Editing Baneblade (section)

====Baneblade====

[[File:Marsbaneblade.jpg|thumb|left|The OG tank itself, in its original Forgeworld resin form.]]

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The modern Baneblade mounts what's known as a "[[Baneblade Cannon]]" (representing belated recognition that the thing in the turret is really huge and so probably not a [[Battle Cannon]]) with a coaxial [[Autocannon]], the same two [[Lascannon]]s it always had, a Twin-linked [[Heavy Bolter]]s in each sponson and another two on the hull front, and a [[Demolisher Cannon]] where the Mysterious Not-A-Weapon was once mounted. This leads to the well-known [[Dawn of War|ELEVEN BARRELS OF HELL]], though the vehicle has options for two more sponsons to be mounted (each with another [[Lascannon]] and Twin-linked [[Heavy Bolter]]) plus a pintle mounted [[Heavy Stubber]] or [[Storm Bolter]], which raises the bar to eighteen. This option can only be taken on the GW plastic kit, as the old Forge World models were shorter, sillier-looking, and had no place for them. These were given their own pattern in the fluff, and thrust upon an unsuspecting Forge World (the ''other'' kind) to make and produce for all eternity. There are two patterns of the Baneblade, the Mars and Lucius pattern. According to the excellent books <i>Baneblade</i> and <i>Shadowsword</i> by Guy Haley, Honoured Lieutenant Bannick remarks that the Mars-pattern is more sophisticated and less cramped than the Lucius-pattern. In either case the Baneblade excels in its job of being adaptable to any tactical situation.