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Sabre Tank Hunter

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[[Image:Sabre RhinoSabreChassis.jpg|thumb|right|thumb250px|Sabre Tank Huntervehicle without a weapons mount{{Fn|300px2}}]]The '''Sabre Tank Hunter''' was an [[Imperial]] anti-armour vehicle based on the [[Rhino|Rhino armoured carrier]], incorporating a fixed, forward firing [[autocannon]] weapon in its front hull. It was used during the [[Horus Heresy]] and [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
The Rhino itself was conceived to be easily modified to answer various specific needs. Many Rhino variations have their origins during the Horus Heresy, when variations of existing vehicles to fulfill new roles became a necessity. The Sabre was one of these modifications, seeing its first use during the earliest days of the Heresy, its design spurred by the need for heavier firepower. The Sabre was one of the type of Rhinos modified during the Heresy wars to mount heavier weapons, this type becoming known as "Tank Hunters" for the role they played during the Heresy. Besides the Sabre, various types of Tank Hunter were developed, each mounting different heavy weapons, such as [[missile launcher]]s or [[lascannon]]. However, the Sabre was the most common form of Tank Hunter.
The most well remembered combat use of the Sabre was during an incident in which [[Dark Angels]] Space Marines had retaken a city from a combined force of [[Ork]] [[Freebooters]] and [[Chaos]] Renegades, only to be pushed back by Ork reinforcements. The Dark Angels fell back past a great bridge spanning the mile-wide crack called the Black Gorge. The bridge itself, a structure of [[adamantium ]] from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], could not be destroyed; instead, the Dark Angels set up a single squadron of Sabres at a site overlooking the bridge, and allowed the Orks to cross much of the bridge before the Sabres began to fire. First the lead vehicles were destroyed, blocking the bridge's front. With the column halted, the Sabres began firing at the column's rear, blocking any retreat. Then began the slaughter of the entire Ork column.
==Armament==
As with other Tank HuntersThe tank was designed to quickly close the distance to its target, before utterly destroying it. To achieve this, the Sabre has particularly thick frontal shielding can be fitted with a range of advanced weaponry and fielded in squadrons of up to protect it from enemy firetwo tanks. Its main weapon is weaponry includes a fixed forwardchoice of top-firing autocannon mounted in its front hull. A weapons – which include a [[Heavy Bolter]], [[Multi-Melta]], [[Volkite Culverin]] or [[bolterHeavy Flamer]] is mounted alongside the much larger autocannon. The There are also four optional one-shot Sabre has no capacity missiles that you can add to transport troopsyour tank and various hull-mounted weaponry. This includes a [[Autocannon|Anvilus Snub Autocannon]], [[Neutron Laser Projector]], or a [[Volkite Saker]].{{Fn|2}}
==Related articles==
*[[Land Raider Spartan]]
 
==Images==
<gallery heights="160px" widths="220px" mode="packed" caption="">
Sabre Rhino.jpg|1st Edition Sabre Tank Hunter model{{Fn|1}}
SabreAutocannon.jpg|Sabre with Anvilus Snub [[Autocannon]]{{Fn|2}}
SabreNeutron.jpg|Sabre with [[Neutron Laser Projector]]{{Fn|2}}
SabreVolkite.jpg|Sabre with [[Volkite Saker]]{{Fn|2}}
</gallery>
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 120 (UK)]] (1989), ''The Sabre Tank Hunter'', by Rick Priestley
*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/11/29/tanks-for-the-reinforcements/ Warhammer Community: Tanks for the Reinforcements (Posted on 29/11/2019)] (Last accessed on 29 November 2019)
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[[Category:Tanks]]
[[Category:Vehicles (Imperium)]]
[[de:Sabre]]

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