The Vindicator is a short ranged siege tank used by Space Marine Chapters. Based upon the Rhino chassis, it shares many of the same design features, though with equipment and armament optimized to deliver heavy ordnance at short range.

维护者是星际战士使用的短程攻城坦克。基于犀牛底盘，它具有许多相同的设计特征，尽管其设备和武器经过优化，可以在短距离内运送重型弹药。

Vindicator Siege Tank 维护者攻城坦克

History 历史

The origins of the Vindicator are fragmentary, although the earliest records show it was developed along with the other Rhino STC variants during the Dark Age of Technology. The fragments at the request of General Vindictis were recovered from the Librarius Omnis and within this request the General asked for a self-mobile weapon of high calibre, capable of following up with advancing armies and able to engage well-protected targets with a high angle of fire. It is believed that General Vindictus was personally responsible for instigating the idea of the 'Vindicator' so the vehicle was thus named in his honour. The record states that on the planet Rostern 10 assembled Vindicators fought against raiding Orks and though 9 out of 10 were ultimately destroyed in the process, Imperial forces were victorious. Other records show that the Vindicator was first fielded during the early years of the Horus Heresy on Rothern I, when massive Thunderer Cannons were mounted onto remodeled Rhinos and used to blast heavily dug-in Traitor positions among the urban rubble.

尽管最早的记录显示它是在黑暗技术时代与其他犀牛STC变体一起开发的，但维护者的起源是零碎的。应温迪克斯将军的要求，从火星大图书馆中找到了碎片，在这一要求中，将军要求提供一种高口径的自移动武器，能够跟上前进的军队，并能够以高角度攻击受到良好保护的目标。据信，温迪克斯将军亲自促成了 “维护者”这一构想的产生，因此这辆坦克便以他的名字命名。记录显示，在罗斯特恩星球上，10辆集结的维护者与突袭的欧克蛮人作战，尽管10辆中有9辆最终被摧毁，但帝国军队取得了胜利。其他记录显示，维护者最早是在荷鲁斯叛乱早期的罗斯特恩一号投入使用的，当时巨大的雷霆炮被安装在经过改造的犀牛身上，用于在城市废墟中炸毁深掘的叛徒阵地。

Vindicator 维护者

Later records stated that Vindicators were mentioned very little and it's assumed that these machines fell out of favor. It seems that the production of Vindicators was halted during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy or that the manufacturing site was destroyed. Only when the mighty Primarch Guilliman mentioned the Vindicator in the Codex Astartes did the Siege tank reappear in the Space Marine Armies. Since the Heresy, the bulky Thunderer Cannon has been replaced with the more compact, but no less potent, Demolisher Cannon, along with other minor modifications to armouring, fire control and driving systems. The Vindicator has become a vital part of a Chapter's siege and urban combat capabilities, with most retaining a dozen or so vehicles within their Armoury.

后来的记录表明，对维护者的提及很少，人们认为这些机械已经不再受欢迎。看来维护者的生产在大远征和荷鲁斯叛乱期间停止了，或者生产基地被摧毁了。只有当强大的原体基里曼在阿斯塔特圣典中提到维护者时，攻城坦克才重新出现在星际战士中。自叛乱以来，笨重的雷霆炮已被更紧凑但同样强大的粉碎者加农炮所取代，同时对装甲、火控和驱动系统进行了其他细微修改。维护者已经成为一个部队攻城和城市作战能力的重要组成部分，大多数部队在其军械库内保留了十几辆左右的载具。

Tactical Use 战术使用

As laid down by the Codex Astartes, the Vindicator's chief role is in urban combat, to provide assault and tactical squads with destructive firepower against enemy strongpoints and snipers. Standard combat doctrine has the Vindicator advance down a street towards the target structure, supported by Space Marine squads advancing from building to building on either side of it, blasting holes in the walls if necessary. Once in position, the Vindicator opens fire on the target building, reducing much of it to rubble and opening the way for subsequent assault by Space Marines with close-combat weaponry.

根据阿斯塔特圣典的规定，维护者的主要作用是在城市战斗中，为突击小队和战术小队提供毁灭性火力，以对抗敌人的据点和狙击手。标准作战理论要求维护者沿着街道向目标结构前进，由星际战士小队在目标结构两侧的建筑物之间推进，必要时在墙上炸洞。一旦就位，维护者就会向目标建筑开火，将其大部分夷为平地，并为随后太星际战士使用近战武器的攻击开辟道路。

Outside of urban combat, the Vindicator also sees a limited role in tank warfare, with many armoured thrusts containing at least one Vindicator for close-quarter engagements. It is especially effective against transport and reconnaissance vehicles. In a memorable incident, a single Vindicator managed to stop a rebel armoured column of the Thessaly Regime for eight days by blocking a roadway at a narrow gorge situated just beyond a blind turn. It destroyed every rebel vehicle coming into range, until the Vindicator itself was destroyed by infantry outflanking from the rear. For particularly hardened targets, Vindicators will form into Line Breaker Squadrons, combining their firepower for devastating effects.

