10 Advantages of the Imperial Guard WARHAMMER 40K | BEST SPACE MARINE SERIES

[@Mike-ul1xn]

40k is like a kid who pulls an actual gun on a chill game of rock paper scissors

[@Ra.vanZon]

Accurate as fuck

[@SonsOfLorgar]

You say that as if it's a bad thing?

[@weldonwin]

"Rock, Paper, EXTERMINATUS!"

[@nickray2000]

Yea it's so stupidly made. They just supersize everything putting cool value above sense

[@dankovskimark4540]

@@nickray2000 And that is bad... how?

[@old-worldghost3451]

While I'm not much of a 40K fan... CADIA STANDS The planet broke before the Guard did!

[@nylkul9933]

For the EMPERAHHHH!!!

[@trevorwall87]

Planets break guardsmen don't

[@deeznutz3712]

By the emperor golden balls, CADIA STANDS !! The planet broke before the guard did!

[@SgtRackhamm]

Let it be known that the planet cracked before the guard did

[@ShortAss00]

For Cadia! For The Emperor!

[@PyroMancer2k]

When I think of 40K compared to Star Wars I imagine a Commissar talking to a character like Princess Leia and saying, "For you the day the Imperial Guard destroyed your planet it was the most important day of your life. But for me it was Tuesday."

[@LordInter]

40k in star wars, yeah, you see hoth? Exterminatus and home in time for tea

[@TheLoki7281]

@@LordInter rare is the inquisitor that was an inquisitor after he ordered an exterminatus. a few rebells to fight, not even tainted by chaos? the inquisitor ordering the exterminatus wont survive that order. he still has to answer to other, higher inquisitors and wasting the empires resources like that is after all heresy

[@astartesfanboy5294]

and the puny rebels would be no match for even the pdf of a planet, much less the hardened imperial guard and imperial navy

[@TheLoki7281]

@@astartesfanboy5294 agreed. we have to remember.. the imperial guard are basically the top 10% of our todays troops in capabilitys with much more advanced technology, numbers and tactics. even if they are often portrait as rather incompetent, they are not at all that

[@chrismath149]

@@LordInter I don't know if you are interested but I'd like to make a point. It will just be a bit of reading. So, canon-wise the Imperial Guard is made up of billions of soldiers (somewhere between 1 to 999 billion). Add the Planetary Defense and you have maybe three times as much (probably). Then there's the Adeptus Astartes (1000 chapters with 1000 each - at 100 per cent there are 1 000 000 loyal space marines who are very good as a special force but badly utilized I think). Then there are the various Imperium-related factions (Mechanicus, Titan Legions, etc): I have no number for them but since these are more advanced units, let's add 1 billion for the regular faction and as a measure to calculate the Titan strength another 1 trillion. So there are between 1 to 6 trillion soldiers on the side of the Imperium of Man. The population of the Galactic Empire is around 100 quadrillion (25 per cent of the Star Wars galaxy inhabitants) according to the essential guide to star wars. They only recruit volunteers (unless shit would go wrong) but they are a heavily militarized society: Let's say between 0.5 to 1 per cent of the (human population which is somewhere around 60 quadrillion people): 600 trillion soldiers. That is the Galatic Empire's peace-time army. Where every soldier carries a rifle whose shot is equivalent to 83 tons of TNT. Who have the capability to travel from one end of the galaxy to the other in three days. Who can talk across the vastness of space in realtime. Whose basic spaceship weapons melt the crust of a planet with a single shot. Do you really think that the 40k Imperial Navy will get even close to bombarding one of their planets? One more thing: The Astronomicon does not spread to the Star Wars Galaxy. The Galactic Empire/Republic would win be default since they could actually go on the offensive while the Imperial Navy of 40k cannot. And Exterminatus is not unknown in Star Wars. I am pretty sure you know a planet in Star Wars that has been bombarded in that manner: A tropical paradise world known as Tatooine, 25 000 years before the battle of Yavin-4.

[@serduncan6933]

40k Space Marines. When you are too Space Marine for a Space Marine contest.

[@TactWendigo]

Just about fell out of my chair at this one. Well put. Lol

[@nashlongstride5885]

You must be at least this short to qualify

[@justiron2999]

Now hear me out, what if we put a space Marine inside a space Marine. That way we get space Marine².

[@TenguTie]

NO, thats how we got the dread knight aka the baby carrier.

[@rdv-bd8mm]

@@TenguTie and the centurion

[@karlthetechpriest2905]

When your regiment is so fanatical that the commissar is basically just a handler. Thats the Death Korps of Kreig for you.

[@christiandauz3742]

Death Korps KILL THEIR COMMISSARS!

[@jesperohlrich7090]

It says something about the Death Korps, whom on many occasions have shot their commissars for cowardice, when a commissar is your voice of reason. Or as they would put it, a coward not willing to do a bayonet charge on a chaos titan. Once, when told to hold back the troops, a Krieg officer said that his men should be out there. Literally saying that every shell intercepted by his men, was a shell that wouldn’t hit one of the tanks.... if I didn’t know better, I would say that the iron legion must use krieg as a recruitment planet...

[@Psychoangel-d23]

@@jesperohlrich7090 I remember reading somewhere that the commissar casualties in the death Korps are so high because the commissars are feeling like they have to show the guardsmen who has the biggest balls here. and then they die because of that.

[@Bzr-Jr]

Comissar oders unit to fall back Every death korp soldier Shots the comissar for cowardice

[@imapopo2924]

"Fix bayonets!" *happy Gas Mask noises*

[@nephiuma3766]

"WE HAVE MORE MEN THAN YOU HAVE BULLETS"

[@Nugire]

*took 75% losses* "Quick, a charge! While we still have the numbers advantage!" *at the end 95% of army is dead* "This is a great victory to mankind! Also the lowest casulties i ever had as general."

[@alonewolf3474]

Pretty much yeah and for the emperor!

[@thomass2505]

@@Nugire wow man that is pretty low. I have only gotten to 98.7% thankfully I was able to... encourage the local population to... Volunteer to charge the enemy position.

[@Sporks2525]

The Russians?

[@davidrutherford6311]

"Sir, the regiment has taken over 300% causalities and the reserve line is about to be over run" "Do we still hold the Space Port?" "Yes sir" "Call up the next wave of reinforcements, I want them off the drop ships in 3 minutes"

[@Leobelial239]

Well, the Imperium measures casualties in planets, not in dead soldiers, so... Yeah, 40k is in a whole other scale :/

[@vladimirdragonov]

Really things like the flood , xenomorphs , arachnids would be shrugged off by the Imperial guard "Oh look more giant space bugs, well at least they ain't tyranids"

[@Leobelial239]

I think the flood could get toe to toe with the tyranids. But it really depends of the stage they both are in first contact and the amounts of biomass each one controls. And if flood can asimilate tyranid biomass and-or vice versa. It's a really tough debate XD

[@michaelritzen8138]

''M'lord, I fear we have encountered a new strain of Tyranid mutations. They died easily enough though, only half a platoon was destroyed before they got the thing. Kinda looked like a Lictor, only with 2 arms, a longer tail and a little mouth inside their mouth.... quite comical.'' ''Good, carry on, there might be more.'' ''Aye, M'lord.''

