I'm sad that you didn't explicitly mention that when the deathstrike missile had unlimited range that people used to send them down the phone. People would call up another GW store and ask if there is another game going on and fire a deathstrike missile at them.
My 40k group had a guard player that had 4 deathstrikes, and we called a gw store in another state and did this, he launched all 4 missiles and almost annihilated a players army in that store helping another guard player. Everyone in our store had a celebration when he did that
When most armies barage something with artillery, it gets hit like the most violent barrages in irl history. When the guard barrages something, the shells literally blot out the sun and the explosions arrive with such frequency that you cannot distinguish between when and where one begins or ends. They would refer to such as a moderate intensity bombardment.
The "shells blot out the sun" thing has never been achieved in reality, but the latter part certainly has. On the western front in ww1, an artillery barrage where you could pick out the individual shells was considered to be medium intensity. Soldiers repeatedly wrote about how heavy artillery barrages sounded more like the roar of the ocean than the firing of guns, as the sound of explosions was utterly constant.
As the wife of the painter from Furaffinity(1:25:00) -- he was still very happy to get the recognition and enjoyed the humor! He posted that YEARS ago before IG or Twitter was a really thing haha! Glad you guys enjoyed the paint job! Great work digging ^^
There are few joys greater than watching the look on your opponents face when you somehow manage to launch the deathstrike on round 2 and it goes form 40k to defcon real fucken quick
Hey, I was just checking the guard and maybe they don't have that much of stacked rules but that double shoot on leman russ is pretty good, there was this weapon that had 20 S5 shoots so he could unleash 40 shoots for around 170 points and also be packed with a lot of different weapons up to 220, one tank ace can get -1 AP so basically 40 shoots of old heavy bolter, few of these tanks and you have a lot of fire power, then you can take a lot of bulgryns to block enemies and defend your base, psykers to BUFF and Basic astra military squads can have lascanon and basically sit in cover and shoot and if you can take tempestus scions in regular IG army, u can have like 3 deep strike troops to appear whenever there's a need to score some victory points
To Shy's thing of wanting Leman Russ driving a Leman Russ tank... I feel like Leman Russ should be sitting on the top of the tank like an enlarged cat on a death roomba.
There are some IG forces that are more likely to artillery-strike their own men, mostly Valhallan or Krieg, but luckily, everybody knows that artillery wont hit the faithful, those were low in faith so there is no problem. There are also situations where a commander calls firo on his current position, but those are normally from 2 categories: A) about to be overrun by Daemons, Drukhari or Tyranids and you want to take them with you, or B) there is still one route of escape and you have fast wheels. I remember Ciaphas Cain doing the latter.
Guard has a stratagem called fire on my position. It’s trash but it’s so flavorful. For 3 command points whenever a unit with a voxcaster is destroyed, every unit within 3” take D3 mortal wounds. At least I think that’s how it works I’ve never used it. Too expensive and niche
@@devinjohnson3913 I used to damage half of the sister army once with simular ability in 8th ed. My Wraithseer had Phoenix Gem relic that would damage everyone for D3 mortal wounds around and reborn the model with 1 wound remaining. There wasnt really much options for Craftworld Relics so it was the only one viable.. my Wraithseer happened to survive a bit and had a whole blop of progressing sister army around while some of the models were finishng him in melee.. it activated just in the middle of the blob.. Sister Repentia took 3 wounds, Canoness two or 3, battle squad one, celestians one or two and repentia superior two, Imagifier one or two as I remember.. Maybe there was the Missionary in range too xD
“Sir the Kriegers have been Armed with Plasma Weapons,Hotshot Lasguns, and Flamers.” “Good, now they will be more effective against Enemy Armo-wait who did you say was Armed?” “The Death Korps of Krieg, sir.” “Oh Emperor no, the Casualty Rate could be too high to sustain!”
@@bjornthefellhanded5655 Guardsman what did you do?!. The Commissar ask about them nervously Where is the commissar? Idk my Lord, they saw him dead near there outpost, must've been a enemy sniper they Said
Laugh at the Malcador Infernus if you will, but it is based off a really effective design from WW2. The Crocodile was a Churchill variant with the front machine gun swapped out for a flamethrower; the separate fuel cart gave them a lot of ammunition without adding much fiery death risk, and if it was damaged or empty the tank crew just detached and carried on with their fully functional main turret and second machine gun. They were devastating against bunkers and trenches, much of the time Germans just surrendered when Crocodiles approached.
I used to think it was based off the Churchill Croc, but I just now realized that it reminds me more of a super sized version of the Italian L3/33 flamethrower tankette
Eldar: WHY HASN'T IT STOPPED FIRING! Tank: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Eldar: ISHA SAVE US! Tank: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT Eldar: Wow... that worked? Tank commander while crew reloads: [smiles with malicious intent]
38:24 This concept intrigued me, so here's a shot at some info regarding it. Russ's Devil is a Variant of the Leman Russ Battle tank employed only by the Catachan Jungle fighters. "Developed" by Tech preists during Demonic incursions after the Fall of Cadia, Russ's Devil was constructed under the persuasion of Catachan officers give soilders heavier firepower against the Deamonic Hordes. The variant was constructed to navigate the harsh jungle terrain of catachan, which it accomplishes with suprising ease. Its main armaments are a Heavy Flamer, mounted to the underside of the vehicle. A Salvaged Avenger Bolt Cannon, which is mounted to the main turret. Atop which a Heavy Bolter is mounted on a swivel turrent. Massive sawblades are mounted on the front to allow it to cut the brush of the world make surprisingly effective melee weapons. The Vehicle is surprisingly Popular with guardsmen. However members of the Inquisition are concerned about the components in tank being of Deamonic Origin. "That Thing is a pain to work with. The Bolt Cannon's barrels consistently get to the point of melting. The sawblades have to be replaced practically daily. I have to say 3 different Rites of Activation to get Thing to start." - An Exasperated Engiseer on the Topic of Russ's Devil.
*Departmento Munitorum* We just send you 1/100 of sector's arsenal worth of ammunitions... You all still want more!? *Krieg* We just use all that in a month *Cadia* Everthing you can provide *Catachan* Yes *Armageddon* Never enough
a squad with normally only pistols or SMGs. not very often they would have anything larger than that, since a full-sized rifle would be a pain in the ass to quickly pull out and use, or even move around the tank at all.
The Imperial Guard armor is what got me into 40k. Something about shooting insane amount of fire from frontline leman russes, baneblades, and manticores to wipe anything off the map awakes some primal joy in me. I got a 2500 point mechanized guard list painted with a shadowsword left to paint.
i love how the leman russ was basically named as a joke by space wolves and in 30k it was fucking terrible, but its pretty much the best think the devolved imperium has left in numbers. one more reason for rowboat to hate being alive lol.
