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{{ChaosPortal}}[[Image:Chaos dread claws.jpg|thumb|right|190px|'''Dreadclaws''']]{{cite}}'''Dreadclaws''' are [[Drop Pod]] -like transports used by the [[Space Marine Legions Legion]]s of old, and still used by the [[Chaos Space Marines]].

== History ==Dreadclaws are used to quickly deploy Traitor Marines onto a planet from orbit. The Dreadclaws themselves are deployed from [[cruiser]]s or [[battleship]]s. It is armed with the [[Deathwind]] weapon system, which upon landing, fires upon any nearby enemies.{{Cite This}}

The Dreadclaws were designed for ship-to-ship combat as they are equipped with a spiked "mawmaws" used to drill through hulls. Its design has been heavily corrupted from thousands of years exposed to [[Chaos ]] and they are now used for a variety of roles from boarding ships, to planetary assault.{{Cite This}}

The Dreadclaw is an all -purpose drop pod: it can either drop troops or a [[dreadnought]]. Unlike other types of drop pod, it can take off again after landing.{{Cite This}}

Ultimately the Dreadclaws were dropped from service by the majority of the Imperial of the time, except for the [[traitor legions]]. The Dreadclaw's advanced [[machine spirit ]] began to develop dangerous tendencies, on occasion causing the death deaths of its passengers, though in the dark times of [[Horus Heresy|the heresy Heresy]] their use continued due to the desperateness desperation of their commander; or their wanton lack of care for their troops. Despite the [[Adeptus Mechanicus ]] revising the vehicle's machine spirit, a streak of ''accidents'' led to the majority of the Dreadclaws being jettisoned into space, and now only the Traitor Legions are known to use these dangerous, albeit advanced, vessels.{{Cite This}}

[[Image:Dreadclaw1.jpg|thumb|center|120px|Dreadclaw⁶{{Fn|1}}]]

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