Editing Leman Russ Battle Tank (section)

===Leman Russ Battle Tank===
[[File:Imperial-guard-leman-russ-battle-tank-a2cf0.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Leman Russ Battle Tank.]]
''"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."'' This is especially true given how much the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] has forgotten by the 41st millennium. The basic Leman Russ Battle Tank is a simple, brutal machine built out of almost any metal, running on almost any fuel, sporting no complicated auto-targeting or driving systems -- every gun is operated by a person inside the tank, and the controls are simple enough that a crew only needs minimal training before going into battle (which the [[Departmento Munitorum]] really likes, though commanders on the ground tend to prefer more seasoned crews). Though it gets loud and hot inside, and it is not usually a fast machine, it is tough as nails... from the front and sides -- the back is much less heavily armored, to save weight and let the engine vent off heat. Even so, it's been getting the job done since the Great Crusade.

The original boasts a hull-mounted Heavy Bolter and a [[Battle Cannon]] in its turret, the latter of which is highly regarded for its ability to fuck up squads of MEQs. It can swap the [[Heavy Bolter]] for a [[Lascannon]] and take a pair of [[Heavy Bolter]]s, [[Plasma Cannon]]s, [[Heavy Flamer]]s or [[Multi-Melta]]s for sponsons. Apparently the optional sponson gunners don't get patched in to the internal tank comms or something, because the mounted sponsons will suffer accuracy issues if shooting on the move. The 72" range on the [[Battle Cannon]] is key to the tank's success: on a standard 6'x4' game board it is a rare occurrence indeed for a target to be out of this weapon's considerable reach. Overall it's a very good tank for blasting the fuck out of just about anything that pisses it off -- it's hard to go wrong with the vanilla Russ.

It’s expense in lore comes from the hand-made inertial dampener in the turret to handle recoil. If only they had some sort of alternative even better at handling recoil. I dunno, what do you think, Demolisher Cannon who has a hydraulic recoil system?