@@lukelblitz3627 i cant remember where id heard that, i think it was arch or majorkill so they were probably fucking round. they had way better than the leman russ in 30k though
I mean, going by rules it is a much better tank than anything the marines got, so idk man, my Salamanders get pretty jelly everytime them guardsmen show up in the neighborhood, drivin in squads of three and blasting their guns twice in one round.
@@lukalovric2463 So a tank everyone shits on but it’s more reliable, easier to produce, and almost as effective as the overhyped tanks that take ten times more resources to produce yet everyone shits on it anyway because they don’t actually get war.
Close but the Basilisk only has a 132mm gun (5.25 inch) rather than the 203mm (8 inch) on the M110 so it's actually closer to the secondary battery on the KGV or the main battery of the first 11 Dido-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during WWII.
@@steweygrrr The Basilisk is way smaller than I thought. Wouldve expected at least an 8 inch on a 40K tank, hell throw a 16 inch gun on there and return the Tau to the stone age
I'm surprised they didn't touch on the Quake cannon varient of the baneblade. Where it's ammo harnesses the dying scream of planets that have been extermenautus'd.
Not really, it's track shape and style is actually closer to things like the char B1 and Renault ft (speaking of, the oldest depictions of russes is giant Renault FTs). Infact The only thing it really has in common with the British mark 1-iv is that it has sponsoons, which is low hanging fruit.
@@matthiuskoenig3378 If anything out of the WW1 french tanks it'd be most close in design with, it'd be the FT but 2 or 3 times bigger. But it's biggest resemblance is to the Mark 1.
Basilisks aren't even that silly. Look at the some of the Stryker variants the US Army has. I remember seeing some of those in our motor pool and thinking it looked goofy.
those strykers were only ever supposed to have a 7.62 mg mounted on it when it was designed, then it wound up with a 20mm bushmaster, haha. scary when your government starts thinking like the ig...
@@DrLennieSmall the good ol MGS. I've always had an affinity for them, I think they're badass. I've also seen one tilt a bit due to the guns recoil and because the gun was traversed a bit to far to the side.
DK hasn't seen a dozer blade on a tank: can I introduce you to the mine flail attachment for the WW2 Sherman? Also the overpressure on the earthshaker cannon could probably kill a Terminator at close range.
I love how there is a variant of the Baneblade (Shadowsword) where it's canon in lore that their machine spirits and that of Titans hate each other, because a Shadowsword is a titan killer.
I'm not sure if this is a typo or not by it is cannon in my heart Traitor's Bane - A Hellhammer scavenged by the 183rd Catachan regiment to aid in their guerrilla war against the forces of Chaos during the latter's occupation of Pythos. Refitted and upgraded by the Jokaero K'cee, this Hellhammer is unique in the sense that it has been fitted with extra external armor and the ability to release electrical surges throughout it's outer armor. It has also been upgraded so that it can reach a speed of 200 mph without the crew noticing the incredible speed's effects. Playing a pivotal role in both the defense of different strongholds and offense in the reconquest of Pythos. Throughout the campaign it has served as the mobile HQ of Colonel "Death" Strike. Earning it's name from it's numerous kills and the fear it induced in the many forces of Chaos plaguing the Deathworld Pythos.
Considering how much emphasis the Guard puts on arty, the training of Forward Observers is probably pretty good, so friendly fire should be limited to danger-close when positions are almost overrun.
@@ObsidiaBlack1 Gaunt's Ghosts, Honour Guard, a pair of Leman Russ tanks were used for clearing out a path through a minefield so that the rest of the expedition could move through without issue.
Various Tank Thoughts: I believe the old Colossus was based on a Leman Russ chassis. The shells for its cannon are so huge that it doesn't carry its own ammo. Every Colossus has to be followed by a Trojan which carries the shells and lifts them into the gun with a crane. The newer variant of the M1 Abrams, the M1A2C, weighs around 79 tons. So the Leman Russ is doing just fine in terms of mass. Turretless tank destroyers & assault guns like the Destroyer and Thunderer were common in both the German and Soviet armies of WWII.
Also the standard M1A2 comes in just slightly above 70 tons. Additionally Abrams tanks have a top speed of just slightly below 70 kph but that is only because it is governed, if it was allowed to go all out it would rip its suspension and tracks apart. Yah putting a jet engine in a tank!
Tell how many quotes you needed to recognize untit from DoW. Last one is dead giveaway. "We'll leave nothing standing." "We will lead by example." "Doubt is for the dying." "All guns, fire until they glow!" "We'll make the Emperor proud." "Failure is a weakness of the enemy." "We'll flatten anything standing in our way." "Fire, all barrels hot!" "All guns, on my mark!" "All guns, strike true!" "You'll not find us lacking, sir." "As you command, so shall it be." "Roll over them!" "All Guardsmen, follow me to glory!" "All cannons at the ready, fire!" "Who's dying now?" "Keep firin' 'til I see the glow of our barrels!" "Ready to unleash eleven barrels of hell!"
@@lukalovric2463 Well it took an embarrassing longtime in DOW gamea to figure that you both need the bane blade depot AND the highest vehicle cap. It sheer size and some bad path finding made want to use Hell hounds, basilisk and Leman Russ more. Fargo, I didnt hear all of these sayings"
It's not just a night lord mentality, as an ork player one of my personal victories in a match was dropping a Primaris with grot blastas. Nothing like watching an immortal upgraded demigod getting wrecked by a barrage of cheap pistol fire.😂
My favorite guard moment is running over post-9th Blood Angel vanguard vets with a banesword in close combat and wiping the squad because I used the 2+ WS stratagem and they buggered the charge the turn before. Adamantium Treads are brutal af.
@@sandau44 it's for ppl who have an affinity for anthropomorphized animals, or sapient beings with animal physical characteristics; incidentally, i wonder if there are subcategories called scalies and featheries
@@CorvusCorone68 scalies are definitely a thing, not sure about other things though. Although, "affinity" is a bit of a wrong word here, as this "appreciation" is pretty much always in the form of pornography.
In defence of the deathstrike missile being on a mobile platform, the Imperial Guard is a very mobile force relatively speaking. I mean the Guard aren’t tied to one planet (besides the planet they recruit from, which they only take the absolute best of said planets planetary defence force but that’s a discussion for another time) but they’re constantly on the move from one warzone to the next via troopships. Seems to make a lot more sense giving deathstrike missiles a dedicated, mobile platform to facilitate easier and faster deployment to whatever fire base they’re assigned to until they’re needed. Besides the fact that you should take 40k art with a grain of salt (I like to think of much of it as in universe propaganda) there’s no real reason a deathstrike missile should be anywhere near the front lines unless those lines have moved close to an IG deployment zone.
