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===Thornback===
[[File:Thornback2.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The [[Leman Russ Vanquisher]] of Carnifexes.]]
A more firepower-focused version of the Carnifex.

The complete opposite of the Screamer-Killer. The Thornback (''Carnifex vorantii'') is a Tyranid sub-species of Carnifex which is the renown master of shock-assault. These creatures are living batteries of symbiote weaponry equipped with short- to medium-range ballistic parasites and living bomb projectors.

It is so named because of the intimidating-looking thorns on this subspecies, which are in fact sensory organs for sniffing out prey. Although it can modify them into a ranged artillery weapon. They are infantry hunters that seem to take pleasure in rooting out hiding men. Despite its lack of specialized melee limbs the Thornback is extremely dangerous at close quarters, where its speed and bulk allow it to easily impale incautious enemies.

It can be armed with [[Deathspitter]]s, [[Devourer (Tyranid)|Devourers]], [[Spine Banks]], [[Stranglethorn Cannon]], [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Scything Talons|Monstrous Scything Talons]] and [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Scything Tail|Thresher Scythe]].

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