Caladius Grav-Tank

A Caladius Grav-Tank is a heavily armed, armoured vehicle utilised exclusively by the Adeptus Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor of Mankind. These vehicles utilise anti-gravitic technology which enable them to be highly manouvreable and allows them to hover effortlessly over the field of battle, giving them a distinct advantage over the grinding armour of more conventional tanks. Armed with the formidable double-barrelled Iliastus Accelerator Cannon and twin-linked Lastrum Bolt Cannon, the customised mass-reactive heliothermic warheads of their bolt shells can lay down a withering hail of punishing

History
The Caladius Grav-Tank is based upon the technology of the Coronus, the smaller Caladius Grav-Tank is designed to utilise the firepower afforded by the heaviest elements of the ancient Legio Custodes arsenal on a highly mobile, protected platform. Given the fusion of advanced systems and weapons, the Caladius is perhaps the most powerful battleline armoured unit of its size in the Imperium's forces, utilising technologies and materials derived not only from the Dark Age of Technology, but from developments made as a result of the Great Crusade's two centuries of warfare. The principal armament of the Caladius is a double-barrelled Iliastus Accelerator Cannon, an advanced weapon which became a precusor to the more mass-produced cannon retro-developed into the armament of the Legiones Astartes Sicaran Battle Tank, which fulfilled a similar role to the Caladius as high speed armour-destroyer.

Notable Variants

 * Caladius Grav-Tank Annihilator - A less common variant, the 'Caladius Annihilator' features a turret-mounted, enhanced capacitor-fed Arachnus Blaze Cannon potent enough to pose a threat even to super-heavy armour. When fired, Large cooling flasks dissipate the immense energies unleashed whenever this tank attacks. This vehicle is also armed with twin-linked Lastrum Bolt Cannons on the front of the hull for anti-personnel protection.

Wargear

 * Turret-Mounted, Twin-Linked Ilisatus Accelerator Cannon
 * Twin-Linked Lastrum Bolt Cannon
 * Flare Shield
 * Machine Spirit