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Like its namesake it seems to specialize in siege work, both breaking and anchoring defensive lines with its wide variety of guns. Its main turret can carry either ''two'' [[Battle_Cannon|Battle Cannons]] or an '''[[Oppressor Cannon]]''', an anti-armour gun that can supposedly one-shot anything up to and including a [[Chaos Knight]]. It can also carry a hull-mounted [[Castigator Gatling Cannon]] or [[Pulveriser Cannon]], a baby version of the [[Demolisher_Cannon|Demolisher cannon]], along with the usual array of extra weapons: hull-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]]s or [[Meltagun]]s, sponson-mounted [[Heavy Bolter]]s or [[Multi-Melta]]s, and last of all a pintle-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]] in case you feel like reenacting the last twenty minutes of ''Fury'' with [[Your Dudes]]. Stay tuned for updates as to how this thing performs. | Like its namesake it seems to specialize in siege work, both breaking and anchoring defensive lines with its wide variety of guns. Its main turret can carry either ''two'' [[Battle_Cannon|Battle Cannons]] or an '''[[Oppressor Cannon]]''', an anti-armour gun that can supposedly one-shot anything up to and including a [[Chaos Knight]]. It can also carry a hull-mounted [[Castigator Gatling Cannon]] or [[Pulveriser Cannon]], a baby version of the [[Demolisher_Cannon|Demolisher cannon]], along with the usual array of extra weapons: hull-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]]s or [[Meltagun]]s, sponson-mounted [[Heavy Bolter]]s or [[Multi-Melta]]s, and last of all a pintle-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]] in case you feel like reenacting the last twenty minutes of ''Fury'' with [[Your Dudes]]. Some of them have Side Sponsons, some don't. Stay tuned for updates as to how this thing performs. | ||
Looking at the thing design, you see a bit of every ww2 tank at once. Treads like a T-34 with a wrap around design like a Churchill or rhomboid tank, Side skirts of a Matilda, length and hull gun of an early Churchill, dedication to the cult of the heavy machine gun and maybe turret like a Sherman. It invokes all of these designs without being a direct copy, which is actually a point in GW favor. It also looks more like a proper tank in scale, the Russ has a notable tinny turret (just note the size of the commander's hatch compared to the other all turret size) and this thing looks like you could have an actual crew in there. | Looking at the thing design, you see a bit of every ww2 tank at once. Treads like a T-34 with a wrap around design like a Churchill or rhomboid tank, Side skirts of a Matilda, length and hull gun of an early Churchill, dedication to the cult of the heavy machine gun and maybe turret like a Sherman. It invokes all of these designs without being a direct copy, which is actually a point in GW favor. It also looks more like a proper tank in scale, the Russ has a notable tinny turret (just note the size of the commander's hatch compared to the other all turret size) and this thing looks like you could have an actual crew in there. | ||
Size guess put it north of a russ but smaller then a baneblade so were in [[Malcador (Tank)]] territory. So it might be a small~ish lord of war rather then a heavy tank. | Size guess put it north of a russ but smaller then a baneblade so were in [[Malcador (Tank)]] territory. So it might be a small~ish lord of war rather then a heavy tank. | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 25 October 2022
Were you looking for Rogal Dorn, the Galaxy's Most Stubborn Man?
"Imagine naming a main tank after a Primarch – but not the one who masterminded the defence of the Imperium in its darkest hour. The time has come to correct this grievous error."
- – Warhammer Community
The Matilda II, Churchill, M4 Sherman Rogal Dorn Battle Tank is a new Imperial Guard AFV, revealed as part of their big 2022 refresh. More akin to a Heavy Tank than a MBT, it is a chonkier and shootier big brother of the old reliable Leman Russ and is somewhere between that and the Malcador Heavy Tank in terms of size and firepower (Maybe a Heavy Main Battle Tank?).
Overview
Like its namesake it seems to specialize in siege work, both breaking and anchoring defensive lines with its wide variety of guns. Its main turret can carry either two Battle Cannons or an Oppressor Cannon, an anti-armour gun that can supposedly one-shot anything up to and including a Chaos Knight. It can also carry a hull-mounted Castigator Gatling Cannon or Pulveriser Cannon, a baby version of the Demolisher cannon, along with the usual array of extra weapons: hull-mounted Heavy Stubbers or Meltaguns, sponson-mounted Heavy Bolters or Multi-Meltas, and last of all a pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber in case you feel like reenacting the last twenty minutes of Fury with Your Dudes. Some of them have Side Sponsons, some don't. Stay tuned for updates as to how this thing performs.
Looking at the thing design, you see a bit of every ww2 tank at once. Treads like a T-34 with a wrap around design like a Churchill or rhomboid tank, Side skirts of a Matilda, length and hull gun of an early Churchill, dedication to the cult of the heavy machine gun and maybe turret like a Sherman. It invokes all of these designs without being a direct copy, which is actually a point in GW favor. It also looks more like a proper tank in scale, the Russ has a notable tinny turret (just note the size of the commander's hatch compared to the other all turret size) and this thing looks like you could have an actual crew in there.
Size guess put it north of a russ but smaller then a baneblade so were in Malcador (Tank) territory. So it might be a small~ish lord of war rather then a heavy tank.
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Armed with standard loadout. -
Armed with big FUCK OFF Oppressor Cannon. -
Top of the tank.
