Land Raider - Chaos Land Raiders: The Land Raiders deployed by the Traitor Legions of the Chaos Space Marines are over 10,000 Terran years old and overwhelmingly date back to the time of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. These vehicles are the same Land Raiders that the Traitor Legions used during the Battle of Terra and with which they fled into the Eye of Terror following the end of the Heresy and the Great Scouring.At the time of the Great Betrayal, the principal source of Land Raider production was the dedicated Forge World of Anvilus IX, which the Warmaster Horus and his allies plotted against to ensure it fell quickly to the rogue Dark Mechanicus elements bound to his service. When the Warmaster's hold was finally broken over Anvilux IX, the system was left shattered in the Traitor's wake, and the enemy took the knowledge of the secret arts of the Land Raider's construction with them.Chaos Land Raiders are in many ways similar to their Loyalist counterparts, save that in most cases their operating Machine Spirit has been replaced by a possessing daemon, essentially transforming Chaos Land Raiders into another form of Daemon Engine.Like Imperial Land Raiders, daemon-possessed Chaos Land Raiders can move at the daemon's command when their crews are killed or incapacitated and can also make use of the vehicle's weapons systems at-will, though a daemonic spirit which goes against the wishes of its crew may suffer sorcerous retribution after combat.Chaos Land Raiders are usually decorated with the standard horrific iconography of Chaos and various grisly trophies such as severed heads and the flayed skins of the warband's enemies. Chaos Lords and Chaos Champions will usually make use of a Land Raider as a sign of status, adorning the vehicle with large banners, the bodies of the slain, and symbols of the Dark Gods.Chaos Land Raiders are armed in much the same way as their Imperial counterpart: with a set of hull-mounted twin-linked Heavy Bolters and two sets of sponson-mounted Lascannons. These vehicles can also be armed with either Pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolters (Combi-Bolters) or other Combi-Weapons.Land Raiders in use by Heretic and Renegade Astartes warbands that have recently betrayed the Imperium, or recently captured Imperial Land Raiders may be armed instead with a Storm Bolter or even a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher.They can also be armed with a Havoc Missile Launcher, an ancient weapon system that has long fallen out of use in the Imperium. Chaos Land Raiders can also be equipped with Destroyer Blades, Dirge Casters, Dozer Blades, Extra Armour Plating, Chaos Icons or Marks, or Warpflame Gargoyles. They are often possessed by a daemon as noted above, or bestowed with other "gifts" of the Chaos Gods. Like the Imperial Land Raider, the Chaos Land Raider is capable of transporting up to ten Chaos Space Marines or six Chaos Terminators, but is unable to transport Chaos Raptors, daemons, Mutilators, or Obliterators.The Chaos Land Raider is the heaviest ground vehicle in any Chaos Space Marine army. Its adamantium and ceramite plates can withstand all but the deadliest anti-tank weaponry, and the blessings of the Warpsmiths keep it at peak efficiency.The twin Lascannons mounted in each sponson make short work of other vehicles that would dare to attempt to stop its rampage. Once in the thick of the enemy, this metal beast opens the jaws of its assault ramp and disgorges its cargo of bloodthirsty warriors.The Machine Spirits (artificial intelligences) that once dwelt inside the Cogitators of Chaos Land Raiders are distorted or even forcibly supplanted by daemonic entities, giving these growling, snarling battle tanks a literal life of their own.Even should the driver and gunners of this graven idol of war meet an untimely end it will fight on, relishing its new-found freedom from the agendas of mortal men and pursuing a singular goal instead -- the destruction of all order and harmony that falls under its crosshairs.