The Leman Russ Vanquisher

The Leman Russ Vanquisher is a more sophisticated version of the basic battle tank. The Vanquisher is becoming increasingly rare as the skills and technology required for the construction of the vanquisher battle cannon were lost when the forge world Tigrus was overrun and scoured by Ork Warlord Arrgard the Defiler in M35. Those Vanquishers that remain in service are carefully maintained and only granted to tank crews who have proved themselves in the heart of battle.

Since the loss of Tigrus, the Adeptus Mechanicus has made strenuous efforts to reproduce surviving Vanquisher cannons on selected forge worlds, those renowned for devotion and favoured by the Machine God with the most skilled munitionadepts. These forge worlds have been granted some success. Although slow and fraught with difficulty, Gryphonne IV and Stygies VIII have both resurrected their own versions of the Vanquisher cannon. Other forge worlds still continue their own work and pray for similar success.

Imperial Guard regiments equipped from Gryphonne IV or Stygies VIII are now starting to field small but increasing numbers of Vanquishers again.