Falcon
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The Falcon is the main battle tank of the Eldar, capable of being equipped with a variety of weapons such as pulse lasers and shuriken cannons and doubling sometimes as a troop transport. Due to either the Eldar or Games Workshop being lazy, all Eldar tanks have the same body as the Falcon. (Because the Imperium has such a diverse and creative collection of chassis for their vehicles.)
Snarking aside, the Falcon occupies a similar slot in the Eldar army to the Razorback Transport, which is to say a very specific niche. Since Falcons aren't bought as dedicated transports they can be used as emergency transports, but with only six passenger slots and no fire points. This option only exists for a circumstance that may or may not occur and is impractical at best. The Falcon faces two other problems: firstly, while the scatter laser they have by default means their other main weapon is fairly accurate, said scatter laser/heavy weapon/shuriken cannon (at best) load out isn't getting its points back in kills compared to a dedicated infantry or tank killer. The second problem is that like so many options in the Eldar lists it's competing for a slot and/or points against Wraithlords and Wraithknights.
From a lore perspective it was a Falcon that retrieved Vaul's sword and gave it to one of the Eldar hero bigwigs during the War in Heaven.
The main variants of the Falcon are the Fire Prism (big fuck off laser crystal), the Wave Serpent (the Eldar's dedicated transport) and the rarer Night Spinner (slightly derpy artillery).