Rhino

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Rhino
Race	Space Marines
Version	Dark Crusade v1.2 Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey T	Build Cost 75 70  0 Build Time 15 s Built By Machine Cult Requires Armoury Limit 3
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	2000
Armour	Vehicle Medium
Unit Mass	50
Move Speed	32
Sight Radius	30 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	None
Melee	None

Contents 1 Rhino 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Transport Vehicle 3.2 Smoke Launchers 3.3 Death Explosion 4 Unit Upgrades 4.1 Wargear: Smoke Launchers 5 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Rhino

"Take refuge within our armor."

The Rhino is the primary armoured personnel carrier used by Space Marine forces. Tough, durable and relatively simple to maintain and repair it has become a mainstay of many other fighting forces across the Imperium as well, such as the Inquisition, Adeptus Arbites and Adepta Sororitas (Sisters of Battle).

Tactics

Unlike many other transport vehicles in DoW the Rhino is completely unarmed, relegating it to transport duty, and transport duty only. In this area it performs very well as it's fast to build, cheap and takes up no Vehicle Cap. If you have the resources and time to build Rhinos, there is no excuse not to.

Since the loading/unloading mechanic was fixed and streamlined with the release of Dark Crusade, transport vehicles have found much more use. Moving two Space Marine Squads by foot takes time, not only because they're slower but also because of pathing issues. However, pop them into a Rhino and you can zip them across the map with surprising speed, making it easy to redeploy your forces in case of an unexpected attack or to keep your opponent off balance by constantly changing attack vector. Units which have been deployed from a Rhino need no setup time if they were already setup upon entering the transport, which allows instantaneous use of Heavy Bolters and Missile Launchers.

The Smoke Launchers are also an ability that might easily be overlooked, but it basically doubles your unit's durability for 30 seconds, which might buy you enough time to get reinforcements to the battle zone.

Abilities

Transport Vehicle

	Transport Vehicle
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Friendly units capable of being transported
	Range	None
	Area of effect	None	Cooldown time	Passive ability
Effects	Can transport two squads of infantry (three in Dark Crusade) except Assault Marine Squads, Terminator Squads, and Assault Terminator Squads.

Smoke Launchers

	Smoke Launchers			Hotkey: S
	Requires	Wargear: Smoke Launchers
	Target Types	Terrain
	Range	35
	Area of effect	20	Cooldown time	90
Effects	Ranged and ranged morale damage received by all units in the area of effect reduced by 50% for 30 seconds. This effect can be stacked.

Death Explosion

	Death Explosion
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Any friendly units or buildings
	Range	Self
	Area of effect	Variable	Cooldown time	None
Effects	When the Rhino is destroyed, there is a chance the Rhino will explode and send nearby units flying in one and only one of the following ways. Each explosion's chance is calculated one by one in a random order: 29.4% chance to do 10 morale damage and 35-45 throw force in a radius of 10 (this explosion affects all nearby units, not just friendlies). 29.4% chance to do 3.75-6.25 damage, 10 morale damage, and 20-40 throw force in a radius of 4. 29.4% chance to do 10-20 damage, 30 morale damage, and 25-50 throw force in a radius of 4. 11.8% chance to do 20-30 damage, 50 morale damage, and 35-55 throw force in a radius of 4.

Unit Upgrades

Wargear: Smoke Launchers

	Wargear: Smoke Launchers			Hotkey: S
	Cost	75 25	Research Time	20 s
	Researched From	Machine Cult
	Requires	Armoury
Effects	Allows the Rhino to use the Smoke Launchers ability.

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