hh7节译：千子军团装甲部队

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.

对千疮之子而言，在他们的连队中使用装甲运输车是一种达到目的的手段，而非像某些星际战士军团那样是首选的战争方式。千子军团很少大规模的不相称部署，他们偏好于仅部署装甲运输车辆以确保其途中的军团成员得到保护，目标是提供一定程度的防御力和机动性而非提升攻击力。千子军团当中也拥有数量相当大的诸如捕食者和西卡然之类战斗坦克队列和移动炮兵编队，不过他们仍然主要是特种装甲方阵，这些方阵几乎没有自己直属的步兵分队。相反，这些部队是由军团的战略司令部的交战原则释放到战争中的，通常而言，（这样做时）回应鸟卜的要求与考量后勤计划一样重要。在对抗那些坚守在高度防御的工事中的敌人时，只有集群中最为重型的载具能为其余部队的突破打开通路，超自然力量引导他们的武器开火，虽然在军团胜利记录中基本上没有被颂扬过，但千子军团的坦克是致命的。

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.

在普洛斯配罗之战当中，所有幸存下来的装甲中队（他们被散布在整个提兹卡城的地下掩体和军械库隔舱中）被匆忙地进行了临时部署来延缓惩戒战群的攻势。人们推测这些载具的数量仅仅是军团总体装甲兵力的十分之一到五分之一，而且这些剩余载具的命运仍然处于不确定中。

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”号：这辆普罗托斯型兰德掠夺者，在普罗斯佩罗的焚灭之前被记录为“卡拉罕”号，这辆装甲运输车在Pyzene卫戍塔防御战中被部署到了提兹卡城的街道上。他使用自己的车体堵住了一条大道，所以许多撤退的千子军团战士、满载着挽救出的弹药驮箱的军团仆役能够逃往卫戍塔的临时安全区。卡拉罕号抵抗着太空野狼部队的大规模进攻，虽然它有着厚重的装甲，但它也无望顶住将导致其毁灭武器火力所释放出来的十足力量。不过，它造成的拖延提供了(让友军)撤退的效果（机仆：我觉得原文应该是写错了，应该是retreat），确保了弹药不会被遗留给即将来临的狼群，千子军团的防御将能够抵御惩戒战群更长的一段时间。