Though best known for the skills of?its warriors in rapid assault, reconnaissance and infiltration protocols, the Raven Guard Legion possessed and utilised the full range of?engines of war produced for the Legiones Astartes by the genius of?the Mechanicum. The Raven Guard maintained entire battalions of?heavy armour of all types, the Legion Armoury and Fleet Reserve held hundreds more, and individual companies were assigned individual war engines as and when required.

雖然暗鴉守衛(wèi)軍團最為著名的項目是軍團戰(zhàn)士們在快速突襲、偵查和滲透戰(zhàn)術(shù)方面的技巧，但第他們也擁有并使用著機械神教的天才們?yōu)榘⑺顾剀妶F生產(chǎn)的所有種類戰(zhàn)爭引擎。暗鴉守衛(wèi)保有著所有型號的重型裝甲載具構(gòu)成的完整營隊，軍團武庫和艦隊儲備中有保有了數(shù)百之眾，當需要時每個連都會被分配各自的戰(zhàn)爭引擎。

The Raven Guard Legion deployed every heavy armour formation it could muster to Isstvan V, committing the majority to a wide flanking manoeuvre launched along the base of the Lerghan Ridge against Sons of Horus units guarding the extreme left flank of?the Traitors’ lines. Entire wings of?Javelin Attack Speeders and Skyhunter Jetbike squads roamed ahead of?the slower moving tank companies, isolating enemy positions and harrying them mercilessly until the heavier units arrived to grind them into dust. When the Night Lords, Iron Warriors, Alpha Legion and Word Bearers revealed their treachery upon the Urgall Depression, most of these formations were cut off from the bulk of the Legion and ambushed by Night Lords units as they attempted to fight their way back to their Primarch's side.

暗鴉守衛(wèi)軍團在伊斯特萬五號部署了他們能集結(jié)起的所有重型裝甲編隊，他們主要負責沿著Lerghan山脈的基地發(fā)起側(cè)翼機動作戰(zhàn)，對抗守衛(wèi)叛軍陣線最左側(cè)翼的荷魯斯之子單位。多個完整的標槍速攻艇聯(lián)隊和天獵者機車小隊們漫步在移動較慢的坦克連隊前面，隔離敵人的陣地并毫不留情地不斷攻擊他們，直到重型單位抵達來將他們碾為灰塵。當午夜領(lǐng)主、鋼鐵勇士、阿爾法軍團和懷言者在Urgall絕望平原露出自己叛徒的真面目時，多數(shù)重裝編隊都被與大半個軍團隔離開了，而當他們試圖殺出一條血路返回原體身邊時，午夜領(lǐng)主部隊伏擊了他們。

Very few of?the Raven Guard's heavier armoured formations were able to withdraw from the Dropsite Massacre, although those that did played a vital role in holding back the enemies' pursuit in its immediate aftermath. Later on, all but the lightest formations were disbanded and their crews re-assigned to fight on as infantry, the survival of every last Legionary deemed of?far more importance to the future of?the Legion than maintaining its vehicles.

只有極少數(shù)暗鴉守衛(wèi)重裝編隊能夠從登錄點大屠殺中撤退，但這些部隊確實在阻止敵人后續(xù)的追擊中起了重要作用。后來，除了最輕型載具構(gòu)成的編隊，其他所有編隊都解散，乘員們作為步兵被重新指派，對于軍團的未來而言，讓剩下的每位軍團戰(zhàn)士存活下來遠比保存軍團的載具重要的多。

Long after the Isstvan V Dropsite Massacre, it would be discovered that the Traitors recovered a large number of?the vehicles left upon the black sands of?the Urgall Depression and turned them against their erstwhile masters. Many also appear to have been crippled by Mechanicum war machines using ultra-high yield neutron weaponry so that, while the crews were slain by radiation deadly even to a superhuman Space Marine, the war engines themselves remained intact. Were it needed, this provides further evidence of?the dark genius and far-reaching stratagems of?the Warmaster.

在伊斯特萬五號登錄點大屠殺很久之后，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)叛軍們回收了大量被遺棄在Urgall絕望平原黑色沙地上的載具，并用它們來對抗其之前的主人們。也有很多載具似乎被機械神教的戰(zhàn)爭機器用超高出力中子武器癱瘓了，這樣一類，雖然乘員們會被到致命輻射殺死——那輻射對于擁有超人體魄的阿斯塔特們也是致命的，但戰(zhàn)爭引擎本身會保持完整無缺。如果需要的話，這將進一步證明戰(zhàn)帥的黑暗天才和深遠戰(zhàn)略。