Editing Manticore Launcher Tank

[[Image:ManticoreRL.jpg|right|thumb|You are [[Awesome|already dead]].]]

[[Imperial Guard|The Guard]] has a Manticore.
Your [[Tyranids|numerical superiority]] is [[Rage|irrelevant]].

The Manticore is one of the <strike>least</strike> most subtle options the Imperial Guard has, second only to the compatible [[Deathstrike Missile Launcher]]. Imagine a [[Basilisk]] that whilst numbering only one unit, fires roughly as much firepower off as an entire artillery battery, and you get why this vehicle is dangerous. It has advantages in that one Manticore can deal about as much damage as an entire battery of Basilisks with a few lucky rolls, but disadvantages in that it both costs more, has less ammo, and is just one model, rendering it much more vulnerable.  Woe betide the unlucky sap who has to face an entire battery of just three of these with his blob army.  For they will surely erase his army off the face of the galaxy.

==Overview==
The Manticore is an MLRS of sorts; it has a battery of large missiles, which, when launched, scatter into a series of submunitions, raining down a clusterfuck-grade salvo of cluster (ahem) munitions over a huge radius. Whilst it suffers from limited ammo (a mere 4 shots and it flings one per turn) and the usual problems that come with artillery vehicles (weak armor from the sides/back, large minimum range, only other weapon a Heavy [[Bolter]]), there is not a single vehicle in the Imperial Guard that is more feared or loathed. Whilst many vehicles of this category struggle to earn their points back, the Manticore will routinely do so on the opening salvo.

Each Storm Eagle rocket from the Manticore is a barrage weapon that drops 1-3 (it uses a [[d3]]) S10, AP4 Large Ordnance Blast templates with the range of a Basilisk. Because each rocket will threaten virtually every basic infantry with instant death and has reasonably good AP, the Manticore is [[Furry|filthy]] [[FATAL|rape]] to whatever has the misfortune of being on the receiving end - especially [[Dark Eldar]], [[Eldar]], [[Orks]], [[Tyranids]], [[Space Marine|SPESS MEHREEN Scouts]], [[Tau]], and [[Imperial Guard]] troops; even [[Necron|Necron Warriors]] aren't safe any more! Basically, if it's wearing less than powered armor, it's a good bet it just got [[C.S.Goto|raped]] when this thing hits.

Like all artillery, the Manticore is kind of inaccurate, and its randomized number of warheads means it tends to be a bit chunky in regards to whether or not it decides to cooperate. On the other hand, a lucky dice roll or two causing pair of these destroying the overpowering bulk of an enemy's force group first or second turn is not unheard of. If you use one of these, rest assured: the enemy will focus damned-near-everything on its destruction - often to the exclusion of all else.

Just try not to [[Awesome|awesomeface]] when you wipe out 400+ points worth of Orks in a single barrage, or blow up the entire Tyranid army.  In Apocalypse matches, seeing a fuckton of like thirty of these of these aren't that rare, and in one turn, this battery will turn the entire map into a fucking moonscape.  When 120 Storm Eagle rockets start raining down upon you, you will know the meaning of pain... and let me point out that Iosif Stalin (who was quite bright on occasion, and always brutal) specifically forbade to use his ancient BM-8s and BM-13s in quantities of '''less''' a battery (and thousands upon thousands of rockets), instead outlining the sudden usage of said "fuckton" on a concentration of enemies, killing many and demoralizing and survivors, immediately before sending [[Imperial Guard|wave upon wave of men and tanks]] to grab what's left of the target area, so this "rape" tactic is older than you think. And, according to Soviet reports, it initially scared the shit out of ''their own'' troops.

==CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!==
A player in a major tournament in New York managed to pull off several bits of undiluted [[Love Can Bloom|win]] when using [[Creed]] to Scout Manticores against [[Ork]] players, enabling them to perfectly get line-of-sight with the enemy army and fire off a barrage. This is widely considered [[Necrons|cheese]], but remains absolutely hilarious and is something that ''needs'' to be witnessed, if only once.

==The Rebellion Begins==
Due to this being an insanely overpriced model - even by the staggering standards of [[Games Workshop]]'s notorious tendency to charge an arm, leg, and testicle for its miniatures - players have resorted to increasingly-clever methods for representing Manticores on the tabletop, the most common way being to either mod a [[Multilasers|Chimera APC]], which costs about half as much, or to go the full Monty and using decidedly [[heresy|not-Games-Workshop miniatures]] in order to represent them on the tabletop. Considerable amusement and much rage from certain [[Neckbeard]]s have ensued. 

Some of the more infamous ones are shown below.

==Gallery==
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Image:ManticoreSoviet.jpg|One of many mods of a [[Chimera]]. This one weds a rocket pod from a toy MRLS to a Chimera chassis. It works.
Image:Whirlwindicore.jpg| A fairly clever Manticore made from a Chimera and a [[Whirlwind]].
Image:Katyushacore.jpg| This one is reaching. It's a Katyusha rocket launcher, modded to look more [[Vostroyan]] or [[Valhalla]]n. Kind of clever.
Image:DefSnake.jpg| A [[User_talk:Jaimas|certain]] [[Tau]] [[Gue'vesa]] player is known to use this [[AT-43]] miniature to represent Manticores, though painted and modded to look more [[Weeaboo|Tau-ish]].
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