Having covered the first two sections of the tome, section iii leads us to the ominous Chaos Astartes Heavy Tanks; two of which are super heavy vehicles, counting as lord of war choices, while the third can still be fit in a force organization slot as heavy support.
Chaos Fellblade Super-heavy Tank- Having the same armor as a leman russ, this is a large tank near the size of a baneblade. With 12 hullpoints this thing is an absolute beast and reasonably costed, considering it comes with:
Turretmounted twin-linked fellblade accelerator cannon
2x sponson-mounted quad lascannon
hull-mounted twin-linked heavy bolter
hell-mounted demolisher cannon
Laser destroyer sponsons can be added for free! The typical chaos vehicle upgrades can be taken, and best of all malefic ammunition can be taken, turning your bolter shots into rending weapons!
I can't give the exact stats on the accelerator cannon, but it is DEFINITIVELY, one of the best tank killers out there because not only does it have high str along with a low ap value, it has ARMOURBANE! And is a blast, so you know it will at least go down range and ruin someone's day!
I think if you had a choice in your CSM force for tournaments, and could take a lord of war, you should definitely consider this!
Up next...
Chaos Typhon Heavy Seige Tank- Coming in on a landraider chasis with 6 hullpoints, this thing is a demolisher on steroids; however in order to make use of its added range you must remain stationary. So do you want it to shoot the normal range of a demolisher or have the reach of a autocannon?
The other thing I can say about the gun is it has a "massive" blast radius and ignores cover. I'm looking at you Eldar and Tau!!!
Definitely a contender for a lower cost option as a lord of war, I'd also think it would be easy to conver this up using a demolisher cannon and a landraider that was laying around. Add some plasticard panels to the front of the tank, and TA DA!
Last but not least!
Chaos Spartan Assault Tank- This is the only option in this seciton that is still a heavy support choice, but it has 5 hullpoints on a landraider chasis! There isn't much to say about this choice, that Imperial players or others haven't already seen or heard, it's just the chaos equivalent.
A great delivery system for chaos, with it's 25 model troop capacity!
Hope you found this review enlightening, the next review will focus on Chaos Astartes Attack Craft...which has some real winners! Stay tuned.
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