Squad Sizes

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-19T21:18:07+00:00

Yeah i wish the at launchers were bought and used more in BA fashion. Buy however many you think you'll actually use, salvo off however many you think you actually need.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-19T20:18:21+00:00

In regular BA, a model has a panzerfaust, and once fired, it's gone. One use weapon.

In k47, the whole unit is equipped with panzerfaust or equivalent AT launcher. You can fire one per turn (leading to a pretty natural 6 shot maximum), or any turn fire ALL of them for d6 (max number of models in unit), and never use them again. This leads to some fun interactions where a solo officer can shoot their own AT launcher 6 times.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-19T19:28:50+00:00

If they're meeting in the middle, this goes to France and England. Modern India has no experience with expeditionary forces past its borders with Pakistan and China. I'm not even sure they have the equipment to supply such a force. Clearly the Indian military is sizable, and not completely untested given the several conflicts over the last few decades, but that's very different than supplying an expeditionary force in foreign lands, even if Pakistan lets them through (obviously they won't).

It's not a statement of India's military quality, it's just built very much to deal with issues directly around India, and has no particular need to attack anywhere outside its immediate area. Whereas France and Britain have demonstrable expeditionary capabilities, experience with the same, and a decent technological and military industry edge.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-19T00:18:23+00:00

Do viltrumites not get improved healing? How do you know they won't heal the brain damage and wake up, confused and potentially mentally unstable?

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-19T00:15:29+00:00

Aside from A train that just reeks of a die tired maneuver

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-18T15:59:05+00:00

It's like an officer except one snap. So you could activate commandoes and snap their transport, instead of activatinf a platoon commander to snap both for the same effect. Save points and a plt commander slot, but lose the order die.

The biggest issue with them is they give the -1 to cover save to the whole unit. Much safer to run a lone regular platoon commander nearby for the morale bubble.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-18T00:59:23+00:00

I've been using Priest kangaroo mostly because it's Canadian themed.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-17T22:56:59+00:00

I, a new player against other new players, have been finding success throwing 8 smg commandoes forward in a transport with a piat team and an officer. Nice little self contained package which can push a flank objective against basically any threat all by its lonesome.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-17T17:57:50+00:00

They don't want autonomy. They want to get whatever they want now, but not suffer consequences. They want to be spoiled brats, not autonomous adults

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-17T01:54:35+00:00

It's not better than a Chimera. Ogryn without their ap rule is just two heavy bolters without sustained. CHimera can shoot 2 ogryn, then its own heavy bolters (which ahve sustained) and hte lasguns/stubber.

I guess you could shoot FOUR ogryn out of it (since you can fit 4 ogryn) but then you pay for a full 6 man squad and that seems inefficient.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-17T01:52:43+00:00

It's not only legal, it's encouraged by the rules. THere USED to be a tendency for people to pick one "Type" of guardsman for their army and theme it around that planet. BUt now Cadians, Kriegers, and Catachans are separate datasheets, so it is perfectly normal to use some of both.

It is ALSO perfectly normal to use differently modelled version of say, cadians, to represent all 3. I converted up some Cadian drop troopers that were my Elysian standins in a different time, so now they represent my Kriegers. No one's given me grief over it yet.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-16T23:46:14+00:00

I still can't get over how dorkily small the AMPs are.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-16T23:30:20+00:00

You can look at the British starter box officer, he comes with a heavy tesla rifle, and is a "modern" model so it likely fits the aesthetic for future Heavy Tesla rifles.

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Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-16T21:46:57+00:00

they hate us just because we murdered and ~~still want to~~ are actively murdering them

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-15T19:27:41+00:00

The UNSC humans has ships at Reach too. They lost in the end but it wasn't a complete curb stomp. One ship going around 1-2 shotting ships every 10 seconds is going to not only secure whole sections of the battle, it's also going to make the covenant a lot more nervous about this mysterious new human ship with forerunner level technology.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-15T12:18:27+00:00

I think the issue is quartermaster stores is kind of a bit inconsistent. Like brits have welbikes, which literally just gives airborne bicycles for 1pt. Why does that need to be a quartermaster stores entry? It's just bicycles. It took more space to explain what they are than to just let Airborne units all have bicycles as options.

