees
Powerplant:	HL230 v12 multi-fuel	Main Ammunition:	28 rounds
Weight:	63 tonnes	Secondary Ammunition:	Unlimited or 600 rounds
Length:	7.08m	Armour
Width:	4.86m
Height:	4.42m	Superstructure:	180mm
Ground Clearance:	0.45m	Hull:	150mm
Max Speed - on road	32kph	Gun Mantlet	100mm
Max Speed - off road:	19kph	Vehicle Designation:	0427-941-1880-LR0065
Tranport Capacity:	None	Firing Ports:	n/a
Access Points:	n/a	Turret:	200mm

Technical Specifications

Vehicle Name:	Leman Russ Vanquisher	Main Armament:	Vanquisher Battle Cannon
Forge World of Origin:	Gryphonne IV	Secondary Armament:	Lascannon or Heavy Bolter
Known Patterns:	I-VI	Traverse:	360 degrees
Crew:	Commander, Gunner, Driver, Loader, 2 Sponson Gunners	Elevation:	From -8 to +25 degrees
Powerplant:	HL230 v12 multi-fuel	Main Ammunition:	28 rounds
Weight:	63.5 tonnes	Secondary Ammunition:	Unlimited or 600 rounds
Length:	7.08m	Armour
Width:	4.86m
Height:	4.42m	Superstructure:	180mm
Ground Clearance:	0.45m	Hull:	150mm
Max Speed - on road	30kph	Gun Mantlet	100mm
Max Speed - off road:	18kph	Vehicle Designation:	0427-941-1880-LR0066
Tranport Capacity:	None	Firing Ports:	n/a
Access Points:	n/a	Turret:	200mm

Regiments known to contain Vanquishers

• 5th Australler Armoured Regiment
• 3rd Tallarn Armoured Regiment 'Desert Storm' - possibly Defence of Balle Alpha, Balle Prime
• Teutonian Armoured Regiment
• 28th Valhallan Armoured Regiment
• 76th Krieg Armoured Regiment - Commissar Konstantin Garrick's vehicle
• 6th Magdellan Armoured Regiment - Tsaragrad
• 2nd Cthonian Armoured Regiment - defence of Veridian Prime
• 256th Varolian Regiment 'the Ironsides' - fire deserts of Ferrum-Prime - Captain Solomon Stanz's vehicle
• 7th Mortant Regiment 'Headhunters' - Sacking of Colonia
• 142nd Cadian Armoured Regiment - defence of Cadia during 13th Black Crusade (Mars Alpha chassis)
• 193rd Valhallan Armoured Regiment - defence of Canaan's World
• 16th Mordian Armoured Regiment
• 8th Valhallan Armoured Regiment - Sallan's World campaign
• 12th Vellurian Armoured Cavalry Regiment
• Orestean Pride Armor 6 - defence of Orestes
• Jouryan 27th Infantry Regiment - Liberation of Septiam Torus
• 8th Pardus Armoured Regiment¹

Images

A Gryphonne IV Vanquisher (by Forge World)

A Stygies VIII Vanquisher (by Forge World)

A "Mars Alpha" pattern Vanquisher (by Forge World)

Sources

• 1: White Dwarf 366 (UK), p.3
• 2: Honour Guard (Novel) - Gaunt's Ghosts: The Saint (Omnibus) by Dan Abnett: ^{[Needs Citation]}, p. 57
• 3: Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy
• 4: Titanicus (Novel) by Dan Abnett
• 5: The Bleeding Chalice (Novel) by Ben Counter