The Atlas is mainly used to recover damaged or immobilised tanks from the front where they can be repaired, but it can also be used to simply move a vehicle out of the way of other vehicles, and to move other obstructions. If a vehicle is completely destroyed, and beyond repair, it is stripped of usable equipment and unfired ammunition, its Machine Spirit commended to the Emperor, and then its chassis is left to rust in peace. The large spade on the rear of the Atlas is used to keep the tank from being dragged backwards by the weight of its target. Heavily damaged vehicles can be placed on trailers and hauled away by a Trojan to be repaired at a better-equipped facility. The Atlas uses a powerful rear-mounted crane to tow vehicles out of the line of fire and to the field repair shop, where they can be fixed and sent back into combat. The Atlas is an armoured recovery vehicle based on a tank chassis that is used by the forces of the Astra Militarum and possibly other Imperial forces such as Planetary Defence Forces and the armed forces of the Inquisition to recover damaged or immobilised armoured vehicles during and after a battle. An Atlas pulling a stricken Leman Russ tank from danger
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