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Art: “Warhammer 40k Tau XV15 Stealthsuit” by Jakub Palmowski, used with the artist's permission. source

T'au Empire · Unit

XV25 Stealth Battlesuits

Compact T'au battlesuits wrapped in holographic disruption fields that render them nearly invisible until their Burst Cannons and Fusion Blasters open fire.

T'au Empire Farsight Enclaves

Category: Elites
Faction: T'au Empire
Related characters: 3

Illustrated by Jakub Palmowski (“Warhammer 40k Tau XV15 Stealthsuit”, used with permission)

Lore & origins

Known in the T'au lexicon as the "Lone Heroes" of the Kauyon (Patient Hunter) doctrine, XV25 Stealth Battlesuit teams operate far behind enemy lines for weeks without resupply. Each compact jet-pack suit is sheathed in an array of networked holographic disruption emitters that bend ambient light and damp thermal signatures, blending the pilot seamlessly into rubble, jungle, or desert sand. Only when an enemy column walks directly into their kill-zone do the Stealth Suits shimmer into view amid a hail of Burst Cannon fire.

Appearance & wargear

Smooth, egg-shaped ochre or camouflage-adaptive battlesuits with a multi-lens optical sensor cluster, compact jet-pack thrusters, and an arm-mounted multi-barrel Burst Cannon or anti-tank Fusion Blaster.

Weapons & Vehicles

Standard Armament & Combat LoadoutXV25 Stealth Battlesuits mount multi-barrelled Burst Cannons or anti-armour Fusion Blasters alongside holographic stealth generators.

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Battlefield role & tactics

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