40k Lore, Regiments Of The Imperial Guard! The Tallarn Desert Raiders! Armored And Dessert Warfare

Tallarn is a planet with a harsh past and a harsher climate! The tallarn desert raiders forged by it's unforgiving sulphuric sands into some of the best hit and run armored fighters in the Imperium of Man
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[@SpetsnazStevens]

Mmmm Dessert Warfare. Far more tasty than Desert Warfare

[@tspoon772]

The never ending love story between arch and misspelled titles continues

[@PhilippBrandAkatosh]

:) As far as i know, the swiss are experts in dessert warfare.

[@jbeckley6849]

Yes, but desert warfare is grittier.

[@theclonelieutenant5976]

Did someone say a food war?

[@flakbait5771]

This must be what they mean by "food fight"

[@jamesmortimer4016]

-Wake up -Bow towards terra and praise the god emperor (who is the greatest) -Hide under sanddune -shoot holes into enemies water tanks and survival tents -have breakfast -Bow towards terra and praise the god emperor (who is the greatest) -apply sunscreen because you are still as pasty looking as the englishmen who invented you -march 15 kilometer without leaving tracks in the sand -Bow towards terra and praise the emperor (who is the greatest) -DInner -Chat with the tank platoon -Bedtime -Wake up at midnight -Bow towards terra and praise the emperor (who is the greatest) thank him for killing those enemies from this morning with his divine flame, the fucking sun

[@Kerath]

Islam, but Based?

[@DrKarmo]

​@@Kerathislam but without the pedophilia

[@donlagay8648]

@@Kerath Thats what im thinking

[@inquisitionagent9052]

​@@Kerath always has been

[@Awootistic]

Allah Imbiraturia Akbar

[@DetectiveLance]

"What was once a verdant agriworld-" Me: Alright so how did the Imperium- "-Virus Bombed by the Iron Warriors!" Me:....you have my attention.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

For once the imperium wasn't the ones who fucked up a world

[@vibechecker3168]

“Have you seen the Tallarn raiders around here?“ “Oh! Not to worry sir! they’ve gone to look at that pond over there. They’ll be back in minute.” “Why?” “Well, it’s the biggest amount of natural water they’ve ever seen, I believe they’re trying to contain it all.” “They do know that there’s oceans on this planet?” “Yes sir, but we’ll get there when we get there, they may go into shock”

[@edim108]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't even a word for sea or ocean in their native language.

[@sijul6483]

​@@edim108 well, if I do remember correctly, the Arabs (and likely others) noted the vast deserts of Arabia and North Africa as an ocean or sea of sand. I would very much hypothesize that the words do exist, but perhaps have different contexts.

[@garysuarez9614]

Tallarn defeated the Iron Warriors. IN A TANK BATTLE. All the flex you need.

[@robertnelson9599]

Beating the Iron Hands would be more impressive.

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

They beat two Chaos invasions (though with some Eldar help the second time) these guy are hardcore, that's some badass stuff yes.

[@Guardsman-sy8qm]

In a tank battle, specifically, yes. In general, no. The Iron Warriors are basically Chaos Imperial First with a Primarch as strategically brilliant as Girlyman.

[@BSOE3058]

ʹThen the prophet spoke: saying ʹFrak this, for my faith is a shield proof against your blandishments!ʹ ‐ Alem Mahat, The Book of Cain, Chapter IV, Verse XXI1 To think that somewhere on Tallarn there's Cult Worshiping Ciaphas Cain as Emperors prophet is absolutely hilarious

[@thil2894]

Speaking of Cain did GW killed him for real or is it a rumor?

[@BSOE3058]

I choose to believe that Cain lives

[@thil2894]

@@BSOE3058 Oh. It's one of those then. Shit.

[@Tragedous]

@@thil2894in his books Amberly says he died and was then buried with full military honor but is always listed as being on duty since he had been declared dead several times already

[@lucasbeck1391]

​@@thil2894 cain is dead for real according to amberly

[@chasemora9606]

Grew up with Tallarn, played them in the early 2000s, love'em, miss'em. Impacted me to the point I joined my nations Army, as an armor officer because of it. Thanks for a blast from my childhood arch!

[@Ozzystrayroo]

Who does not love a combination of German north africa forces, their british counterpart, and a dash of operation desert storm in a single package? It's an armored forces in a desert planet! The best playground of armored warfare!

