Malcador Infernus

The Malcador Infernus is a variant of the venerable Malcador Assault Tank design. It is not widely used by Imperial armed forces at the present time and is in fact little known even within the Imperial military. In many regions of the Imperium, the Malcador passed out of common service many millennia ago. The few Malcadors that remain in the Emperor of Mankind's service have been relegated to the Departmento Munitorum's strategic reserve, to the arsenals of second-line Planetary Defence Forces or are maintained in active service only by a few units of the Imperial Guard due to ancient tradition. The Malcador Infernus variant has been mostly replaced by the faster and more reliable Hellhound in front-line Imperial Guard regiments. This variant is usually found in storage reserves or relegated to second-line forces or Planetary Defence Forces. The Infernus is armed with a massive Flamer known as an Inferno Gun.

Armament
The Malcador Infernus differs the most from the standard Malcador Assault Tank. The Infernus is quite simply a massive Flamer on tracks, most of the tank's chassis is given over to the placement of its main weapon, an Inferno Gun. An Inferno Gun is a Titan-class Flamer weapon usually found on Warhound-class Scout Titans. The weapon is so large that there is no room on the vehicle itself for the Promethium fuel required to fire the weapon, as such the fuel is towed behind the vehicle inside of a large fuel drum attached to a large, wheeled trailer connected to the tank by an armoured fuel line. The promethium is stored as separate chemicals before being mixed together in a chamber located behind the gun's barrel. The resulting chemical jelly jets out and sticks to any surface, burning with intense heat. While this weapon is powerfully effective against enemy infantry and light vehicles, this huge Flamer is also an effective at clearing mine fields, using the sudden blast of heat to detonate the explosives' fuses. Unfortunately for the Infernus' crew carrying a large amount of flammable fuel though the trailer makes the vehicle a tempting target to the enemy and the fuel trailer being destroyed can result in a large, fiery explosion. Some Infernus tank crews will use corrosive chemicals as their ammunition instead of promethium, turning themselves into deadly toxic sprayers. The vehicle is also armed with two sponson-mounted weapons, one on each side, this weapons can be either Heavy Stubbers, Heavy Flamers, Heavy Bolters, Lascannons, or Autocannons. The Malcador Infernus tank can be outfitted with a variety of upgrades and attachments, such as camouflage netting, extra armour plating, an improved communications system, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, a Pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber, rough terrain modifications, track guards, a searchlight, and smoke launchers.

Also See

 * Imperial Vehicles

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