It often acts in concert with the Land Raider Excelsior, a variant of the standard Land Raider also intended to carry out command and control functions, to help target orbital bombardments from a Space Marine fleet in high orbit of the embattled world. The Rhino Primaris can transport 6 Astartes into combat. With the exception of the 10th Company, Rhinos form a permanent part of every Space Marine company's fighting force. Some Tech-Priests speculate that once the main auto-loading ammunition feeds were more efficient and able to cycle rounds at a faster rate than the Predator's systems of M41. Even if it is likely true, the older pattern of autoloader is thought to be long lost, though extant examples are still hidden somewhere and waited for the technology hunters to find them. [8a] Armour The majority of Warhammer 40,000’s initial releases had all been cast metal models, both individual miniatures and smaller kits like Land Speeders and support guns. When it became clear that Rogue Trader was a huge hit, the Warhammer Studio decided that it was time to make some tanks. The practicality of making something the size of a Warhammer tank in metal – not to mention its weight on the gaming table meant another solution would be needed – and so 40k’s first plastic tank, rolled out of production and onto battlefields everywhere. In the early Imperium, the Rhino was a far more ubiquitous vehicle, employed by most Imperial military forces. Since then, knowledge has faded, and the employment of the Rhino has become limited to the Space Marines and a few other Imperial organisations. [1]

The vast majority of Rhinos in service to the forces of Chaos are of the newer models, as these are both captured from Loyalist Space Marine Chapters or are ceded to Chaos forces when a Chapter has turned Renegade. Rhinos captured from the Imperium usually have all of their Imperial iconography and symbols of allegiance defaced or removed. Many times the crew of the captured vehicle, whether they are alive or dead, will be attached to the hull of the vehicle, usually by chains, hooks, and spikes.In time, the vehicle became the standard fighting vehicle of human armed forces across the galaxy. Recovered STC databases provided the early Imperial armies with Rhino variants still in use today, such as the Predator, Immolator and Whirlwind. There are many other variants, now lost to the depths of time only awaiting rediscovery. There are many different Marks and Patterns of the standard Rhino and its chassis in use throughout the Imperium, including the following:

Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pp. 26-27, 45, 68, 82, 92, 97, 121, 139, 157-163, 185-186, 195-197 Note: these weapons used to be a combined profile for both arms. It now appears to be two different weapons so it should be the same number of shots. The forces of Chaos deeply enjoy looting and corrupting Imperial vehicles, and since Rhinos are easy to repair, they are favoured prizes. The Rhinos under the control of Chaos Space Marine warbands are usually armed with either Pintle-mounted, twin-linked Combi-Bolters or other Combi-Weapons. Rhinos in use by Chaos and Renegade warbands that have recently betrayed the Imperium, or recently captured Imperial Rhinos, may be armed instead with a Storm Bolter or even a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher.

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As the first large plastic kit, this was a true revolution in Warhammer design. It’s one of the most popular tanks we’ve ever made, laying the groundwork for dozens of variants and for all the other vehicle kits that were yet to come. The limitations of plastic technology at the time meant that the kit was longitudinally symmetrical, with many repeated elements – it came on two sets of two identical sprues. Even with this necessary economy, what resulted was a thing of brutalist beauty that still sets the tone for Imperial vehicles today. The Orks are masters of salvage and they are capable of turning a completely destroyed tank or other vehicle into a functioning heap of metal and weapons within only days of beginning work on such a hulk. The Rhino is a particularly favoured vehicle that many Ork Mekboyz and Lootas like to target. Banisher • Crusader • Drill Abbot • Enlightener • Hexorcist • Oblationist • Priest • Redemptionist • Questkeeper

Chaos Rhinos can also be armed with a Havoc Missile Launcher, an ancient weapon system that has long fallen out of use in the Imperium. Chaos Rhinos can also be equipped with Destroyer Blades, Dirge Casters, Dozer Blades, Extra Armour Plating, Chaos Icons or Marks, or Warpflame Gargoyles. They may also be possessed by a daemon, or have been bestowed with other "gifts" of the Chaos Gods. As you are a knight in service of the Emperor, so is the Rhino your steed. Honour, respect it, see that its needs are met, and it shall serve you well through all the battles your must face." Sorcerer ( Balefire Acolyte) • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Execution • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Apothecary • Infernus AbominationRaid on Kastorel-Novem - The Ork klanz of the Death Skulls, Goffs, and Evil Sunz used captured Rhinos against the Raven Guard and other Imperial Forces who were invading the Ork world of Kastorel-Novem. The new Storm Speeder looks like it’s the Primaris Replacement for the Land Speeder – it’s even got the ‘Speeder’ name, too! While it did add the third crew member, the resemblance is clear. The Storm Speeder is the descendant of the Land Speeder. Dreadnought: Redemptor Dreadnought Siege of Vraks - The Space Marines of the Dark Angels, Red Scorpions, and Angels of Absolution Chapters used Rhinos during the 17-year-long Siege of Vraks against the Chaos Space Marines of The Purge, The Faithless, and the Berserkers of Skallathrax. In the White Dwarf article that launched the kit (issue 103), another key fragment of Warhammer 40,000 lore was expanded upon: the Standard Template Construct. Even then, Rhinos were seen as a versatile mainstay – an STC factory could fabricate them from almost anything a colony had lying around, from compressed plant matter to plywood! Helbrute • Ferrum Infernus Dreadnought • Chaos Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought • Sonic Dreadnought • Berserker Dreadnought • Leviathan Dreadnought