[@vladimirdragonov]

Either way the imperium would just sick the death watch on them

[@michaelritzen8138]

@@vladimirdragonov since the Xenomorphs are already in a state where a normal human kan kill them (with the right equipment), I don't think that sending in the Deathwatch would be necessary, though it might happen.

[@Leobelial239]

@@vladimirdragonov then imagine flood combat forms made from assimilated astartes, or goddamn orks. And the flood can assimilate knowledge and technology too, even A.I. at some point if they get enough biomass. Plus, the Flood supercell can be airborne. Would be one hell of a crossover tho XD

[@blindoutlaw]

Lasguns I any other universe it would be an over powered death machine. But in 40k it’s literally a joke

[@solusnostre7399]

That's basically 40k in a nutshell XD

[@Tydorstus]

Lasgund are flashlights compared to other weapons. And what makes me cry is i lost a 5 man grey knight terminator squad to them T_T. I rolled 13 1s out of 30 dice when i had a armor save where i needed to roll a 2 or better.

[@michaelkeha]

@@Tydorstus welcome to 8th edition where elites aren't sticky enough.

[@solusnostre7399]

@@Tydorstus The dice gods seems to have forsaken you brother.

[@leanderschuster3196]

@@michaelkeha not 8th's fault Same would have happened in 5th to 7th

[@Hybris51129]

By the next edition of 40K the Adeptus Mechanicus will have literally bolted Cadia back together again.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

ROFLMAO! And that would be the Dark Mechanicum, mind you ;)

[@fade430]

@@SonsOfLorgar only if we can get a codex

[@janczaplinski658]

New Calgar weapon: power Cadia. Just a power mace, but it has Cadia on it.

[@cgi2002]

You know full well that if they came to do to, they'd find most of the guard still dug in on the bits of rubble floating in space.

[@drhellsing9333]

And the blood ravens would steal wait sorry borrowe those bolts and maybe half he planet to

[@Steelstriker]

"For the Emperor, For the glory of mankind". Also these guys embody the idea of Humanity First

[@justinsmith9006]

the emperor first!

[@26th_Primarch]

Yeah 'Fuck YOU I win!'

[@Tommy9834]

Not really. Their idea is more like "humanity only"

[@ls200076]

@@Tommy9834 We can co-exist with aliens. But they can't control territories beyond their home planet of course.

[@26th_Primarch]

@@ls200076 No as long as they abide by human laws and respect how humans govern the galaxy they can live long prosperous lives.

[@SamLaw00]

This section from 1d4chan explains perfectly the stuff they have to deal with: It is worth noting that in a universe where the majority of the other armies are: Ancient homicidal zombie robots that destroy the laws of physics with their tech and don't die even if they are nuked. Genetically-engineered killing machines. The evil twin brothers of the aforementioned genetically-engineered killing machines, with a variety of evil powers, equally-evil goatees, and possibly being moving vectors of literal death. Clad in power armor. Extremely warlike genetically-engineered fungi able to grow bigger and stronger the more they fight. Manipulative space elves in possession of hyper-advanced technology and psychic powers, who can jump around while making shots that would make hardcore Quake players jealous. The aforementioned space elves' emo, bondage-obsessed cousins, who like to meet interesting people, shoot them a little, then torture them for eternity. Highly-advanced space pseudo-communists with actual Battlemechs and god-like firepower that rivals the Guard’s. Mutant space monsters that come in such huge swarms that you literally run out of ammo before your guns can chew through half of them, and that also come in a wide range of shapes and sizes that all want to dissolve you into goo. Daemons that have a billion tentacles to rape, kill, and/or burn you, in no particular order. And, of course, take your soul for fun times. Reptilian/insectoid abominations that kill you and mutilate your body for shits and giggles. Skaven with a natural entropy field that makes things fall apart just by being in their general vicinity. The guys that built ALL of your technology, and who have no qualms letting you die so their crap can be saved. Some unholy combination of the above.

[@vladimirdragonov]

Don't forget that the pseudo space commies also can't throw a pounch to save their life

[@lastofthelivingundeads]

@@vladimirdragonov Don't forget that the tau have 23 auxiliares races like the flesh-eaters Kroot with their super-mutation bullshit power (good luck killing one of them that have just eaten an Ultramarine), Vespids, two minotaur-like races, space duergars, 3 or 4 reptilian races, some never narrated shit and, of course, humans armed with pulse weapons and armored all with carapace-like armor with good visors and drones.

[@vladimirdragonov]

@@lastofthelivingundeads that too

[@SamLaw00]

@Eliot O'Boyce the hrud which usually only turn up in books

[@fitzdraco]

Then there is the guardsman ideal, also from 1d4 Chan Ollanius Pius. LOOK AT THIS FUCKING GUARDSMAN. He's spent months fighting a grueling war in which his enemies are demigods allied with daemons, and now he's found himself in the closest thing to Hell he's ever known. He probably wasn't even supposed to get teleported up to the arch-traitor's battle barge in the first place, and just ended up in the wrong place at the worst possible time. Somehow he's survived horrors beyond comprehension to make his way to the very bridge of Horus' flagship. He saw a veritable angel call upon Horus to answer for his crimes, and he saw that angel die as messily as any guardsman. His Emperor - who he fervently believes is a god incarnate, even if he's not supposed to - lies mortally wounded, and Horus, perhaps, has taken a moment to gloat before he strikes the killing blow. His armor is slightly more effective than tissue paper, his weapon slightly more powerful than a flashlight. A single electrified claw from Horus' weapon is bigger than his entire body. He stands before a being infused by the dark gods with incalculable power, that can and will obliterate his soul with no more effort than it would take him to swat a gnat. Nothing he can do could possibly make a difference. He could run. He could turn his weapon on himself. He could give in to the insidious whispers that echo from the ship's corridors into his mind. Ollanius Pius does the duty his Emperor requires of him. He dies standing and holds the FUCKING line.

[@weldonwin]

But what about the Imperial Guard's greatest advantage? SLY MARBO! *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@phaylnx]

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[@adalfyre7937]

*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH*

[@Aracnah]

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[@Aracnah]

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[@benyatzee162]

They wanted to give the other guys a chance

[@kelanjoiner8611]

What about hiding a titan behind a bush? CREEEEEEED!!!

