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Before you think this tank is normal...

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The Baneblade is in the middle...

Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!

Now known as the Unit Review Library!

What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!

Also this has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.

I should have started when 10th edition launched!
479 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #156, I am 323 reviews behind! (Lowest I have been is 314 behind)

January 2025 we are expecting Astra Militarum and Aeldari codexes as explained Here, so time to focus on THOSE Datasheets!

Astra Militarum, Baneblade

10th Edition Index

Let me start this out by explaining that a Baneblade is a Titanic Vehicle which was not normally allowed in games of 40k. With 2000pts on the field and often facing things like Imperial Knights, this 480pts tank is a quarter of your army... but it has a lot of guns and a huge statline.

$185 and it is yours! lol

Let's check his stats!

Stats

Movement 9"
Toughness 13
Save 2+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 24
Ld 7+
OC 8

Weapons

This comes standard with:
Baneblade cannon
Co-axial autocannon
Demolisher cannon
Heavy stubber
2x lascannons
Twin heavy bolter
2x twin heavy flamers;

It can then have the following additional:
2 lascannons and 2 twin heavy bolters
or
2 lascannons and 2 twin heavy flamers

And it can exchange its 2 twin heavy flamers with 2 twin heavy bolters.

Ranged:

Baneblade cannon

72" Range, 3D6 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S12, AP-2 and 3 Damage each.
Blast (Add an additional Attack per 5 enemies rounding down)

This is already an impressive weapon. A Random number of shots between 3 and 18, you should get around 9 or 10 on an average roll. Strength like a Lascannon, Decent AP and 3 flat damage can kill Terminators or hammer in 3 points of damage into tanks to chip them apart.

Co-axial autocannon

48" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S9, AP-1 and 3 Damage each.

Demolisher Cannon

24" Range, D6+3 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S14, AP-3 and D6 Damage each.
Blast (Add an additional Attack per 5 enemies rounding down)

This is the same cannon as is on my Vindicators but with Guardsman Accuracy.

Heavy Stubber

36" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 3 (This weapon gains 3 additional attacks at half range of 18")

Lascannon (so 6 of these in total)

48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 4+. S12, AP-3 and D6+1 Damage each.

Twin Heavy Bolter (I would run the option that takes 5 of these)

36" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S5, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Sustained Hits 1 (On a 6 ti hit, gain an attitional Hit)
Twin Linked (Re-roll to Wound rolls)

Twin Heavy Flamers (The layout starts with 2, you could make it 4 of them or 0)

12" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (Auto Hits, just roll for the number of attacks and then roll to Wound)
Ignores Cover (Targets do not get Benefit of Cover against this atttack)
Twin Linked (Re-roll to Wound rolls)

Melee:

Armoured tracks

6 Attacks, Hitting on 4+. S8, AP 0 and 1 Damage each.

Abilities

Deadly Demise D6+2 (When it blows up, it does so in style!)

Rolling Fortress

When the enemy shoot at units behind the Baneblade, if the target unit is not fully visible because the Baneblade is in the way, they get Benefit of Cover.

Basically its moving terrain vs Shooting.

Thoughts

This tank is an absolute unit. It would be difficult to remove from the battlefield but is not strategically agile.

It has plenty of guns and will be able to blow away most things it comes across.

It is a lot of points all in one place as well.

For Large Scale games I feel that it is perfect! On a standard board, this tank might be difficult to move around...

That makes 9 Astra Militarum Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 10.11% Completed. The total Completed is 16.05% Complete! Can I review them all?!

Thank you for reading!

Warhammer Review Library

Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews

Faction	Detachment	Review Number
Agents of the Imperium		Army Rule #2
Astra Militarum		Army Rule #1
Astra Militarum	Combined Regiment	Detachment Rule #1
Space Marines		Army Rule #3

Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

Faction	Unit	Review Number
Adeptus Custodes	Prosecutors	#1
Adeptus Custodes	Knight-Centura	#54
Adeptus Custodes	Shield-Captain	#61
Adeptus Custodes	Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor	#70
Adeptus Custodes	Trajann Valoris	#40
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Fusilave	#13
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Stratoraptor	#14
Adeptus Mechanicus	Archaeopter Transvector	#15
Adeptus Mechanicus	Belisarius Cawl	#53
Adeptus Mechanicus	Corpuscarii Electro-Priests	#97
Adeptus Mechanicus	Onager Dunecrawler	#110
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Raiders	#55
Adeptus Mechanicus	Serberys Sulphurhounds	#56
Adeptus Mechanicus	Technoarcheologist	#104
Aeldari	Asurmen	#155
Aeldari	Guardian Defenders	#64
Aeldari	Karandras	#153
Aeldari	Maugan Ra	#87
Aeldari	Night Spinner	#65
Aeldari	Rangers	#149
Aeldari	Shadowseer	#80
Aeldari	Shining Spears	#147
Aeldari	Shroud Runners	#151
Aeldari	Prince Yriel	#92
Astra Militarum	Aegis Defence Line	#146
Astra Militarum	Armoured Sentinels	#148
Astra Militarum	Attilan Rough Riders	#154
Astra Militarum	Kasrkin	#60
Astra Militarum	Ogryn Bodyguard	#150
Astra Militarum	Ogryn Squad	#152
Astra Militarum	Tank Commander	#90
Astra Militarum	Wyvern	#81
Black Templars	Black Templars Gladiator	#102
Black Templars	High Marshall Helbrecht	#38
Black Templars	Marshall	#46
Black Templars	The Emperor's Champion	#63
Blood Angels	Astorath	#131
Blood Angels	Baal Predator	#2
Blood Angels	Brother Corbulo	#132
Blood Angels	Captain Tycho	#133
Blood Angels	Chief Librarian Mephiston	#134
Blood Angels	Commander Dante	#135
Blood Angels	Death Company Dreadnought	#136
Blood Angels	Death Company Intercessors	#137
Blood Angels	Death Company Marines	#138
Blood Angels	Death Company Marines with Jump Packs	#139
Blood Angels	Furioso Dreadnought	#140
Blood Angels	Gabriel Seth	#66
Blood Angels	Lemartes	#32
Blood Angels	Librarian Dreadnought	#141
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Guard	#93
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Priest	#142
Blood Angels	Sanguinary Priest with Jump	#143
Blood Angels	The Sanguinor	#144
Blood Angels	Tycho the Lost	#145
Chaos Daemons	Beasts of Nurgle	#98
Chaos Daemons	Daemonettes	#29
Chaos Daemons	Lord of Change	#75
Chaos Daemons	Nurglings	#82
Chaos Knights	Knight Abominant	#94
Chaos Knights	War Dog Brigands	#30
Chaos Knights	War Dog Executioners	#31
Chaos Knights	War Dog Huntsman	#77
Chaos Space Marines	Abbadon the Despoiler	#50
Chaos Space Marines	Haarken Worldclaimer	#41
Chaos Space Marines	Khorne Lord of Skulls	#37
Dark Angels	Asmodai	#16
Dark Angels	Azrael	#17
Dark Angels	Belial	#4
Dark Angels	Deathwing Knights	#20
Dark Angels	Deathwing Terminator Squad	#99
Dark Angels	Lazarus	#62
Dark Angels	Land Speeder Vengeance	#101
Death Guard	Biologus Putrifier	#5
Death Guard	Blightlord Terminators	#10
Death Guard	Chaos Lord	#36
Death Guard	Lord of Contagion	#52
Death Guard	Tallyman	#39
Death Guard	Malignant Plaguecaster	#71
Deathwatch	Corvus Blackstar	#72
Deathwatch	Deathwatch Terminator Squad	#112
Deathwatch	Deathwatch Veterans	#114
Deathwatch	Fortis Kill Team	#116
Deathwatch	Indomitor Kill Team	#118
Deathwatch	Kill Team Cassius	#120
Deathwatch	Proteus Killteam	#57
Deathwatch	Spectrus Kill Team	#73
Deathwatch	Veteran Bike Squad	#84
Deathwatch	Watch Captain Artemis	#122
Deathwatch	Watch Master	#124
Drukhari	Grotesques	#45
Drukhari	Haemonculus	#8
Drukhari	Raider	#35
Drukhari	Scourges	#7
Genestealer Cults	Aberants	#47
Genestealer Cults	Hybrid Metamorphs	#58
Genestealer Cults	Reductus Saboteur	#33
Grey Knights	Brother Captain	#25
Grey Knights	Grand Master	#48
Grey Knights	Strike Squad	#51
Imperial Agents	Callidus Assassin	#9
Imperial Agents	Culexus Assassin	#69
Imperial Agents	Eversor Assassin	#105
Imperial Agents	Exaction Squad	#111
Imperial Agents	Imperial Navy Breachers	#113
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor	#115
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Coteaz	#117
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Eisenhorn	#119
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Greyfax	#121
Imperial Agents	Inquisitorial Henchmen	#123
Imperial Agents	Inquisitor Karamazov	#125
Imperial Agents	Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus	#126
Imperial Agents	Rogue Trader Entourage	#127
Imperial Agents	Subductor Squad	#128
Imperial Agents	Vigilant Squad	#26
Imperial Agents	Vindicare Assassin	#129
Imperial Agents	Voidsmen-at-Arms	#130
Imperial Knights	Canis Rex	#76
Imperial Knights	Armiger Helverin	#22
Imperial Knights	Armiger Warglaive	#43
Imperial Knights	Knight Castellan	#83
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Iron-master	#27
Leagues of Votann	Brôkhyr Thunderkyn	#78
Leagues of Votann	Cthonian Beserks	#86
Leagues of Votann	Sagitaur	#3
Leagues of Votann	Ûthar the Destined	#44
Necrons	Obelisk	#11
Orks	Battlewagon	#34
Orks	Hunta Rig	#28
Orks	Zodgrod Wortsnagga	#89
Space Marines	Kayvaan Shrike	#23
Space Marines	Marneus Calgar	#42
Space Marines	Razorback	#21
Space Marines	Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs	#103
Space Wolves	Arjac Rockfist	#68
Space Wolves	Fenrisian Wolves	#91
Space Wolves	Wolf Guard	#74
T'au Empire	Breacher Team	#88
T'au Empire	Darkstrider	#12
T'au Empire	Kroot Carnivore Squad	#19
T'au Empire	Pathfinder Team	#79
T'au Empire	Piranhas	#107
T'au Empire	Razorshark Strike Fighter	#95
T'au Empire	Stealth Battlesuits	#67
Thousand Sons	Ahriman	#108
Thousand Sons	Ahriman on Disc of Tzeentch	#109
Thousand Sons	Exalted Sorcerer	#59
Thousand Sons	Magnus the Red	#49
Tyranids	Barbgaunts	#6
Tyranids	Lictor	#106
Tyranids	Raveners	#96
Tyranids	Screamer Killer	#24
World Eaters	Lord Invocatus	#100
World Eaters	World Eaters Chaos Spawn	#18
World Eaters	World Eaters Daemon Prince	#85

Thank you for reading!

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