在城市作战之外，维护者在坦克战中的作用也很有限，许多装甲要点中至少有一个维护者用于近距离交战。它对运输和侦察车特别有效。在一次令人难忘的事件中，一名维护者成功阻止了色萨利政权的一支反叛装甲纵队八天，它封锁了一条位于看不见的转弯后的狭窄峡谷的道路。它摧毁了所有进入射程的叛军车辆，直到维护者被步兵从后方侧翼摧毁。对于特别坚固的目标，维护者将组成战线毁灭中队，将他们的火力结合起来，产生毁灭性的效果。

Technical Information 技术信息

Armament 军备

The Demolisher Cannon gives the Vindicator immense destructive capabilities. Firing rocket-assisted siege shells blessed before each battle with the Litany of Demolition, the Demolisher Cannon can reduce a building to rubble in a matter of moments, crushing the enemies taking shelter under tonnes of rubble.The Demolisher Cannon is loaded by an automated crane and ramp system.It incorporates hydro-compressive recoil absorption rams to manage the recoil.The cannon's two exhaust vents for vacating rocket back-blast are located behind its multi-spectral targeting array. The Rhino chassis's transport capacity is given over completely to ammunition storage, of which it can carry 16 shells in its racks. That number is normally increased by two, with one shell preloaded and a second stored on the collapsible loading ramp.Some variants of the Vindicator are equipped with a crane-winch which helps it reload faster.The Vindicator is also armed with a Storm Bolter for close defense.

粉碎者加农炮赋予了维护者巨大的破坏力。毁灭者加农炮发射火箭助推的攻城炮弹，每一场战斗前这些炮弹都经过了毁灭祷告的祝福加持，粉碎者加农炮可以在短时间内将建筑物夷为平地，粉碎躲在数吨瓦砾下的敌人。粉碎者加农炮由自动起重机和坡道系统装载。它结合了液压压缩反冲吸收柱来控制反冲。加农炮的两个排气口位于其多光谱瞄准阵列后面，用于释放火箭的爆炸。犀牛底盘的运输能力完全用于弹药储存，其框架可容纳16发炮弹。这个数字通常会增加两个，一个炮弹被预加载，另一个被存放在可折叠的装载坡道上。维护者的一些变体配备了起重机绞车，这有助于它更快地重新装载。维护者还配备了风暴爆矢枪，用于近身防御。

Vindicator 维护者

Armour 装甲

In order to survive the brutal close-combat fighting typical of urban warfare, Vindicators have much thicker armour compared to the standard Rhino, especially along its front and top facings. This armour is further supported by extra bracing, which adds additional weight to the frame. Even the side hull is extensively armoured, to withstand the recoil forces generated by the Demolisher Cannon.

为了在城市战争中典型的残酷近战中幸存下来，维护者的装甲甲比标准犀牛要厚得多，尤其是在正面和顶部。这种装甲由额外的支持进一步支撑，这增加了框架的额外重量。即使是侧面也有广泛的装甲，以承受粉碎者加农炮产生的反冲力。

Engine 引擎

The Vindicator is powered by the standard Quad MkII adaptable thermic combustor reactor.

维护者由标准的阔德MkII自适应热燃烧室反应堆提供动力。

Equipment 设备

Dozer Blades in combination with a Siege Shield are typical on most Vindicators, allowing them to easily clear a path through rubble-strewn streets. The Dozer Blade is made from super-thick plasteel and also helps to protect the Vindicator's front from heavy firepower. It is ejectable.

推土机铲刀与攻城盾相结合是大多数维护者的典型特征，使他们能够轻松地在瓦砾遍布的街道上清理道路。推土机铲刀由超厚塑钢制成，也有助于保护维护者的前部免受重型火力的攻击。它是可拆卸的。

Other standard equipment includes a narrow band long range communications antenna, a wide-band local communications antenna, a Searchlight and Smoke Launchers. It can be further upgraded with a Hunter-killer Missile, Extra Armour, and a pintle-mounted Storm Bolter.

