The Tallarn Fourth Armoured were one of many regiments catapulted to honour and glory by the invasion of their homeworld. Formed largely from rear echelon troops and civilian volunteers, tank commanders were promoted from the dwindling reserves of trained tankers - mostly the gun loaders and drivers of other companies, untested and entirely unsuitable for command, that were nevertheless thrown into the toxic battlefields of a planet mid-Exterminatus. The hellish conditions broke many of the crews, minds and spirits lost as surely as those tanks that were cracked open to the poisonous air of Tallarn. Though the majority remained loyal to the Emperor, many had their faith tested well past the breaking point - some of these armoured companies breaking ranks, and ultimately turning to the Ruinous Powers. As such, tankers of the Tallarn Fourth were a rare but notable sight on both sides of the Civil War. Beneath the Eye of Horus or the Imperial Aquila, the now-Veteran companies fought all the way from the Battle of Tallarn to the Siege of Terra, and beyond. #solarauxilia #imperialarmy #tallarn #battleoftallarn #tallarndesertraiders #warhammercommunity #warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammer40000 #kitbash #wargaming #horusheresy #imperialismilitia #warpcults #astramilitarum #imperialguard #hobbystreak #hobbystreakday386 (at Wakefield) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClznpPzo95N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
