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Aurox Armoured Transport

2018-09-15T21:42:54Z

2001:5B0:2440:C798:A81C:3D87:2878:1F92:

[[File:Argoran-Feb03-Content1hqw.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Ahoy! It's a Imperial Guard [[Rhino]]!]]
The Aurox is a transport vehicle used during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]] by the [[Solar Auxilia]] and the <s>Imperial Guard</s> IMPERIAL ARMY.

===Overview===

Basically an upscaled and upgraded version of the [[Chimera]], this thing was not only the Chimera's bigger brother, but also its more troop orientated brother, boasting only a Heavy Stubber compared to the Chimera's turret mounted Multilaser, frontal Heavy Bolter and pintle weapon, and also several side Lasguns for the troops to fire from within. Instead the Aurox is focused on troop transport capacity, holding more troops into the battlefield due to its larger size and profile. This is not surprising as the Aurox is meant to be like an actual APC whereas the Chimera is more in line with an IFV.

The Aurox's job description as a light APC is probably a much needed grace for the Imperial Army in the 31st Millennnium as the only APCs available comes in ECKS BAWKS HUEG [[METAL BAWKSES]] such as the [[Gorgon Armored Assault Transport]] and the [[CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TRANSPORT]]. Sure there is the [[Hades Breaching Drill]], but that is for a very specific niche. The all-rounder of the Aurox is essential for those who want to transport a large amount of [[Infantry Squad|redshirts]] safely without wasting a lot of points.

==Carnodon==
[[File:Carnodon.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Ahoy! It's an Imperial Guard [[Predator]]!]]

The Predator Battle Tank of the Great Crusade. The Carnodon was an extremely versatile tank that could mount a wide variety of weapons. You want it to be a dedicated tank destroyer? You can have two lascannon sponsons and a twin-linked lascannon turret for quadruple the fun. You want it to devastate MEQs? Just swap the lascannons with autocannons and Volkites and your opponent would roll for [[Anal circumference]] as his troops will be facing a barrage of bullets and martian death rays. The only downside is that it doesn't have a hull mounted weapon like the Leman Russ, or a battle cannon.

===Overview===

The Carnodon is a versatile medium battle tank which acted as the lynchpin for many of the storied successes of the Imperial Army during the Great Crusade. As a premier mobile fire platform, it was regularly adapted to combat a wide variety of foes and respond to any number of battlefield conditions. During the early years of the Great Crusade, it rapidly became a byword for conquest amongst the Expeditionary fleets, a legacy which led to the production of the dedicated Imperial battle tanks of latter-days.

As the Great Crusade moved ever outwards and supply of the Aurox chassis peaked, it is thought that many Carnodon tanks entered a strategic reserve and were distributed to Crusade muster worlds behind the front lines; with over two hundred thousand examples thought to have been stored pending secondary mobilization in the warrens under the world of Tallarn.

==So where did they go?==
Given how prevalent the Aurox and Carnodon tanks were during the Great Crusade, their apparent complete absence in 40k is particularly noteworthy, as well as without explanation.

The most obvious answer to assume would be that the Adeptus Mechanicus just forgot or lost the STCs for these tanks at some point. However, the problem with that is that there are plenty of ''far'' rarer vehicles from the Crusade era that still see use in the 41st Millennium, STC or no STC. In the case of what's supposed to be the ''standard APC and MBT'' of the Imperial Army, tanks that are likely mass-produced on ''dozens'' of Forge Worlds, if lost STCs was the only problem with them, it stands to reason that there would still be plenty of surviving Aurox and Carnodon tanks from those days still in service.

The other, more likely reason for the disappearance of the Aurox and Carnodon is that they were simply mothbolled in favor of the more cost-effective Chimera and Leman Russ.

