This Sons of Horus Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer was on display at Warhammer World.
The Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer is a fearsome and highly specialised variant of the venerable Spartan chassis, developed during the Great Crusade and unleashed upon the galaxy by the Legiones Astartes. While it sacrifices the Spartan’s substantial transport capacity, its massive hull is uniquely adapted to house the complex apparatus required for its devastating primary armament: a prototype Neutron Laser Projector (often a triple-barreled configuration known as a Neutron Laser Battery).
The Neutron Laser is a weapon of the Dark Age of Technology, its principles still only poorly understood by the techno-savants of the Mechanicum. To manage the immense energies and deadly output, the Cerberus’s hull is crammed with sizeable arc-reactors and heavy radiation shielding. The weapon stands as one of the most effective anti-tank systems available to the Space Marine Legions.
It fires an intense beam capable of:
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- Punching through the strongest vehicle plating, even the ceramite of other super-heavy tanks.
- Shorting out a target’s systems with a powerful burst of electromagnetic and radiation energy.
- Neutralising even Titan-class opponents by inflicting a ‘Concussive’ effect, which dramatically reduces the colossal machine’s operational effectiveness, often forcing its powerful weapons to fire less accurately.
However, this terrifying power comes with a significant drawback. The immense energies and unpredictable nature of the prototype weapon mean that the Cerberus is inherently unstable. Even with extensive radiation shielding, the Neutron Laser Projector’s operation often results in a terrible toll on its crew, and misfires can potentially result in catastrophic feedback that damages the tank itself. Nevertheless, the ability of this impressive tank to threaten the largest and most heavily armoured assets on the battlefield—from enemy super-heavy tanks to even lesser Titan war machines—is regarded by many Legion commanders as a necessary, if grim, calculus of war. The Cerberus is a clear expression of the Imperium’s willingness to accept high operational risk for unparalleled battlefield supremacy.
This is the plastic kit for The Horus Heresy. The original resin kit was announced back in 2012 at Games Day.