Games Workshop - Warhammer - The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Deimos Pattern Rhino

Product Information

As with much of the technology employed by the Imperium of Man, the Rhino has changed little in the intervening millennia since it was first deployed during the Great Crusade -- it is a testament to the vehicle's ruggedness that a few have even survived since that time. The twin-linked bolters can be both removed entirely, or replaced by a single, manually-controlled Pintle-mounted weapon such as a twin-linked bolter ( Combi-bolter), or other types of Combi-Weapons, a Heavy Bolter, a Heavy Flamer, or a Havoc Missile Launcher. The guns both attach to the same inner mantlet piece, which is good news. Unfortunately there’s nothing to stop this piece falling inside the tank if you were to remove the gun, which would be a nightmare. You could glue the mantlet in place but then you wouldn’t be able to elevate the gun. These weapon options were also available to the Mars Pattern Rhinos used at the time, but would eventually fall out of use. The modern Mars Pattern Rhino(MkIIc) also saw use during the Great Crusade, thought not at the levels seen with the Deimos pattern. The Mars Pattern Rhino was more easily reproduced, but had inferior environmental and secondary systems. [7]

The vast majority of Rhinos in service to the forces of Chaos are of the newer models, as these are both captured from Loyalist Space Marine Chapters or are ceded to Chaos forces when a Chapter has turned Renegade. Rhinos captured from the Imperium usually have all of their Imperial iconography and symbols of allegiance defaced or removed. Many times the crew of the captured vehicle, whether they are alive or dead, will be attached to the hull of the vehicle, usually by chains, hooks, and spikes. The Space Marines are not alone in making use of this invaluable chassis, as other forces of the Imperium -- such as the Sisters of Battle and the Adeptus Arbites -- use the Rhino core for their own special purpose vehicles. Among the most common variants are the following vehicles: Over the following 100 standard years, use of the Rhino spread to many Human military forces. Early commanders adopted the basic chassis design as an armoured fighting vehicle, fitting various new weapon systems to it and augmenting the vehicle's engine power.The Rhino's position of dominance came to an end with the Age of Strife, as Mankind's golden age of technology and interstellar exploration ended in bloody warfare that engulfed almost every human colony. By the end of the Age of Strife, and the emergence of the Emperor of Mankind, almost all of the complete STC databases from the Age of Technology had been lost or utterly destroyed. Rhinos can also be equipped with a number of enhancements, including dozer blades, extra armour plating, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, improved communications equipment, a searchlight, and smoke launchers. Exalted Sorcerer • Sorcerer • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Executions • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Death Guard Sorcerer • Lord of Contagion • Malignant Plaguecaster • Plague Surgeon • Tallyman • Scarab Occult Sorcerer • Scarab Occult Terminators Autosavant • Lexmechanic • Malefic Scholar • Sister Dialogous • Reclaimator • Servitor • Tech-Priest

Blade Champion • Hetaeron Guard • Aquilon Terminator • Ephoroi • Allarus Custodian • Custodian Warden • Vexilus Praetor • Custodian Apothecary Adepta Sororitas - The Sisters of Battle use the Rhino as their primary transportation vehicle alongside the Immolator during battle. Finally, when the Rhino is complete, the Ceremony of Commissioning is undertaken. The Tech-priest calls upon the Spirit of the Machine God to fill the Rhino with its spiritual power. The final blessing is the Naming Ritual. Every new vehicle must have a name worthy of the great history of the Chapter it is to serve. This name is recorded, and some Chapters choose to paint or engrave it onto the vehicle's armoured hull. I wanted to know if you could magnetise the kit to swap the guns around. The good news is that you can, and it’s up to you how much effort you expend doing so. This is because it’s not only the gun barrels that are different. There are two different gun shields and two sets of roof bits. You’ll find that the laser destroyer is too wide for the demolisher’s gun shield so you should use the laser destroyer’s shield if you want to swap the barrels.

Barbarus - Barbarus is a Chaos Rhino of the World Eaters Traitor Legion that was reportedly present at the Battle of Terra during the Siege of the Imperial Palace, and has been identified on numerous occasions over the millennia since as being the personal vehicle of the Chaos Lord Kossolax the Foresworn. The MkIIc Rhino is primarily armed with a Storm Bolter for close defense, which is remotely operated by the driver. It can also be equipped with a second pintle-mounted Storm Bolter, which can be fired by a passenger from the top hatch, as well as Hunter-Killer missiles and frag- or blind-grenades Auto-launchers. [2b] [9] Armour

Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pp. 12-25, 198-199, 220-223

What did you think of the new addition to the range – the Kratos?

Siege of Vraks - The Space Marines of the Dark Angels, Red Scorpions, and Angels of Absolution Chapters used Rhinos during the 17-year-long Siege of Vraks against the Chaos Space Marines of The Purge, The Faithless, and the Berserkers of Skallathrax. Altered by Chaos iconography and the power of the Ruinous Powers, these Chaos Rhinos are still deployed by many warbands of Chaos Space Marines in the present. Supreme Grand Master • Grand Master • Brother-Captain • Brotherhood Champion • Librarian • Techmarine • Chaplain • Apothecary • Ancient Whirlwind • Vindicator • Stalker • Hunter • Whirlwind Hyperios • Land Raider Helios • Thunderfire Cannon • Firestrike Servo-turret Some Adepta Sororitas Rhinos also are equipped with twin cannons next to the driver's hatch instead of a storm bolter. [8] Sororitas Rhino Variants

This actually feeds into a bigger feeling I have regarding which models to use for a Horus Heresy army. The engines are fed by a fan-assisted air intake, providing the oxygen for the combustion chamber. Each engine has its own fuel tank, and a separate oxygen supply. This means that if there is no oxygen, or if the operating environment requires the air intakes to be sealed, the engines still have the oxygen they require.Anphelion Project - The Red Scorpions used Rhinos during the battles against the escaped Tyranids of the secret research facility on Beta Anphelion IV. An STC design, the durable, proven Rhino chassis serves as the foundation for an entire range of Adeptus Astartes battle tanks, each modified to better serve a particular role. During the fabrication of a Rhino, Tech-priests perform a wide range of rituals before the Ceremony of Commissioning is undertaken. The Mark 1b Pattern Rhino, the oldest surviving pattern of Rhino tank still in service to the Imperium. Spartan • Fellblade • Typhon • Cerberus • Falchion • Mastodon • Lord of Skulls • Death Wheel • Plaguereaper • Plague Centurion Adeptus Astartes - The Rhino is the main transport vehicle of the Space Marines and is used by all Space Marine Chapters.