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Within the big ol 40k rule book on page 190+191 is a grand picture of the Imperial Guard shooting the *bleep* out of something in the distance.
Most of the tanks and units are easily identified.
Baneblades, Leman Russes of different variants, Hydras, Basilisks and so on.

But on the right side are building sized monsters with upwards of 3 or more barrels..... one seems to be mounted on enormous tracks with a cathedral style casemate holding its cannon, Others are turrets bolted to the ground.


What are these? What are they called?

Im especially interested in the big one on tracks as it sits near a Leman Russ and utterly dwarfs it even more-so then a Baneblade would (which is smaller then the vehicle in question im guessing.)
There seem to be more of them the further right you go in the picture, obscured by mountains and other things.

The picture above is one I could find on the web. But I cannot find the full picture, but the big gunned vehicle in question is there on the right. Can anyone help identify it?

I think there was a mention of an artillery piece called the Hell-Breaker on one novel. The big brother of the Earthshaker.
Not sure about anything bigger...

My guess is that those are "one-offs", just like the tracked SoB cathedral in the WH Codex. Artistic license and all that.

I think it's Aquila srongpoint from Martyrs line

Could well be an Ordinatus, therefore be a one-off you can make up however you wish.

Its an Ordinatus battery. The largest land based mobile artillery the Imperium has. Well, as mobile as a town sized vehicle can be.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ordinatus#.UjcxepxH6EE

They'd probably be objectives in an Apoc Battle rather than an actual fighting model due to the sheer destructive force they bring. I wish orbital cannons where the same, but apparently it takes less effort to destroy a a four mile long starship than level a mountain.

 purplefood wrote:
I think there was a mention of an artillery piece called the Hell-Breaker on one novel. The big brother of the Earthshaker.
Not sure about anything bigger...

I'm pretty sure the hellbreaker was simply the local variant of the earthshaker, but it's been a while since I've read Fifteen Hours so I may be wrong.

It's not anything. Just a cool art concept.