Leman Russ Annihilator

(Unsanctioned Refit)

The Leman Russ annihilator is not sanctioned for production, or produced, by any forgeworld. It is instead believed that the design originated during the tank battles of Dodexus Prime. During those battles, Loyal Imperial Guard forces of the Mechadan Eighth and fourteenth fought with armored forces of traitorous legion who had subverted the local PDF..

The loyalists suffered heavy losses at the hands of predator annihiltors whose ability to maintain heavy accurate fire even on the move greatly outmatched the Leman Russ battletanks of the Mechadans. Further, the terrain favored this type of fighting.

As repeated requests for Destroyer tank hunters by the Mechadan’s went unanswered, the Mechadans finally took matters into their own hands and removed the main battlecannon from a number of their leman russes replacing it with two lascannons that were linked together in the same manner as the predator turret. The design was not pretty internally to the tank as there was no conduits for power wiring, but it was functional.

The design was sent by commanders of the Mechadan forces via various Imperial channels and have spread since to appear in a number of different forces as the refit is relatively straitforward. As the design is still an unsanctioned refit, however, Commander Boryus of the Mechadam was executed as a techheretic by his enginseers and no techpriests will work on the design.

Leman Russ Annihilator

Armor

Points BS front side rear

LR Annihilator 155 3 14 12 10

Substitution: A Leman Russ Annihilaotr may be fielded in place of a Leman Russ Battle Tank anywhere that a Leman Russ Batteltank may be fielded. However, as an unsnctioned refit, you can only field one annihilator for every two regular leamn russ battletanks fielded.

Type: Tracked

Structure: None

Crew: 4 Guardsmen

Transport: None

Fire Points: None

Access Points: None

Options: The Leman Russ Annihilator may take any upgrades available to the Leman Russ Battle Tank.

The Leman Russ Annihilator may take sponson heavy bolters at +10 points.

Weapons:

Twin Linked Lascannon

Hull Lascannon

Modeling: The Model is a Leman Russ Kit with the Turret modified to carry lascannons from the older pattern razorback.

SPECIAL RULES

Unsanctioned: Because it is an unsanctioned refit, Techpriest Enginseers refuse to work on the vehicle. Therefore their “Blessing of the Machine God” special rule has no effect on a Leman Russ Annihilator. Further, because they don’t perform upkeep on the vehicle, Leman Russ Annihilators are generally in slightly worse shape and more liable to break down than other vehicles. Roll a D6 at the start of every turn, on a roll of 1, the annihilator cannot move or shoot that turn as the crew tries to fix something that broke.