If I remember correctly lore wise the macharuis super heavy battle tank really came into its own during the seige of vraks. Its was kinda used in a similar capacity to a baneblade but given the nature of vraks and the krieg the Macharius was kinda seen as an expendable baneblade. Much quicker to make, slightly less powerful but filled the role. No were near as sacred and revered so it wouldnt be held off in reserve when needed like a baneblade would for fear of loosing the holy baneblade. So because of this its seen mostly in the hands of kreig, lower teir forge worlds outfitting lesser worlds in seiges and other scratch company or last chancer groups.
Fun fact, according to that chart of the baneblade family names, there are at least 13 other varients, including stuff like the falchion and the glaive
26:06 In Ghostmaker, Gaunt and his Ghosts were fired upon on Voltemand after they'd taken a city. Basilisks from the Ketzok Serpents, specifically an artillery regiment, fired upon the position they were resting at, having been given the command to fire upon the region due to retreating heretics (this wasn't true though), two to three hundred were dead, three or two hundred wounded. When Gaunt got to the Basilisks, he punched the colonel in charge of them in the face, and they'd only just started getting friendly too. Gaunt eventually reached the headquarters of General Sturm, and got pissed off at him, and the commander of the Basilisks had his own vehicle drive through the gate of the building Sturm was using as his headquarters do that he could help with a little scheme to ensure Gaunt didn't get a court martial for attacking a fellow officer. Also, think you could cover the Tanith First-and-Only?
haven´t even seen anything more than the background pic yet, but knowing you guys in know im gonna love it so here is my like and comment hope it helps you grow even more love your content(despite being a 20+Y WH40K fan)
I understand why the baneblades need a techpriest to make sure it runs: it's probably got a hot drinks machine with working bar inside, so when the troops inside have something to do while the tank does all the work
The Minotaur can be taken by Space Marine Legions in the Horus Heresy, The Outer Circle did a full blown conversion of one to make it fit the Space Marine design scheme and it's gorgeous.
The Infernus Malcador tank is probably based on the Churchill Crocodile, a WW2 flamethrower tank used on bunkers mainly for intimidation to get Germans to surrender. And yes, the Crocodiles had the fuel trailer in the back like the Infernus.
Mmmm, THIS is the lore I truly relish in. The hardware, the rolling fortresses, the awe inspiring firepower, the sheer overwhelming dakka that is isn't the Orks! At least that's what the Guard brings to the table for vehicles and weapons platforms. I love the Tau, Necron, and Eldar arsenals and motor pools for different reasons, though awe inspiring firepower is a common theme.
A Chimera is more of a IFV tbh, APCs just drive and drop off while having a small amount of armor to make sure the infantry don't die to shrapnel, while IFVs stay in the fight and support the infantry.
@@AbyssWatcher745 I wasn't uploading much else there at the time XDDD I couldn't afford money for art commissions, I was spending it all on Warhammer! hahaha
A fun story I read about Deathstrike missile having unlimited range is that some GW stores had a bunch of games where US Atlantic coast stores bombed British stores but they themselves got bombed by Pacific coast stores. Oh yeah, the tables had games going on as well. Most missiles just hit around the store but some did hit the game tables. 23:00 actually Flak guns tended to be really good at anti-tank. An example is the famed German 88 mm gun. Originally an AA piece but later became an AT gun, also was the main armament of the Tiger tank. 39:50 Jagdpanzer.Also Stug-III. Also Jagdtiger and Jagdpanther. 1:07:00 The Gorgon looks like the D-Day landing ships.
God, I love the cyclops. My favorite moment with it is when through sheer ignorance on an Eldar player I got it close to the front of his army and blew up his wraith guard, dire avengers, half of his striking scorpions and his autarch in one fell swoop thanks to fantastic rolls on my part and catastrophic ones on his. He just looked at me in shock before uttering the softest "Good game" and shaking my hand. Real nice dude.
Modern self propelled artillery also have anti infantry weapons either mounted on the hull like the basilisk or turret mounted. The Basilisk is basically a WW2 self propelled artillery, check out Panzerhaubitze Hummel or the M7 Priest.
Love seeing Kirioth again! Though it is less weeb when he's around. So, that's why I recommend watching 'Girls und Panzer'. That's where I got my tank knowledge.
I would love more breakdowns on other factions' gear/vehicles, from eldar to tau to necrons and so on. Loves this episode and Kirioth made a brilliant third host too!
If you want spider tanks look up Mortian miniatures, they got three different sizes of spider tanks including a freaking baneblade one. Though the owner is a bit of an oddball so he can be a bit difficult to work with sometimes. But regardless of that I love the spider tanks he's got and I can't wait to build my super-heavy warcrawler at some point when I get time to.
Everyone always has a great moment or line in this series but I'd like to thank shy for all of the memes. I have not seen many of them and they're just great.
Yes! This is my army. I'm still building it (need either hellhounds or sentinals), have yet to paint it, but I do have about 2300 pts of Imperial Guard heavy armour.
Because of the talk about how nice it’d be for infantry to deploy from a Superheavy tank bristling with guns and the talk at the end about transporting cyclops vehicles. I’m imagining 40 guardsmen lividly seething because they have to hoof it through enemy fire. All so General Bricky could fill their Stormlord with 6ish Cyclops Demo Vehicles.
Note about flamethrower tanks: External fuel trailers let you carry a lot more gas AND if your fuel supply *does* explode it explodes *outside* of the tank.
Bricky coming for my man, Luetin! Also, every single excited "let's go" from Bricky just makes me chuckle. He has big "5 year old kid getting a SNES for Christmas in the 90s" energy.
How did I miss this!!! Podcast of my favorites! Love Kirioth! Such a good human being, brings genuine happiness without shame to the hobby! I could listen this everyday!
In response to the friendly fire question... that depends on the company you are talking about. Cadians are known for pinpoint timing so the last shell lands and explodes right before it could hit their charging men. Krieg on the other hand never stop firing artillery until the flag is raised saying they have claimed the position, so a lot of friendly fire.
39:39 There were a BUNCH of German "Jagdpanzers" like that. StugIII, StugIV, Jagdpanzer IV, Hetzer etc. It's pretty much something they did with every tank hull they built during ww2 at some point. Take the turret off, fit a bigger gun into the hull and use it as a tank destroyer.
general "commander you see that ork invasion over there" commander "yes my lord" general "i dont want too" commander "understood my lord" intercontinental ballistic missile barrage
Hey so for the one tank at 39 minutes, that's basically a StuH/StuG from WW2. A lot of these tanks are pretty much 40k-ified WW2 stuff, there's some real neat shit out there! Also about the "It can run on it if it can burn it" engines are already kinda real. There was a whole thing, I forget what car manufacturer, but they had a big showoff deal where they put Chanel 5 in their fuel tank and the thing just went. It performed badly, but it fucking went!
