To?the Thousand Sons, the use of armoured transports within their line companies was a means to an end rather than a preferred mode of warfare, as it was to some Space Marine Legions. Seldom massed disproportionally in their deployments, the Thousand Sons Legion preferred to field only such armoured transport vehicles needed to ensure the protection of its Legionaries in transit, and with a degree of defence and mobility rather than striking power as their goal. Smaller vehicles were rarely utilised in the front line among such armoured contingents given their limited survivability, with the ubiquitous Rhino often relegated to second line and support duties in favour of the Land Raider Proteus which dominated the Legion's deployments. Line of battle tanks such as the Predator and the Sicaran, as well as mobile artillery formations within the Thousand Sons were held by the Legion in sizable numbers, but remained largely the purview of specialised armoured phalanxes that had little, if any, direct infantry contingent of their own. Instead, these forces were released on an engagement by engagement basis by the Legion's strategic command, often as much in response to the urging of divination as forward logistical planning. Utilised against enemies entrenched in highly defended fortifications against which only the heaviest of their muster could deliver an opening for the remaining forces to breach, their weapons fire guided by preternatural forces, the tanks of the Thousand Sons were a deadly, if largely unsung component of their Legions record of victory.

對千瘡之子而言，在他們的連隊中使用裝甲運輸車是一種達到目的的手段，而非像某些星際戰(zhàn)士軍團那樣是首選的戰(zhàn)爭方式。千子軍團很少大規(guī)模的不相稱部署，他們偏好于僅部署裝甲運輸車輛以確保其途中的軍團成員得到保護，目標是提供一定程度的防御力和機動性而非提升攻擊力。千子軍團當中也擁有數(shù)量相當大的諸如捕食者和西卡然之類戰(zhàn)斗坦克隊列和移動炮兵編隊，不過他們?nèi)匀恢饕翘胤N裝甲方陣，這些方陣幾乎沒有自己直屬的步兵分隊。相反，這些部隊是由軍團的戰(zhàn)略司令部的交戰(zhàn)原則釋放到戰(zhàn)爭中的，通常而言，（這樣做時）回應鳥卜的要求與考量后勤計劃一樣重要。在對抗那些堅守在高度防御的工事中的敵人時，只有集群中最為重型的載具能為其余部隊的突破打開通路，超自然力量引導他們的武器開火，雖然在軍團勝利記錄中基本上沒有被頌揚過，但千子軍團的坦克是致命的。

During the Battle of Prospero, all surviving armoured contingents, scattered in sub-surface bunkers and armourium bays across the city of Tizca, were deployed hastily and in an ad hoc fashion to delay the offensive of the Censure Host. It is estimated that these vehicles numbered only one tenth to a fifth of the Legions overall armoured strength, and the fate of the rest remains uncertain.

在普洛斯配羅之戰(zhàn)當中，所有幸存下來的裝甲中隊（他們被散布在整個提茲卡城的地下掩體和軍械庫隔艙中）被匆忙地進行了臨時部署來延緩懲戒戰(zhàn)群的攻勢。人們推測這些載具的數(shù)量僅僅是軍團總體裝甲兵力的十分之一到五分之一，而且這些剩余載具的命運仍然處于不確定中。

The 'Karakh': This Land Raider Proteus, recorded prior to the Burning of Prospero as the 'Karakh', was one such armoured carrier deployed among the streets of Tizca at the defence of the Pyzene Garrison tower, using its bulk to block an avenue so that a number of retreating Thousand Sons, and Legion-thralls laden with rescued ammunition paniers, could flee to the temporary safety of the tower. Against the mass assault of the Space Wolves forces, the Karakh could not hope to withstand as, despite its heavy armour, the sheer weight of weapons fire unleashed against it would result in its destruction. However, the delay?this provided the retrieval effort ensured that the munitions would not be lost to the oncoming horde and the Thousand Sons' defences would be able to stand against the Censure Host for a while longer.

“卡拉罕”號：這輛普羅托斯型蘭德掠奪者，在普羅斯佩羅的焚滅之前被記錄為“卡拉罕”號，這輛裝甲運輸車在Pyzene衛(wèi)戍塔防御戰(zhàn)中被部署到了提茲卡城的街道上。他使用自己的車體堵住了一條大道，所以許多撤退的千子軍團戰(zhàn)士、滿載著挽救出的彈藥馱箱的軍團仆役能夠逃往衛(wèi)戍塔的臨時安全區(qū)?？ɡ碧柕挚怪找袄遣筷牭拇笠?guī)模進攻，雖然它有著厚重的裝甲，但它也無望頂住將導致其毀滅武器火力所釋放出來的十足力量。不過，它造成的拖延提供了(讓友軍)撤退的效果（機仆：我覺得原文應該是寫錯了，應該是retreat），確保了彈藥不會被遺留給即將來臨的狼群，千子軍團的防御將能夠抵御懲戒戰(zhàn)群更長的一段時間。