Editing Rogal Dorn Battle Tank (section)

==Inspiration==

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. It also looks more like a proper tank in scale than the Russ. The Leman Russ has always had a notably tiny turret (just compare the size of the commander's hatch to the overall size of the turret), whereas this thing looks like you could have an actual crew in there.

Fun history, 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. In ''this'' case, it was due to an pre-war concept (which was shared by the British, because it came from how WW1 tanks had been used) in that infantry would advance behind the tanks, using them as a big mobile wall of cover. Unsurprisingly, there was a worry about the tank needing to avoid running over the friendly infantry, so it was assumed that the leader of the squad/platoon would ride on the back of the tank, still covered by the turret and able to talk to the tank commander via the cupola. In the case of the US, they felt they'd take advantage of this assumption by bolting a Browning to the turret for the infantry guy to [[Dakka|play with]] if he wanted to.

Unsurprisingly, in armies like the US where they quickly began shitting out half-tracks to transport accompanying infantry, this tactic wasn't used as much as expected and the Browning mounts were converted for AA use. Ironically it would be the Soviets of all people who used this tactic the most, because their [[Skub|lack of proper capitalist industry and/or communist ingenuity in avoiding unneeded production of equipment]] meant they usually had accompanying infantry ride into battle on the tanks and dismount before reaching the enemy to follow behind them. Still, they found it was usually smarter for the leader of the infantry component to stay on foot and simply communicate with the tank crew via a phone mounted on the back of the tank.

Regardless (and [[Games Workshop|likely entirely unintentionally]]) this tactic is actually pretty fluffy for the Guard and they're even depicted in artwork as advancing behind their Russes Soviet-style. [[Your Dudes|Extra points if you convert your Rogal Dorn so the guy on the Stubber is the same uniform as your squad Sergeants (or, if you've upgraded it Vaunted Praetorian, you could even model him as an Officer)]].