The Baneblade is the primary super-heavy tank of the Astra Militarum, and one of the largest and oldest armoured fighting vehicles in the service of the Imperial armed forces. The tank is a venerated Standard Template Construct (STC) design, with ten people needed to fully crew one. It is also one of the oldest STC designs in existence. They are often used as command vehicles by Imperial Guard commanders.
Bristling with armaments, a Baneblade is less of a tank and more of a rolling fortress. An unmistakable icon of the Imperium’s armoured supremacy, a single one of these super-heavy war engines can serve as the mailed fist of an Astra Militarum offensive, or as the unassailable lynchpin of even the most desperate of defences.
![Voystroyan Baneblade](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5437.jpg?resize=840%2C673&ssl=1)
![Tallarn Baneblade](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_2663.jpg?resize=840%2C651&ssl=1)
![Steel Legion Baneblade](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_2674.jpg?resize=840%2C542&ssl=1)
![Imperial Guard Baneblade](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_3366.jpg?resize=840%2C664&ssl=1)
![Imperial Guard Baneblade on display at Warhammer World.](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_2116.jpg?resize=840%2C710&ssl=1)
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![Tallarn Baneblade on display at GamesDay 2007.](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0095.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
![Tallarn Baneblade on display at GamesDay 2007.](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0103.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
![Imperial Guard Baneblade on display at Warhammer World.](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_2117.jpg?resize=840%2C647&ssl=1)
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![Super Heavy Imperial Guard Baneblade from Simon's collection.](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_1570.JPG.jpg?resize=840%2C556&ssl=1)
![Imperial Guard Baneblade in plastic](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/baneblade1.jpg?resize=839%2C575&ssl=1)
![Voystroyan Baneblade on display at GamesDay 2007.](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0104.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
![Voystroyan Baneblade on display at GamesDay 2007](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0093.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
![Baneblade for an Imperial Commissar](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0082.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
![Baneblade for an Imperial Commissar](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0102.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)
![Imperial Guard Baneblade on display at GamesDay 2007.](https://i0.wp.com/ifelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0098.jpg?resize=840%2C560&ssl=1)