Its introduction was on-going at the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, and the Warmaster Horus ensured that many examples of this new vehicle found their way into the armouries of those Legions that would side with him before the outbreak of the interstellar civil war.ĭesigned in concert between the Primarchs Ferrus Manus and Roboute Guilliman of the Iron Hands and Ultramarines Legions, respectively, alongside the Magi of the Mechanicum's Tempestora Sect, the Sicaran utilises component technologies from various STC patterns such as the Rhino, Land Raider and Hephaestus to create a high-speed 'destroyer' tank that can complement the more commonplace Predator and Land Raider designs. The Sicaran Battle Tank was the exclusive province of the Space Marine Legions and was considered one of the most advanced armoured units in the arsenal of the Great Crusade. 6 Adeptus Mechanicus Technical SpecificationsĪn ancient pict-capture of a wrecked Sicaran Battle Tank during the Horus Heresy.

Others, especially more senior Techmarines, know that the Sicaran is real and once served the Legiones Astartes as they prosecuted the wars of the Great Crusade. In the 41st Millennium, many Adepts of the Machine God deny that the Sicaran is anything but a myth, an imagined or at best half-remembered phantom of an age long ago shrouded in blood and shadow. This allowed the Warmaster Horus to ensure that many examples of the new tank found their way only into the armouries of those Space Marine Legions that would side with him before the outbreak of his rebellion against the Emperor of Mankind. These powerful vehicles were exclusive to the armouries of the Legiones Astartes and were just in the process of being introduced as a standard vehicle of the Legions when the Horus Heresy broke out.

The Sicaran Battle Tank was an Imperial main battle tank and one of the most advanced armoured vehicles used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.

A Sicaran Battle Tank of the Iron Warriors Legion.

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