'''Dreadclaws''' are [[Drop Pod]]-like transports used by the [[Space Marine Legion]]s of old, and still used by the [[Chaos Space Marines]].{{Fn|3}}

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 enemiessupporting the Space Marines deployment. The Dreadclaws were designed for ship-to-ship combat as they are equipped with a spiked "maws" 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. 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 ThisFn|3}}

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 deaths of its passengers, though in the dark times of [[Horus Heresy|the Heresy]] their use continued due to the 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'' (one of them - tha famous incident aboard the [[Legate Peracles]]) 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 ThisFn|3}}