Editing Predator Tank (section)

==={{anchor|Destructor}}Destructor Pattern Predator===
[[Image:99120101062_SpaceMarinesPredatorNEW03.jpg|300px|right|thumb|For only 175 points equipped as shown, a Destructor knows how to impress.]]
AKA, the Predator Destructor. The Destructor is armed with a turret-mounted Predator [[Autocannon]]. In prior editions this weapon was not well favored, since it was basically just an ordinary Autocannon. However, starting from 8th Edition the Predator Autocannon received a unique profile which beefed it up into a rapid-firing infantry and light vehicle slayer. Now using some kind of AP/HE shells, the Predator Autocannon fires 2d3 shots at S7, AP-1, doing ''3 wounds each''. The base Predator Destructor is also equipped with sponson-mounted [[Heavy Bolter]]s. The most common form of Predator due to its ease of maintenance (and low points-cost), the Destructor offers large amounts of [[Dakka]] for a Marine force group, as well as the ability to engage light vehicles with its Autocannon. It lacks, however, the ability to do much damage to enemy heavy vehicles unless it targets [[FATAL|vulnerable rear armor with its main gun.]] Its speed comes into play here and may be a reason for the name “Predator.” Optimized for hunting infantry, the Predator Destructor is a solid choice for an army, though it competes heavily with other heavy support choices for the role.

The original Predator designs were constructed with a [[Razorback|small amount of troop-carrying capacity]], but during the years of the Emperor's Great Crusade in the late 30th and early 31st Millennium this transport capacity was gradually replaced with more storage space for ammunition, especially if the Predator was equipped with sponson-mounted weapons. This practice eventually became the standard and all Predators are equipped with sponson-mounted weapons at present. Imperial Predators may also be armed with a Storm Bolter and/or a Hunter-Killer missile.

An efficient and popular modification for the Destructor is to replace the Heavy Bolters with Lascannons, giving the Destructor the ability to reliably engage and destroy vehicular threats, since its main gun is a bit of a slouch in the anti-armor department. With the addition of a Storm Bolter to mitigate the loss of the Heavy Bolters, this results in an extremely flexible vehicle for only 185 points. This particular variant is especially popular amongst [[Chaos Space Marines]], who often fit the vehicle with a [[Havoc Launcher]] as well to further make up for the loss of anti-infantry punch. Rock on.

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