5 Minute History: Land Raider Variants

Aside from the ones commonly seen, other variants of the Land Raider have been described in various Games Workshop publications in various forms. Some published variants have actual game stats while others have merely been mentioned in passing as background material. These rarer modifications of the Land Raider are in service with some chapters of the Space Marines. This article is a follow up to the original history of the Land Raider history found HERE.

5 Minute History: Land Raider

After a couple months of Guard Vehicle history its time to switch gears: The Space Marine Land Raider.  Used by the Space Marines, their Chaos counterparts and the Inquisition, it is one of the most resilient vehicles in the game. It was one of the first vehicles to be introduced by Games Workshop for the Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader tabletop miniatures game. Originally, it was available to Space Marine and Imperial Guard armies. The second edition of the game, and all Imperial Guard armies since, have removed the vehicle from Imperial Guard army lists. It is armed with two twin-linked sponson mounted lascannons, and two heavy bolters. Additionally Space marine players can outfit it with a pintle mounted storm bolter and/or a hunter-killer missile.

The Original MK1 Land Radier