Whirlwind

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This article has been updated for Soulstorm. The Dark Crusade version is now archived.

Dawn of War Vehicle

Whirlwind
Race	Space Marines
Version	Dark Crusade v1.2 Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey W	Build Cost 190 300  4 Build Time 30 s Built By Machine Cult Requires Fortress Monastery, Heavy Armor Deployment Limit 1
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	2500
Armour	Vehicle Medium
Unit Mass	50
Move Speed	24
Sight Radius	35 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	Missile Battery
Melee	None

Contents 1 Whirlwind 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Death Explosion 4 Weapons 4.1 Missile Battery 5 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Whirlwind

"Whirlwind Artillery Tank here."

The only real artillery used by the Space Marine forces. Working more as an elite strike team than a regular army, the Space Marines rarely fight in sieges or trench wars, where conventional artillery is mostly used. However, when deemed necessary, the Whirlwind can be deployed to support its infantry brethren. Armed with a long ranged missile battery, the lightly armoured tank usually follows slightly behind the main battle line, raining death upon the enemy from afar.

Tactics

The Whirlwind is designed for disrupting enemy infantry from afar. This is very useful for the ranged armies of the Space Marines, who need enemies kept away from them. The Whirlwind serves this purpose admirably and can do so in safety far from the front lines. Compared to the Basilisk, a more commonly used artillery, the Whirlwind does more damage, fires faster, has a greater area of effect and does no friendly fire. Unfortunately it has less range, takes more vehicle cap, has a limit of one, and lacks anything to compare to the Earthshaker Round.

If used properly a Whirlwind can be a boon to a Space Marine army, but keep in mind the limitations. Using four vehicle cap can be hard to justify as a Predator takes almost the same amount and two Dreadnoughts take six.

However, against massed infantry armies, especially ranged heavy ones (Tau in particular), they are deadly, doing good damage as well as disrupting the enemy's fire and allowing you to close quickly for melee.

Abilities

Death Explosion

	Death Explosion
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Any
	Range	Self
	Area of effect	10	Cooldown time	None
Effects	When the Whirlwind is destroyed, there is a 25% chance that any units within the area of effect will be sent flying (35-45 force) and take 10 morale damage.

Weapons

Missile Battery

	Missile Battery
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.8 38.0 26.8 15.5 8.0 26.8 18.8 15.0 11.3 37.8 38.0 5 50 300 450 25
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	90 (min 12)	Setup Time	5 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%, offset 0, blind offset 10	Refire Rate	5 s
Area of Effect	7	Requires	Nothing
Notes	This weapon does knockback (45-65 force) but does not do friendly fire. Targets hit have their movement speed halved for 5 s. This weapon also cannot target air units, but will damage them if caught in the AoE.

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