Before you think this tank is normal...
The Baneblade is in the middle...
Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - The Great Unit Review Wheel! post!
Now known as the Unit Review Library!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit!
Also this has become quite the Challenge! With so many units to review in the game the consensus in the hobby community is that I will not have enough time to review all of the Datasheets before the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 came out.
I should have started when 10th edition launched!
479 days since the start of 10th Edition.
This is Review #156, I am 323 reviews behind! (Lowest I have been is 314 behind)
January 2025 we are expecting Astra Militarum and Aeldari codexes as explained Here, so time to focus on THOSE Datasheets!
Astra Militarum, Baneblade
10th Edition Index
Let me start this out by explaining that a Baneblade is a Titanic Vehicle which was not normally allowed in games of 40k. With 2000pts on the field and often facing things like Imperial Knights, this 480pts tank is a quarter of your army... but it has a lot of guns and a huge statline.
$185 and it is yours! lol
Let's check his stats!
Stats
Movement 9"
Toughness 13
Save 2+(armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 24
Ld 7+
OC 8
Weapons
This comes standard with:
Baneblade cannon
Co-axial autocannon
Demolisher cannon
Heavy stubber
2x lascannons
Twin heavy bolter
2x twin heavy flamers;
It can then have the following additional:
2 lascannons and 2 twin heavy bolters
or
2 lascannons and 2 twin heavy flamers
And it can exchange its 2 twin heavy flamers with 2 twin heavy bolters.
Ranged:
Baneblade cannon
72" Range, 3D6 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S12, AP-2 and 3 Damage each.
Blast (Add an additional Attack per 5 enemies rounding down)
This is already an impressive weapon. A Random number of shots between 3 and 18, you should get around 9 or 10 on an average roll. Strength like a Lascannon, Decent AP and 3 flat damage can kill Terminators or hammer in 3 points of damage into tanks to chip them apart.
Co-axial autocannon
48" Range, 2 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S9, AP-1 and 3 Damage each.
Demolisher Cannon
24" Range, D6+3 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S14, AP-3 and D6 Damage each.
Blast (Add an additional Attack per 5 enemies rounding down)
This is the same cannon as is on my Vindicators but with Guardsman Accuracy.
Heavy Stubber
36" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S4, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 3 (This weapon gains 3 additional attacks at half range of 18")
Lascannon (so 6 of these in total)
48" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 4+. S12, AP-3 and D6+1 Damage each.
Twin Heavy Bolter (I would run the option that takes 5 of these)
36" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 4+. S5, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Sustained Hits 1 (On a 6 ti hit, gain an attitional Hit)
Twin Linked (Re-roll to Wound rolls)
Twin Heavy Flamers (The layout starts with 2, you could make it 4 of them or 0)
12" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S5, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Torrent (Auto Hits, just roll for the number of attacks and then roll to Wound)
Ignores Cover (Targets do not get Benefit of Cover against this atttack)
Twin Linked (Re-roll to Wound rolls)
Melee:
Armoured tracks
6 Attacks, Hitting on 4+. S8, AP 0 and 1 Damage each.
Abilities
Deadly Demise D6+2 (When it blows up, it does so in style!)
Rolling Fortress
When the enemy shoot at units behind the Baneblade, if the target unit is not fully visible because the Baneblade is in the way, they get Benefit of Cover.
Basically its moving terrain vs Shooting.
Thoughts
This tank is an absolute unit. It would be difficult to remove from the battlefield but is not strategically agile.
It has plenty of guns and will be able to blow away most things it comes across.
It is a lot of points all in one place as well.
For Large Scale games I feel that it is perfect! On a standard board, this tank might be difficult to move around...
That makes 9 Astra Militarum Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 10.11% Completed. The total Completed is 16.05% Complete! Can I review them all?!
Thank you for reading!
