Javelin Attack Speeder

The Javelin Attack Speeder, also known as simply the Javelin, is an advanced pattern of skimmer vehicle that is similar to the Land Speeder that is used by the Adeptus Astartes. The Javelin is larger and more heavily armed and armoured than the more common Land Speeder. The Javelin's gravitic nullification plates, the secret of whose production and maintenance have long since been lost, allow the vehicle to mount an array of heavy weaponry more akin to that found on a heavy tank destroyer than a nimble skimmer. These advanced plates allow the Javelin to make pinpoint strikes on enemy armour or infantry with devastating Lascannon or missile barrages.

History
The Javelin is a nigh-irreplaceable relic vehicle that makes use of technologies originally designed during the earlier bygone age of technological mastery known as the Dark Age of Technology, the Javelin itself was created during the Emperor's Great Crusade in the 31st Millennium. The Javelin, along with so much else from these periods of Mankind's history have been lost and only those Chapter's who can trace their origins back to the Imperium's founding may, if they are fortunate, still possess a few justly revered Javelins within the sanctified depths of their armouries.

Armament
The Javelin is a fast attack skimmer used by the Adeptus Astartes similar to the more common Land Speeder, yet unlike the Land Speeder the Javelin mounts heavy anti-armour weaponry that it uses to engage enemy armoured vehicles and heavy infantry. The Javelin is armed with either a set of twin-linked Cyclone Missile Launchers or Lascannons as its main weapons. These weapons are located on the vehicle's sides. The vehicle is also armed with a pintle-mounted Heavy Bolter that is used for close-range protection from enemy infantry. The pintle-mounted Heavy Bolter can be replaced with either a Heavy Flamer or a Multi-Melta. The Javelin can also be outfitted with a searchlight and up to two Hunter-Killer Missile Launchers for added firepower.

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