Tank Names

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**prophet102**

I'm currently modeling LR crusader for my GK and was wondering if there were any cool names you guys know of. Im having much trouble trying to come up with one myself.

**Lobokai**

Charnel King (or king of any other violent sounding word)
Rolling Retribution (or Redemption, or Revelation... etc)
Pride of [insert place here]
[Name]'s Quest
Forgiveness
Truth's Hammer (or Justice's or Victory...)
Butcher's Due (that's my Brass Scorpion, but it works)

I could go on, but I feel like a wiki list somewhere should cover this better than I.

**cox.dan2**

Because it's for GK I would add crusade or crusader in the name somewhere.

**Veteran Sergeant**

Technically an artillery piece, and not a tank, but who are you to tell Chuck Norris no?

**prophet102**

Thanks Guys these are all good

**TheAngrySquig**

Hammer of Titan

**danpieri**

My Scratch built LRBT
Since its a Lumbering Behemoth and its interchangeable weapons make it a "Jack of All"
the "Lumbering Jack"
and sitting in its hatch is a guy wearing red and black plaid and holding an axe.

**Valhalla130**

When I saw arty pieces or tanks in the US Army, they had similar names. Nothing quite so Gothic and cool as 40k, but it is a practice. I have been trying to find some cool names too, but haven't been able to settle on anything yet.

**chromedog**

My two GK raiders are "Light and truth" (Lux et veritas") and "the hammer of vengeance" ("Malleum ultionis").

**ChiliPowderKeg**

I made a possessed Rhino and named it after Granfalloon

a.k.a. this guy

**martin74**

MOLaR: mother of all land raiders.

**Engine of War**

Every tank I have has a name to it. But each machine is unique and no tank is the same anyways.

I have a list around here somewhere...

**bibblles**

I've got a few standby names for tanks:

-Grumpy Old Man
-1-800-RENT-A-TANK
-Stinkfist
-Saddamizer
-Watch the language please! Thanks ~ Manchu
-Big Birtha
-Tankasorus

**black templar**

A name.........Bob?

**Isengard**

How about something in tribute to the author of the codex, say Ward's Warrior or Wrath of Ward?

**TheCaptain**

martin74 wrote:
MOLaR: mother of all land raiders.

*MOaLR

**Nerobellum**

Isengard wrote:
How about something in tribute to the author of the codex, say Ward's Warrior or Wrath of Ward?

or just stop beating around the bush and name them after types of Cheese

"This is my land raider, Munster. It is flanked by Mozzarella and Gooda."

**Valhalla130**

It's Muenster and Gueda.

**Nerobellum**

Valhalla130 wrote:
It's Muenster and Gueda.

I'm sorry, I thought this was the Imperium. I thought we speak Low Gothic. I guess the Emperor is dead so that no good for'ners can come and change our lang'age and they turkurjurbs

**sarpedons-right-hand**

bibblles wrote:
I've got a few standby names for tanks:

-Grumpy Old Man
-1-800-RENT-A-TANK
-Stinkfist
-Saddamizer
-THUNDERFUCK
-Big Birtha
-Tankasorus

Winner....

But you could always use Google Translate and switch words into Latin. Not sure if THUNDERFUCK translates very well into Latin though!

**Valhalla130**

If the Romans didn't have the term Watch the language please! ~ Manchu in Latin, I would be highly surprised. You take the rudest, most vulgar teen of today, and he would have been named to the Senate of Rome as a paragon of virtue.

**Praxiss**

I try to name the important tanks in my IW army (basically i can't be bothered to name all the Rhinos):

Land Raiders:
Tide of Wrath
Redemptions Lament
Bitter Legacy

Shadowsword:
Warp hammer

Brass Scorpion:
Blood Glaive

Helbrutes
Deimos
Tridus

Still trying to think of names for my Defilers and Heldrake

**Trondheim**

Here is what I have used for different tanks/ Lard raiders in the past, note that some a re loyalist and some are traitor tank names.

Tanks :
Hammer Of Woe
The Ravager
Foe hammer
Reaper of Souls
Crusader of Fire

Land Raiders
Endless despair
Chariot of the gods
Eternal crusader

**Vombat**

I have a GK Rihno that I let Castellan Crowe ride around in.
Sinse Castellan is a stupid name I renamed him Russle.

In one south park episode the was a "Russle Crow show" with Russle Crow traveling around the world in his boat Tugger to pick fights.
So I named my Rihno Tugger.

I also have a Ork Leman Russ Battlewagon that says "Hi There" on the deathrolla. I guess thats the name of the tank.
My Ork dakka jet will be named Enola Gay (after the Hiroshima bomb plane ww2).

**Flinty**

If we're going the horrible latin route, what about Terra Incursio Cruxes?

(the etymology of Crusade apparently coming from the Latin for cross)

**undead flesh addict**

name it biggus dickus

**Jayden63**

I named my SW vehicles after Norse mythology

LRC - Naglfar - It was a boat that sailed during Ragnarok.
Razorback TLLC - Gungnir - Odin's spear/lance
Vindicator #1- Tyrfing - Odins sword
Vindicator #2 - Balmung - Another of Odin's swords.

The drop pods don't have names :(, but when I get around to getting some more rhinos they will also have boat names (several good ones to choose from)

**generalchaos34**

I always call my Land Raider Calgars Taxi or Calgars Chariot....and when im really doing well Calgars Party Wagon.

Ive also been partial to calling my stormtalon Blue Thunder

and my vindicator Blue Balls

btw, i play Ultramarine

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**jdjamesdean@mail.com**

I call my Battle wagons Party Buses.

**kronk**

For my Black Templars, I use names like Honor, Loyalty, and Righteous.