Kaldeia Armoured Regiments

Sigil of the Kaldeia Armoured Regiments

## Other information

### **Specialty**

Armoured Warfare, Heavy Support, Tank Operations, Super-Heavy Support, Anti-Air support.

## Commanders

### **Acting**

Lord-Armoured-General Nausikaa Macros

The **Kaldeia Armoured Regiments** are the entirely vehicle-based Astra Militarum regiments raised from the Knight World of Kaldeia. Though the majority of their vehicles are produced on their homeworld, and are of simpler, nearly cruder designs than those issued to other regiments, the Kaldeia Armoured make do, and are known to have a particularly strong bond with the machine spirits of their vehicles, with some tank commanders even known to undertake cybernetical augmentations to their throats and mouths in order learn basic Lingua Technis to better communicate with their vehicles.

## History

The Kaldeia Armoured Regiments were created soon after the christening of the Kaldeia Bondsmen Regiments, to provide these new servants of the Emperor heavy armoured support. In order to accomplish this, Mezoan Magi worked with Kaldeia industrial tycoons to develop several new patterns of well-known Astra Militarum vehicles meant for production on a scale capable of the manufactorums of Kaldeia. This was not required of all vehicles that went into production, such as Hellhound variants, Sentinel, Taurox, and even various Macharius and Malcador variants. However Baneblade, Shadowsword, most Chimera and Leman Russ variants were all modified to better suit the capacity of Kaldeia manufactorums. These unique variants share an overall design as well, with distinctive riveted hulls, rounded turrets, and prow-like fronts on the Chimera and Leman Russ variants. Due to all Kaldeias devotion to a sect of the Cult Mechanicus rather than the Imperial Cult, the personnel of the Kaldeia Armoured Regiments have developed various “superstitions”. Chiefly naming their vehicles, and acting as if they were actual personnel, rather than mere equipment. However these practices can also be more... extreme, such as tank commanders undergoing cybernetic augmentations to their neck and face in order to speak Lingua Technis, and hence better communicate with their company's vehicles. Despite these somewhat eccentric activities, the Kaldeia Armoured have proven themselves true, loyal, and effective servants of the Emperor. Originally, the Kaldeia Armoured Regiments also included Artillery pieces and platforms, however these parts of the regiments were later split off and turned into the Kaldeia Artillerymen Regiments.

## Regimental Organisation

While the Kaldeia Armoured Regiments share a similar command structure to the Kaldeia Bondsmen Regiments, just replace “squad” with “vehicle” and remove a company or two and they are the same, the Composition of a Kaldeia Armoured Regiment varies depending one hen the Regiment was founded, their specific specialisation and the battle group they have been assigned to. Standard regiments have a mixture of Leman Russ, Chimera Malcador variants, while designated Super-Heavy Regiments have a mixture of Baneblade, Shadowsword, and Macharius variants.

## Vehicles

Kaldeia Pattern Leman Russ Variants

* Leman Russ Battle Tank
* Leman Russ Demolisher
* Leman Russ Executioner
* Leman Russ Eradicator
* Leman Russ Exterminator
* Leman Russ Punisher
* Leman Russ Vanquisher

Kaldeia Pattern

* Hydra

Kaldeia Pattern Shadowsword Variants

* Shadowsword
* Stormsword
* Stormblade
* Banehammer
* Doomhammer
* Banesword
* Stormlord

Kaldeia Pattern Baneblade Variants

* Baneblade
* Hellhammer

Macharius Variants

* Macharius Heavy Tank
* Macharius Vanquisher
* Macharius Vulcan
* Macharius Omega

Malcador Variants

* Malcador Assault Tank
* Malcador Annihilator
* Malcador Defender
* Malcador Infernus
* Valdor Tank Hunter
* Thunderer Siege Tank

## Relations

### Allies

* Grand Order of Hermetika
* Kaldeia Bondsmen Regiments
* Kaldeia Grenadier Regiments
* Kaldeia Rider Regiments
* Kaldeia Artillery Regiments
* Kaldeia Flight Wings
* Lambdan Lions
* Sable Lions