Editing Atlas Recovery Tank

[[File:Atlas.png|350px|right|thumb|Atlas doing what it does best.]]
The Atlas Recovery Tank is the big brother of the [[Trojan Support Vehicle|Trojan]] [[PROMOTIONS|no not the one you're thinking of you dirty]] [[/d/]]...anyways on topic, the Atlas are often used to tow back wrecked and destroyed Imperium vehicles so that they can be salvaged and their machine spirits/armaments can be recycled. [[What|What you surprise that the Imperium contributes more to recycling than we do today?]] [[Imperium of Man|You will be surprised.]] 

In order to tow the vehicles the Atlas uses a powerful rear-mounted crane that is powerful enough to carry one [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ]] however anything larger than it such as a [[Baneblade]] need to require up to four Atlases to move it. If a vehicle is completely destroyed beyond all hope of repair, it is stripped of usable equipment and unfired ammunition and its chassis left to rust over time.

===Armament===
The Atlas uses the same chassis as the Leman Russ Tank but with the turret ring and armour plating removed and the engine overcharged to provide more power. Being a recovery vehicle and thus situated at the back lines, the Atlas usually waits until the heat of battle has cooled enough and would proceed to [[Looted|tow back any destroyed vehicles.]] Due to this, they are lightly armed with only a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter for general protection.

However the Atlas can come equipped with Camo-Netting, Extra Armour, a Hunter-killer Missile Launcher, an Improved Communications System, a Mine Sweeper, a pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber/Storm Bolter, Rough Terrain Modifications, a Searchlight, Track Guards, and smoke launchers in order to improve viability much to the dismay of the Tech-Priests. 


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