{{Imperial-Guard}}

Aurox Armoured Transport

2018-09-15T20:29:20Z

2001:5B0:2440:C798:A81C:3D87:2878:1F92: /* Overview */

[[File:Argoran-Feb03-Content1hqw.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Ahoy! It's a Imperial Guard [[Rhino]]!]]
It's a new year and [[Forge World]] has released another model for the [[Horus Heresy]] lines.

The Aurox Armoured Transport is a vehicle used during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]] by the [[Solar Auxilia]] and the <s>Imperial Guard</s> IMPERIAL ARMY. It is a brutal-looking transport vehicle for the Solar Auxilia. Heavily armored and with lots of the ornate detailing common to the human forces who fight alongside the Legions.

===Overview===

Basically an upscaled and upgraded version of the [[Chimera]], this thing was not only the Chimera's bigger brother, but also its more troop orientated brother. Seriously this thing has less firepower than the Chimera, boasting only a Heavy Stubber whilst the Chimera boast not only a turret mounted Multilaser, a frontal Heavy Bolter and it's own pintle weapon, but also several side Lasguns for the troops to fire from within. If there is one thing the Aurox excels is in its troop transport capacity. Holding more troops into the battlefield due to its larger size and profile. This is not surprising as the Aurox is meant to be like an actual APC whereas the Chimera is more in line with an IFV.

The Aurox's job description as a light APC is probably a much needed grace for the Imperial Army in the 31st Millennnium as the only APCs available comes in ECKS BAWKS HUEG [[METAL BAWKSES]] such as the [[Gorgon Armored Assault Transport]] and the [[CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TRANSPORT]]. Sure there is the [[Hades Breaching Drill]], but that is for a very specific niche. The all-rounder of the Aurox is essential for those who want to transport a large amount of [[Infantry Squad|redshirts]] safely without wasting a lot of points.

So far it is available in the 31st Millennium. It is unknown how the 41st Millennium Guard would fare since we do not know whether they are still in use or are mothballed due to bureaucratic incompetence, or a simple preference for the Chimera's superior fighting ability due to the aforementioned armaments.

==Carnodon==
[[File:Carnodon.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Ahoy! It's an Imperial Guard [[Predator]]!]]

The Predator Battle Tank of the Great Crusade. The Carnodon was an extremely versatile tank that could mount a wide variety of weapons. You want it to be a dedicated tank destroyer? You can have two lascannon sponsons and a twin-linked lascannon turret for quadruple the fun. You want it to devastate MEQs? Just swap the lascannons with autocannons and Volkites and your opponent would roll for [[Anal circumference]] as his troops will be facing a barrage of bullets and martian death rays. The only downside is that it doesn't have a hull mounted weapon like the Leman Russ.

===Overview===

The Carnodon is a versatile medium battle tank which acted as the lynchpin for many of the storied successes of the Imperial Army during the Great Crusade. As a premier mobile fire platform, it was regularly adapted to combat a wide variety of foes and respond to any number of battlefield conditions. During the early years of the Great Crusade, it rapidly became a byword for conquest amongst the Expeditionary fleets, a legacy which led to the production of the dedicated Imperial battle tanks of latter-days.

As the Great Crusade moved ever outwards and supply of the Aurox chassis peaked, it is thought that many Carnodon tanks entered a strategic reserve and were distributed to Crusade muster worlds behind the front lines; with over two hundred thousand examples thought to have been stored pending secondary mobilization in the warrens under the world of Tallarn.

The lack of any Carnodons in the 41st Millennium means either two things, that the Carnodon has been mothballed due to the Leman Russ being far more cost effective in the long term, or the Adeptus Mechanicus forgot or lost the STCs for this pattern of tanks at some point. Given how prevalent the Carnodon was supposed to be, being a main battle tank of the Imperial Army and likely being produced on dozens of Forge Worlds, it was most likely the former. If it was just the latter, surviving Carnodons from those days would still be in service, like so many other borderline lost vehicles from the Great Crusade.

