Hey everyone, it's Adam from TheDiceAbide again, back for more punishment. Hot on the tail of my Heretics and Renegades First Impressions, it's now time to properly read through the book and talk about the specific vehicles that jumped out to me and why. I'll probably do a more in-depth review at some point in the future to go over them all individually, but for now, here are my favorites.
Chaos Relic Sicaran Battle Tank
I think putting the Sicaran at the top of the list is a safe place for it. Chaos has for a long time struggled with skimmers, especially now that Dark Eldar also get those lovely 3+ jinks... Well fear no more! A reasonably cost fast vehicle with armour that will make a Wave Serpent cry, and a main armament dishing out 6 twin-linked rending autocannon shots a turn that ignore jink. This can even serve as anti-air in a pinch. I'm sure that we'll see these fairly often in Chaos armies, though it will require a Warpsmith, Abaddon or Sorcerer with Maleficic to take more than one (as an Infernal Relic).
Chaos Hell Blade
I loved the Hell Blade before, now it's even better. It's down 15 points, but for coincidentally a 15 point fee, you can upgrade both of it's Reaper autocannon to heavy 3 and rending. It also has a nifty rule where it can move D6+2" in any direction before it moves (but maintaining the same facing), which can be used to move backward so that you can turn earlier and shoot something that you flew past. They're lightly armored, but are strong competition with the Space Marine Storm Talon now. Definitely worth considering as a cheap source of anti-air, that can even put the hurt on most land-based vehicles.
Chaos Fire Raptor Gunship
The big daddy gunship, they were experimental before and are now finalized in all their glory. They compete for Heavy Support choices, but they bring a nasty punch with a twin-linked avenger bolt cannon, plus two Reaper autocannon batteries (heavy 4, twin-linked), and it's useless Hellstrike missile can be upgraded to far more handy Balefire incendiary missiles (S5 large blasts that ignore cover).