As to DK's comment, bulldozer blades on tanks aren't uncommon, but not common it's been done since WWII with Sherman's, as shown, even StuG lll, to even SPG's some to move rubble and are then called "engineer vehicles " and some are used in the case for SPG's it's meant to dig in and prevent movement from firing
I'm sad that you didn't explicitly mention that when the deathstrike missile had unlimited range that people used to send them down the phone. People would call up another GW store and ask if there is another game going on and fire a deathstrike missile at them.
That is amazing!
This is the best gimmick.
Best thing I've read all week
My 40k group had a guard player that had 4 deathstrikes, and we called a gw store in another state and did this, he launched all 4 missiles and almost annihilated a players army in that store helping another guard player. Everyone in our store had a celebration when he did that
As an australian I did it with a friend in the UK, was hilarious, i miss this feature.
Eldar:"Your machinery is primitive."
Guardsman:"Yeah, but we got A LOT of it. Do you?"
Eldar:.... fair point, FIRE THE DUBSTEP GUN
It takes hundreds of years to train an eldar warrior. It only takes a second to kill them.
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or however long it takes for the artillery barrage to land.
or for the blank to touch them.
@@bluestormpony fire the base cannon
Eldar: breaks Leeman Russ.
Guardsman: opens storage Depot and drives another out.
When most armies barage something with artillery, it gets hit like the most violent barrages in irl history. When the guard barrages something, the shells literally blot out the sun and the explosions arrive with such frequency that you cannot distinguish between when and where one begins or ends. They would refer to such as a moderate intensity bombardment.
Considering their heavy bombardments have cracked planets... moderate is appropriate.
A high intensity one that doesn't leave the opponent knowing they're being shelled. They just die.
Look up footage from WW2 eastern front when russians almost had a cannon for every 4 meters of front. They did blot out the sun with their shots.
The "shells blot out the sun" thing has never been achieved in reality, but the latter part certainly has. On the western front in ww1, an artillery barrage where you could pick out the individual shells was considered to be medium intensity. Soldiers repeatedly wrote about how heavy artillery barrages sounded more like the roar of the ocean than the firing of guns, as the sound of explosions was utterly constant.
WWI in steroids
As the wife of the painter from Furaffinity(1:25:00) -- he was still very happy to get the recognition and enjoyed the humor! He posted that YEARS ago before IG or Twitter was a really thing haha! Glad you guys enjoyed the paint job! Great work digging ^^
That’s awesome
There are few joys greater than watching the look on your opponents face when you somehow manage to launch the deathstrike on round 2 and it goes form 40k to defcon real fucken quick
"The preferred strategy developed by the long history of the Armstrong family" (insert strongman posing)
Try describing Vengeance for Cadia when you have a Baneblade type *evil grin*
Hey, I was just checking the guard and maybe they don't have that much of stacked rules but that double shoot on leman russ is pretty good, there was this weapon that had 20 S5 shoots so he could unleash 40 shoots for around 170 points and also be packed with a lot of different weapons up to 220, one tank ace can get -1 AP so basically 40 shoots of old heavy bolter, few of these tanks and you have a lot of fire power, then you can take a lot of bulgryns to block enemies and defend your base, psykers to BUFF and Basic astra military squads can have lascanon and basically sit in cover and shoot and if you can take tempestus scions in regular IG army, u can have like 3 deep strike troops to appear whenever there's a need to score some victory points
To Shy's thing of wanting Leman Russ driving a Leman Russ tank... I feel like Leman Russ should be sitting on the top of the tank like an enlarged cat on a death roomba.
*enlarged Space Corgi
@@nedcurfman3486
*Big sized Space Coyote
@@davisdf3064
*unusually large humanoid mastiff
*abnormally sized furry
I'm getting Doge Vandire vibes.
Darn it. He could be called Fleaman Russ and be the giant dog on the tank.
Guy with 7 Deathstrikes in his army: "It's not about winning. It's about sending a message."
Lord solar macharius would be proud
*Loads promethium warheads into the deathstrikes* "Everything burns!"
-As I repeated. "not a Fan but yes...."
*Chaotic laughter while firing all seven*
The first rule of warfare is to have fun
There are some IG forces that are more likely to artillery-strike their own men, mostly Valhallan or Krieg, but luckily, everybody knows that artillery wont hit the faithful, those were low in faith so there is no problem.
There are also situations where a commander calls firo on his current position, but those are normally from 2 categories: A) about to be overrun by Daemons, Drukhari or Tyranids and you want to take them with you, or B) there is still one route of escape and you have fast wheels. I remember Ciaphas Cain doing the latter.
I am hyped for the Ciaphas Cain episode.
I love how the commander of the artillery battery disliked him so much that he sent the round without a second hesitation
You forgot necrons, krieg has only ever shelded itself when fighting necrons.
Guard has a stratagem called fire on my position. It’s trash but it’s so flavorful. For 3 command points whenever a unit with a voxcaster is destroyed, every unit within 3” take D3 mortal wounds. At least I think that’s how it works I’ve never used it. Too expensive and niche
@@devinjohnson3913 I used to damage half of the sister army once with simular ability in 8th ed. My Wraithseer had Phoenix Gem relic that would damage everyone for D3 mortal wounds around and reborn the model with 1 wound remaining. There wasnt really much options for Craftworld Relics so it was the only one viable.. my Wraithseer happened to survive a bit and had a whole blop of progressing sister army around while some of the models were finishng him in melee.. it activated just in the middle of the blob.. Sister Repentia took 3 wounds, Canoness two or 3, battle squad one, celestians one or two and repentia superior two, Imagifier one or two as I remember.. Maybe there was the Missionary in range too xD
"How many guard get killed by their own weaponry?"
"Yes."
“Sir the Kriegers have been Armed with Plasma Weapons,Hotshot Lasguns, and Flamers.”
“Good, now they will be more effective against Enemy Armo-wait who did you say was Armed?”
“The Death Korps of Krieg, sir.”
“Oh Emperor no, the Casualty Rate could be too high to sustain!”
@@bjornthefellhanded5655 It's not a casualty rate, it's a high score
@@spiggityspoo756 its a score multiplier actually
@@cjmarion6350 and it's always a competition to see who scores higher
@@bjornthefellhanded5655 Guardsman what did you do?!.
The Commissar ask about them nervously
Where is the commissar?
