City ruins are the tomb of every vehicle. Striding Machines tend to avoid heavily built up areas even with proper supports, favoring to go no deeper than the suburbs.
With how often machine cavalry squadrons are redeployed many have to resupply on the fly resulting in many eclectic and personalized loadouts.
Blackmaw Heavy Industries was nationalized shortly after its work on miniaturizing laser weaponry showed fruit.
One of the player characters for a friend's 40k Dark Heresy game.
The Hilda is a competent ambush hunter, trading versatility for long range firepower. Its shortcomings require it to be paired with proper support platforms that allow it do disengage and reposition.
Due to its age the conqueror has been pulled from frontline service. A handful can be found in backwater garrisons providing base security till these machines finally give out, or be dumped by the hundreds on the surplus market.