Despite this, it is still valued as a rare war relic by the Space Marine Chapters lucky enough to own them. Its sensor systems make it useful as both a command tank and the leader of an armored spearhead however, due to the fact that it lacks a forward assault ramp and has a lower troop capacity, as well as being harder to reproduce, makes it a rare sight in the 41st Millennium. Due to this improvement, it has been thought that this tank is the origin of all modern Land Raider designs, intended to explore and conquer new worlds. It contains extraordinarily powerful augury systems, allowing it to scan battlefield conditions with extreme precision.
The Proteus was first forged sometime during the Dark Age of Technology, but rediscovered during the Great Crusade. Note the upper row in pre-heresy Imperial Army markings. The first GW plastic Land Raider kit is represented by the Land Raider Proteus. The engine provides power for all of the Land Raider’s systems and can propel it up to an on-road speed of 55km/h It is kept cool by a nitro-ammonium cooling system and protected from malfunction and Daemonic possession by Adeptus Mechanicus manufacturing sigils and purity seals. Power for the Land Raider is provided for by a Mars pattern adaptable thermic combustor reaction engine, situated in the rear of the vehicle.
When combined, this armoring makes the Land Raider virtually immune to heavy artillery like Battle Cannons. The next is a thermo-plas fibre mesh to absorb and dissipate high-energy laser weapons, followed by the first of two ceramite layers, designed to ablate against extreme heat and melta weapons. The second is a titanium/ plasteel composite used to reinforce strategic locations, such as the assault ramp, front glacis and hatch doors. The first armor layer, in addition to structural supports, is constructed of adamantine. The Land Raider uses a composite armor created by bonding layers in huge, high-pressure cookers, giving it a level of protection incomparable to most other Imperial vehicles. The Emperor was never able to annul the order, and consequently, even after the Heresy, the use of the Land Raider remained exclusive to the Space Marines.īy subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. With the dark clouds of the rebellion drawing closer to Terra, the Emperor ordered that all Land Raiders still in loyalist service were to be transferred and used exclusively by the Legiones Astartes, who were at the forefront of the fighting.
This would prove to be a terrible blow to the Loyalists as their supply of Land Raiders began to dry up, especially since, in sufficient numbers, Land Raiders can take on and destroy even Titans. However, at the outset of the Horus Heresy, Anvilus 9 along with other Forge Worlds were seized by the Dark Mechanicum aligned with Horus, while others chose to secede from the Imperium and remain neutral. Such was the demand for the Land Raider that an entire Forge World, Anvilus 9, was devoted entirely to Land Raider production, supplying thousands upon thousands of Land Raiders to the Emperor’s holy forces. These vehicles were incorporated into the arsenals of the Imperium’s forces, used by both the Space Marine Legions and the Imperial Army. The discoverer is commonly believed to be the Techno-archaeologist Magos Arkhan Land who, at the very birth of the Imperium, is said to have rediscovered the STC designs hidden beneath the surface of Mars. With the widespread breakdown of human civilization during the Age of Strife, production of the vehicle ceased.ĭuring the Great Crusade the Land Raider STC design was rediscovered, allowing their manufacture. Its construction method was incorporated into the great STC system, allowing it to be built locally by colonists even if they lacked any great technical knowledge. The Land Raider has its origins in the Dark Age of Technology, when humankind expanded out of its home system. Its hull fully isolates its occupants from the environment and provides life support functions, allowing operation on inhospitable and airless planets from complete vacuum to on ocean floor. It is capable of operating in virtually any kind of planetary environment. The Land Raider (originally known as Land’s Raider) is a heavy tank and transport used primarily by the Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines, but also by the Adeptus Mechanicus, Inquisition and even especially influential Rogue Traders. Today we examine their venerable history. For thirty years Land Raiders have been rolling over the competition.
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