Changes: Attack Craft

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Attack Craft is a catch-all term used for the small spacecraft and aircraft that are deployed from larger starships' launch bays in support of naval warfleets during combat operations. They are divided into three general categories depending on their size and role:

Fighters are the smallest Attack Craft, using their speed and firepower to intercept and destroy enemy Attack Craft and ordnance.
Bombers are lumbering spacecraft that lack the speed of fighters, but carry enough firepower to threaten capital ships.
Assault Boats are small, spaceborne transports designed to pierce the hull of an enemy starship and desposit a squad of soldiers for a quick hit-and-run attack.

Imperial Attack Craft

Imperial Navy

Space Marines

Chaos Attack Craft

Dark Eldar Attack Craft

Raptor Fighter
Razorwing Bomber
Slavebringer Assault Boat
Impaler Assault Module

Eldar Attack Craft

Necron Attack Craft

No Necron Attack Craft have been encountered by the Imperium to date.

Ork Attack Craft

Fighta-Bommer
Ork Assault Boat

Tau Empire Attack Craft

Tau

Tau Allies

Demiurg Attack Craft

Tyranid Attack Craft

The Tyranids use a wide variety of organisms that are roughly equivalent to fighters and assault boats, but their vast diversity defies categorization into distinct classes.

Sources

Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook: Ships of the Gothic Sector
Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Vessels of the Imperium
Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Xenos Fleets
Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Necron and Tyranid Fleets
Battlefleet Gothic Armada: Tau Fleets
Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign

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 *[[Thunderbolt|Thunderbolt Heavy Fighter]]
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-*[[Vulture|Vulture Gunship]]
 *[[Aquila Lander]]
 *[[Arvus|Arvus Lighter]]