Bane Wolf

The Bane Wolf is a variant of the Hellhound flame-thrower tank that is used by the Imperial Guard, both vehicles are based upon the Imperial Chimera armoured transport chassis. The Bane Wolf variant of the Hellhound replaces the Hellhound's Inferno Cannon with a special weapon known as a Chem Cannon and is used by the Imperial Guard for anti-infantry fighting. The Chem Cannon is very effective against all types of infantry, even heavily armoured infantry and those wearing Power Armour. Bane Wolfs are only used when the complete eradication of the enemy is warranted. The Chem Cannon fires a form of poisonous gas that smothers targets with broiling clouds of noxious fumes that dissolves organic material in moments. Those victims who are caught in the cloud die a horrible death as their blood boils in their bodies and their flesh sloughs from their bones. These powerful weapons are rarely deployed such as their power against organic matter, the gas and fumes from the weapon are even powerful enough to kill Space Marines. There are several different patterns of the Hellhound and its variants in use by the Imperium, such as the Artemia Pattern which replaces the vehicle's turret with one that is remotely controlled from inside the vehicle by the vehicle's commander which allows the tank to make do with a crew of only two, and the Mars Pattern which replaces the standard Pattern's single large fuel tank with several smaller fuel tanks that can be hidden inside the remnants of the Chimera chassis' troop compartment. The use of the smaller fuel tanks is preferred due to it making the Hellhound and its variants more difficult to identify when compared to regular Chimera transports.

Armament
The Bane Wolf replaces the standard hull-mounted Inferno Cannon found on the Hellhound with a Chem Cannon. The Bane Wolf is the only known Imperial Guard unit that makes use of the Chem Cannon, in fact the Bane Wolf is the only unit in the entire Imperium that is known to make use of it. The Bane Wolf stores the toxic gas for its weapon in modified versions of the storage tanks used on the standard Hellhound. The vehicle is also armed with a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter, which can be replaced with either a Heavy Flamer, or a Multi-Melta. The tank can also be outfitted with the following enhancements: camouflage netting, extra armour plating, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, improved communications equipment, a mine sweeper, rough terrain modifications, a Pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber or Storm Bolter, track guards, a searchlight, a dozer blade, and smoke launchers.

Also See

 * Devil Dog
 * Imperial Vehicles