Editing Leman Russ Battle Tank (section)

==={{anchor|Eradicator}}Leman Russ Eradicator===
[[File:Leman Russ Eradicator.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Leman Russ Eradicator.]]

Once upon a time, some Forge World in the Imperium decided they had too much nuclear material on their hands, and that they needed to do something with it. After some [[Grimdark|wacky hijinks and hilarious mishaps]], the result was the Leman Russ Eradicator, a tank with a [[Eradicator Nova Cannon|short range cannon]] that lobs [[Fallout|"sub-atomic" charges]] at enemies in cover. So, basically, fuck your cover saves.

The percussive shock (and probably the *radiation*, too) neutralizes cover saves, and although it's a little weaker than the Battle Cannon in every way, the Eradicator is still a respectable gun, especially against Eldar or anything that likes to abuse cover. It's otherwise basically the same as the regular version, meaning it also has laughable rear armor; [[Scout]]s with shotguns could kill this tank if they got behind it. That's only a problem for the Eradicator because its range is so short; it needs to be up close and personal, and paper-thin rear armor plus urban combat equals one dead tank.

The Eradicator had the distinction of being the cheapest tank in the arsenal, and as such was often used as the ablative shield of Pask or a regular Tank Commander; it now shares the "cheapest" slot with the Vanquisher and Executioner (something about that sounds weird...), reducing that value somewhat. While the main gun is useful, taking [[Plasma Cannon]] sponsons is generally the best way to field an Eradicator, especially if you can turbo-charge it with warlord traits, wargear, or faction bonuses. This is also one of the only times the heavy flamer sponsons will be useful on a Russ, so take it to make your [[Tau]] friends cry tears of pure cheese.

With the changes to how cover works in 8th, the Eradicator's utility has been decreased significantly. While denying cover isn't ''bad'', just having higher AP is more useful overall, and the Eradicator was not given any additional tools to compensate. Situationally, its preferred targets would be non-Marine human power armor troops in cover.

This tank was probably inspired by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers#Churchill_III_and_IV_AVRE Churchill AVRE], which also had a giant YEET cannon whit a quirky reload process.