Plaguereaper

The Plaguereaper of Nurgle, also known as the Chaos Plaguereaper or simply called a Plaguereaper, are highly corrupted variants of the Baneblade super-heavy battle tank used by the Imperium of Mankind's Imperial Guard. The Plaguereaper is used by Chaos forces affiliated with the Chaos God of plague, decay and corruption, Nurgle. The Plaguereaper has been distorted beyond all recognition by the "gifts" bestowed upon it by the Dark God Nurgle, and has been transformed into a gurgling clouded fortress of pestilence and disease. The vehicle features large vats of virulent slime distilled from rotting, plague-ridden corpses mounted on its sides. These large vats are used to feed the tank's main weapon, a massive Pus Cannon. The weapon is connected to the corpse vats via large bulging pipes, these pipes fill the weapon will a horrendous concoction of disgusting toxic and corrosive slime.

Armament
The Plaguereaper is armed with a large turret-mounted weapon of corruption known as a Pus Cannon in place of the standard Mega Battle Cannon and coaxial Autocannon used on the standard Baneblade. The Pus Cannon is connected to the vehicle's large vats of rotting and diseased corpses, it is from these vats that it draws its fuel for the cannon. The Pus Cannon fires a stream of highly toxic and corrosive slime that is used to douse swaths of enemy infantry, ensuring them a horrible death. The victims of the Pus Cannon's slime find their skin instantly erupting in weeping, pus-filled boils and their flesh eaten away from within. Any enemy forces that foolishly try to assault stinking behemoth in close combat will find that the vehicle's internal spaces and external cracks are infested with hordes of daemon Nurglings, these Nurgleings will engage any forces that come near. The enemies killed or captured by Chaos forces using a Plaguereaper will add their corpses to the vehicle's plague vats, ensuring a steady stream of foul corrupted fluids to be used as ammunition. The Plaguereaper, being a corrupted Baneblade, still has use of its other weapon systems, these include a hull-mounted Demolisher Cannon and set of twin-linked Heavy Bolters, two sets of sponson-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters, and two top sponson-mounted Lascannons. The vehicle can also be armed with a Pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolter (Combi-Bolter) or a Combi-Flamer, a Havoc Missile Launcher, a searchlight, and smoke launchers. If a Plaguereaper is destroyed by enemy forces the vehicle's vats of filthy slime will rupture and spray their contents onto anyone nearby, if the vehicle itself takes enough damage it may explode in a catastrophic explosion, spreading its contents even further. All Nurgle-aligned forces and daemons caught in within the explosion of filth, or even by the Pus Cannon as it fires upon the enemy will be immune to the its effects, in fact, they rather enjoy it.

Known Plaguereapers
The following is a list of known Plaguereapers that have been used by the Forces of Chaos against their enemies:
 * Bastion of Filth - Bastion of Filth is a Plaguereaper of the Nurgle-aligned Death Guard Traitor Legion, the Bastion of Filth took part in the 9th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler.
 * Nurgle's Pustulant Son - Nurgle's Pustulant Son is a Plaguereaper of the Nurgle-aligned Death Guard Traitor Legion, Nurgle's Pustulant Son took part in the 9th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler.
 * Poxichordia - Poxichordia is a Plaguereaper of the Nurgle-aligned Death Guard Traitor Legion, the Poxichordia took part in the 9th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler.
 * Mellifluous Volvulus - Mellifluous Volvulus is a Plaguereaper of the Nurgle-aligned Death Guard Traitor Legion, the Mellifluous Volvulus took part in the 9th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler.

Technical Specifications
The technical specification of the vehicle are unknown to the Imperium.

Also See

 * Chaos Vehicles