An Armoured Interdiction Cadre is a T'au Empire Fire Caste cadre that is entirely composed of T'au gunships intended to be used in an anti-armour tactical role. This cadre is comprised entirely of Hammerhead and Sky Ray gunships.
Its heavy firepower is used to counter enemy tanks and is capable of toppling even the mightiest targets. During Hive Fleet Gorgon's invasion of T'au space, Armoured Interdiction Cadres blunted the Tyranid Bio-Titan spearhead -- pitting "shoals" or squadrons of Hammerheads against towering Hierophants flanked by the tank-sized Hierodules.
The T'au's expertise in anti-gravitic technology means that their armoured vehicles are swift yet well-protected. An Armoured Interdiction Cadre is a force composed of vehicles chosen to deal with enemy formations that do not specialise in anti-armour weaponry. Using their speed, an Armoured Interdiction Cadre will manoeuvre to concentrate its firepower on its target, trusting in its armour to protect it against return fire.
The vehicles of the cadre are networked together with an interactive tactical control system, allowing the shas'el or shas'o commander that supervises the cadre to direct fire quickly and efficiently through a Marker Light system built into the command tank.
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- Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition), pp. 8-12, 22-24
- Codex: Tau Empire (7th Edition), pp. 15-16