Hellbore

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Hellbore Burrowing Transport

The Hellbore is a burrowing vehicle used by the Adeptus Mechanicus and Imperial Guard. Larger then both the Termite and Mole, it uses a phase-field generator to burrow a drill filled with troops into the ground, allowing them to surface behind or on the flanks of enemy fortifications and positions.^[1][2] The troops embark and disembark by an assault ramp which folds into the Hellbore's body when not in use.^[3] The Hellbore drilling-rig is armed with a multi-melta and heavy bolters while the transport vehicle is armed with heavy bolters and defended by two power fields.^[4]

The drilling-rig portion of a Hellbore is as long as a Stormbird while being wider in beam and more heavily armoured.^[3]

Hellbores also get used by the forces of Chaos like the Iron Warriors.^[3]

See also

• Termite
• Mole
• Hades Breaching Drill
• Mantolith
• Plutona

Sources

• 1: Armies of the Imperium, pgs. 59-62
• 2: White Dwarf 123 (UK), pg. 25
• 3: The Iron Without (Short Story) — Iron Warriors: The Omnibus (Omnibus), Then
• 4: White Dwarf 130 (UK), pg. 50 — Praetorians