[@mandickthetittysmithy5117]

BANEBLADE!!!!!

[@angellara7040]

@@mandickthetittysmithy5117 it is the baneblade!!

[@matthewgreen6131]

Damn beat me to it lol.

[@johnwotek3816]

Tactical genius!

[@RattlsnakeHands]

Surprise! Thought you were looking through the scope of your rifle? It's actually the barrel of a Shadowsword

[@АлександрКостин-ф1в]

I can feel the Emperor's Grace with this one! Brothers and sisters, rejoice, for the Emperor's Hammer brings the Holy Fury and Justice to all the Heretics and Xenos! For as long as there is a single man standing, there shall always be the Guard! For as long as Guard stands, the Cadia lives!!! For Cadia! For Imperium!! For the Emperor!!!

[@lordcastellan4735]

Vengeance for Cadia!!!

[@გიორგიმოსაშვილი-ო3დ]

The emperor protects, I will fight to defend the Imperium and Holy Terra from any and all heretics, xenos and the forces of chaos!

[@sgtwolf7391]

No fuck the emperor, He is a egotistical warload that's only out for himself. Humanity first. (Or money first whichever)

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@lordcastellan4735 Cadia was where the seeds of the rise against the false Emperor was first sown, foolish loyalist dog...

[@raw1175]

For the Emperor

[@vindicare9636]

"To each of us falls a task. And all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand in line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best: we die standing.' -General Sturnn, Commander Cadian 412th

[@L0stEngineer]

These are all good advantages, but you must include number 11 ... Ciaphas Cain.

[@L0stEngineer]

And Colonel Commissar gaunt, Sly marbo, etc... In the grim dark future there's no shortage of heroes

[@tomasvarela3481]

Jonathan Schmidt SAVIOUR OF THE IMPERIUM

[@L0stEngineer]

@@tomasvarela3481 More like father of the Imperium. I have read dozens of Warhammer 40k books and to date, he's the only one ever getting any, and he gets quite a bit.

[@weldonwin]

@@L0stEngineer Cain gets a special commendation for banging an Inquisitor... and weirdly, I've always imagined that Sulla keeps a photo of Cain next to her bunk and dreams that Commissar Senpai Notices Her

[@appendixpower5538]

@@L0stEngineer What about Gaunt in Necropolis?

[@Vas1026]

THE PLANET CRACKED BEFORE THE GUARD DID!

[@bradenross4182]

oh shit

[@weldonwin]

"For every one of us who falls, *TEN MORE WILL TAKE HIS PLACE!"*

[@geordiebaker3661]

cracked, what? my good sir you have brought dishonour upon the guard, dishonour

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

The planet broke before the guard did.

[@Daniel.Liddicoat]

RIP Cadia

[@acommonsoldier8607]

Me: So what’s your job like dude? Imperial Guardsman: Alright imagine D-Day or Stalingrad. That’s basically every Tuesday. Death Korp of Krieg Guardsman: You should’ve seen us last Thursday. We ran out of ammo! But that wasn’t a problem...

[@Tobi_Q-airsoft]

The fact that the Kriegsman lived to see Friday is a fucking miracle

[@jillvalentinefan77]

Surprised the kreiger was alive long enough to get down with his bayonet and shovel

[@Shatterverse]

"Maybe we were the Orks all along." -Twitch, The All Guardsmen Party

[@caseyleeshort]

Wats dis about orks?

[@dicedcatarinaonions7444]

ive figured out the secret of the box...its orks. all the guardsmen here are orks, and the orks outside are double orks.

[@sethgilcrist8088]

@@dicedcatarinaonions7444 I just checked my imperial codex and it says here that your a heretic

[@dicedcatarinaonions7444]

@@sethgilcrist8088 sounds like something an ork would say

[@sethgilcrist8088]

@@dicedcatarinaonions7444 I'm need two bolters for this level of herecy. (Oh thanks for the laugh I needed that )

[@Klipik12]

I swear the 40k community just roams the internet looking for 40k videos to spout imperial propaganda on.

[@dathore]

yes we do, it's a minitorum mandated piety run.

[@RedArmyShogun]

It is better to die for the Emperor than to live for your self.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

@ starkiller187 THE INQUISITION: *_"STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE!"_*

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

FOR THE EMPEROR !!!

[@James-rl5tj]

penitent crusaders. I just call them ex heretics

[@joshuawilliams9020]

"Everything is almost comically OP" Well originally wasn't supposed to be serious. It was mostly a parody of sci fi hiked up to 11, and at end day more about having a Chuckle at how insane it was. Than Someone decided it needs to take itself seriously. So now everything is dark and overly serious, but they kept the insane numbers. Just remember, there was an Inquisitior with the name obi wan Sherlock something I can't remember.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

40K has a long history of laughing at itself even as it functions as a satire of oppressive systems of government and governmental incompetence. Indeed, it still does those things, the humour has just grown more subtle over the years, and mostly focuses on how ridiculously poorly governed the Imperium is, with the Adeptus Administratum forgetting about the existence of entire solar systems for a thousand years, and sending reinforcements to fight in wars that ended, one way or the other, generations before the soldiers being deployed were even born. The whole over the top Grimdark aesthetic of 40K is one big joke if you have a twisted enough sense of humour to appreciate it.

[@joshuawilliams9020]

@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 trust I still laugh. But some people don't seem to realize that just how comically bad the IoM is ran. Dear God, if you dear point out these weakness when comparing universes, they will retort how it isn't really like that and how good the the IoM is able to actually run stuff. Even if the fact that whole point is that they can't run it well as they did.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

@@joshuawilliams9020 That is Poe's Law in action for you - no matter how explicit a group like GW tries to make their satire, there will always be some people who take it completely seriously. Just look at the prominence of obnoxious memes out there that depict Donald Trump as the God Emperor; those aren't made by people mocking Trump's ego, but by actual Trump supporters who see him in that light and are 40K fans. You wouldn't think anyone would want to depict their political idol as comparable to someone as ruthless and genocidally violent as the Emperor is in the 40K fiction, but these people cannot read for satire at all - they see the Emperor as the champion of humanity, ignoring everything else the fiction tells us about him, and that is the image they want to project for their political leader of choice. It is that straight forward and uncritical. It is rather frightening when you come to think of it

[@insiainutorrt259]

@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 lol the whole main point of the god emperor trump meme is to pretend to take it seriously in order to get reactions out of all you dumbasses who cant stop screaming trump=nazi 24/7... You took it hook line and sinker.... To quote The god emperor trump: Low iQ individual...