[@PodreyJenkin138]

Also the Lawrence of Arabia lads and the mujahideen, and the fremen There's a ton ways for tallarn to be depicted and I wish they got way more love, there's gonna be way more desert or barren planets in the Galaxy than jungles or Ice given how rare water is They should be one of the highest sought after regiments

[@boobah5643]

@@PodreyJenkin138 How rare water is? Is this a heretofore unknown to me feature of _40k,_ or is this your particular misunderstanding about the universe?

[@PodreyJenkin138]

@@boobah5643 actual water on planets in this galaxy, the amount of desert or barren worlds we have found compared to the amount with any form of H2O (since many have such a small amount or are too hot or cold or still don't have a atmosphere etc) Essentially the rarity of garden worlds that are temperate or able to support a biosphere and planet life I guess ice worlds also count It's not a misunderstanding I'm correct

[@Guardsman-sy8qm]

Need a Tallarn story with a with Colonel Commissar Lawrence Schwartzkopf.

[@ginghinaandrei5013]

Tallarn Desert raiders: hold Biel-Tan forces off. Biel-Tan: actually explain why they're there. . And so they're on good terms now.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Amazing that diplomacy actually works. At least sometimes. LOL

[@60sSam]

The eldar know how to TALK?!?

[@DeHerg]

And as usual for Eldar, they tried "diplomacy" only AFTER they got their shit kicked in.

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

​@@60sSamas much as any animal does.

[@Guardsman-sy8qm]

And they call us monkies. Ha!

[@JB-ls5pq]

For hot enviroments. One can use longer stroke engine with lower rpm, higher torqe, and a big radiator , a big collector and greater oil capacity. Engine will stay at least around the collant evaporation temperature (if there is enough collant and you do not maxrev it) . The longer stroke engine gives the cilindres and pistons more time to cool sacrificing horsepower (wats, energy over time) while increasing tourqe (basically the force the engine can exert, not enough torques and the vehicle can not even get going, gearboxes solve that problem to a degree), Calculation for hrsprs is tourqe×rpm/5,252 and oil capacity increases the amount of shit that needs to heat up and can have its own seperate "radiator". More spare parts will be needed because the engine lifespan is Mostly determined by howmany times it heated up to operating temperature and cooled back again and by how suddenly that occured. Termal expantion/contraction will over time cause warping and heatstress accumulation. Deserts tend to be preatty harsh since daytime operating temperature is preatty high and during the night it suddenly becomes quite cold (no moisture= poor heat retention) increasing the heatcycle stress. Combine that with a lot of uphill, downhill under max load with a deadline and occasional shelling on a "slippery" sandy surface and catastrophic errors can occur quite easily be it cooking the engine, a crash, tipover, blown clutches/gearboxes, or simple mechanical failure.

[@aazz9676]

Dude this is GW they don't even have a high school level understanding of how viruses work or a primary school knowledge of the water cycle. Lol

[@TKUltra971]

Remember that time a space marine chapter slaughtered nearly a full army of Tallarn Desert Raiders due to "contact with the Xenos" and "Contamination"? Pepperidge Farm on Terra remembers...

[@UGNAvalon]

Agra Peperigius? 🙃

[@brutalikcz532]

Family huy reference?

[@mattwells5347]

Guardsman: “You see Commissar, there is a second S in dessert, not to be confused with desert.” Commissar: “YOU DARE DESERT YOUR POST GUARDSMAN?!” Guardsman: “No, commissar wait!”

[@blah7956]

I remember a audiobook drama about Tallarn soon after Tallarn was made into what it was, the narrator did such an awesome job of tone to give how depressing a situation it was

[@PodreyJenkin138]

What was it called?

[@blah7956]

cant recall,, on one of the audible omnibuses they have there, was about a space marine reviving a damaged titan by making the surviving pilot into a vegetable lol so he could continue fighting@@PodreyJenkin138

[@jacklang3314]

@@PodreyJenkin138 Tallarn I believe.

[@PodreyJenkin138]

@@jacklang3314 cool I'm gonna look for it thanks! This is what I loved about the 40k community, even when GW seems to want to do so much to kill this franchise cool people sharing great lore keeps it alive

[@jewishbaker]

Damn i need to find that!​@@jacklang3314

[@inquisitorgarza312]

Tallarn really earn its place in armored warfare when their first recorded actions were against a majority of the Iron Warriors Legion, and they survived that heavy fisted beating from those calculated siege masters.

