The Wartrakk is an Ork light vehicle: a warbuggy body bolted onto a tracked chassis by Mekboyz. It trades top speed for rough-terrain grip and heavier guns, and it’s one of the cheapest ways to put mobile firepower in an Ork list.
What the Wartrakk actually is
Mekboyz take the versatile warbuggy and mount it on a sturdy track unit. The result keeps the buggy’s open, ramshackle look but swaps wheels for treads. That’s the whole idea: a buggy that doesn’t bog down when the ground turns to rubble.
The trade is speed. A Wartrakk gives up some of the warbuggy’s pace in exchange for crossing ruined cities and broken ground, and for carrying more gun. It’s a support vehicle, not a racer.
Weapons and performance
Standard Wartrakks carry either a twin-linked big shoota or a rokkit launcha, so you pick between a volume of light shots and a smaller number of hard-hitting rockets. The tracked chassis is what lets it bring that firepower to places a wheeled buggy would struggle.
- Weight: around two tons
- Speed: roughly 100kph on-road, 60kph off-road
- Armament: twin-linked big shoota or rokkit launcha
- Role: mobile fire support and light harassment
On the tabletop
The Wartrakk came back in the Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon box, and it’s built for hit-and-run shooting. Fire your rokkits, then use the speed you’ve still got to get out of trouble. Or, being Orks, to get into it.
The rokkit launcha hits hard enough to worry Terminators, with high Strength and enough AP to push them onto invulnerable saves. The catch is accuracy, which is very Ork. You get a decent number of shots, so something usually connects.
It’s also a useful partner for Warbikers, adding heavier support to a fast-moving group, or it can run alone as a cheap harassment unit that your opponent has to deal with.
Where it sits in the Ork motor pool
Think of the Wartrakk as the middle rung between the warbuggy and the bigger tracked vehicles. The Warbuggy is faster and lighter. The Big Trakk is a larger tracked transport. The Wartrakk Skorcha is the same chassis carrying a heavy flamer instead of shootas or rokkits.
Like most Ork vehicles, it’s a Mekboyz improvisation rather than a factory pattern, which is why the details shift between editions and kits.
Key facts
- The Wartrakk is an Ork tracked vehicle built by Mekboyz from the warbuggy design.
- It trades speed for rough-terrain mobility and heavier firepower.
- Standard armament is a twin-linked big shoota or a rokkit launcha.
- It weighs about two tons and does roughly 100kph on-road, 60kph off-road.
- It returned to the tabletop in the Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon box as mobile fire support.
FAQ
Is the Wartrakk fast?
Fast for a tracked vehicle, but slower than the warbuggy it’s based on. Sources put it around 100kph on-road and 60kph off-road.
What’s the difference between a Wartrakk and a Warbuggy?
The Wartrakk swaps the buggy’s wheels for tracks. That costs it some speed but lets it handle rough terrain and carry heavier weapons.
What weapons does a Wartrakk carry?
Either a twin-linked big shoota or a rokkit launcha. The Wartrakk Skorcha variant mounts a heavy flamer instead.