[@Perturabo404]

Obiwan Sherlock Clueso,

[@artios162]

"In any universe, the Black Crusade would be regard as a galaxies wide extinction event. In W40k, it is Tuesday." - Arch Warhammer

[@mikejonesnoreally]

Arch has a lot of great ones! My Favorite: *"What* in the Holy name of the Lion's favorite crying pillow....." xD

[@andrewmays5534]

The Imperial Guard are the equivalent of the physical embodiment of Humanity First

[@ZacharyReaper]

The best part is : 3 whole meals a day! Sign up today!

[@g0tm04]

Zero Hero 3 meals in one day?! Is that heresy? If not, I’m in!

[@madtoffelpremium8324]

You still have to survive that day...

[@g0tm04]

Madtoffel Premium but at least there will be food in my tummy

[@L0stEngineer]

Also you get a very fancy laser completely free!

[@madtoffelpremium8324]

And a few bullets, tank shells, claws etc

[@randycheow4268]

I didn’t sense any heresy in this video. I’m good

[@Daimon-X]

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[@domino6918]

Are you joking?! There's a lot of heresy in this video! They didn't mention some of the medium to large vehicles the guards use. That APC they mentioned is a pee shooter in the 40k universe! Where are the titans? Heresy I say! Heresy!

[@erayergi]

@@domino6918 Citizen, this is your only warning: stop giving away such information in a place that can be viewed by the enemies of the Imperium, unless you want the Inqusition to "interrogate" you.

[@bulldowozer5858]

His pole had some options that do not honor our glorious God-Emporer! Ergo: HERESY

[@nicktran1929]

This is my attempt at a non cringy username you are right he didn’t mention the Baneblade

[@TheRyujinLP]

The Astra Militarum, the only sci-fi army so hardcore that Cthulhu himself manifesting before them would only, at most, register a collective, "Meh."

[@michaelkeha]

No it would be "sergeant do you see that squid creature there that is blocking my view" "Yes sir" "I don't " "Understood sir charlies 5 aim main battle cannon and fire" then so much Cthulhu flavored jelly

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

What if it was someone above Cthulhu?

[@TheRyujinLP]

@@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847 Then you call in a Baneblade :D

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

@@TheRyujinLP What if it was Azathoth? I would have prefer the BOLO tank, underrated enthusiastic sentient football-stadium sized battle tanks that came first.

[@TheRyujinLP]

@@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847 Then send in a titan heh. Now a Bolo would be awesome (hell even an Ogre would do) but wrong franchise heh.

[@skedarblegarble]

0:57 "Now, I'm not saying that the imperial guard will always defeat these other factions..." I'ma gonna need an extra tank of promethium for this heresy!

[@CAP198462]

Alan’s back from the space dolphin front. Welcome home

[@steveisthecommissar4013]

CAP198462 are thay chaos worshipers. If so for the emperor

[@An_Imperial_Guard.]

Master Chief: I have a better armor and guns. Imperial guard: We have far more guts and courage. Rest of the Astra militarum: *OOOOHHHHHH!!!!"*

[@RedArmyShogun]

Krieg Guardsman "Did somebody say, Die for the Emperor?" It should be noted in the IG they are one of the few planets that are trusted to field large scale formations past the Regimental Formations, and even the formations they do field have far more men than the unit name would suggest. Most notable is the 88th Siege Army which numbered "slightly" over three million men and 10's of thousands of Artillery Guns with Thousands of Tanks. And Krieg apparently fielded several Korps and Field Armies of this size.

[@Jedi_Spartan]

Why are these guys here, EVERYTHING in Warhammer 40K are so overpowered. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if a 40K ant could kill a Spartan II

[@socail2]

The Jungle of Catachan would. Not the animals in the jungle. The jungle itself. Honestly it aint even fair.

[@ryanhaag6757]

Isn't a tyranid a 40k ant

[@Jedi_Spartan]

@@ryanhaag6757 I meant whatever the 40K equivalent to an Earth ant is

[@ryanhaag6757]

I know I was simply joking

[@maukka1545]

Well there are these things called Ambulls...

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

You said the same thing multiple times. And you did not mention how specialized the lack of standardization made all the regiments, the Imperial guard as a whole could fight in every environment in all conditions in any number!

[@vladimirdragonov]

Felucia , kashyyk, Pandora? Catachan jungle fighters. Tatooine, Geonosis jaku jeda? Tallarn desert raiders. Hoth and pantora ? Valhallan ice warriors.course the death korps could just be sent to these planets as well because they have a raging bones for God forsaken hellholes

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

@@vladimirdragonov Death Korps of kreig on ANY of those world would do. The more dangerous the more merrier they are!

[@vladimirdragonov]

@@spamuraigranatabru1149 hell would kashyyk and felucia be even classified as death worlds by the imperium?

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

@@vladimirdragonov No, they would be considered annoying and/or possible locations to ravage for resources before the Orks come waaughing...

[@bobbiddero9]

The battle of Stalingrad is just a typical Monday morning for the imperium.

[@obi0914]

*Gets pulled over by a cop* Cop: Sir, do you know why I pulled..... *Driver is crying* Cop: Whats wrong? Driver: I was just thinking about Cadia. *Cop visibly chokes* Cop: The planet broke before the guard did! You may go Citizen.

[@kriegofficergary6921]

THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!

[@Bzr-Jr]

You have a name!!!!! How dare you?

[@Bzr-Jr]

Lol

[@Bzr-Jr]

Yes he does!!!!!

[@steveisthecommissar4013]

Hay Gary

[@steveisthecommissar4013]

Sup A-1

[@firepowerx-venezuelangame3890]

Advantages: 1) they are in His light 2)true champions of the Imperium 3) Sly Marbo

[@ts25679]

I thought you might have at least mentioned psykers.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

That is a fair point - Sanctioned Psykers are a part of the Imperial Guard command structure and deployed alongside more regular units in battle on a regular basis. While nowhere near as powerful as Space Marine Librarians, they still offer considerable psychic support to the Guard at least on a par with the Force powers of the Jedi, even though the Sanctioned Psykers are not themselves especially capable combatants in more conventional forms of combat, and bring with them the Warp-related risks associated with psychic powers in the 40K setting.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 as long as you have a powerful enough neverborn patron and don't let it understand how you are using it, using the power of the empyrean is hardly a problem... and you should embrace the gifts your patron bestows on your flesh for your services.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

@@SonsOfLorgar A Hard pass there - I am happy with my current complement of eyes and limbs, and in their current configuration, thank you very much.

[@michaelkeha]

@@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954 depend on the Individual psyker as they can be powerful enough to mind control entire planets without realizing it and snapping fucking Titans in half with a flick of their wrist to able to at weakest telepaths that can also turn your brain in jelly with a glare.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

@@michaelkeha 40K Psykers are extremely variable in their abilities and level of power, but mind controlling whole planetary populations at the same time and snapping Titans like twigs is full on Alpha level psyker stuff, and no Sanctioned Psyker would ever be that powerful - the Imperium either kills Alpha Level Psykers on sight or uses them for very special projects. A Sanctioned Psyker would likely be no more than gamma or maybe low Delta class, but even that represents a serious level of (as you say potentially brain-liquefying) power.

