The table here suggests six men to operate a Leman Russ to maximum efficiency. I have not been able to verify these specs for definite, and there are reasons (as I will divulge) to bring some of the stated facts here into question.įirstly, let’s talk crew. Let us move on now to the specifications of the Leman Russ tank. Pair that with abject lack of slopes, and you have serious vulnerabilities that are able to be easily exploited by enemy gunners. As is fairly obvious, a larger tank is going to easier to hit. Perhaps most striking from the images are the large profiles of both tanks. Naturally, these designs create problems for the tank. The Leman Russ appears to be a blend of the two.

Here is Tanks-Encyclopedia’s side-profile of the Mark V… ….And an image of the Char B1 from the same source. The Leman Russ is no exception to this rule. In this instance, with these detailed specifications so readily available, I thought what I would do is first discuss the shape and profile of the tank, before moving to the most important parts of the given specifications, and what they mean for the overall design of the tank as a whole.Īs I mentioned in my post FTA post about the Predator, the designs of most W40k tanks seem to be clearly inspired by a blend of First World War and Inter-war designs. With this tank, we are blessed to have the supposed specifications thanks to the tank’s wiki page.Usually I would talk about the design through the focus of the three main ways to categorise the way a tank performs – armour, maneuverability and firepower.

For this edition of FTA, I will take a look at perhaps the most famous tank of Warhammer 40k – the Leman Russ. Today I return to the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Leman russ tank conversion