Macharius Heavy Tank
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The Macharius Heavy Tank is a family of super-heavy tanks employed by the Imperium of Man, named for Lord Solar Macharius, one of the Imperium's fines generals. The pattern itself is actually much older
It is part of a class of tanks known as "second-generation Baneblades" -- since the Adeptus Mechanicus keeps a very tight hold on the Baneblade STC patterns, supply is extremely limited. Other Forge Worlds try to fill the gap in super-heavy tank demand by building tanks of the Macharius and Malcador families. Though it is less durable and possesses less firepower than the Baneblade, it is also substantially less expensive and more common. Since General Vance Stubbs discovered that large quantities of Baneblades are prone to going missing, armies that needs lots of tanks (e.g. the Death Korps of Krieg) tend to use tanks like these.
In appearance and operation, the Macharius is the big brother of the Leman Russ Battle Tank -- each of the main weapons available to the Macharius chassis is the equivalent of one of the Russ variants. The options for the sponson- and pintle-mounted weapons are also similar.
Macharius Heavy Tank
The equivalent of the default Leman Russ Battle Tank; its Battle Cannon comes with a longer range and larger blast.
Macharius Vanquisher
The equivalent of the Leman Russ Vanquisher. While the Russ's Vanquisher Cannon is a pure tank hunter (no blast), the Macharius carries a second set of shells that have no extra armor-piercing effect but do have a 7" Blast.
Macharius Vulcan
Where the Leman Russ Punisher uses non-armor-piercing autogun shells, the Macharius Vulcan mounts the massive Vulcan Mega Bolter, normally a Titan-mounted weapon.
Macharius Omega
You thought the Leman Russ Executioner's Plasma Cannon was bad? The Omega mounts an even bigger gun -- it can fire like the Executioner's gun with a longer range and larger blast, or it can fire a single "Maximal" blast with even more range, an even bigger blast, and the strength of a Lascannon. It also gets hot when that happens.