Editing Chimera Transport (section)

===Weaknesses===
The Chimera's front armor is durable, but its side and rear armor are much more flimsy. While it's generally tougher than a Rhino, it also tends to be a bigger target since the Chimera's weapons are often too big for armies that rely on light armor ([[Dark Eldar]], [[Orks]], etc) to ignore, whereas a Rhino tends to be less of an obvious target. It also has only a single small access point (its rear door), which is such a glaring issue that it gets its own separate subsection.

====The Rear Door Paradox====
The Chimera's only access point is its (comparatively tiny) rear door. Embarking rules state that every unit about to board a transport has to be within 2 inches of an access point, which means [[Derp|it's very hard (if not impossible) to fit more than 6 or so models into a Chimera during an embarking phase, when the Chimera has room for 12]]. This is a problem that the [[Rhino Transport|METAL BOX]] and [[Land Raider|GIANT METAL BOX]] just don't have, either because they have multiple doors, or because their access point is so big it makes the issue [[Moot|moot]].

This doesn't preclude larger units from starting the game already loaded in the Chimera, nor does it stop smaller units from using the damned thing like they pretty much always have, but it does mean that taking an [[Armored Fist Squad]] of 10 soldiers can quickly turn into a wonderful impersonation of when a fa/tg/uy tries to unpack and then repack a suitcase. You're generally not getting a larger unit back into the Chimera it disembarked from, so it's probably better for the Chimera to drive off and make new friends while the unit camps the objective. On the other hand, if you're willing to make the sacrifice, you can split your team members of the armored fist (or other) between two or more Chimera. This has its own obvious benefits and costs. But hey, you can always just rely on a Guardsman’s life expectancy to fix the issue for you.

Note that as of 8th edition, embarking only requires models to be within 3" of the '''vehicle''' rather than an access point. As a result, the rear door problem isn't a problem any more.

In prior editions the Chimera had a firing point from the top hatch above the troop hold, but in 8th/9th edition this is currently not useable- which is quite a shame, because back then it allowed an embarked squad to add their best weapon to the Chimera's firepower.