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

"If the imperial guard can't win, then no one can." I never realized how much of a sore loser the imperium of man was.

[@TheRogueminator]

Humanity can't win!?? HERESY!

[@jessewillason2064]

HERETIC!!!!

[@RolfHartmann]

Don't forget that the Imperial Guard also has SLY MARBO. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! The Catachans by themselves could take on any other army on this list. Just to survive they need to become expert warriors and survivalists. Though seriously when it comes to combined arms operations the Guard are way ahead of most of these other armies. Most objectives I saw the Clones attack the Guard would have pulverized with artillery long before sending in the infantry. They also have an excellent variety, and quantity, of support weapons that most of these other armies neglect such as heavy crew-served machine guns anti-armor cannons missile launchers and mortars. The previous video listed the lack of standardization as a weakness, but most of the time it is a strength as it means the Imperium can select units well suited to each mission from siege specialists like the Death Korps of Krieg to cold weather troops like the Valhallans and of course for jungle fighting they've got a horde of overly-muscled red bandana sporting their own Commisar killing madmen from Catachan.

[@joshuawilliams9020]

In combine arms I put the colonial Marines as better. They actually don't have to beg someone ( imperial navy) for aircraft. Heck each every platoon should have two super Sonic missiles trucks assign to them. And the m292 is actually better than the Earthshaker in every department. By a sizable amount too. Really as long as guard send likes only double or triple the numbers, my money is on the colonial Marines winning. Because of superior combine arms assets and doctrine.

[@michaelkeha]

@@joshuawilliams9020 my dude unless you got some good sources to back is up the m292 only has a range advantage and a small caliber advantage which is debatable as I am willing to bet in terms of munitions quality it's chalk and cheese given 40K scale difference in terms of sheer fucking absurd toughness over the Basilisk and it's earthshaker cannon as for begging the imperial navy for aid guess the US Marines and Army have to beg the air force to do their jobs on bended knee to that's shity logic and you know it, add to that in terms of combined arms tactics the guard have specialists in every possible tactic in buckets can bring entire mechanised armies packing more heat than the colonial marines can on a squad to squad level never mind at the regimental level with troops that in other universes are the elite commandos and that's not counting the guards own special forces branches I don't think you quite understand the scale difference between the two sides here nor the quality of combatant difference in raw terms real world terms every imperial guardsman is basically a special forces operative and I mean that literally as the pdf is a planets marine corps, army, navy, Air Force etc the ones that get deployed into the wider galaxy are the best of the best from the pdf given additional training.

[@joshuawilliams9020]

@@michaelkeha The colonial Marines technical manual is my source of m292. 30 kilometers to the Earthshaker 15, 152mm to 132mm Earthshaker, 6 rounds in ten seconds vs the manual reload rate of maybe 6 per minute. And IG doesn't operate any aircraft, only PDFs are imperial navy do. So if they need air support, they better hope the navy is willing to help, meanwhile the colonial Marines Operate their own air core and each platoon gets two drop ships and Two APCs. Meanwhile the IG need to hope that there another regiment nearby, are they aren't getting any kind of support. And IG aren't spec level trained... Except a few ( cadians and catachans mainly), the majority are giving nato level training. Most PDF are taught how hold fortifications. During the sieges of vraks, the Imperial high command was shock that the local PDF knew how to perform mechanized assualts.

[@christiandauz3742]

There are only 2 Million Colonial Marines Most of them have never fought any Alien, Predator, Android or other Human before I like to see these CMs handle a Sanctioned Psyker or an Ogryn Squad or a Company of Scions!!!

[@joshuawilliams9020]

@@christiandauz3742 air support is hella of powerful, and if the enemy don't see the shot coming, than their dead all the same( speaking of sniper rifle with 2900 m range).

[@alphariusomegon3965]

Im glad You didn't forgot the most important advantage officers who would kill there own men to bring moral up. Praise the god emperor

[@michaelritzen8138]

that would be the Commissars, which he did mention

[@lordcastellan4735]

@@michaelritzen8138 not always. During the fall of Cadia the guard executed their commissars for cowardice.

[@michaelritzen8138]

@@lordcastellan4735 Ohw, I don't dispute that, but more often than not, the duty of delivering the Emperors Mercy falls upon the Commissars. Although it is not uncommon for particularly disliked commissars to die by 'accident' when they just wandered into Line of sight of the troops or sit in a foxhole which just so happens to recieve a grenade and nobody saw where it came from.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

@ Zyruss Villarreal * *MAN EMPEROR*

[@werewolf4358]

A good Comissar will inspire in his guardsmen 3 things. 1.) Fear greater than any they have of the enemy 2.) Love of his calming and inspirational presence 3.) An undying devotion to serving the Emperor in whatever way necessary.

[@luc-zq7ku]

there is only one things that matter FARM THE BANEBLADE

[@tyrbaan7295]

"IT IS THE BANEBLADE!"

[@tomtomwarwar9101]

Why the imperial guard, not the Space marines? Is it because they are too overpowered?

[@Talon1124]

They went over this in other videos. Astartes are Special Forces under their criteria.

[@tomtomwarwar9101]

Sorry, just watched the last video, it explains why.

[@lordcastellan4735]

Guess that explains why the scions weren't mentioned either.

[@tyrbaan7295]

I wish special forces were included. ODST vs Stormtroopers anyone?

[@christiandauz3742]

A few Scions would wipe out both the 501st and 212nd in just six hours!

[@janczaplinski658]

Lasguns have two advantages compared to bolters: they have stocks and bayonets. So they are just suitable for meele.

[@adambielen8996]

Bolters also have bayonets, Space Marines just choose not to use them cause a combat knife or their fist is just as effective.

[@janczaplinski658]

@@adambielen8996 point, I forgot about Veteran SM. But guard bayonets are still better.

[@adambielen8996]

@@janczaplinski658 because their guns are longer.

[@janczaplinski658]

@@adambielen8996 bayonets are the only advantage of the guard infantry. I mean they have BS= 4+, T= 3, Sv= 4/5. Personally I prefer playing with wolves.

[@michaelkeha]

@@janczaplinski658 table top stats mean fuck and all in terms of fluff and bolters don't have stocks as the most common user is wearing armor wear a stock would get in the way as for baynoets see the average marine combat knife better known as a sword to us normal humans and tell me if that little knife is going to do anything to stop the 2 ton Demi god who is currently breaking the sound barrier to cleave your head off while unloading rapid fire high explosive rockets into the rest of your squad.

