Heavy Support
Hammerhead Gunship
| Points | Armour | Front | Side | Rear | BS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammerhead | 90 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3(4) |
Type: Tank, Skimmer. Crew: Tau Fire caste. Weapons: A Hammerhead is armed with a primary weapon system and a secondary weapon system.
The primary weapon system is either an ion cannon at +30 points or a railgun at +50 points.
The secondary weapon system is either two burst cannons at +10 points for the pair or a smart missile system at +20 points. Note that the burst cannon are not twin-linked and fire separately.
Options: The Hammerhead may be equipped with any of the vehicle upgrades permitted by the Tau Armoury. It is always equipped with a targetting array (already added to BS above) at no extra points cost.
The Hammerhead gunship is the main battle tank of the Tau army. Most of the interstellar space within the tank is taken up by capacitors for its weapon systems, and thus it is a rather cramped vehicle to live in. The crews often refer to the tank as the 'Hammerhead', because of the way it takes a lot of punishment while still achieving its target.