Tau vehicles and battlesuits

Tau technology is highly advanced and incorporates many systems to allow Fire caste warriors to fight more efficiently. The Tau employ battlesuits with a variety of equipment for different roles. Likewise they have a basic vehicle design which is adapted to different roles. The vehicles are all powered by anti-grav motors, whilst the battlesuits contain jump packs for battlefield mobility.

Crisis Battlesult teams

Those Fire Warrior teams that prove themselves in battle earn the right to wear a battlesuit. They are experienced warriors whose loyalty is beyond question. A Crisis team will have fought together for many years and are 'bonded' together, swearing to put the welfare of the team and team members before their own desires. Crisis battlesuits carry an array of heavy weapons, such as burst cannons, plasma rifles and fusion blasters, and support equipment such as targeters and shield generators. On the battlefield they lend heavy firepower to the Fire Warriors.

Broadside Battlesuits

These carry the heaviest weapons, massive and deadly rail guns, capable of destroying a tank. Their jump packs are removed to free up weight for the heavy guns. On the battlefield Broadsides must engage and destroy the enemies heavily armoured targets.

Devilfish Troop Carrier

The Devilfish troop carrier is the workhorse of Tau ground forces. It can carry 12 men and is armed with rapid firing burst cannons. Skimming across the battlefield on anti-grav motors it moves rapidly to any location on the battlefield, disembarking troops and lending fire support.

Hammerhead

The Hammerhead gunship is the Tau's main battle tank. It cannot carry troops but uses the heaviest weapons available to Tau forces, equipped with either an ion cannon or a railgun, as well as other secondary weapon systems, such as burst cannons or missile pods.