Editing Javelin Attack Speeder (section)

==History==
The Javelin, as mentioned, used technology that has since been lost by a mountain of Administratum red tape. The technology, originating from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], was first designed and manufactured for the Space Marine Legions by the Mechanicum during the Emperor's [[Great Crusade]] near the end of the 30th Millennium. Its late production and the high technology needed to craft these vehicles made them quite rare even in the waning years of the Great Crusade, and moreso during the 41st Millennium. Only Chapters dating back during this era have access to a few of them at most.

On the other hand, the Javelin is also available in small numbers to the [[Chaos Space Marine]] Traitor Legions and Warbands that trace their lineage back to the time of the Horus Heresy.

=== Model history ===

[[File:Gravtank-RT.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Arctic Rush Pattern Grav Tank]]

In the real world, the Javelin's history begins way back in the early days of Warhammer 40,000 (after [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]] but not by much), when [[White Dwarf]] had an article about scratch-building models from everyday objects. One example given was [[Grav-Attack Tank|turning an old stick of deodorant into a speeder]] (with the addition of some plasticard and spare weapons from the bitz box). Forge World made their model in the grand [[Horus Heresy]] tradition of updating goofy things from the late '80s and early '90s.