Editing Rhino Transport (section)

===Deimos-Pattern Rhino===
[[image:DeimosRhino.png|Deimos Pattern Rhino|300px|right|thumb]]
An earlier version of the Rhino used during the Great Crusade, the Deimos-Pattern Rhino is somewhat better armed than the currently used version with two turret-mounted [[Astartes Boltgun|bolters]] (which could be replaced with a pintle-mounted [[Combi-Bolter|combi-bolter,]] [[Heavy Bolter|heavy bolter,]] [[Heavy Flamer|heavy flamer,]] or [[Havoc Launcher|Havoc missile launcher]]). It can sometimes be armed with a spiked prow, given it extra ramming attacks in close quarters. However, this extra firepower came at the [[Wat|expense of front armor]], and without an assault ramp it was not quite as good at carrying assault troops into battle.

Due to this, back in the [[Great Crusade|good ol' days]], the Deimos Pattern Rhino was the most common Rhino pattern in use during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia, and served as the transport of choice for the Space Marine Legions, the Legio Custodes, the Sisters of Silence, the Mechanicum, and in limited numbers by the regiments of the Imperial Army.

The Deimos Pattern Rhino would eventually be replaced by newer marks and patterns, and it is no longer produced by the Adeptus Mechanicus, the chief principle replacement was the Mars Pattern Rhino. It is unknown why this old Rhino was replaced given that it does its job relatively okay.