Come and learn more about one of the best looking and most deadly tanks in 40k as we take a look at the Space Marine Sicaran Battle Tank!
The Sicaran Battle Tank was not only used during the Heresy but can still be found on the battlefield today!
Via: Lexicanum
The Sicaran Battle Tank was a type of heavy tank used by the Legiones Astartes during the Horus Heresy and Great Crusade.
The Sicaran was developed by the Primarchs Ferrus Manus and Roboute Guilliman alongside the Magos of the Adeptus Mechanicus. One of the more advanced weapons systems used by the Space Marines during this time, the Sicaran utilized component technologies from various STC‘s such as the Rhino and Land Raider to create a high-speed tank destroyer to compliment the Predator and Land Raider on the battlefield.
The Sicaran Battle Tank was primarily armed with two Herakles-pattern Accelerator Autocannons, which allowed it to rapidly fire shells at a far higher velocity than a standard autocannon. Secondary armament included sponson-mounted Lascannons. Because of its advanced weaponry, the Sicaran was capable of tracking and engaging swift moving targets and pinpoint weaknesses in enemy armor with lethal precision.
In the 41st Millennium Sicaran tanks are prized as rare relics, their systems little understood by even the most venerable Master of the Forge. They are normally held in stasis when not in use to prevent the vehicle from decaying.
Chaos Space Marine warbands still employ Sicarans, though these are often millennia old and have since become Daemonically corrupted. As such, they are most commonly found among the original Traitor Legions.