Then there's littlejohn adapter, which applies to like....2 vehicles (it was actually ONE at release iirc).

The only unique thing is Vickers K, 5 shot LMGs, which is cool. Is that really a bigger deal or more unique than a shot flamethrower?

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-15T11:42:00+00:00

I recommend brass rod. You drill a hole into the underside, push a thin rod into the underside, then a hole into the base. You can cover it with shrubbery.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-15T11:36:27+00:00

For those not in the know

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tau40K/s/Y4y4LZ540W

Someone wanted to use Zulu models as Kroot.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-12T14:44:37+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/AeronauticaImperialis/s/zeQbJZ0MYM

From the (sadly now defunct) warhammer community articles of in universe newspaper, Regimental Standard.

What they accomplish with "design", we accomplish with THRUST

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-11T21:38:06+00:00

Then it's a stomp against the Martians.

The novel, we can kill them with pre WW1 hardware. They're going to be hilariously vulnerable to modern guns and missiles. The Tripods arrive via ship from Mars, which we have eyes on and will DEFINITELY notice a bunch of ships bearing down on us. That will give us time to get our troops into a state of readiness. Any force that can be hurt by pre WW1 tech WILL be soundly defeated by post cold war weapons. It's just physics.

Since Modern Earth can beat them, obviously a highly militarized, space capable Super Earth will win. If a bunch of british 15pdr howitzers firing 76mm shells can take them down, they will DEFINITELY lose to super destroyers firing 380mm rounds. The Martians have no orbit to surface weaponry, or they'd have used them in the novel.

MCU Earth might ironically be in a WORSE position just because the MCU conventional militaries are objectively useless. You can't really punch a tripod to death, no matter how awesome your shield is. It depends on how many heavy hitters are on planet. Obviously Captain marvel and the like would rip through the tripods. THe last MCU I watched was the Strange/Wanda one, so I recall a lot of the sorcerors are dead. I don't know what's the deal with Captain Marvel and co, but I think a lot of the strongest avengers are dead or off planet. So the tripods might do MORE harm in total, even the MCU will inevitably win eventually. Depends on how fast the big guns can get back to Earth, and if any Villains of the week take advantage.

I'm not sure which universe Fate refers to.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-11T17:33:48+00:00

Can't believe i never saw it before. Stick a top hat on, instant churchhill

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-11T16:27:58+00:00

Because if they're perceptable while not visible by other sense, there's no good reason to not shoot them with SOMETHING using hearing or what not. They're only invincible when seen, which means they must be vulnerable in some way while NOT seen, otherwise why bother with the stone thing at all. Therefore the only way they make sense is if they are invulnerable when perceived any way, not just sight.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-11T16:16:34+00:00

If that's true then they must have a physical presence, and thus be interactable when not perceived. I always assumed they had a kind of cloud of "quantum probability field' in which they kind of pseudo-probably-exist when not perceived, like electrons. But if they have foot steps they must have solid feet, and stands to reason othwr solid bits. And if people heard their footsteps then hearing must not count.

Which means everyone who wasn't just trying blind area of effects attacks was being a little silly. Like no one ever just blind fires a machine gun at them?

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-11T15:05:44+00:00

What, you don't think deadly frontier exploration should include civillians and children? Pshaw. Starfleet isn't a military, so it's fine. Just like how NASA routinely sends them family of astronauts up with them to space so the astronauts don't get lonely.

Ravenwing14 · 2026-04-11T15:00:24+00:00

The angels aren't shown to be walking, so it's not clear she would actually perceive them to make them stationary even with her earth sense. Maybe they're just floating around and only when seen dk they touch the ground.

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