Space Marine Bike

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Black Templar on a Space Marine Bike

Space Marine Bikes are incredibly deadly and robust bikes used by the Space Marine Bike Squads for lightning-quick raids and reconnaissance.^[1]

Overview

These vehicles are equipped with powerful engines, required to propel a fully-armoured Space Marine at high speeds, and boast highly-responsive controls required to perform complex battlefield maneuvers.^[1] They are able to be operated in a wide range of environments, from shifting dune seas to ice-strewn wastelands to rocky moonscapes, and are simple enough in design that their riders can perform repairs in the field if necessary.^[2] Their sturdy construction and wide, thick tires allows the bike to easily smash through rockcrete walls at full speed without harm to either bike or rider.^[1] The average bike weighed nigh on a ton.^[5]

The typical armament of a Codex Space Marine Bike is a set of twin Bolters mounted on either side of the bike's headlight.^[1]

Space Marine Bike Squad

Space Marine Bike Squad

Space Marine Bike Squads are fast moving, light-attack units mounted on Space Marine Bikes.^[1]

Attack Bike

Ultramarines Space Marine Attack Bike^[4]

A variant of the Bike is the Space Marine Attack Bike, which includes a Heavy Bolter or Multi-Melta mounted on an attached sidecar.^[1] These heavy weapons, combined with the manoeuvrability of the Assault Bike, makes it excellent at rapidly deploying large amounts of heavy fire-power to those areas which require it urgently.^[3]

Scout Bike

Ultramarines Scout Bike^[11]

A Scout Bike Squadron is a mounted, rapid-strike version of the Scout Squad. The squadron is made up of a Sergeant and between two and four Scouts, all mounted. All wear lighter Carapace Armour, but are excellent at scouting out forces a long distance away, which would take too long for Scouts on foot to investigate.^[3] The bike is usually armed with either twin-linked Bolters or an Astartes Grenade Launcher, while the rider typically carries a shotgun, bolt pistol, combat knife, frag grenades, and krak grenades.

Outrider Bike

Primaris Outrider on Bike^[7]

These Bikes are used by the newer Primaris Outriders.^[7] The pattern of bike is known as Raider Pattern Combat Bike.^[8]

Images

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  Vincent Black Shadow attack bike (1st Edition)^[6]

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  Legion of the Damned Bike^[9]

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  Guardians of the Covenant Bike^[10]

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  Dark Angels Mk2 Attack Bike (4th Edition)^[12]

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  Epic Scale Bikers^[13]

See also

• Chaos Space Marine Bike
• Invader ATV
• Trike
• Deffkilla Wartrike

Sources

• 1: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 68
• 2: Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pg. 30
• 3: Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 4: The Art of Warhammer 40,000, pg. 13
• 5: Dante (Novel) by Guy Haley, Chapter Fourteen
• 6: Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican, pg. 63
• 7: Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000: More Models Revealed (24/05/2020) (Last accessed on 24 May 2020)
• 8: Warhammer Community: Indomitus Focus get on your bike (posted 6/16/2020) (last accessed 6/16/2020)
• 9: Games Workshop (dead link)
• 10: Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition) - pg. 72
• 11: Games Worksho (dead link)
• 12: White Dwarf 299 (UK), pg 6
• 13: Epic Armageddon Rulebook, pg. 45