Such was the nature of the war on prospero that many of the largest war engines of the legions proved unsuitable for deployment during its initial stages. The tangled streets and difficulty of deploying them without access to a safe landing zone for the vast bulk landers such vehicles required forced the Space Wolves to rely on lesser war machines to support their assaults. This included the various main battle tanks small enough to be air lifted by Thunderhawk Transporters and Khonsu pattern Stormbird transports, including Vindicator tanks and Land Raiders of various patterns. These armoured, but still highly mobile vehicles cleared major roadways and crossroads of enemy fortifications, punching a hole through the Prosperine defences so the Legion could prosecute the close range assaults they favoured without facing the full weight of the enemy's firepower.

受制于普羅斯佩羅會(huì)戰(zhàn)的本質(zhì)，阿斯塔特軍團(tuán)中許多最大的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)引擎被證明不適合在初期進(jìn)行部署。普羅斯佩羅的街道混亂，而且運(yùn)輸超重型載具需要龐大的登陸艇，但太空野狼們無法開辟出供這些巨型登陸艇降落的安全著陸區(qū)，這迫使太空野狼們依賴較小的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)機(jī)器來支援他們的進(jìn)攻。這包括多種小到足夠用雷鷹運(yùn)輸機(jī)或月神型風(fēng)暴鳥運(yùn)輸機(jī)進(jìn)行空運(yùn)的主戰(zhàn)坦克（機(jī)仆：關(guān)鍵犀牛底盤和蘭德底盤的都能這么運(yùn)輸…）、維護(hù)者坦克以及各種型號(hào)的蘭德掠奪者。這些配備了裝甲但仍然高度機(jī)動(dòng)的載具清理敵方工事的主要道路和十字路口，第六軍團(tuán)在普羅斯佩羅守軍當(dāng)中穿出了一個(gè)洞，這樣他們就能施展自己偏好的近戰(zhàn)而不必面對(duì)敵軍的全部火力。

In addition to ground based armoured spearheads, the complete aerial superiority achieved by the Imperium's forces in the initial stages of the battle allowed them to utilise aircraft in continuous ground support of the advancing Space Wolves claws and war packs. Such missions fell mainly to Storm Eagle and Fire Raptor gunships, as these craft were both nimble enough to keep pace with the frantic advance of the Space Wolves lines and sturdy enough to brave the anti-aircraft fire of ground batteries and man-portable heavy weaponry. Any strongpoint that stymied the initial assaults or was bypassed by the advance felt the wrath of the airborne predators, whose relentless attacks swiftly reduced them to nothing but tattered ruins and ashes. The only limiting factor to the use of airborne assets during the assault on Tizca was the need to retreat to low orbit to rearm, forcing the Space Wolves to utilise rotating wings of ground attack craft in order to maintain pressure on the enemy.

除了地面裝甲矛頭，帝國(guó)軍隊(duì)在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)初期獲得的完全空中優(yōu)勢(shì)允許他們使用航空器為地面上不斷前進(jìn)的太空野狼地面部隊(duì)：狼爪們和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)狼群們提供持續(xù)性的地面支援。這類任務(wù)主要落在了風(fēng)暴鷹和火焰猛禽炮艇身上，這些航空器都敏捷到足夠跟上太空野狼隊(duì)列瘋狂的前進(jìn)步伐，也都堅(jiān)固到足夠勇敢面對(duì)地面炮塔的防空火力和單人便攜式重武器。任何阻礙了太空野狼的最初攻擊或在進(jìn)軍過程中被太空野狼們繞過的千子據(jù)點(diǎn)要塞現(xiàn)在都感受到了空中捕食者的怒火，后者冷酷無情的進(jìn)攻迅速把它們摧毀為了殘破的廢墟和灰塵。在進(jìn)攻提茲卡城的過程中，使用空中單位唯一的限制因素是航空器們撤回低空軌道來重新武裝的需要，這迫使太空野狼們輪流使用地面攻擊機(jī)聯(lián)隊(duì)來維持對(duì)敵人的壓制。

This, combined with the sheer area which the craft had to cover, forced these wings to act as support for ground assaults rather than engaging in a policy of indiscriminate bombardment.

Within the Space Wolves, as with the majority of other Space Marine Legions, armoured and airborne assets were distributed at the chapter level, with each chapter —or Great Company in the VIth Legion— maintaining a pool of such vehicles to be assigned to combat detachments as required. For the assault on Tizca, the vast majority of these assets were deployed for combat in support of the Vlth's main force. This relentless use of their firepower was essential in the rapid advance of the Space Wolves Legion's units and formed the core of Leman Russ* initial tactics for combating fellow Legiones Astartes warriors.

這一點(diǎn)，再加上航空器必須覆蓋的廣闊區(qū)域，迫使這些空中聯(lián)隊(duì)充當(dāng)?shù)孛孢M(jìn)攻的支援部隊(duì)，而非進(jìn)行狂轟濫炸。就像其他大多數(shù)星際戰(zhàn)士軍團(tuán)一樣，在太空野狼軍團(tuán)中，空中和裝甲部隊(duì)被分配到戰(zhàn)團(tuán)級(jí)別的單位中，每個(gè)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)——在第六軍團(tuán)中被稱為大連都保有一批此類載具，并且根據(jù)需要分配給各戰(zhàn)斗分隊(duì)。在進(jìn)攻提茲卡的戰(zhàn)斗中，這些載具中的絕大多數(shù)在戰(zhàn)斗中被部署，負(fù)責(zé)為第六軍團(tuán)主力部隊(duì)提供支援。對(duì)于他們的火力的無情使用在太空野狼軍團(tuán)的快速前進(jìn)中是很重要的，他們組成了黎曼 魯斯初期戰(zhàn)術(shù)的核心，太空野狼軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士們跟隨前進(jìn)。