A Dire Wolf-class Heavy Scout Titan armed with arm-mounted Ardex-Defensor Mega-Bolters and its carapace-mounted Neutron Laser.
The Dire Wolf-class Titan is considered a "Heavy Scout Titan" which places it in size between the Warhound-class Scout Titan and the smallest of the true Battle Titans, the Reaver-class Titan. It was deployed by the Loyalist and Traitor Titan Legions during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras.
Dire Wolf Heavy Scout Titans were much sturdier and more heavily armoured than their Warhound Scout Titan counterparts. The Dire Wolf was easily distinguished from the Warhound by its reinforced frame and unorthodox, pintle-mounted arm weapons. The Dire Wolf carried its massive main weapon on the back of its torso, sacrificing some mobility for added stability to handle the recoil and weight of this payload. Hunched forward, the Titan's heavy armour plating and stout legs provided stability and durability.
The Dire Wolf Titan was especially favoured for use by the Legio Audax, a Traitor Titan Legion that fought during the Horus Heresy.
Armament[]
The Dire Wolf was armed with unusual, pintle-mounted weapons on its arms in the form of Ardex-Defensor Mega-Bolters, which offered some defence against enemy Knights, allowing the Dire Wolf to focus on lining up a firing solution with its main carapace-mounted Neutron Laser. Neutron Lasers required a massive amount of power, and generated incredible heat, requiring sophisticated additional modifications to the carapace and chassis of the Dire Wolf.
Some Dire Wolf Titans were armed instead with a carapace-mounted Volcano Cannon -- a weapon so massive and powerful that it is usually only found on Reaver-class Titans. Additional cooling and structural modifications to the carapace and chassis of the Dire Wolf were required to accommodate such a large weapon.
Sources[]
- Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Traitor Legios (Specialty Games), pp. 80, 110
- Warhammer Community - When Warhounds Won't Cut It, It's the All-New, All-Smashing Dire Wolf Heavy Scout Titan (24 Jan 2022)
- Forge World Online Store - Dire Wolf Heavy Scout Titan with Neutron Laster
- Forge World Online Store - Dire Wolf Heavy Scout Titan with Volcano Cannon
Gallery[]
| Titans | |
|---|---|
| Scout Titans | Rapier-class Titan • Warhound-class Titan (Wolf-class Titan • Mastiff-class Titan • Jackal-class Titan) |
| Heavy Scout Titans | Dire Wolf-class Titan |
| Battle Titans | Reaver-class Titan • Carnivore-class Titan • Mirage-class Titan • Komodo-class Titan • Executor-class Titan • Warbringer Nemesis-class Titan • Punisher-class Titan • Warlord-class Titan (Death Bringer-class Titan • Eclipse-class Titan • Nightgaunt-class Titan • Nemesis-class Titan • Warlord-Sinister-class Psi-Titan) • Siege Titan • Apocalypse-class Titan |
| Heavy Battle Titans | Warmaster-class Titan (Warmaster Iconoclast-class Titan) |
| Emperor Titans | Imperator-class Titan • Warmonger-class Titan |
| Chaos Titans | Subjugator Scout Titan • Questor Scout Titan • Feral-class Titan • Ravager-class Titan • Banelord-class Titan • Plaguelord-class Titan • Painlord-class Titan • Warplord-class Titan |
| STC Titan | Castigator-class Titan |