其他标准设备包括窄带远程通信天线、宽带本地通信天线、探照灯和烟雾发射器。它可以进一步升级猎杀飞弹、额外装甲和枢轴式风暴爆矢枪。

Technical Information 技术信息

Technical statistics for the Vindicator are:

维护者的技术统计数据如下：

• Vehicle Name:Vindicator

• 载具名称：维护者

• Forge World of Origin:Lucius

• 起源铸造世界：卢修斯

• Known Patterns:II-XXVI

• 已知型号：II - XXVI

• Crew:Driver & Gunner

• 乘员：驾驶员，炮手

• Powerplant:Quad MkIII adaptable thermic combustor reactor

• 动力装置：阔德MkIII适应性热燃烧反应堆

• Weight:42 tonnes

• 重量：42吨

• Length:7.5m

• 长度：7.5米

• Width:4.5m

• 宽度：4.5米

• Height:3.6m

• 高度：3.6米

• Ground Clearance:0.44m

• 离地间隙：0.44m

• Fording Depth:

• 涉水深度：

• Max Speed - on road64kph

• 最大速度-公路上64公里/小时

• Max Speed - off road:48kph

• 最大速度-越野：48公里/小时

• Transport Capacity:

• 运输能力：

• Access Points:

• 接入点：

• Main Armament:Demolisher Cannon

• 主武器：破坏者加农炮

• Secondary Armament:N/A

• 次要武器：无

• Traverse:

• 跨越：

• Elevation:

• 攀升：

• Main Ammunition:800 rounds

• 主要弹药：800发

• Secondary Ammunition:N/A

• 次要弹药：无

Armour 装甲

• Superstructure:60mm

• 上部结构：60毫米

• Hull:55mm

• 车体：55毫米

• Gun Mantlet:N/A

• 炮盾：无

• Vehicle Designation:

• 载具编号：

• Firing Ports:

• 开火口：

• Turret:65mm

• 炮塔：65毫米

Variants 变体

Chaos Vindicators 混沌维护者

Vindicators were used extensively by the Traitor Legions during the Horus Heresy, specifically in the Siege of the Imperial Palace, and have remained in service with Chaos Space Marine forces since then. The Iron Warriors in particular, field many squadrons of Vindicators and deface them with defaced statuary of fallen cities they have conquered. The Vindicator can also be possessed by a bound daemon.

在荷鲁斯叛乱期间，叛徒军团广泛使用了维护者，特别是在围攻皇宫期间，自那以后，他们一直在混沌星际战士服役。特别是钢铁勇士，他们派出了许多维护者中队，并用他们征服的堕落城市的破损雕像来污损它们。维护者也可以由绑定的恶魔占据。

Chaos Space Marine Vindicator 混沌星际战士维护者

Deimos Pattern Vindicator 火卫二型维护者

The Deimos Pattern Vindicator was an early type of Vindicator used by the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, although many still operate as of M41 in Space Marine Chapters.

火卫二型维护者是阿斯塔特军团士兵在大远征和荷鲁斯叛乱期间使用的早期类型的维护者，尽管许多仍然在M41的星际战士战团中运行。

Deimos Pattern Vindicator with Demolisher Cannon 配备粉碎者加农炮的火卫二型维护者

It could be equipped with a Magna Laser Destroyer array, allowing him to tear through the armour plating of enemy vehicles. The laser destroyer's rate of fire could be greatly increase through mounting a power capacitor in the vehicle's internal volume, which is normally taken up with a munitions store for the more common Vindicator's Demolisher cannon. Stability is required for this overcharged firing however, and it is possible for the capacitor to overload the vehicle's energy grid with disastrous consequences.

它可以配备巨型激光毁灭炮阵列，使他能够撕裂敌方车辆的装甲。通过在车辆内部安装一个功率电容器，激光毁灭炮的射速可以大大提高，该电容器位置通常是用于更常见的维护者粉碎者加农炮的弹药库。然而，这种过度充电的开火需要稳定性，电容器可能会使车辆的电网过载，从而造成灾难性的后果。

Deimos Vindicator with a Laser Destroyer 配备激光毁灭炮的火卫二维护者

Several Legions took to fielding this variant as a mainline battle tank, proving itself on many occasions as an able tank hunter.

几个军团开始将这种变体作为主战线战斗坦克进行部署，在许多场合证明了自己是一名能干的坦克猎手。

Named Vindicators 著名维护者

• Reaper — Scythes of the Emperor. Destroyed by the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken in the defence of Miral Prime.

• 收割者 — 帝皇之镰。被克拉肯虫巢舰队的泰伦摧毁，以保卫米拉尔主星。

• Thunderheart — White Scars. Supported the 3rd Company Task Force Nomad in the Hunt for Voldorius.

• 雷霆之心 — 白色疤痕。支援第三连游牧特遣队追捕沃尔多里乌斯。

• Vulcanus — Salamanders. Took part in the Third War for Armageddon.

• 火神星 — 火蜥蜴。参加了第三次阿玛吉多顿战争。