The Rapier Armoured Carrier or Rapier Laser Destroyer is a semi-automated tracked weapons carrier used by the Imperium of Man, including the Imperial Guard, Adeptus Mechanicus and Space Marines. A potent anti-tank weapon, it mounts a powerful multi-barrelled laser cannon with which it shares its name. However Rapiers have also been seen wielding Graviton Cannons, quad Multi-Lasers, quad Mortars, and quad Heavy Bolters.
细剑装甲运输车或细剑激光破坏者是一种半自动履带式武器运输车，由帝国卫队、机械神教和星际战士使用。作为一种强大的反坦克武器，它安装了一门强大的多管激光炮，并与之同名。然而，细剑也被看到配备重力炮、四联多管激光、四联迫击炮和四联重型爆矢枪。
Light Hammer Rapier Carrier as used by pre heresy Emperor's Children 叛乱前帝皇之子使用的轻锤细剑运输车
History 历史
The Great Crusade 大远征
In the early years of the Imperium's history the Rapier was a common weapons platform used by the Imperial Army at both the company and regimental level. Under ideal conditions each company would have a support squad with five Rapier carriers plus other weapons, while regiments had support companies of ten machines each, such as five Rapiers and five Mole Mortars, though attrition often accounted for fewer numbers of these weapons. Rapier crewmen wore the blue uniform of artillerymen, with yellow shoulder pads displaying their company insignia or red ones displaying their regimental insignia depending on their assignment.
在帝国历史的早期，细剑是帝国军队在连队和兵团等级使用的常见武器平台。在理想情况下，每个连都有一个由五辆细剑运输车和其他武器组成的支援小队，而各团则有十辆机械组成的支援连队，如五辆细剑和五辆鼹鼠迫击炮，不过，由于损耗，这类武器的数量通常会更少。细剑小队的乘员穿着炮兵的蓝色制服，根据他们的任务，黄色的肩甲显示他们的连队徽章，红色的肩甲则显示他们的兵团徽章。
Rapier with Graviton Cannon 装备重力炮的细剑
Post Heresy 叛乱后
Over the millennia, however, the number and use of Rapiers declined due to difficulties in manufacturing these complex devices, and they have been largely supplanted by designs simpler to construct and easier to maintain. There still remain tens of thousands deployed throughout the Imperium, mostly in the hands of the Adeptus Mechanicus or those Planetary Defense Forces on worlds which still retain the capability to produce and maintain them. They are in more limited use by the Space Marines and Imperial Guard regiments. They are widely used by the PDF but are in more limited use by the Space Marines and Imperial Guard regiments. This is because a rapier typically needs much more in the way of service facilities, power sources, and typically lacks the anti-grav suspensors more common to other Imperial Guard heavy weapons. Hence it is often relegated to second-line defensive formations, rather than more offensive based forces like the Imperial Guard.
然而，在数千年的时间里，由于制造这些复杂设备的困难，细剑的数量和使用量都在下降，它们在很大程度上被更简单、更容易维护的设计所取代。整个帝国仍有数万人部署，其中大部分掌握在机械神教或行星防御部队手中，这些部队仍有能力生产和维护它们。PDF广泛使用它们，但星际战士和帝国卫队兵团对它们的使用更为有限。这是因为细剑通常需要更多的服务设备、能源，并且通常缺乏其他帝国卫队重型武器更常见的反重力悬架。因此，它经常被降级为二线防御编队，而不是像帝国卫队这样更具进攻性的部队。
Rapier with Quad-Mortar 装备四联迫击炮的细剑
Those Chapters which descend from the Imperial Fists and Iron Hands Legions are especially known users of Rapiers, and have even employed them for boarding assaults.
那些来自帝国之拳和钢铁之手军团的战团是细剑的特别知名的使用者，甚至还使用它们进行跳帮攻击。
Technical Information 技术信息
The armoured carrier is built around the weapon system with which it has become synonymous, the Rapier Laser Destroyer. This multi-barrelled weapon achieves greater firepower than even a normal lascannon by focusing its four separate laser systems with precise accuracy on a single point. This is possible thanks to a weak machine spirit which can adjust the convergence of the beams depending on the target's range. However, the weapon system has tremendous power requirements, along with increased maintenance and heat build-up due to its moving parts and the close proximity of multiple laser chambers to each other. Rapiers have also been seen mounted with Graviton Cannons, quad Multi-Lasers, quad Mortars, and quad Heavy Bolters though as of the M41 the technology to manufacture Rapiers with Graviton Cannons seems all but lost.
这辆装甲运输车是围绕它已经成为同义词的武器系统，细剑激光破坏炮而制造的。这种多管武器通过将四个独立的激光系统精确地聚焦在一个点上，实现了比普通激光炮更大的火力。这是可能的，因为较弱的机魂可以根据目标的范围调整光束的汇聚。然而，该武器系统具有巨大的功率要求，由于其运动部件和多个激光室彼此靠近，维护和热量积聚也增加了。也有人看到细剑装备了重力炮、四联多管激光、四联迫击炮和四联重型爆矢枪，尽管截至M41，用制造重力炮细剑的技术似乎几乎已经消失了。
Rapier with quad Heavy Bolters 装备四联重型爆矢枪的细剑
As it was initially designed for defending cities and fortresses the Rapier has limited mobility, enough to move into ambush positions and across rough terrain, and is often fielded in special batteries of one to three Rapiers used to break up enemy armour attacks. The system can move and fire at the same time thanks to an auto-drive and benefits from targeter equipment. Actual aiming and firing of the laser destroyer, however, is handled by the on-board machine spirit, making the Rapier a semi-independent system; its crew is necessary only for moving the weapon and operational mode selection.