Idk my Lord, they saw him dead near there outpost, must've been a enemy sniper they Said
Laugh at the Malcador Infernus if you will, but it is based off a really effective design from WW2. The Crocodile was a Churchill variant with the front machine gun swapped out for a flamethrower; the separate fuel cart gave them a lot of ammunition without adding much fiery death risk, and if it was damaged or empty the tank crew just detached and carried on with their fully functional main turret and second machine gun. They were devastating against bunkers and trenches, much of the time Germans just surrendered when Crocodiles approached.
Also Churchills were just dope in general
I used to think it was based off the Churchill Croc, but I just now realized that it reminds me more of a super sized version of the Italian L3/33 flamethrower tankette
Unironically the best tank of the war.
Eldar to a guardsman: You can't beat me
Guardsman: I know... But he can
Tank: *BRRRRRRR*
Eldar: WHY HASN'T IT STOPPED FIRING!
Tank: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Eldar: ISHA SAVE US!
Tank: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT
Eldar: Wow... that worked?
Tank commander while crew reloads: [smiles with malicious intent]
Ah yes the punisher or the stormlord if you really hate something
Oh yes the tank is strong.
BUT IS IT ORKS CHANTING "Im a Tank" STRONG?!
It is the BAAAAAAAANNNNEEEBLAAAAADDE
@@charlesdaugherty321 crews finish reloading *EYES START GLOWING*
My personal canon for the Collosus tank is that the "small" caliber, the one guy is holding, is meant for the hidden side arm of the tank
I like to think that what he's holding is just a primer for the main shell.
@@alexvaraderey that could work too.
What if he's load smaller rounds for a shotgun style blast?
I look at that and think of the KV-2. Russia would be proud
@@androidninja1178 Pfft. ameteur. Look up the FV4005.
NAVAL GUN. ON A TANK.
38:24
This concept intrigued me, so here's a shot at some info regarding it.
Russ's Devil is a Variant of the Leman Russ Battle tank employed only by the Catachan Jungle fighters. "Developed" by Tech preists during Demonic incursions after the Fall of Cadia, Russ's Devil was constructed under the persuasion of Catachan officers give soilders heavier firepower against the Deamonic Hordes.
The variant was constructed to navigate the harsh jungle terrain of catachan, which it accomplishes with suprising ease. Its main armaments are a Heavy Flamer, mounted to the underside of the vehicle. A Salvaged Avenger Bolt Cannon, which is mounted to the main turret. Atop which a Heavy Bolter is mounted on a swivel turrent. Massive sawblades are mounted on the front to allow it to cut the brush of the world make surprisingly effective melee weapons.
The Vehicle is surprisingly Popular with guardsmen. However members of the Inquisition are concerned about the components in tank being of Deamonic Origin.
"That Thing is a pain to work with. The Bolt Cannon's barrels consistently get to the point of melting. The sawblades have to be replaced practically daily. I have to say 3 different Rites of Activation to get Thing to start."
- An Exasperated Engiseer on the Topic of Russ's Devil.
"The heavy bolter may be replaced with a set of dual harpoons, to reel the enemy into the saws"
@@mr.potato2223 Lotara Sarrin tank
@@greatandmightykevin FIRE THE URSA CLAWS
Wait... The Imperium has a cute little Imperial Guard tank commander that literally screams "FIRE THE HARPOONS!"? If so I want her for my regiment.
TANKS
aka the reason the IG is best (alongside actually having humans fighting)
You're welcome - Some Commisar somewhere.
Guard is the next faction my son and I want to collect.
If I were to start collecting models I’d get orks then guard then tyranids
Tanks and Artillery is what helps IG staying strong against Xenos
Imperial officials: How many munitions do you need?
Imperial guard: More.
Kreig: lots more
Catachan: how much you got?
@@kishinasura1989 imperial officials: how much in amunition you need
Kriegsman, CataChad(catachan) Cadians: *YES*
*Departmento Munitorum* We just send you 1/100 of sector's arsenal worth of ammunitions... You all still want more!?
*Krieg* We just use all that in a month
*Cadia* Everthing you can provide
*Catachan* Yes
*Armageddon* Never enough
The god emperor gave me five million shells and I will use ALL of them
@russellstoflet3767 the emperor has given me a billion shells AND I WILL USE THEM ALL
Flamethrower tanks towing a fuel reservoir trailer was a real thing. For examples look at the Churchill Crocodile and the Italian L3-35Lf.
Tank crews used to be able to bailout before they exploded. Then you would have a random 2 or 3 man squad walking around.
a squad with normally only pistols or SMGs. not very often they would have anything larger than that, since a full-sized rifle would be a pain in the ass to quickly pull out and use, or even move around the tank at all.
“What I cannot crush with words, I will crush with the tanks of the Imperial Guard!”
-Lord Solar Macharius
In the short story "stormlord" they mention that the troop carrying bay has gutters and drains for all the blood that inevitably gathers up.
The Imperial Guard armor is what got me into 40k. Something about shooting insane amount of fire from frontline leman russes, baneblades, and manticores to wipe anything off the map awakes some primal joy in me. I got a 2500 point mechanized guard list painted with a shadowsword left to paint.
Kirioth as a reoccurring guest for vehicle & equipment episodes sounds like a very good thing
Especially for the tech heads among our ranks.
The Malcador looks like something Malcador would find and put right next to Sputnik and the wright flyer in his collection
i love how the leman russ was basically named as a joke by space wolves and in 30k it was fucking terrible, but its pretty much the best think the devolved imperium has left in numbers. one more reason for rowboat to hate being alive lol.
Leman Russ tank is basically the Sherman
Blatently wrong!
But hey,almost everything in this channel's comment sections are wrong
@@lukelblitz3627 i cant remember where id heard that, i think it was arch or majorkill so they were probably fucking round. they had way better than the leman russ in 30k though
I mean, going by rules it is a much better tank than anything the marines got, so idk man, my Salamanders get pretty jelly everytime them guardsmen show up in the neighborhood, drivin in squads of three and blasting their guns twice in one round.
@@lukalovric2463 So a tank everyone shits on but it’s more reliable, easier to produce, and almost as effective as the overhyped tanks that take ten times more resources to produce yet everyone shits on it anyway because they don’t actually get war.
Let’s keep Kirioth around, he melds really well with the group
Agreed
Agreed. Two bricky’s Are fun
Yep
We need hum for the other gear break downs. Titans, Tau Tanks, Eldar Tanks and mechs, and aerospace assets for all of them.
Kirioth was chosen by the StuG life.
Random Commissar in the Turret Hatch of a Baneblade: "DRIVER SPEED UP! I WANT TO KILL THEM WITH MY SWORD!"
