Editing Atlas Recovery Tank

[[File:Atlas.png|350px|right|thumb|Atlas doing what it does best.]]

The Atlas Recovery Tank is the big brother of the [[Trojan Support Vehicle|Trojan]] [[PROMOTIONS|no, not the one you're thinking of, you dirty]] [[/d/]]...anyways on topic, the Atlas is often used to tow back wrecked and destroyed Imperial vehicles, so that they can be salvaged and their machine spirits/armaments can be recycled. [[What|What? You're surprised that the Imperium contributes more to recycling than we do today?]] [[Imperium of Man#However, is the Imperium really that bad?|You will be surprised.]]

In order to tow the vehicles, the Atlas uses a powerful rear-mounted crane that is powerful enough to carry one [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ]], however, anything larger than it such as a [[Baneblade]] will require up to four Atlases to move. If a vehicle is completely destroyed beyond all hope of repair, it is stripped of usable equipment and unfired ammunition and its chassis left to rust over time.

===Armament===
The Atlas uses the same chassis as the Leman Russ Tank, but with the turret ring and armour plating removed, and the engine overcharged to provide more power. Being a recovery vehicle and thus situated at the back lines, the Atlas usually waits until the heat of battle has cooled enough and would proceed to [[Looted|tow back any destroyed vehicles.]] Due to this, they are lightly armed with only a hull-mounted [[Heavy Bolter]] for general protection, but as they share a Chassis with the Leman Russ they at least have good armor.

However, the Atlas can come equipped with Camo-Netting, Extra Armour, a [[Hunter-Killer Missile|Hunter-killer Missile Launcher]], an Improved Communications System, a Mine Sweeper, a pintle-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]]/[[Storm Bolter]], Rough Terrain Modifications, a Searchlight, Track Guards, and smoke launchers in order to improve viability much to the dismay of the Tech-Priests.

===On the Tabletop===
The Atlas is pretty much a giant Enginseer in the 8th Edition codex; it's an unarmed tank that repairs other vehicles. If nothing else, it's an interesting alternative. Oddly enough, it uses a [[Chimera Transport|Chimera]] statline instead of a Leman Russ statline.

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