[@jacobvirtz5919]

When you look at the special forces don't forget the millatrum tempestus or stormyroopers

[@jimmykarlsson4126]

the imperium have to many special forces and all are badass

[@MinhNguyen-yk4yu]

"Sir we have reports of a million clone troopers heading to our location sir." "Oh thank the Emperor, I thought we were going to have to face a tyranid." "Sir we only have twenty guardsman left." "Today is a good day to fight and die for the Emperor."

[@noahlapointe4332]

"So sir its lunch time."

[@I_dunno_yet]

If there is something terrifying in front of the guard. Put something scarier behind them.

[@Mykil47]

I watch you for your Star Wars content but am also a big Warhammer 40k fan, I even have a Chaos Star tattooed on my shoulder. That being said, I think you do a good job with your knowledge of the 40k universe and doing it justice. You always have quality content and I always look forward to new Gtech and Gfilms videos; keep up the great work!

[@ZacharyReaper]

I agree with you, they did a really good job. But besides that. Heresy!!

[@fortifieddorn3375]

Mykil47 citizen, the Inquisition has been informed of your heretical tattoo.

[@theinquisitor8112]

@@fortifieddorn3375 We are here. This one?

[@fortifieddorn3375]

@Nobody expects the Inquisition! Yes Inquisitor, this is the heretic you are looking for.

[@nadav2003]

Mykil47 that tattoo sounds a bit heretical, the commissar would like to talk to you for some “spiritual guidance”

[@fluffsquad8658]

I will forgive your slight of not using the phrase "The Planet Broke Before The Guard Did" since you ended the video with the Exterminatas

[@An_Imperial_Guard.]

Lasgun rifles can easily cut through Space Marines if they aim properly. They are far away from weak.

[@xianderthest8014]

Best Imperial Guard division of all time the Death Korps of Krieg! KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEIG!

[@michaelkeha]

The metallic marauding might of the bombastic boys in mustard bringing mechanised mayhem to murder,maul and bombard you into the next millennia hailing from Armageddon would disagree with you

[@NewGuy2534]

I detect no heresy. But just just to make sure... *SMASH IT!!*

[@luxeternity]

Make sure you burn it with the holy fire brother

[@zackbatcountry5647]

EXTERMANATUS

[@shouldntreallybehere69]

How to be an Imperial Guardsman Veteran STEP 1: *SURVIVE*

[@Imashork]

Only for like10hours so yah

[@Carlieth]

Mutants and Abhumans were separate things. Ratlings / Ogryns and the like were employed by the Imperial Guard but under suspicion. Whereas straight up mutants like those with 4 eyes or an extra limb were immediately hunted down and destroyed. Bestigors fell under the Abhuman subsection but even then they were generally used in suicide missions so as to rid the Imperium of their particular strain.

[@mericanjoe4070]

40k sounds like it was made when someone gave a heroin addicted 12 year old who had just hit puberty a pencil and said "make a scifi universe"

[@joshuawilliams9020]

Actually... That's pretty close what happened. Originally it wasn't a serious sci fi, so creators just went crazy. Than someone decided that needed to be serious, but not tone down the insanity from the joke days.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Make it a group of 16yo brittish sci fi and role play enthusiasts in the mid 1880ies and you'd be spot on...

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

To be fair, the extremely over the top nature of 40K has evolved over time, and has become something of a trademark of the setting. 40K also has a long history of satire, especially using the various governmental eccentricities of the Imperium to mock Authoritarian and Totalitarian forms of governance of every kind, from Right Wing military Juntas, through extremist theocracies, to Communist societies.

[@Aracnah]

@@SonsOfLorgar No, I don´t think so... Otherwise the Astartes would have sex all the time (I mean except of the Emperors Children). The Orks, too. And the Eldar wouldn´t be on the verge of extinction, either. And the Sororitas would have... different (less) armor.

[@joshuawilliams9020]

@@Aracnah no, he's right, that literally how 40k started as some friends getting together and making a Table top RPG.

[@antonlouis612]

"a bunch of Scrap Held together by Belief" - sums up my whole 1998-2019 life

[@Techbandit1]

Good job on the facts....but I have an eleventh for you Ciaphas Cain. No, really.

[@TactWendigo]

One of the best characters in 40K.

[@sebastianojeda3144]

The one character in 40K with the most Plot Armor, awesome!!!

[@tyrbaan7295]

I still want Lukas Alexander to lead this army.

[@glenndewolf9659]

Cisphas Cain HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!

[@weldonwin]

@@sebastianojeda3144 Not plot armor, just Gunner Ferrik Jurgan, the second ugliest man in the galaxy, but probably the greatest guardsman ever

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

Star Wars Fans: we have a Death Star 40k Fan: we have a glass ball HH readers know what I’m talking about

[@slymarbo152]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[@johnwotek3816]

Go get them Sly! For the EMPRAAAAAH!

[@atomicspacebomb7829]

A little crude, even for you Sly, but you make a good point

[@caseyleeshort]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnwotek3816]

@@caseyleeshort OLD THE LINE GUARDSMEN! THE GREENSKINS ARE COMING!

[@thepsychicspoon5984]

I agree

[@mitchverr9330]

ALL HAIL THE MAN EMPEROR OF MANKIND!

[@Mystickrage]

HERITIC ALL HAIL THE GOD EMPEROR OF MANKIND MAY HE GIVE YOU MERCY*SHOOTS YOUR HEAD CLEAN OFF AND KICKS YOUR BODY TO THE WAYSIDE*

[@12halo3]

That joke isn't funny

[@mitchverr9330]

You are not the emperor of humour good sir.

[@12halo3]

@@mitchverr9330 I dont need to be to tell you that that fucking joke is shit.

[@allytank-itykitty7417]

people always say that the guard are useless and the space marines keep the imperium safe! but there is not enough chapters for worlds! and like only a few million marines the main bulk of the Imperium is the Guard, and yes they face shit that no one else even has nightmares about! love the video and you not under selling the guard!

[@djcuevas1057]

The 20 megajoules thing is for the hellgun not the lasgun. Those things are meant to kill power armor.

[@Geraduss]

Well as I understand it a Lasgun can fire that BUT it would overcharge it and possibly blow up in your face AND drain the battery.

[@EyeKracker83]

Lasgun is 19 Megajoules Hellguns are 60, at least according to the Stormtrooper codex from 6th edition that is.

[@djcuevas1057]

@@EyeKracker83 Even so laser weapons are highly inefficient only about 30% of that energy would actually transfer into the target at best.

[@EyeKracker83]

@@djcuevas1057 30% of what a regular lasgun hits with is still enough to flash incinerate interal organs, muscles, tissues and bone so they explode violently. granted thats on full power. but still, thats going to hurt someone, has to count for something!