M110 self-propelled Howitzer is the real world equivalent to the basilisk
Close but the Basilisk only has a 132mm gun (5.25 inch) rather than the 203mm (8 inch) on the M110 so it's actually closer to the secondary battery on the KGV or the main battery of the first 11 Dido-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during WWII.
Or the North Korean/Soviet Koksan or how ever it's spelled.
Nah. Pretty much every sph predating stuff like the paladin would resemble the basilisk.
@@steweygrrr The Basilisk is way smaller than I thought. Wouldve expected at least an 8 inch on a 40K tank, hell throw a 16 inch gun on there and return the Tau to the stone age
so what you are saying, we have a sph better than the basilisk?
I'm surprised they didn't touch on the Quake cannon varient of the baneblade. Where it's ammo harnesses the dying scream of planets that have been extermenautus'd.
Isn't Lehman Russ of the Lake meme literally her request?
The funny thing about the Leman Russ tanks is that it's literally a Mark 1 tank with a turret on top.
Not really, it's track shape and style is actually closer to things like the char B1 and Renault ft (speaking of, the oldest depictions of russes is giant Renault FTs).
Infact The only thing it really has in common with the British mark 1-iv is that it has sponsoons, which is low hanging fruit.
@@matthiuskoenig3378 If anything out of the WW1 french tanks it'd be most close in design with, it'd be the FT but 2 or 3 times bigger.
But it's biggest resemblance is to the Mark 1.
@@matthiuskoenig3378 The chassis shape of the Leman is definitely a British WWI tank. The overall profile is kinda like the Char.
23:56
Stonks.
A large scale mortar bombardment.
4 mortars, so therefore it fires stonks.
I was so amused when I learned this was the actual legit term for this.
Blursed knowledge
Basilisks aren't even that silly. Look at the some of the Stryker variants the US Army has. I remember seeing some of those in our motor pool and thinking it looked goofy.
those strykers were only ever supposed to have a 7.62 mg mounted on it when it was designed, then it wound up with a 20mm bushmaster, haha. scary when your government starts thinking like the ig...
@@stevenunyabidness You're telling me. I was a crewman on a Abrams and it was a strange sight to see a tank cannon mounted on atop a stryker.
@@stevenunyabidness Looke up the stryker mobile gun system
@@DrLennieSmall the good ol MGS. I've always had an affinity for them, I think they're badass.
I've also seen one tilt a bit due to the guns recoil and because the gun was traversed a bit to far to the side.
@@bellsknell3297 I would like your opinion on the 152mm DANA from the Czech than XD
DK hasn't seen a dozer blade on a tank: can I introduce you to the mine flail attachment for the WW2 Sherman?
Also the overpressure on the earthshaker cannon could probably kill a Terminator at close range.
at the very worst, probably turn the contents of the terminator suit to meaty soup
Mineflail isn’t a bulldozer blade.
The m1 Abrams can have a bulldozer blade though.
Sometimes DK do his maximum self assuredness laugh I already know that here comes the stupid again....
I love how there is a variant of the Baneblade (Shadowsword) where it's canon in lore that their machine spirits and that of Titans hate each other, because a Shadowsword is a titan killer.
I'm not sure if this is a typo or not by it is cannon in my heart
Traitor's Bane - A Hellhammer scavenged by the 183rd Catachan regiment to aid in their guerrilla war against the forces of Chaos during the latter's occupation of Pythos. Refitted and upgraded by the Jokaero K'cee, this Hellhammer is unique in the sense that it has been fitted with extra external armor and the ability to release electrical surges throughout it's outer armor. It has also been upgraded so that it can reach a speed of 200 mph without the crew noticing the incredible speed's effects. Playing a pivotal role in both the defense of different strongholds and offense in the reconquest of Pythos. Throughout the campaign it has served as the mobile HQ of Colonel "Death" Strike. Earning it's name from it's numerous kills and the fear it induced in the many forces of Chaos plaguing the Deathworld Pythos.
200mph HELLHAMMER ITS THE FREAKING ZOOMHAMMER
Pythos? Dinosaur planet? What Chaos wanted there to begin with?
Ha ha, the armored house go
NYOOOOMMMM
@@Ake-TL Chaos shit nuff said
Just read the pandorax campaign
Considering how much emphasis the Guard puts on arty, the training of Forward Observers is probably pretty good, so friendly fire should be limited to danger-close when positions are almost overrun.
Or, you know, intentional instances. Because this is the guard.
Why? Shells don’t hit those strong of faith.
Dozer blades on tanks are a real thing (e.g. extensively used in Iraq war to fill in trenches...somtimes while enemy soldiers were still in them)
Wonder if it's any good for mine clearance?
@@ObsidiaBlack1 Gaunt's Ghosts, Honour Guard, a pair of Leman Russ tanks were used for clearing out a path through a minefield so that the rest of the expedition could move through without issue.
I'm very late, but I also wanted to add that they can be used to create barriers of dirt and sand which can be used as protection from enemy fire.
Various Tank Thoughts:
I believe the old Colossus was based on a Leman Russ chassis. The shells for its cannon are so huge that it doesn't carry its own ammo. Every Colossus has to be followed by a Trojan which carries the shells and lifts them into the gun with a crane.
The newer variant of the M1 Abrams, the M1A2C, weighs around 79 tons. So the Leman Russ is doing just fine in terms of mass.
Turretless tank destroyers & assault guns like the Destroyer and Thunderer were common in both the German and Soviet armies of WWII.
Also the standard M1A2 comes in just slightly above 70 tons. Additionally Abrams tanks have a top speed of just slightly below 70 kph but that is only because it is governed, if it was allowed to go all out it would rip its suspension and tracks apart. Yah putting a jet engine in a tank!
The Abrams is fucking shmoovin compared to a Leman Russ.
I like how the Mastodon Assault Transport looks like the Marines stole an Ork tank and de-looted it.
That is suprisingly accurate.
Valid
Imperium: "That's it, fuck you."
*Deloots your tank*
We've seen clean Nurgle, how about delooted Orks?
@@DISTurbedwaffle918
That would be a very sad ork.
@@DISTurbedwaffle918 When the tech priest finally figures out how to reconstruct ork veichles
Tell how many quotes you needed to recognize untit from DoW. Last one is dead giveaway.
"We'll leave nothing standing."
"We will lead by example."
"Doubt is for the dying."
"All guns, fire until they glow!"
"We'll make the Emperor proud."
"Failure is a weakness of the enemy."
"We'll flatten anything standing in our way."
"Fire, all barrels hot!"
"All guns, on my mark!"
"All guns, strike true!"
"You'll not find us lacking, sir."
