The Machine Spirit (artificial intelligence) of each tank slumbers fitfully in their relic chambers and when awoken appears haunted by the dire events of the Horus Heresy. These vehicles are only now found deep within the relic chambers of those few Adeptus Astartes Chapters that are lucky enough to have them at all. The Sicaran Punisher, like the base Sicaran and its myriad variants are now a long forgotten part of the Imperium's distant past. Married to the Sicaran chassis, the impressive speed of that vehicle effectively negated the short range of the weapon, and the complex feed assemblies developed as part of the various Terran-supplied Accelerator Cannon weapons ensured the Punisher saw widespread use among the Legions, though eventually it was employed against the very warriors it was intended to protect.

Originally found mounted on the now rare Cerberus Pattern main battle tanks once used by the Imperium, the Punisher had an established reputation as a deadly tool that excelled in the eradication of massed infantry or hordes of swarming xenos creatures, limited only by its relatively short range and an appetite for munitions. The Punisher is an anti-infantry-focused assault tank, replacing the standard Sicaran's twin-linked set of the highly sophisticated Herakles Pattern Accelerator Autocannons with a massive Punisher Rotary Cannon. The Sicaran Punisher variant came to be used by 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 Punisher Assault Tank, or simply Sicaran Punisher, is a variant of the standard Sicaran Battle Tank. A Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank of the Salamanders Legion

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