Sicaran Battle Tank

The Sicaran Battle Tank was a main battle tank and one of the most advanced armoured vehicles used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy and one of the most advanced war machines to be used during the entire crusade. These powerful vehicles were exclusive to the armouries of the Legions and were in the process of being introduced into when the Horus Heresy broke out, this allowed the Warmaster, Horus, to ensure that many examples of this new tank found their way into the armouries of those Legions that would side with him before the outbreak of his civil war against the Emperor.

History
The Sicaran Battle Tank was first designed in concert between the Primarchs Ferrus Manus and Roboute Guilliman of the Iron Hands and Ultramarines, respectively, alongside the Magos of the Mechanicum's Tempestora Sect. The Sicaran utilises component technologies from various Standard Template Construct (STC) patterns such as the Rhino, Land Raider, and Hephaestus to create a high-speed "destroyer" tank that would be used to complement the more commonplace Predator and Land Raider designs.

Armament
The primary armament of the Sicaran Battle Tank is a twin-linked set of the highly sophisticated Herakles Pattern Accelerator Autocannon. These weapons are akin to the much heavier calibre Accelerator Cannon mounted upon the super-heavy Fellblade tank. While the Accelerator Autocannons used by the Sicaran are smaller they are superior in terms of firing speed and accuracy, firing its shells at far higher velocities than a standard Autocannon which allows the vehicle to engage swiftly moving enemy vehicles and pinpoint vulnerabilities in their armour with lethal precision. The Sicaran is also armed with a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and two sponson-mounted weapons, which can be either Heavy Bolters or Lascannons. The vehicle can also be outfitted with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, extra armour plating, a dozer blade, an Auxiliary Drive system, armoured ceramite plating, a searchlight, or smoke launchers.

Variants
The Sicaran Battle Tank, like many other Imperial vehicles had it own variants, all known variants are listed below:


 * Sicaran Venator - The Sicaran Venator is a heavy tank destroyer variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. The Venator variant removes the standard Sicaran's turret and hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and replaces it with a hull-mounted Neutron Laser Cannon. There are no other records on the Sicaran Venator within Imperial Records at this time.

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