Editing Looted (section)

== The Looted Wagon ==
'''Looted Wagons''' are, in short, vehicles that have been stolen by Orks from [[Imperium of Man|people who actually know how to make them]] and subsequently been kitted out with all sorts of flashy bitz and gizmos.

This wasn't just a principle thing; the rulebook literally said that you had to make the vehicle look orky, so no [[Proxy|Proxies]] allowed. However, the vehicle always had to make use of the Orks' Ballistic Skill 2 - no matter what codex the vehicle came from - at exactly the same price, so unless you had good luck, an ork-looted vehicle would lose to its non-looted equivalent in a firefight. You also had to deal with the risk of the vehicle breaking down at the beginning of the game on a D6 roll of 1.

Suffice to say, this was a ''ridiculously'' popular option, lowered the barrier of entry for army newcomers (because they could convert existing vehicles, leading to a lot of Imperial Guard or Marine players gradually building some token Ork forces), and made it way easier for Ork players to cover holes in the army they'd otherwise have, such as a general lack of heavy armor and stronger firepower - taking a [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]] or two was a good way to get heavy armor and firepower on the battlefield. It was so popular, in fact, that [[Dawn of War]] made Looted Leman Russes the dedicated Ork heavy vehicle, and [[Dawn of War 2]] gave them looted [[Predator Tank]]s. 

Unfortunately, like anything remotely popular in [[Warhammer 40,000]]'s playerbase, it was inevitably ruined by [[Games Workshop|GeeDubs]]. This particular rule change was [[RAGE|especially loathed]] by players, as the very codex update that heralded this change (5th Edition) prominently featured a looted [[Basilisk]] in the Cityfight showcase ''[[What|in the same book]]''. The upcoming ork Codex would remove the Looted vehicle rules ''entirely'', with the only surviving example of it being the Looted Wagon, an overglorified [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ]] with a more forgiving rule to represent it not being made by orks.

In the case of other vehicles, you would either have to have them [[Counts As|count as]] a different vehicle in the ork codex, or more commonly be considered an allied unit, which opens up its own can of worms because the Ork ally list features only [[Chaos Space Marines|Chaos]] as a remotely viable ally - good news for that one maniac who made an orky [[Defiler]]; ''terrible'' news for pretty much everyone else.

=== The Looted Wagon Golden Days ===
[[File:Looted-vehicle-old.png|300px|thumb|right]]
In 3rd edition, the Looted Wagon was in its prime. Players could choose from any vehicle they liked from the list given, use its point value and all of its weapons just so long as they "converted it appropriately to show it is being used by orks" and played it using BS2. This was one of the very few times that GW has actually encouraged custom minis and creative approach, instead of the usual pay-to-win system. For more details on how it worked, see right.

=== The Death of the Looted Wagon ===
7th Edition is considered by many to be the death of the Looted Wagon. It was in this edition that the Wagon was removed from the Ork Codex, replaced instead by a two-page spread in an issue of White Dwarf as well as, for the first time, a picture of an actual miniature with it. 

The rules it was given are as follows:

{| class = wikitable
! || Pts || BS || F || S || R || HP 
|-
| '''Looted Wagon''' || 37 || 2 || 11 || 11 || 10 || 3 
|}

'''Unit Type''':
* '''Vehicle (Tank, Open-topped, Transport)'''

'''Unit Composition''':
* '''1 Looted Wagon'''

'''Special Rules''':
* '''Don't Press Dat:''' Roll 1D6 for each looted wagon at the start of their Shooting phase. On the roll of a one, the Looted Wagon must move Flat Out, even if it performed a Tank Shock earlier in the turn.

[[File:Looted-Wagon-7th-ed-page.PNG|300px|right|thumb|The 7th edition army list page for the Looted Wagon, as published in [[White Dwarf]].]]
'''Transport''':
* '''Transport Capacity''': Twelve Models
* '''Fire Points''': If a Looted Wagon has the 'ard case upgrade it has three fire points, one on either side of the hull and one at the rear.
* '''Access Points''': If a Looted Wagon has the 'ard case upgrade it has one access point at the rear.

'''Options''':
*May take one of the following:
**[[Killkannon]]
**[[Boom Gun]]
*May take up to three of the following:
**[[Big Shoota]]
**[[Rokkit Launcha]]
**[[Skorcha]]

*May take any of the following:
**[[Miscellaneous_Weapons#Deffrolla|Deff Rolla]]
**'Ard case
**[[Miscellaneous_Weapons#Grabbin' Klaw|Grabbin' Klaw]]

*May take items from the Orks Vehicle Equipment list.

This very boring and regular approach to the Looted Wagon ruined the fun of it. There was nothing to indicate how to make it work for custom miniatures. Good ol' [[GeeDubs]] just assumed everyone with a looted wagon made it out of a fucking [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ]].

===The Death of the Looted Wagon II: Electric Boogaloo===
<s>The shitheap that was the 7th edition Looted Wagon is universally hated. But at least we had one. As of 8th edition, the Looted Wagon is officially no longer in the game. GeeDubs reps on facebook have said you need to run your old models as [[Battlewagon]]s. </s>

<span style='color:blue;font-size:120%'>Huzzah!</span> Chapter Approved 2018 has been confirmed to re-add rules for making Looted Wagons. Granted, they're only valid in Open Play but at least they're actually in the game. With Gunwagons making a long-awaited re-appearance, it may be the case that old Looted Wagons may be see the "official" battlefields once again, by proxying in for the Battlewagon's shootier cousin.

=== Dawn of War ===
[[Image:Orky Tankz.jpg|thumb|right|The DoW Wagons in action]]
Dawn of War saw the Looted Leman Russ as the Orks' primary artillery piece and high-tier battle tank, providing fire support to your other units, much the [[Basilisk Artillery Gun|Basilisk]] does for the [[Imperial Guard|Guard]]. The only difference here being that Orks can have 4 Looted Leman Russes and Guard could only have 3 Basilisks. There's also the looted Predator in game 2 which acts as a normal tank but isn't as goofy looking and often forgotten.