由于它最初是为保卫城市和堡垒而设计的，因此细剑的机动性有限，但足以进入伏击位置和穿越崎岖地形，并且经常被部署在一到三个细剑的特殊群组中，用于粉碎敌人的装甲攻击。得益于自动驾驶和目标设备，该系统可以同时移动和射击。然而，激光破坏炮的实际瞄准和射击是由机载机魂处理的，使细剑成为一个半独立的系统；它的乘员只需要移动武器和选择作战模式。
Despite having originally built to fire with four convergent beams, the most common version of the Rapier as of M41 uses a two-chambered gun. This is because maintaining and restoring the original specification is nearly a lost art, and the two-chambered version contains less of the originals drawbacks. Despite its decreased firepower, it is still able to penetrate the front armour of a Leman Russ Battle Tank at a one kilometer range.
尽管最初是用四个汇聚光束射击的，但截至M41，最常见的细剑版本使用双膛炮。这是因为维护和恢复原始规格几乎是一门失传的技艺，而双膛版本包含的原始缺陷更少。尽管火力有所下降，但它仍然能够在一公里范围内穿透黎曼鲁斯战斗坦克的前装甲。
Lucius Pattern 卢修斯型
Vehicle Name:Rapier Laser Destroyer
载具名称：细剑激光破坏者
Forge World of Origin:Lucius
起源铸造世界：卢修斯
Known Patterns:N/A
已知型号：无
Crew:1-3 Gunners
乘员：1-3名炮手
Powerplant:N/A
动力装置：无
Weight:3.5 tonnes
重量：3.5吨
Length:2.6m
长度：2.6米
Width:1.8m
宽度：1.8米
Height:1.5m
高度：1.5米
Ground Clearance:0.3m
离地间隙：0.3米
Fording Depth:
涉水深度：
Max Speed - on road12KPH
最大速度-在路上12公里/小时
Max Speed - off road:8KPH
最大速度-越野：8公里/小时
Transport Capacity:N/A
运输能力：无
Access Points:Open Topped
入口：敞篷
Main Armament:1 x Rapier Laser Destroyer
主武器：1 x 细剑激光破坏炮
Traverse:N/A
横向：无
Elevation:N/A
仰角：无
Main Ammunition:12 rounds from powerpack
主弹药：能量包内12发
Secondary Ammunition:N/A
次要弹药：无
Armour 装甲
Superstructure:N/A
上部结构：无
Hull:20mm
车体：20毫米
Gun Mantlet:N/A
炮盾：无
Vehicle Designation:N/A
载具编号：无
Firing Ports:Open Topped
开火口：敞篷
Turret:N/A
炮塔：无
Graia Pattern 格拉亚型
Vehicle Name:Rapier Laser Destroyer
载具名称：细剑激光破坏者
Forge World of Origin:Graia
起源铸造世界：格拉亚
Known Patterns:N/A
已知型号：无
Crew:1-3 Gunners
乘员：1-3名炮手
Powerplant:N/A
动力装置：无
Weight:3.3 tonnes
重量：3.3吨
Length:2.6m
长度：2.6米
Width:1.8m
宽度：1.8米
Height:1.5m
高度：1.5米
Ground Clearance:0.3m
离地间隙：0.3米
Fording Depth:
涉水深度：
Max Speed - on road14KPH
最大速度-在路上14公里/小时
Max Speed - off road:9KPH
最大速度-越野：9公里/小时
Transport Capacity:N/A
运输能力：无
Access Points:Open Topped
入口：敞篷
Main Armament:1 x Rapier Laser Destroyer
主武器：1 x 细剑激光破坏炮
Traverse:N/A
横向：无
Elevation:N/A
仰角：无
Main Ammunition:12 rounds from powerpack
主弹药：能量包内12发
Secondary Ammunition:N/A
次要弹药：无
Armour 装甲
Superstructure:N/A
上部结构：无
Hull:18mm
车体：18毫米
Gun Mantlet:N/A
炮盾：无
Vehicle Designation:N/A
载具编号：无
Firing Ports:Open Topped
开火口：敞篷
Turret:N/A
炮塔：无
Voss Pattern 沃斯型
Vehicle Name:Rapier Laser Destroyer
载具名称：细剑激光破坏者
Forge World of Origin:Voss
起源铸造世界：沃斯
Known Patterns:N/A
已知型号：无
Crew:1-3 Gunners
乘员：1-3名炮手
Powerplant:N/A
动力装置：无
Weight:3 tonnes
重量：3吨
Length:2.6m
长度：2.6米
Width:1.8m
宽度：1.8米
Height:1.5m
高度：1.5米
Ground Clearance:0.3m
离地间隙：0.3米
Fording Depth:
涉水深度：
Max Speed - on road14KPH
最大速度-在路上14公里/小时
Max Speed - off road:10KPH
最大速度-越野：10公里/小时
Transport Capacity:N/A
运输能力：无
Access Points:Open Topped
入口：敞篷
Main Armament:1 x Rapier Laser Destroyer
主武器：1 x 细剑激光破坏炮
Traverse:N/A
横向：无
Elevation:N/A
仰角：无
Main Ammunition:12 rounds from powerpack
主弹药：能量包内12发
Secondary Ammunition:N/A
次要弹药：无
Armour 装甲
Superstructure:N/A
上部结构：无
Hull:15mm
车体：15毫米
Gun Mantlet:N/A
炮盾：无
Vehicle Designation:N/A
载具编号：无
Firing Ports:Open Topped
开火口：敞篷
Turret:N/A
炮塔：无
