TANKS

Part mobile bastion and part close-range Titan-killer, the Doomhammer contains a sizeable troop compartment, enabling it to transport a number of battle-ready soldiers. At the front lines, the troops are deployed to engage light targets while the tank's magma cannon burns monstrous chitin and armour to cinder and slag.

The Banehammer is an excellent defensive anchor in Imperial Guard formations. Those enemies not blasted apart by its tremor cannon shells are brought to a crawl as the ground splits beneath them. The stunned foe is then forced to push slowly forward beneath a further barrage, or else retreat in disarray.

Boasting an expanded transport capacity, the Stormlord is the ultimate assault vehicle. From firing steps, the squads it carries level their own firepower at the enemy, but their shots are eclipsed by the hurricane of huge, mass-reactive shells unloaded by the twin barrels of the Stormlord's vulcan mega-bolter.

A Stormsword is ideal for clearing enemy-held choke points. The shells fired by its siege cannon release a concentrated concussive wave on detonation. Those not pulverised outright are torn apart by slivers of the cover they cowered behind, turning barricades to lacerating shards and battlements to storms of razor-edged fragments.

The Shadowsword is designed to bring a swift and crushing end to drawn out engagements against the most titanic opposition. Its volcano cannon emits a laser beam so powerful that enemy infantry and vehicles are atomised, while its favoured super-heavy prey are cored and toppled by the lance of thrumming energy.

The Banesword obliterates enemy vehicles and fortifications that prove insurmountable to the Imperial Guard's standard arsenal. Its quake cannon tears gaping voids in the strongest defensive lines at extreme range, enabling it to open breaches for Imperial forces to exploit before the enemy has a chance to return fire.

More rolling fortress than vehicle, the Baneblade super heavy tank is possessed of overwhelming firepower. Wherever a Baneblade sees battle, it becomes the centre of the battle line, Imperial Guardsmen and even smaller tanks sheltering in its lee as its enormous primary cannon and numerous other guns hammer the foe into submission.

The Taurox is a swift armoured transport, designed to exploit gaps in the enemy battle line or plug holes torn in the Astra Militarum’s own. Its sturdy tracks enable it to cross difficult terrain with ease, while autocannons mow down the foe as it roars forward – eliminating threats to its passengers as they rapidly disembark. This kit can alternatively be used to build a Taurox Prime – a dedicated assault vehicle for the Militarum Tempestus.