

The Sicaran hull was chosen to mount the newly developed Arcus Launcher, which was capable of deploying with a wide range of warheads, each crafted to fulfil a distinct tactical niche during combat. The Arcus Strike Tank was originally part of a program once initiated by the Primarch of the Ultramarines Legion, Roboute Guilliman, who sought to grant a Legion strike force access to highly specialised weapon systems without the need to employ numerous vehicles for each role. Warhammer 40K Darktide Review - Left To Shred The Arcus variant of the Sicaran is a fast strike tank, replacing the standard Sicaran's twin-linked set of the highly sophisticated Herakles Pattern Accelerator Autocannons with a set of twin-linked Arcus Launchers or a set of twin-linked Rotary Missile Launchers. Similar to the malevolent Dreadclaw Drop Pod and the sinister Cerastus Knight-Atrapos, the Arcus Strike Tank has a shadowed past, viewed by the Mechanicum for reasons unknown as a slight against the Omnissiah.Īs a result, the current Adepts of the Machine God refuse to produce or repair these vehicles and without their ministrations, these advanced support platforms have degenerated, their advanced armaments replaced with more common rotary launchers and the stocks of its rare warheads having dwindled away. The Sicaran Arcus variant is one of the more unusual tanks that was available to the Space Marine Legions during the final days of the Great Crusade, along with several other Sicaran variants. The Sicaran Battle Tank was an Imperial main battle tank and one of the most advanced armoured vehicles used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.

The Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank, also known as the Acrus Strike Tank or the Sicaran Arcus is a variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. A Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank of the Blood Angels Legion
