The Leman Russ Demolisher was previously my favourite of the Russes, but it suffers from the same ordnance rule as the Battle Tank. This has always been a generalist tank, and there is currently a better choice for almost every job you might want a Leman Russ Battle Tank to do. The problem is the tank no longer has the Lumbering Behemoth rule, and buried in the vehicle rules on the bottom of page 71 is “a vehicle that fires an Ordnance Weapon can only make snap shot with its other weapons that turn”. This is really unfortunate, and possibly unintended since GW always refer to the Leman Russ with its Lascannon and Heavy Bolters as the iconic Imperial Guard tank, but it needed fixing or a significant price drop to be a serious contender with its peers.
The Leman Russ Battle Tank is simply not a competitive choice. Leman Russ Executioner,3x S7 AP2 Blast Gets Hot,155,190,-35 Leman Russ Exterminator,4x S7 AP4 Twinlinked,130,150,-20 Leman Russ Demolisher,S10 AP2 Large Blast,170 ,165,+5 Leman Russ Eradicator,S6 AP4 Large Blast IgCover,120 ,160 ,-40 Leman Russ Vanquisher,S8 AP2 Armourbane,135 ,155,-20 Leman Russ Battle Tank,S8 AP3 Large Blast,150,150,Unchanged These mighty battle tanks want their place in the sun, and the Astra Militarum book is going to give it to them. I’ve split it into two sections, and this starts with the Leman Russes – a category of tanks that has both winners and losers in the codex, but will definitely not be as marginalised as they were in the recent past. This took longer than expected to write because it became clear reviewing Pask as an HQ means nothing without the seven Heavy Support choices that he can inhabit, so the result is it was all drawn together into one article. The next section of the new Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum review tackles Knight Commander Pask and the Leman Russ tanks.
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