[@mattturner6017]

The Tallarn Desert Raiders are my favorite. Their hit-and-run tactics seek to do as much damage to the enemy as possible while taking a minimum of casualties. Because Tallarn does not have billions of bodies to stuff into a meat-grinder, they at least try to use their manpower resources efficiently. The Tallarn prove that the Guard can be brave, cunning, and effective without being overtly suicidal.

[@zaqzilla1]

On the upside of working in the desert. All you need to do to keep your las mags charged is leave it on your dashboard.

[@LooneyPoliticsTunes]

Nice to know Lawrence is still kicking around in the 41st millennium

[@colmcorbec7031]

Yes, gimme that desert guerilla warfare shit!

[@megaman1808]

Mmm, that's some good shit right here ❤

[@DeHerg]

Don't you mean dessert gorilla war?

[@lunarlegion7157]

Frak this for my faith is a shield against your blandishments! A quote from ciafus kane the prophet of the emperor to the Tolan people.

[@DefaultFlame]

You can spell "blandishments," but you can't spell Caiphas Cain or Tallarn? You make my brain hurt . . .

[@michaelkimberling7307]

You would think that a single Tank shell being fired, could cause a planetary cataclysm under the circumstances of a post virus bombing. All it would take was just a few embers to set off the gasses and sludge from the bombing

[@hashkangaroo]

33:30 One cheap solution is to run them only at night, when the air is much cooler, and try to hole up in some shelter or waypoint by the time the sun comes up.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Desert guerilla tank regiment. Yeah, love these badasses! They're one of my favorite regiments of the Guard.

[@samaritan_sys]

Been waiting for you to cover these sandy Emperor-botheres ever since I read the Cain novels!

[@fathurshaon123]

Anyone else instantly recall CHAOS DESCENDS (by Karl The Deranged) the moment Arch said desert ?

[@ValgusOrdo]

"Congratulations, you have beaten the Iron Warriors!" "We won? Praise the Emperor! What did we win?" "A sad feeling." "...aww."

[@Rellana1]

You have to wonder if they didn't capture some Iron Warrior tanks and such to customize it.

[@Snootenhoff]

After this winter (that is still not over) a bone dry, hot as hell desert planet is starting to sound almost cozy

[@nadrewod999]

Come on down to Florida, we've been in the 70s almost all winter long, and even climbed into the 90s just yesterday.

[@JuanWonOne]

​@nadrewod999 do all the old people actually suck up enough moisture to make it a desert?

[@tba113]

Even as far north as Virginia, it's been more of an extended late fall or early spring than an actual winter. It freezes regularly enough, but this week it's hit highs in the mid-50's.

[@yetipotato8567]

But see when you are in scorching sun, choking dust and hot sand you dream about snow and blizzard

[@NetMoverSitan]

Great, more Red Shirts. 0:40 - You've certainly covered their Primarch. If it was that simple to destroy that Chaos artefact, they'd do that.

[@HappySack]

Ahh yes, the Tallaran Desert Body Bags featured in the Taros Campaign.

[@aazz9676]

What you mean the campaign where their first freaking action wasn't to capture the water treatment facilities on a damn desert world?

[@HappySack]

​@@aazz9676 That was after they figured they brought "enough" water and everything would be fine.

[@irontemplar6222]

aH The Tallaran Dessert Raiders. I too would raide the kitchen for dessert if I was in the army.

[@jeremigaezki3618]

I like the idea of Tarlarn being ultimate desert tank force. But what they really lack in their fluff is strong Areonautica forces, at least in their PDF forces. All flexibility that they have, can't compare with ability to cover ground and destroy supply column provided by a pair of ground attack aircraft. Destroy a supply column, and desert will take largest of forces. Because tank and its crew is as good as their water and fuel gets them.

[@Destroyer_V0]

It is unfortunate that aeronautica forces are typically reserved for the imperial navy only. Because, again. Reducing the chances of a rouge regiment having all the tools it needs to sucsessfully rebel without getting stomped by every other loyal regiment around it.

[@jeremigaezki3618]

@@Destroyer_V0 I had Tarlarn PDF in mind mostly, because many worlds field their own PDF areonautica. But yeach, combined arms as a whole is looked down upon by Munitorum, not including few select regiments. And yes, the Navy almost exclusively fields areonautica, not counting regiments like Phantine Air Corps.

[@vi6ddarkking]

I think the White Scars would really love this guys.

[@oz4087]

You came to the wrong desert heretic!