{{Imperial-Guard}}

Aurox Armoured Transport

2018-09-15T20:28:34Z

2001:5B0:2440:C798:A81C:3D87:2878:1F92: /* Overview */

[[File:Argoran-Feb03-Content1hqw.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Ahoy! It's a Imperial Guard [[Rhino]]!]]
It's a new year and [[Forge World]] has released another model for the [[Horus Heresy]] lines.

The Aurox Armoured Transport is a vehicle used during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]] by the [[Solar Auxilia]] and the <s>Imperial Guard</s> IMPERIAL ARMY. It is a brutal-looking transport vehicle for the Solar Auxilia. Heavily armored and with lots of the ornate detailing common to the human forces who fight alongside the Legions.

===Overview===

Basically an upscaled and upgraded version of the [[Chimera]], this thing was not only the Chimera's bigger brother, but also its more troop orientated brother. Seriously this thing has less firepower than the Chimera, boasting only a Heavy Stubber whilst the Chimera boast not only a turret mounted Multilaser, a frontal Heavy Bolter and it's own pintle weapon, but also several side Lasguns for the troops to fire from within. If there is one thing the Aurox excels is in its troop transport capacity. Holding more troops into the battlefield due to its larger size and profile. This is not surprising as the Aurox is meant to be like an actual APC whereas the Chimera is more in line with an IFV.

The Aurox's job description as a light APC is probably a much needed grace for the Imperial Army in the 31st Millennnium as the only APCs available comes in ECKS BAWKS HUEG [[METAL BAWKSES]] such as the [[Gorgon Armored Assault Transport]] and the [[CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TRANSPORT]]. Sure there is the [[Hades Breaching Drill]], but that is for a very specific niche. The all-rounder of the Aurox is essential for those who want to transport a large amount of [[Infantry Squad|redshirts]] safely without wasting a lot of points.

So far it is available in the 31st Millennium. It is unknown how the 41st Millennium Guard would fare since we do not know whether they are still in use or are mothballed due to bureaucratic incompetence, or a simple preference for the Chimera's superior fighting ability due to the aforementioned armaments.

==Carnodon==
[[File:Carnodon.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Ahoy! It's an Imperial Guard [[Predator]]!]]

The Predator Battle Tank of the Great Crusade. The Carnodon was an extremely versatile tank that could mount a wide variety of weapons. You want it to be a dedicated tank destroyer? You can have two lascannon sponsons and a twin-linked lascannon turret for quadruple the fun. You want it to devastate MEQs? Just swap the lascannons with autocannons and Volkites and your opponent would roll for [[Anal circumference]] as his troops will be facing a barrage of bullets and martian death rays. The only downside is that it doesn't have a hull mounted weapon like the Leman Russ.

===Overview===

The Carnodon is a versatile medium battle tank which acted as the lynchpin for many of the storied successes of the Imperial Army during the Great Crusade. As a premier mobile fire platform, it was regularly adapted to combat a wide variety of foes and respond to any number of battlefield conditions. During the early years of the Great Crusade, it rapidly became a byword for conquest amongst the Expeditionary fleets, a legacy which led to the production of the dedicated Imperial battle tanks of latter-days.

As the Great Crusade moved ever outwards and supply of the Aurox chassis peaked, it is thought that many Carnodon tanks entered a strategic reserve and were distributed to Crusade muster worlds behind the front lines; with over two hundred thousand examples thought to have been stored pending secondary mobilization in the warrens under the world of Tallarn.

The lack of any Carnodons in the 41st Millennium means either two things, that the Carnodon has been mothballed due to the Leman Russ being far more cost effective in the long term, or the Adeptus Mechanicus forgot or lost the STCs for this pattern of tanks at some point. Given how prevalent Carnodon was supposed to be, being a main battle tank of the Imperial Army and likely being produced on dozens of Forge Worlds, it was most likely the former. If it was just the latter, surviving Carnodons from those days would still be in service, like so many other borderline lost vehicles from the Great Crusade.

{{Imperial-Guard}}