[@EyeKracker83]

@@djcuevas1057 Imperial Guard Problem Solving: if a Platoon of Guardsmen shooting it doesn't work the first time, add grenades, heavy weapons and a liberal dose of harsh language, if problem persists, Deploy Armour. Not much can stand up to a Leman Russ! it is pretty dumb to compare an infantryman's rifle to a battle tank's main weapon, they're two entirely different weapons! probably better to compare and contrast with a Lascannon instead, that's atleast in the same weight class!

[@nathanbouchard2586]

I'm glad you took my advice and looked into 40k videos you can make a lot more from here

[@Shatterverse]

There's nothing comical about the population of the Imperium. Space magic notwithstanding, realistic space expansion would if anything be more populous and vast than the Imperium.

[@SnepEmperorSnow]

Adding here yet another "THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!!"

[@jasonm1691]

CADIA STANDS LONG LIVE THE IMPERIUM PRAISE THE EMPRAH

[@Bzr-Jr]

@@janczaplinski658 a bolt pistol? *cocks a hevy Bolter

[@jamesramon2057]

"The guard don't break easily" "The planet broke before the guard did"

[@dylandatta834]

Again, this video has a rating of mainly 5's. The Inquisition is pleased. If the IG do not win overall, we must declare Exterminatus on Generation Films. The Emperor Protects.

[@leekent3587]

As one of the guard units says in dawn of war "When In Doubt, Throw More Men At It!!" xD

[@nischalghookal2378]

I have a feeling that 40k will win purely because of how many fans it has... and the fact that the Guard is just so large.

[@LuoSon312_G8]

also cuz their just as fanacital to denying if they have any flaws. look at the polls all the votes go to "5" that is as biased as it gets.

[@domdawson3607]

You do have to remember that the universe is on an entirely different scale where, for the imperium to have a chance of surviving, the military has to be rediculous. And it's based about 37-38000 years after all of the other franchises used which just might give them a bit of an advantage.

[@LuoSon312_G8]

@@domdawson3607 that i have accepted as lore but as a casual fan of the series as a whole, boasting the imperium is being blind to the concept that they may have already lost.

[@moriskurth628]

Actually, Star Wars and Halo have way more fans. The 40k fandom is just fairly united in itself, and surprisingly loyal to their material (No, really. They may bicker and complain over changes to the game and the lore on a scale that would make other fandoms quit, but in the end they still get together to enjoy their *stupidly* *expensive* hobby).

[@LuoSon312_G8]

@@moriskurth628 *sigh* facepalms. too true. that was me at one point. now i only ask for the truth. but fans can't tell what's lore and what's fandom anymore.

[@thewoolycontacts]

Cant fucken stand your voice but i love your channel and content. Keep up the good work. I really do enjoy watching all your vids. Its cool you make videos like these because this is the type of stuff you would normally talk about and imagine when chilling with your friends back then.

[@SilentRaider53]

To be honest, the Imperial Guard would actually be far more terrifying if the Imperium and Mechanikus would get off their asses and actually bother to be innovative and make cheap but decent mass producible power armor and stronger Lasguns.

[@mitchverr9330]

The problem with innovation is that theres so much tech viruses that anything they make which is new has a strong chance of killing them, though "in lore" some worlds make very new stuff, Ryza for example makes significant plasma advancements.

[@SilentRaider53]

I just now looked up Ryza. Figures. One of the few Forge Worlds that's actually trying to make better equipment and the damn Orks have to come in and ruin everything. You love the Orks because they are extremely crazy and awesome when it comes to fighting and yet you can't help but hate them because they don't leave anything alone.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@SilentRaider53 Orks are great, you just have to provide the right bait and they will happily do your work for you... just make sure that you have all you'd ever want from the system first, because once they run out of corpse-lovers to massacre, they will go after anyone else who happens by...

[@michaelkeha]

@@SilentRaider53 Ryza loves having orks on their world it's an excuse to break out all the fancy schamncy ancient tech they have always wanted to see what it does and get to use it

[@michaelkeha]

The guard are already incredibly powerful just not on a man for man basis fighting fucking Demi gods and the Las gun is incredibly powerful as it is and I am pretty sure imperial flak armor can protect you from pretty much the rest of the marines in this competitions lists primary weapons with relative ease

[@werewolf4358]

The Commisars, one of the Imperium's greatest moral strengths. "Be like General Tarsus of yore! Bullet-proof and free of fear!"

[@h.plovecat4307]

I thought Orks were the Fungi?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Yes, Alan got it a bit mixed up.

[@CorvusCorone68]

orks are part fungi, they have spores in em but they're also a higher life form as well, the Old Ones really knew what they were doing when they wanted to make an unkillable warrior race; the Necrons are big on exterminating so the Krorks, the Ork's ancestors, were perfect as a counter

[@ssgtdude1]

As an Imperial Guard commander I have watched your series on the imperial guard with a lot of interest. I did notice that you have focused on the sheer numbers and mostly the trench warfare that the guard were known for. However, this is not the only tactic that the guard have. Yes, numbers are the strength that the guard have. Now, instead of the trench warfare imagine how effective the guard would be as an assault force. This I can tell you is very effective. With vehicles such as the Valkyrie, your force becomes highly mobile and allows for your units to become fast attack. Often times denying armies that usually gain bonuses (in game mechanics) to their strength. I demonstrated this many times in game after game after game on the table top. The speed of an Imperial guard assault army (in game mechanics again) leaves opponents being caught off guard and throws the tried and true tactics of fighting guard completely useless as they have to quickly adapt. I stand behind the all female force of the Amazonian LXIX and the 77th Penal Legion so long as their pink cameo scheme stands out on the field of battle. May the Emperor protect you. Also, I have to say you have a wonderful grasp on the Orks. During a model build day at our local hobby shop, we decided to build some rather Orky buildings. Gathering a few bits and bobs I built an Ork teleporta. complete with gretchin singed mark on the base of the teleporta. the back story, was that the Warboss told his Wyrdboyz he wanted something that would take him from where he was standing and move him to someplace else on the battle field. The Wyrdboyz accepted the challenge begged for 24 hours for them to be able to come up with something and lo and behold they did it. The War boss asked to see it and asked how it worked. The Wyrd boyz said "Turn these knobs, flip these switches, then press this button and bamn you are half way across the battle field. Not happy with the response the Warboss asked again, How does it work. Finally the Wyrdboyz admitted they didn't know that it was a toaster the day before.

[@barrybend7189]

please do best mechanized forces next. and my nomination is the Earth Sphere Federation from Gundam 00.

[@nadav2003]

Barry Bend YOU THINK YOUR PUNY LITTLE GUNDAMS CAN WITHSTAND THE MIGHT OF THE GOD MACHINES OF THE ADEPTUS TITANICUS

[@barrybend7189]

@@nadav2003 the GNX series can out meneuver and out gun most titans. oh and look up the Gadelazza.

