Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-107.13.138.172-20170323041910/@comment-185.24.190.226-20170323151626

Baneblades are way superior to almost any other tank the factions in 40k has. The armor of the baneblade may just be about 200mm thick, but you have to take into consideration that this specific armor is made with a lot of high-quality durable materials like adamantium and ceramite that can make it withstand usual anti-tank weapons like lascannons many times over than your usual leman or macharicus tank.

While the baneblade is quite slow and a giant tank that makes it vulnerable to a lot of enemy fire, the sheer firepower that it can dish out should not be taken lightly. It would certainly decimate any of our tanks today like a hot knife through butter.

We also have to consider that everytime a baneblade is deployed it will always have a ton of backup, including dedicated AA vehicles like your basic hydra or the more advanced praetor armored missile launcher.

A last thing i wanted to mention is that some baneblades can also be modified to have personal forcefields around them so they can withstand even the heaviest of firepower (if you are lucky enough). Yarrick's personal baneblade "The Fortress of Arrogance" has one.