http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/quadl.htm
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/quadlcrew.htm
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/pdf/quad.pdf
Today, one of the most famous artillery pieces in the Warhammer 40,000 universe makes a welcome return to Imperial Guard armies: The Imperial Thudd Gun. Also known as the Quad-Launcher, the Thudd Gun is one of the lighter pieces of field artillery still in Imperial service and is essentially four mortars mounted on a towed carriage. The model itself is surprisingly large with four squat barrels out front and a huge breech assembly at the back. A big, heavy carriage similar to the Imperial Heavy Mortar released a few weeks ago supports the gun while a small shield covers the elevation mechanism and axle. A big `Well done!` to Will Hayes here: This is a real artillery piece. Big, ugly, heavy, and workman-like.
As massive users of artillery, the Death Korps of Krieg still field many batteries of Thudd Guns, sometimes grouping them together into much larger formations so as to completely devastate enemy positions prior to the inevitable overwhelming infantry assault. To aid in building the Heavy Support sections of your Death Korps army, almost everybody in the Forge World Studio have worked together and made a complete set of Death Korps Thudd Gun Crew which really are very nice.
If you don?t collect Death Korps of Krieg yet, (There are a few of you still futilely resisting. Give in now, it`s for the best.), I don?t think it would take very much work at all to convert plastic Cadian or Catachan heavy weapon crew or infantry to make your own, unique set of Thudd Gun crew.
Warwick has also kindly let us have a set of experimental rules for using Thudd Guns in Imperial Guard armies, these can be downloaded as a .pdf file here.
Looks decent enough from where I'm sitting, but I can't be bothered looking at the rules.
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You sure the staffer wasn't yanking your.. er.. chain