Editing Battlesuit (section)

==={{anchor|XV15|XV-15}} XV15 Stealthsuit===
[[File:XV15 black.jpg|thumb|right|200px|XV25's rented cousin.]]
Little more than [[Awesome|modified Fire Warrior armor]], the XV15 was outfitted with stealth systems allowing it to infiltrate, jetpacks for mobility, and burst cannons for firepower. It also carried [[markerlight]]s. These older units are being phased out in favor of the XV25 series after the Imperium got their hands on an intact helmet from one, and the Tau fear it will be reverse-engineered and countered by the humans.

In a surprisingly unlikely move that somehow did not cause the AdMech to lobotomize everyone involved in the project with a siege drill for associating with xeno-tech, the Imperium did actually manage to reverse engineer the suits and learn about the technology, although the Tau were two steps ahead of them by rolling out the more advanced XV25 stealth suits as their new recon platform.

The meta reason both these and the XV25's exist is because these were metal kits, and were replaced by the later plastic kits and less like a Fire Warrior with some extra equipment. Presumably the upscaling was done to make it harder to kitbash Stealth Suits from plastic Fire Warriors, but that's not really stopped anyone from trying.

Crunchwise, they're the same unless you consider the crunch changes between editions to be the difference. Use the models you like and have access to. (Pull a Dawn of War and use XV25s for the squad leader and XV15s for the chumps.)

If the Tau replaced the stealth with a shield, they’d have an extremely effective infantry assault suit.

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XV15.png|XV15s mid-camo.
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