"As you command, so shall it be."
"Roll over them!"
"All Guardsmen, follow me to glory!"
"All cannons at the ready, fire!"
"Who's dying now?"
"Keep firin' 'til I see the glow of our barrels!"
"Ready to unleash eleven barrels of hell!"
More than half. I dont use the baneblade that iften
@@woaddragon Why?
@@lukalovric2463 Well it took an embarrassing longtime in DOW gamea to figure that you both need the bane blade depot AND the highest vehicle cap. It sheer size and some bad path finding made want to use Hell hounds, basilisk and Leman Russ more.
Fargo, I didnt hear all of these sayings"
IT IS THE BANEBLADE!
Where is "Shatter their sky!"?
It's not just a night lord mentality, as an ork player one of my personal victories in a match was dropping a Primaris with grot blastas. Nothing like watching an immortal upgraded demigod getting wrecked by a barrage of cheap pistol fire.😂
"Ow ow ow, stop it" the marine before dying
My favorite guard moment is running over post-9th Blood Angel vanguard vets with a banesword in close combat and wiping the squad because I used the 2+ WS stratagem and they buggered the charge the turn before. Adamantium Treads are brutal af.
What we learned in this episode: Everyone on the AR team immediately knew what furaffinity is. LMAO
And you are no better yourself for knowing what it is. But then again I am in the same situation.
I don't know what it is, but I think I can guess lmao.
Considering all the flak Devientart's getting for extra weirdos, it's not a huge surprise the second-biggest image uploader's known by others.
@@sandau44 it's for ppl who have an affinity for anthropomorphized animals, or sapient beings with animal physical characteristics; incidentally, i wonder if there are subcategories called scalies and featheries
@@CorvusCorone68 scalies are definitely a thing, not sure about other things though.
Although, "affinity" is a bit of a wrong word here, as this "appreciation" is pretty much always in the form of pornography.
In defence of the deathstrike missile being on a mobile platform, the Imperial Guard is a very mobile force relatively speaking. I mean the Guard aren’t tied to one planet (besides the planet they recruit from, which they only take the absolute best of said planets planetary defence force but that’s a discussion for another time) but they’re constantly on the move from one warzone to the next via troopships. Seems to make a lot more sense giving deathstrike missiles a dedicated, mobile platform to facilitate easier and faster deployment to whatever fire base they’re assigned to until they’re needed. Besides the fact that you should take 40k art with a grain of salt (I like to think of much of it as in universe propaganda) there’s no real reason a deathstrike missile should be anywhere near the front lines unless those lines have moved close to an IG deployment zone.
I mean, Soviets/Russians (also the Chinese and the North Koreans as well I think) have ICBMs on mobile platforms that they use in parades and stuff.
If I remember correctly lore wise the macharuis super heavy battle tank really came into its own during the seige of vraks. Its was kinda used in a similar capacity to a baneblade but given the nature of vraks and the krieg the Macharius was kinda seen as an expendable baneblade. Much quicker to make, slightly less powerful but filled the role. No were near as sacred and revered so it wouldnt be held off in reserve when needed like a baneblade would for fear of loosing the holy baneblade. So because of this its seen mostly in the hands of kreig, lower teir forge worlds outfitting lesser worlds in seiges and other scratch company or last chancer groups.
As the all guardsman party leads with "A guard troop that survived Orcs, heretics, more orcs, tyranids, and of course their own leadership."
Fun fact, according to that chart of the baneblade family names, there are at least 13 other varients, including stuff like the falchion and the glaive
They're Astartes tanks though and this is a Guard tanks episode
Whippet tank had the same sort of turret formation as the Malcador with heavy bolters.
"There are two Bricky's in your head. Both are telling you that Kurze did nothing wrong."
26:06 In Ghostmaker, Gaunt and his Ghosts were fired upon on Voltemand after they'd taken a city. Basilisks from the Ketzok Serpents, specifically an artillery regiment, fired upon the position they were resting at, having been given the command to fire upon the region due to retreating heretics (this wasn't true though), two to three hundred were dead, three or two hundred wounded. When Gaunt got to the Basilisks, he punched the colonel in charge of them in the face, and they'd only just started getting friendly too. Gaunt eventually reached the headquarters of General Sturm, and got pissed off at him, and the commander of the Basilisks had his own vehicle drive through the gate of the building Sturm was using as his headquarters do that he could help with a little scheme to ensure Gaunt didn't get a court martial for attacking a fellow officer.
Also, think you could cover the Tanith First-and-Only?
The Basilisk is literally just a howitzer on wheels. What's not to love? Whole new meaning to the sentence "the sky is falling".
The wyvern in game can re-roll all failed wounds for free, which is a very scary ability for a tank that can fire 4D6 shots
haven´t even seen anything more than the background pic yet, but knowing you guys in know im gonna love it so here is my like and comment hope it helps you grow even more love your content(despite being a 20+Y WH40K fan)
I hope they have so many guests that you just have a sea of faces surrounding the lil screen
The Gorgon is just the Chimera on steroids and I love it.
Its just a D-day boat but on threads
I love bricky and D.K.’s Reaction to the colossus tank.
I understand why the baneblades need a techpriest to make sure it runs: it's probably got a hot drinks machine with working bar inside, so when the troops inside have something to do while the tank does all the work
The Minotaur can be taken by Space Marine Legions in the Horus Heresy, The Outer Circle did a full blown conversion of one to make it fit the Space Marine design scheme and it's gorgeous.
The Infernus Malcador tank is probably based on the Churchill Crocodile, a WW2 flamethrower tank used on bunkers mainly for intimidation to get Germans to surrender. And yes, the Crocodiles had the fuel trailer in the back like the Infernus.
Mmmm, THIS is the lore I truly relish in. The hardware, the rolling fortresses, the awe inspiring firepower, the sheer overwhelming dakka that is isn't the Orks! At least that's what the Guard brings to the table for vehicles and weapons platforms. I love the Tau, Necron, and Eldar arsenals and motor pools for different reasons, though awe inspiring firepower is a common theme.
Okay someone needs to show DK the Stürmtiger,SU-152,KV-2,ISU-152, and the Karl-Gerät from WW2, he would absolutely love them
dont vorget the small but real "Hetzer" Tankhunter...
Yes sir.
A Chimera is more of a IFV tbh, APCs just drive and drop off while having a small amount of armor to make sure the infantry don't die to shrapnel, while IFVs stay in the fight and support the infantry.
