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[[Image:Carnifex.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A monstrous Carnifex tears into a [[Rhino]].]]
'''Carnifexes''' are hulking, powerful [[Tyranid]] creatures used as living battering rams. They are often armed with the most powerful Tyranid [[Bio-weapon]]s, and are used in shock assaults, spaceship boarding actions, massed battles, and for battering through fortified positions and tank formations.{{Fn|11a}}
==Overview==
Carnifexes excel at thunderous charges, where their immense bulk is used to crush or smash through any opponent or obstacle. They are not as swift as other Tyranid creatures but their brute force more than makes up for this. A Carnifex's stampede takes time to build force as their incredible alien musculature strains to propel it forward. As it builds momentum and reaches top speed, the ground shakes with each stride of the monster and foes are scattered or trampled before it, and only fortress walls or [[Super Heavy Tank]]s have any chance of surviving the ferocious impact.{{Fn|11a}} Most Carnifex kills registered come from high energy attacks - [[lascannon]], [[plasma weapon|plasma]] and [[melta weapon|melta]] weapon strikes to critical locations. Carnifexes can shrug off other small arms fire and even [[boltgun]] hits with minimal loss of function.{{Fn|4a}}
Carnifexes are not very intelligent and in fact have little self-awareness. They will revert to unthinking rampages of destruction if not constantly supervised and guided by the [[Hive Mind]].{{Fn|11a}} All Carnifex species seem well able to adapt to extremes of environments, from arctic cold to desert heat.{{Fn|4a}}
The [[Imperium]]'s first recorded encounters with the Carnifex were in the battles against [[Hive Fleet Behemoth]] that lead up to the [[Battle for Macragge]]. As the Imperium tried to stop the Tyranids in space, Carnifexes were at the head of every boarding action.{{Fn|11a}} The strain of Carnifexes encountered became known as '''Screamer-Killers''' because of their terrible ululating shriek, caused by rasping plates in their esophagus that were used to energize a form of [[bio-plasma]] in their gut in to shoot, and in some instances Screamer Killers were reported using an electrical field around their claws to build up an incandescent bio-plasma ball before launching it at a target over longer ranges.{{Fn|4a}} The Carnifex genus actually comprises many species displaying a wide variety of symbiotic weaponry such as the [[Heavy Venom Cannon]], [[Stranglethorn Cannon]], and [[Deathspitter]]s.{{Fn|2}}
[[Old One Eye]] is a unique Carnifex with the ability to regenerate itself from mortal wounds.{{cite thisFn|1b}}
==Basic Info==
==Species of Carnifex==
There are many species in the Carnifex Genus, some of the most notable are:
* '''Carnifex Vorantii''' - Commonly called the “Thornback,” these creatures are living batteries of symbiote weaponry equipped with short- to medium-range ballistic parasites and living bomb projectors. Several of the intimidating-looking thorns on this subspecies are in fact sensory organs for sniffing out prey. They are infantry hunters that seem to take pleasure in rooting out hiding men. Despite its lack of specialized melee limbs the Thornback is extremely dangerous at close quarters, where its speed and bulk allow it to easily impale incautious enemies.{{Fn|4b}} See also - [[Thornback]] - special kind of Carnifex.{{Fn|7}}
* '''Carnifex Arbylis''' - A sub-classification of extreme Carnifex variants that meld both pairs of upper limbs into complex ranged weapon symbiotes. Most common of these is the "Venomspitter" Carnifex, a beast capable of launching hyper-velocity crystalline shards of pure poison that can knock out a tank or easily kill a warrior in [[power armour]]. Carnifex Arbylis generally have improved ocular acuity and excellent depth perception from multiple eyes, although specimens employing a kind of stereoscopic echo-location have also been found on night worlds.{{Fn|4b}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], **{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 46**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 57
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Tyranids/STONE_CRUSHER_CARNIFEX_WITH_WRECKING_BALL_COMPLETE_KIT.html Forge World] ''(last accessed 11 June 2015)''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Imperial Armour - Apocalypse Second Edition]] pg. 74
*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/03/codex-tyranids-preview-units-nov-3gw-homepage-post-2/ Warhammer Community Codex: Tyranids Preview – Units] ''(last accessed 9 January 2018)''
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