Warhammer Review Library
Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews
| Faction | Detachment | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Agents of the Imperium | Army Rule #2 | |
| Astra Militarum | Army Rule #1 | |
| Astra Militarum | Combined Regiment | Detachment Rule #1 |
| Space Marines | Army Rule #3 |
Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Adeptus Custodes | Prosecutors | #1 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Knight-Centura | #54 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain | #61 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Shield-Captain in Allarus Terminator Armor | #70 |
| Adeptus Custodes | Trajann Valoris | #40 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Fusilave | #13 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Stratoraptor | #14 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Archaeopter Transvector | #15 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Belisarius Cawl | #53 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Corpuscarii Electro-Priests | #97 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Onager Dunecrawler | #110 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Raiders | #55 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Serberys Sulphurhounds | #56 |
| Adeptus Mechanicus | Technoarcheologist | #104 |
| Aeldari | Asurmen | #155 |
| Aeldari | Guardian Defenders | #64 |
| Aeldari | Karandras | #153 |
| Aeldari | Maugan Ra | #87 |
| Aeldari | Night Spinner | #65 |
| Aeldari | Rangers | #149 |
| Aeldari | Shadowseer | #80 |
| Aeldari | Shining Spears | #147 |
| Aeldari | Shroud Runners | #151 |
| Aeldari | Prince Yriel | #92 |
| Astra Militarum | Aegis Defence Line | #146 |
| Astra Militarum | Armoured Sentinels | #148 |
| Astra Militarum | Attilan Rough Riders | #154 |
| Astra Militarum | Kasrkin | #60 |
| Astra Militarum | Ogryn Bodyguard | #150 |
| Astra Militarum | Ogryn Squad | #152 |
| Astra Militarum | Tank Commander | #90 |
| Astra Militarum | Wyvern | #81 |
| Black Templars | Black Templars Gladiator | #102 |
| Black Templars | High Marshall Helbrecht | #38 |
| Black Templars | Marshall | #46 |
| Black Templars | The Emperor's Champion | #63 |
| Blood Angels | Astorath | #131 |
| Blood Angels | Baal Predator | #2 |
| Blood Angels | Brother Corbulo | #132 |
| Blood Angels | Captain Tycho | #133 |
| Blood Angels | Chief Librarian Mephiston | #134 |
| Blood Angels | Commander Dante | #135 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Dreadnought | #136 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Intercessors | #137 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Marines | #138 |
| Blood Angels | Death Company Marines with Jump Packs | #139 |
| Blood Angels | Furioso Dreadnought | #140 |
| Blood Angels | Gabriel Seth | #66 |
| Blood Angels | Lemartes | #32 |
| Blood Angels | Librarian Dreadnought | #141 |
| Blood Angels | Sanguinary Guard | #93 |
| Blood Angels | Sanguinary Priest | #142 |
| Blood Angels | Sanguinary Priest with Jump | #143 |
| Blood Angels | The Sanguinor | #144 |
| Blood Angels | Tycho the Lost | #145 |
| Chaos Daemons | Beasts of Nurgle | #98 |
| Chaos Daemons | Daemonettes | #29 |
| Chaos Daemons | Lord of Change | #75 |
| Chaos Daemons | Nurglings | #82 |
| Chaos Knights | Knight Abominant | #94 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Huntsman | #77 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Abbadon the Despoiler | #50 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Haarken Worldclaimer | #41 |
| Chaos Space Marines | Khorne Lord of Skulls | #37 |
| Dark Angels | Asmodai | #16 |
| Dark Angels | Azrael | #17 |
| Dark Angels | Belial | #4 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Knights | #20 |
| Dark Angels | Deathwing Terminator Squad | #99 |
| Dark Angels | Lazarus | #62 |
| Dark Angels | Land Speeder Vengeance | #101 |
| Death Guard | Biologus Putrifier | #5 |
| Death Guard | Blightlord Terminators | #10 |
| Death Guard | Chaos Lord | #36 |
| Death Guard | Lord of Contagion | #52 |
| Death Guard | Tallyman | #39 |
| Death Guard | Malignant Plaguecaster | #71 |
| Deathwatch | Corvus Blackstar | #72 |
| Deathwatch | Deathwatch Terminator Squad | #112 |
