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As an Ordo Reductor player Mechanicum Land Raiders are my DT's but the options and restrictions are many and i wanted to see what peoples thoughts are regarding thier purpose/function on the battlefield.

Problems:
It isn't an assault vehicle
Max capacity of 10 (reduced to 8 with explorator augury web)
It can only be taken as a DT by the Ordo Reductor
Calleb Decima and thallax cohorts with 5 or less models are the only units which can take a Mechanicum LR as a DT

Positives:
195pts base with two single lascannons and a HB
PoTMS
blessed auto simulacra (like iwnd but on 6+)
anbaric claw (electro-shock everything in 1" at I10 during assault and can be used while ramming)

So the weapon options are many and costly;
The HB can be replaced with a TLHB, a TL phased plasma fusil, a vokite culvarin, a multi-melta,a single lascannon or a graviton cannon.
The sponson lascannons can be exchanged for; quad HB's, single flamestorm cannons, single plasma cannons, TL lascannon or TL multi-melta
Extra toys include; HK, dozer blade, auxilliary drive, extra armour, armoured ceramite, flare shield, frag assault launchers and an explorator augury web.


So what loadout makes the most tactical sense to you?
I am happy to tell people points costs and rules when nessecary, i just felt that i shouldn't just post the lot straight up!

Armored Ceramite, Flare Shield, and Dozer Blades to keep it chugging along, or just keep it cheap as possible. It's still a vehicle that can die to one shot.

Pity you can't take the Triaros. Maybe when the new red book for the Mechanicum comes out the Ordo Reductor will get some more options.

Cheers for the positive-ity, 'Tannhauser42' The Ordo Reductor need it!
So i have had a battle using all my three variants - single lascannons all over, TLHB all over and TL lascannon and grav cannon.
The one with the graviton cannon got targeted first and got blown up turn 2 but that left the other two well away from anti-tank threats - the lascannon one got a deathstrike missile with its lucky first shot and brought down a vendetta too (last hull point) ; the other one used PoTMS to aim TLHB's at two seperate squads and whittled down and killed two units.

It kinda feels like my opponents just go for the most intresting weapon loadout and forget about the others;
But the ceramite plating really changes the whole reaction, all the times i've paid for it, the LR's with it get ignored or haywire'd.
Tricky call on the usefulness of it though - 20 points to negate melta dice when the 'armourbane' rule still slices through it.
flare shield is a must for 25 points but i've also become attached to the humble HK missile at 10 points. shame that doesn't get armourbane or other missile upgrade options (flakk).

The quad HB sposnons and TL centre HB is a good cheap combo that makes infantry very worried! 235pts with flare shield and an HK!
Three single lascannons is good, but the shots can get coversaved (and most often do) - i saw a point in having this crack open a vehicle allowing disembarked thallax to shoot up the occupants but i haven't had the confidence to do this because most of the time the transport makes its ridiculous cover save or serpent shield shenanigans.