| Points | Front Armour | Side Armour | Rear Armour | BS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piranha | 60 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
Type: Skimmer, Fast, Open-topped
Crew: 2, Tau Fire Warriors
Team: A team consists of between 1 and 5 Piranhas.
Weapons: The Piranha is armed with a chin-mounted burst cannon and a pair of Gun Drones armed with twin-linked pulse carbines.
Options: The chin-mounted burst cannon may be upgraded to a fusion blaster for +5 pts.
A Piranha may take the following vehicle upgrades from the Tau Codex: Sensor spines, Multi-tracker, Target lock, Targeting array, Blacksun filter, Decoy launchers, Disruption pod, Seeker missiles (maximum of two per Piranha). The Piranha is always equipped with Gun Drones.
Fast Attack: A Piranha team is a Fast Attack choice for a Tau army.
Special Rules
Gun Drones: The drones will move with the vehicle, contained in its specially designed recesses. During any Tau Movement phase, the drones may disengage in the same way as infantry dismount from a transport and form an independent unit. From then on, the drones function as a Drone squadron. The Drones may not rejoin the vehicle during the game. Each Piranha's drones act separately; they do not form up into one larger unit.
While attached, the drones may fire as part of the vehicle, using their own BS, in addition to any other weapons that would normally be permitted to fire, and are treated as passengers if the vehicle is damaged.