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<div>[[image:TUcC7OPfhYaYYVlR.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Rogal Dorn Battle Tank in all its Dornish glory]]<br />
''Were you looking for [[Rogal Dorn]], the Galaxy's Most Stubborn Man?''<br />
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The <s>[[Churchill]]</s>, <s>[[T14 Heavy Tank|T-14]]</s>, <s>[[M6 Heavy Tank]]</s>, <s>[[M26 Pershing]]</s> '''Rogal Dorn Battle Tank''' is a new [[Imperial Guard]] AFV, revealed as part of their big 2022 refresh. More akin to a ''Heavy Tank'' than an MBT, it is a chonkier and shootier big brother of the old reliable [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ]] and seems to be a non-Forge World alternative to the [[Macharius Heavy Tank]] as a [[Awesome|second-generation Baneblade]]. <br />
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==Overview==<br />
Like its namesake it seems to specialize in siege work, both breaking and anchoring defensive lines with its wide variety of guns. Its main turret can carry either ''two'' [[Battle_Cannon|Battle Cannons]] or an '''[[Oppressor Cannon]]''', an anti-armour gun that can supposedly one-shot anything up to and including a [[Chaos Knight]]. It can also carry a hull-mounted [[Castigator Gatling Cannon]] or [[Pulveriser Cannon]], a baby version of the [[Demolisher_Cannon|Demolisher cannon]], along with the usual array of extra weapons: hull-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]]s or [[Meltagun]]s, sponson-mounted [[Heavy Bolter]]s or [[Multi-Melta]]s, and last of all a pintle-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]] in case you feel like reenacting the last twenty minutes of ''Fury'' with [[Your Dudes]]. Some of them have side sponsons, some don't. Stay tuned for updates as to how this thing performs.<br />
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It's larger than a [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ]] but smaller then a [[Baneblade]], so we're in [[Malcador Heavy Tank]] territory. Probably meant to be used as a budget Lord of War.<br />
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==Inspiration==<br />
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The Rogal Dorn is a direct copy of the [[T14 Heavy Tank|T14]], with tracks and other bits from the [[Churchill]] and [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/ARL-44_at_Mourmelon_le_Grand.JPG/800px-ARL-44_at_Mourmelon_le_Grand.JPG ARL-44] to make it more 40k. The design of its turret is inspired by the [[M26 Pershing|Pershing]], while its upper-glacis also takes cues from the experimental [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AC_E1(AWM_P03498.010).jpg AC-IV Sentinel], down to the position of the hull gun. Even [https://i0.wp.com/www.destinationsjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ewpvvyajjhbz.jpg?w=550&ssl=1 the twin-cannons of the battle cannon] loadout is lifted from the Sentinel, though in the Sentinel's case they just wanted to make sure the chassis could handle the stress of high-caliber ammunition. <br />
The unfortunate turret gunner that has to stand on a platform behind the turret to man the heavy stubber probably comes from the factory-mounting of the M2 Browning machine gun on an [[M4 Sherman]] forcing its gunner to stand on top of the tank behind its turret, though in ''that'' case, the M2 had to go there because it was intended for pointing the gun upward to shoot at low-flying aircraft because the Yanks were afraid of the Luftwaffe. In the Imperium's case, standing out in the open serves two purposes: against [[Ork|certain opponents]], standing in the open where they can shoot at you ''is the safest place to be''; and in the other case, [[Meme|it's so you can stab people with your sword.]] <br />
It also looks more like a proper tank in scale than the Russ. The Leman Russ has always had a notably tiny turret (just note the size of the commander's hatch compared to the overall size of the turret), whereas this thing looks like you could have an actual crew in there.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Rogal Dorn Battle Tank.jpg|Armed with standard loadout.<br />
Rogal Dorn Battle Tank1.jpg|Armed with big FUCK OFF Oppressor Cannon.<br />
Dorn_Tank_Top.PNG|Top of the tank.<br />
Imperial Guard Tanks Comparaison.jpg|Comparison to a Leman Russ and the Baneblade.<br />
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