234 - Astartes Armoury: Battle Tanks

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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The Land Raider and Predator Battle Tanks stand as two of the most iconic armored vehicles of the Adeptus Astartes, ancient engines of war that embody the Space Marines’ doctrine of overwhelming force, relentless assault, and armored supremacy. In this episode of Lorehammer, we explore the history, battlefield roles, and enduring legacy of these legendary war machines, from the unstoppable spearhead assaults of the Land Raider and its many sacred variants, to the brutal versatility of the Predator in both anti-infantry and tank-hunting roles. We examine how different Space Marine Chapters employ these revered vehicles, the machine spirits that dwell within them, and why both the Land Raider and Predator have remained cornerstones of Astartes armored warfare for ten thousand years since the Horus Heresy.

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0:00.0	The Welcome back to Lorhammer, the 40K podcast where we talk about different things in 40K lore.
0:33.1	I'm your host, Mark.
0:34.1	It's been a minute since I feel like we've recorded.
0:36.9	We've been doing a different solo episode with me, so it's fun to have people back in the studios, and I'm not just looking at myself. Joining me today, we got Gerald. Hey? Hello, I'm still trying to put out the fires with the accident that happened with the calendar. Sorry, Luke, that's all I've got to say yeah yeah that happens whatever you know yeah you
0:56.5	miss a couple episodes and obviously like shit i haven't recorded anything in a month um or you know
1:00.5	just fun stuff happens but it's fun to be back um we also got fudge hey hey how's going uh ready
1:07.6	to jump into some armor and run down some heretics.
1:12.2	Yes, yes.
1:15.0	Crush them under tread and track.
1:15.8	I love that.
1:18.7	Just right off the top, what do you boys think?
1:22.5	Do you prefer the 40K grab, you know, primaris tanks?
1:25.3	Or do you like kind of the tracked aesthetic more i i would probably go with the tract not by a lot um
1:34.7	but i i definitely think the tracks are the more grim dark version of it like because you
1:42.2	are churning up the mud you are running over your enemies
1:47.0	squashing them blood and mud and guts flying everywhere it's just dirtier yeah yeah
1:56.0	yeah two place somebody it's just fucking dirt exactly but like the grab i think i think like especially if you
2:03.7	this is more on like the model side of it like you if you paint it right like you can paint it really
2:08.5	well and grimy um especially like it is still boxy and imperium looking so i do think it is a little
2:16.5	bit you know it pushes that sci-fi part of it a little bit more, too, though.
2:21.7	Yeah.
2:22.6	Gerald, you get a preference.
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