[@pakornwattanavrangkul2550]

Plasma gun, in the desert heat? Thats one hell of a recipe for disaster

[@rustyschackleford4762]

God emperor knows I like 40k lore, but I absolutely love it when Arch puts out a video on it!!!

[@UmbraBree]

Another top quality Lore Video. Thanks again from the Substar's for your work!

[@malaficus]

With how often imperial gaurd turns to chaos. The limiting of there combat prowness makes sense. Rebelion is common in the imperium after all.

[@goodwin9114]

One of two mistakes during the writing of the Horus heresy (because they bug me personally) was Ignance Karkasy mentioning his “mouth was dry as a Tallarans sandal” some time before Tallarn became a desert world. Either a careless sentence in an attempt to give the book a deeper flavour or Karkasy was snide who deserved what he got.

[@DefaultFlame]

8:20 Seeing what looks like 7.62 mm or something being belt-fed into a heavy bolter hurts my brain. Those should be about 2/3 of a red bull can-sized rounds, God Emperor damn it.

[@C.Columbus]

Always happy to see that there's a new episode

[@rotekampfflieger-dr.I]

sucks so hard gw sperged out about the tallarn model line, and the krieg models, and the steel legion models, and the elysium models, and the valhallan models, basically anything that aint cadia.

[@thegeneralissimo470]

Yes! My favorite regiments! Glad you finally did a video on them.

[@tneal89]

I wish you'd get back to doing Horus Heresy and the events of the 42nd millennium. I do get that you don't care for some of the newer plot developments (I disagree, but I understand your rationale), but... Respectfully, they're not leaving... And there's a lot of stuff that's happened. I'd love to see your telling of the Lion's return, for what it's worth.

[@DefaultFlame]

37:30 Three plasma gunners in one squad/fire team? That's going to have a high turnover rate.

[@victxbr]

Armoured Hit and Run and Ambush Warfare is awesome. Ps: please release another video about aspect warriors, is my favorite serie in the channel

[@theroboticrabbit3490]

Good to see that you’re stuff isn’t falling off the face of the platform

[@6sawa889]

with all the hours of 40k content ive listened i couldve learned something useful like to fly fighter jets or all about plumbing but now im a warhammer scholar

[@Tragedous]

Forget these guys, now the Tallarn dessert raiders are the real menace

[@namelesswarrior1187]

Happy to see more regiments of the militarum getting their own videos

[@andrewdrury958]

I have been looking forward to you talking about the Tallarn Desert Raiders. I was hoping when GW first made plastic Catachan's they would make plastic Tallarn's......... Still waiting

[@thewolfpack5290]

I love "Dessert Warfare"!

[@Bill-ix2zc]

Sounds delicious. Like that Cow and Chicken episode where they end up not in a Desert, but a banana split that looks like the desert.

[@angry_zergling]

@@Bill-ix2zc I remember Cow and Chicken!

[@maddlarkin]

Ive got to imagine a Tallarn air mobile regiment operating in the desert would be absolutely terrifying

[@lonewolfandcub668]

The lore king never went away.

[@zaqzilla1]

Chaos Marines: Alright, we just fly down there and get the artifact with zero civilian casualties. Yeah, but I promised Steve we'd virus bomb the next planet. Well a promise is a promise.

[@haraldbredsdorff2699]

No, Steve the human can impossible have worked with Chaos 10000 years ago. He is to kind for that :p

[@silenciosteve5513]

A Steve always sometimes appreciates a promise kept possibly

[@lysytoszef]

I am most intrigued about the negotiations and cooperation between Tallarns and Eldar. Wonder how that went down exactly.

[@ginghinaandrei5013]

Well, in the ( daemons of chaos) codex it says they are on friendly terms, and Biel-Tan has committed to send help if chaos forces invade again. So I'd say pretty well.

[@hussarzwei6223]

AK-47s for everyone!

[@angry_zergling]

can I have shoes?

[@rogue5ive]

Surprised you haven't covered this before, was awesome!

[@Azrael1st]

This is a good video, I was having a bad day today. It’s nice to have a Muslim inspired faction for once.

[@captainteutonica5474]

Tallarn always reminded me of Calth, until now. Thanks Arch!

[@Hot_To_Trot]

Always a good day when you upload, Arch. Hope you're going well

[@mitchellline4242]

You've done so many guard videos. Could you please do a few more xeno lore vids? Like on Eldar Guardians or Tau gue'vesa

[@xdeadrebornx6178]

Space Afghanistan.