[@Slycarlo]

Gtfo here you weebs

[@michaelkeha]

@@barrybend7189 not gonna debate stats because Gundam makes 40K look like paragons of consistency by comparison(also because I have no clue what would happen if Gala got hit by some of the munition types in 40k) I will say this if you want to compare how pilots and mecha are treated and designed in the west vs the east I will happily have a chat.

[@barrybend7189]

@@michaelkeha actually you think its the other way around? gundam at least catalogues all of its weapons. 40K tends to throw stuff around cough cough ultramarines books cough cough.

[@little_isalina]

lol 20 megajoules on imperial Lasguns. Where'd you get that number, from the Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer?

[@indianajones4321]

No! Why did the series have to end!

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

Uhm, guys. I need help. An entire armada of Orkz have been following all week long and they don't seem to attacking me due to the fact that i accidentally obliterated a Chaos Titan right in front of them while also accidentally killing their Warboss when he was caught in the explosive range. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

[@inventor121]

Killing a Warboss means that you are now the Warboss, do with this info what you will

[@lucofparis4819]

I am sorry, Tyranids very much enjoy eating their way into the entire universe.

[@greenwitchinc.1682]

Great video! Although I'd have to say that the Orks are "not" arguably containable. Just look at that map you put in the beginning of the video. The Waaaaagh will not be stopped by humies!

[@Talon1124]

One fact about the Lasgun... it can punch through an Astartes in full armour. Once. The power packs can fire multiple 'low' energy shots or be ramped up to unleash a single high power shot that drains the entire energy reservoir.

[@moriskurth628]

Yep, but even the most common combat setting used is comparable to modern day .50 BMG ammunition in terms of damage. If a lasbolt hits your arm, the blood vessels and other liquids basically flash-boil, leading to an entire section of your arm essentially exploding. The effect is not unlike holding onto a detonating grenade, an entire limb would just be gone. Also, the power packs of the lasgun themselves are every quartermaster's wet dream: They can be recharged from basic power outlets, like a plug in a wall, have solar cells on them that can recharge them by just letting them stand in the sun, and are able to transform heat into energy, meaning you'd just have to place a few of these packs around a campfire (or even *in* the fire itself) to regain ammo. And one more thing, lasgun technology is so widely available and easy to manufacture that there are Feudal Worlds (essentially pre-industrial worlds) that can produce them. And they are *ridiculously* cheap to make. The only thing cheaper would be Stubbers or Autoguns, which are basically 20th/21st Century firearms ala M1911, AK-47 or M16, and are often scratch-built by Hive Gangs or some Imperial Guard Regiments in the field.

[@vladimirdragonov]

@@moriskurth628 hell I think one of older versions of the lore the actual AK-47/ AKM was still in mass production in the modern imperium

[@L0stEngineer]

@@vladimirdragonov thats called a stubber, and they make billions for the I.G. units that can't afford a lasgun

[@sebastianojeda3144]

Really?? I could see a hellgun doing that, but a regular lasgun?? Even in the "fuck everything I'm about to die" setting I don't think it could take down an Astartes, mmaaybe with a direct headshot or through a weak spot.

[@mitchverr9330]

hotshot/hellguns are just super energised lasguns, they all have the power to do it, its just a question of how much power you have to put into the weapon, it also dramatically reduces the service life of the weapon so most dont get that setting unless its needed, EG the death korps grenadiers are given hotshot lasguns with limited life span and high energy because franky, they dont expect to get the gun back anyway, might aswell let the guy go and massacre chaos space marines too xD

[@SoulGizmo]

was really looking forward to this!!

[@connorgainey8178]

If you want more info go to arch warhammer.

[@chrisedrington7945]

"Their much BELOVED and FEARED Commissar" *The Ordo Malleus nods off camera*

[@capussa963]

While this is a good list of the Advantages of the Imperial Guard, the Exterminatus should not be on this list. The Imperial Guard has now way of requesting or using an Exterminatus as only the highest level Inquisitor Lords are able to use them and they are loath to destroy worlds that could be won another day. It should be pointed out that the Exterminatus only destroys the biosphere with minimal damage to infrastructure. Also if an Inquisitor deamed an Exterminatus worth using the Imperial Guard would not be informed, some regiments may be redeplyed to another warzone before the Exterminatus is used but most will be left to fight on and be destroyed by it.

[@andrewrhoades9665]

I adore 40k and love that’s it’s getting more exposure. But let’s be honest, between the over the top nature of the universe’s lore and the near rabid fan base, it really isn’t fair for the other factions presented in this series. But seriously, you guys did great work portraying each faction. Keep up the good work

[@steeltalen3486]

Why does no one remember the felienids the best abhuman

[@g0tm04]

steel talen no

[@steeltalen3486]

@@g0tm04 why no they are abhumans to?

[@thatoneguy9615]

Because there is no escape from the grim darkness of the far future. not even in cat ears, tails, or general kawaii

[@steeltalen3486]

@@thatoneguy9615 lol

[@lordcastellan4735]

I sense a Tau sympathizer. Fear not Guardsman Keller, I shall inform a member of the Ordos Xenos to deal with this. THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!

[@xavierM.V]

imagine having and mixing all the technology from all the different games and movies. you would have the best army ever.

[@linuxoperatingsystem6402]

10 Features that made the TIE Defender the best TIE.

[@PvtMartin78]

Love the picture of the battle of Ork's Drift at 12:32

[@PyroMancer2k]

Meh... Destroy the planet. :)

[@galahad3195]

What is the name of the epic orchestral music used in the background around the 9:00 mark?

[@jacklong1844]

i've been waiting a loooong time for this

[@XortTheGoblin]

I say, do the enemies of each universe comparison! Keep this series going.

[@SamuraiScottsman]

If you use codex rules for weapons you find the lazgun is on par with a 50cal with better penetration

[@Sherudons]

Well to put it into perspective, 40k has melee weapons, not as a status symbol but as stardard kit, they expect you to run out of ammo and have managed to make standard ammo powerpacks be rechargeable by sunlight or cooking them over fire, a gun that doesn't jam and comes with a tactical slot for those wanting to attach a flashlight for twinlinking. Combat doctrine for some regiments and penal legions can be as simple as, "forward, charge and attack", with a million bodies moving foward can be a tactic in it's own class.

[@Phoenix8492]

The Cadia-pattern Lasgun was based off of a lasgun STC; this is why so many lasguns have a very similar design pattern by the time M42 rolls around.

[@XanderKaine]

Could we have a link for the fallout 4 lasgun mod shown at 7:18 if it pleases the God Emperor.

[@christophercisternino832]

What about the super marines? Werent they like a different , augmented human altogether?