| Deathwatch | Deathwatch Veterans | #114 |
| Deathwatch | Fortis Kill Team | #116 |
| Deathwatch | Indomitor Kill Team | #118 |
| Deathwatch | Kill Team Cassius | #120 |
| Deathwatch | Proteus Killteam | #57 |
| Deathwatch | Spectrus Kill Team | #73 |
| Deathwatch | Veteran Bike Squad | #84 |
| Deathwatch | Watch Captain Artemis | #122 |
| Deathwatch | Watch Master | #124 |
| Drukhari | Grotesques | #45 |
| Drukhari | Haemonculus | #8 |
| Drukhari | Raider | #35 |
| Drukhari | Scourges | #7 |
| Genestealer Cults | Aberants | #47 |
| Genestealer Cults | Hybrid Metamorphs | #58 |
| Genestealer Cults | Reductus Saboteur | #33 |
| Grey Knights | Brother Captain | #25 |
| Grey Knights | Grand Master | #48 |
| Grey Knights | Strike Squad | #51 |
| Imperial Agents | Callidus Assassin | #9 |
| Imperial Agents | Culexus Assassin | #69 |
| Imperial Agents | Eversor Assassin | #105 |
| Imperial Agents | Exaction Squad | #111 |
| Imperial Agents | Imperial Navy Breachers | #113 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor | #115 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Coteaz | #117 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Eisenhorn | #119 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Greyfax | #121 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitorial Henchmen | #123 |
| Imperial Agents | Inquisitor Karamazov | #125 |
| Imperial Agents | Lord Inquisitor Kyria Draxus | #126 |
| Imperial Agents | Rogue Trader Entourage | #127 |
| Imperial Agents | Subductor Squad | #128 |
| Imperial Agents | Vigilant Squad | #26 |
| Imperial Agents | Vindicare Assassin | #129 |
| Imperial Agents | Voidsmen-at-Arms | #130 |
| Imperial Knights | Canis Rex | #76 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Helverin | #22 |
| Imperial Knights | Armiger Warglaive | #43 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Castellan | #83 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Iron-master | #27 |
| Leagues of Votann | Brôkhyr Thunderkyn | #78 |
| Leagues of Votann | Cthonian Beserks | #86 |
| Leagues of Votann | Sagitaur | #3 |
| Leagues of Votann | Ûthar the Destined | #44 |
| Necrons | Obelisk | #11 |
| Orks | Battlewagon | #34 |
| Orks | Hunta Rig | #28 |
| Orks | Zodgrod Wortsnagga | #89 |
| Space Marines | Kayvaan Shrike | #23 |
| Space Marines | Marneus Calgar | #42 |
| Space Marines | Razorback | #21 |
| Space Marines | Vanguard Veteran Squad with Jump Packs | #103 |
| Space Wolves | Arjac Rockfist | #68 |
| Space Wolves | Fenrisian Wolves | #91 |
| Space Wolves | Wolf Guard | #74 |
| T'au Empire | Breacher Team | #88 |
| T'au Empire | Darkstrider | #12 |
| T'au Empire | Kroot Carnivore Squad | #19 |
| T'au Empire | Pathfinder Team | #79 |
| T'au Empire | Piranhas | #107 |
| T'au Empire | Razorshark Strike Fighter | #95 |
| T'au Empire | Stealth Battlesuits | #67 |
| Thousand Sons | Ahriman | #108 |
| Thousand Sons | Ahriman on Disc of Tzeentch | #109 |
| Thousand Sons | Exalted Sorcerer | #59 |
| Thousand Sons | Magnus the Red | #49 |
| Tyranids | Barbgaunts | #6 |
| Tyranids | Lictor | #106 |
| Tyranids | Raveners | #96 |
| Tyranids | Screamer Killer | #24 |
| World Eaters | Lord Invocatus | #100 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Chaos Spawn | #18 |
| World Eaters | World Eaters Daemon Prince | #85 |
Thank you for reading!
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@zakludick
Love the model but hate to face it😳
Heheh Indeed. It's not that bad... its not that accurate... but I suppose if you have a Baneblade, you probably will invest in a Tank Commander as well to buff it to BS +3!
!LOL
Aaaa been a while, and big brother isn't giving up. The Baneblade is such an iconic and intimidating presence on the battlefield. It’s a beast of a tank with firepower to match, but mobility... Nah 🤔
Indeed. Never mind its movement speed. What that thing will struggle to do is to move through a battlefield.
And yeah, No I am not giving up. I have this series planned ahead 100 posts or more.
The main reason for that is that I need to try finish Astra Militarum and Aeldari before they get new books.
!LOL
!LUV
!PIZZA
!HUG
!INDEED
I hope you finish those soon before the new books brother
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