Experienced veterans can wear Broadside Battlesuits and are the most heavily armed of all Tau ground troops. Broadside teams utilize a heavily modified version of the Crisis Battlesuit armor. The standard jetpack is removed, which frees up weight for the incorporation of some extremely heavy weapon systems. Broadside teams must be able to engage and destroy heavily armored targets and, consequently, are equipped with the most devastating weapons in the Tau arsenal.

A powerfully built variant of the Crisis battlesuit, the advanced sensor suite employed by the XV88 battlesuit grants the wearer the Acute Senses special rule, found in the Warhammer 40,000 Universal Special Rules section. The battlesuits do not count as moving when they fire Rapid Fire weapons. This ability does not extend to heavy weapons, however, and the user must be stationary to fire them.

You may include a team of one to three XV88 Broadside Battlesuits in your Tau army as a Heavy Support choice.