Holy shit I almost shat a brick when Kirioth mentioned FurAffinity! XD
My Leman Russ Execution photos are on there hahaha
Why did you put them there? Lmfao
@@AbyssWatcher745 I wasn't uploading much else there at the time XDDD
I couldn't afford money for art commissions, I was spending it all on Warhammer! hahaha
A fun story I read about Deathstrike missile having unlimited range is that some GW stores had a bunch of games where US Atlantic coast stores bombed British stores but they themselves got bombed by Pacific coast stores.
Oh yeah, the tables had games going on as well. Most missiles just hit around the store but some did hit the game tables.
23:00 actually Flak guns tended to be really good at anti-tank. An example is the famed German 88 mm gun. Originally an AA piece but later became an AT gun, also was the main armament of the Tiger tank.
39:50 Jagdpanzer.Also Stug-III. Also Jagdtiger and Jagdpanther.
1:07:00 The Gorgon looks like the D-Day landing ships.
Honestly the ShadowSword is basically the Imperium’s equivalent of the Ferdinand,SU-152, ISU-152 but upscaled
So excited to see Kirioth back again :)
Shame you didn’t shill his merch for him though
God, I love the cyclops. My favorite moment with it is when through sheer ignorance on an Eldar player I got it close to the front of his army and blew up his wraith guard, dire avengers, half of his striking scorpions and his autarch in one fell swoop thanks to fantastic rolls on my part and catastrophic ones on his. He just looked at me in shock before uttering the softest "Good game" and shaking my hand. Real nice dude.
The bane blade is the definition of wall of guns
Malcador flame variant with a fuel trailer, is fairly consistent with some IRL flame tanks. Very "Churchill Crocodile".
Modern self propelled artillery also have anti infantry weapons either mounted on the hull like the basilisk or turret mounted. The Basilisk is basically a WW2 self propelled artillery, check out Panzerhaubitze Hummel or the M7 Priest.
It's almost identical to the modern Indian m46 130mm sph
Love seeing Kirioth again!
Though it is less weeb when he's around.
So, that's why I recommend watching 'Girls und Panzer'.
That's where I got my tank knowledge.
PANZER VOR
@@NacnudPinky URAAAAAAAA!!!
So, what I learned from this is that the Baneblade (and its many variants) is basically a titan in condensed format.
I would love more breakdowns on other factions' gear/vehicles, from eldar to tau to necrons and so on. Loves this episode and Kirioth made a brilliant third host too!
I just love the idea of krieg in a storm lord just getting super depressed because they have no chance of dying
"Looks like a beast man army, but it's not"
Has to be one of the best quotes I ever heard XD
I remember the Gorgon as the tank for the Assault on Vraks, animations I've seen.
If you want spider tanks look up Mortian miniatures, they got three different sizes of spider tanks including a freaking baneblade one. Though the owner is a bit of an oddball so he can be a bit difficult to work with sometimes. But regardless of that I love the spider tanks he's got and I can't wait to build my super-heavy warcrawler at some point when I get time to.
guard codex mentions the tatic of sending guardsmen to bog down the enemy as they fire deathskrikes missles to obliterate friend and foe
“My bolters have safety on” thanks Bricky I’m stealing this one
Everyone always has a great moment or line in this series but I'd like to thank shy for all of the memes. I have not seen many of them and they're just great.
Doomhammer is a good Transport. Can take three of them and get 27 lascannons +3 big ones
Kiri I said yesterday you need to do more podcasts! This is your calling
Yes! This is my army. I'm still building it (need either hellhounds or sentinals), have yet to paint it, but I do have about 2300 pts of Imperial Guard heavy armour.
Because of the talk about how nice it’d be for infantry to deploy from a Superheavy tank bristling with guns and the talk at the end about transporting cyclops vehicles. I’m imagining 40 guardsmen lividly seething because they have to hoof it through enemy fire. All so General Bricky could fill their Stormlord with 6ish Cyclops Demo Vehicles.
I started binging the episodes last week and I'm finally caught up to date, let's go!
Note about flamethrower tanks: External fuel trailers let you carry a lot more gas AND if your fuel supply *does* explode it explodes *outside* of the tank.
Oh allmighty Leman Russ of the lake grant me your wisdom.
Bricky coming for my man, Luetin! Also, every single excited "let's go" from Bricky just makes me chuckle. He has big "5 year old kid getting a SNES for Christmas in the 90s" energy.
For the Hydra's ability to attack ground units, AA guns are fully capable of being leveled against infantry, and they fuck em up.
Yeah, the 12th Valhallan Artillery does this against some Nids in the first Ciaphas Cain book
How did I miss this!!! Podcast of my favorites! Love Kirioth! Such a good human being, brings genuine happiness without shame to the hobby! I could listen this everyday!
Im ready to hear Bricky get Rock Hard talking about Baneblades
In response to the friendly fire question... that depends on the company you are talking about. Cadians are known for pinpoint timing so the last shell lands and explodes right before it could hit their charging men. Krieg on the other hand never stop firing artillery until the flag is raised saying they have claimed the position, so a lot of friendly fire.
Fun Fact: The "Dozer Blade"'s official designation is "Effective Troop Clearance" and the sprues for it used to be named as such.
Loving the collabs and hearing different perspectives on the WH universe , hope there's more in the future!
I’m looking forward to the Imperial Knights/Chaos Knights episode (if it happens), because they are so damn cool
39:39 There were a BUNCH of German "Jagdpanzers" like that. StugIII, StugIV, Jagdpanzer IV, Hetzer etc. It's pretty much something they did with every tank hull they built during ww2 at some point. Take the turret off, fit a bigger gun into the hull and use it as a tank destroyer.
general "commander you see that ork invasion over there"
commander "yes my lord"
general "i dont want too"
commander "understood my lord"
intercontinental ballistic missile barrage
This was such a cool talk great work! Subbed and hope to see more guard stuff I wanna build them as my first army
We need more long ones like this👌
Hey so for the one tank at 39 minutes, that's basically a StuH/StuG from WW2. A lot of these tanks are pretty much 40k-ified WW2 stuff, there's some real neat shit out there!
Also about the "It can run on it if it can burn it" engines are already kinda real. There was a whole thing, I forget what car manufacturer, but they had a big showoff deal where they put Chanel 5 in their fuel tank and the thing just went. It performed badly, but it fucking went!
me to my army made entirely out of Leman Russ tanks: PANZER VOR!!!!!
what colors are they? :)
@@meccevil321 a desert tan
1:13:00 it’s great because thats based entirely off a Crocodile which was a flamethrower variant of the Churchill Mk IV
As to DK's comment, bulldozer blades on tanks aren't uncommon, but not common it's been done since WWII with Sherman's, as shown, even StuG lll, to even SPG's some to move rubble and are then called "engineer vehicles " and some are used in the case for SPG's it's meant to dig in and prevent movement from firing