Auxilia Leman Russ

The Auxilia Leman Russ was the mainstay battle tank of the Solar Auxilia armoured cohorts, a rugged and dependable engine of war produced in vast numbers across the forge worlds of the early Imperium. Simple enough to maintain in the field yet armoured heavily enough to trade blows with the enemy's finest, the Leman Russ formed the mailed fist of the Auxilia's advance, rolling forward in disciplined squadrons that laid down a withering weight of fire. Its turret-mounted battle cannon could shatter fortifications and armour alike, while sponson and hull weapons scoured away the infantry that sought to swarm it. In Auxilia service the pattern was often uparmoured and fitted with volkite or laser weaponry unavailable to common regiments, reflecting the superior wargear that marked the Solar Auxilia apart. Deployed en masse, these tanks could break an enemy line through sheer grinding attrition, advancing hull to hull behind a curtain of shellfire. Reliable, versatile, and near-ubiquitous, the Leman Russ was the steel backbone of the cohort at war.