[@Mik-s2l]

No, that's Armageddon

[@williamhare4456]

A stable connection to the warp. That sounds like a web way portal that leads to a collapsed part of the web way.

[@thechazz3230]

Arch would you consider ever doing a video on surviving Regiments from The Imperial Army like The Lucifer Blacks? I'd love to hear your takes on shit The Old 100 got up to.

[@elitereptilian200]

only thing the people on the planet heard before their flesh started to melt away was a faint yell from orbit: "fuck you in particular!"

[@Dctstampede88]

A fine regiment

[@ahel4523]

The irony of a Dessert Raider using a Plasma gun isn't lost on most people I hope.

[@Guardsman-sy8qm]

Can we please have more Guard Lore Arch. We all know its the single best Army in the game.

[@VladimirStanchev-h5h]

Thank you for the awesome storytelling!

[@coltonberry985]

I can’t wait for harokoni warhawks and vostroya

[@blackrazorfilms]

Need an Arch video on Logistics or some book recommendations!

[@Kellett781]

I had a hunch back in the day that GW would discontinue the metal guard so over the coarse of the year before I picked of a platoons worth of troops and heavy guns. Talarn were the last ones to come in and a month later, they were all dropped

[@zanemiller3307]

Thank you for the upload arch 🎉

[@Karagianis]

You could always run scouting forces at night to get around the heat of a desert, most deserts get pretty cold at night. You'd pretty much have to operate at night anyway if you wanted any kind of STEALTH about your actions. Keeping the sand out of the engine, axel bearings, suspension mountings etc. seems like a bigger issue imo.

[@DackJaniels51111]

Nice to see these tanky sandy dandys again. Remember seeing then in white dwarf about 20 years ago, always wondered why they never got more attention. Desert warfare and leman russ tanks, what's not to like?

[@LooneyPoliticsTunes]

Tallarn executioner is a great book 📕 might read it again , the Iron warrior invasion of Tallarn was brutal

[@eichler721]

Love the Tallarn and i wish we got more cool campaigns with them.

[@codyopperman5930]

In hope of refuge from the sky, we bury ourselves inside

[@StevenLockey]

Ah yes, the Tallarn desert raiders, often known for Tiramisu cannons ;)

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video.

[@be_quiet_and_drive]

Tallarn was one of my favorite heresy books. Highly recommend

[@Paul.cobain81]

Would love a video on the Finreht Highlanders

[@SangoProductions213]

Wouldn't... a virus bomb... on a permanent chaos connection be like... really grandfatherly bad? EDIT: OK. So chaos did it. Cool. That makes sense.

[@zgmfx-09a]

Is he getting ready for taros campaign?

[@Ulvetann]

Oh, gosh. I had a full army... then Codex Somewhere between 2 and 4 cane out and my will to paint figures died. Yep. I am that old. Once, a 2000 point Blood Angels army were something to brag about... 🤨

[@cojones8518]

I'm all in for Dessert Warfare.

[@andreykuzmin4317]

Thank you for this gift of water... wait, wrong desert warrior-people. How to make Fremen scarier? - give them Leman Russes and Desert Rats tactics.

[@peteriter]

Are there any giant God worms on this planet by any chance???

[@malaficus]

So they fight like eldar?

[@alpinewolf7751]

Desert? *Commissarial screeching intensifies*

[@joshbrooks120]

Thanks

[@xavierrodriguez8432]

my favorite regiment

[@_Carlos]

>Iron Warriors aren't behaving like they do in established lore(opening on an agri world with the virus bomb) >Imperium isn't behaving like it does in established lore(overwhelming, immediate response instead of proportionate response) >Stable warp portal, violating everything we know about the warp Sounds like the writer started with desert warriors and needed to give them a "cool" backstory.

[@kimanijoseph8378]

I know this was an imperial guard video, but the iron warriors intro kinda wants to see a logistics video of how chaos space marine Void warfare. We know the regular astartes can't fill up on every voidship because they are each very valuable and need chapter serfs. How do the chaos variant go about it ?

[@DetectiveLance]

Presumably they pick over the carcasses of their enemies when done or make a lot of visits to their own logistical centers owned on Chaos Worlds and/or the Dark Mechanicum...though that is a hell of a logistical tail...

[@honorguard7616]

round #2 : Can we get one on skitari?

[@tuomio5043]

So literally every war world was some kind of paradise until there was a massive war, and the planet turned almost uninhabitable?

[@crw4372]

Wait...a squad is just twelve men? (Ponders this.) (Becomes shocked.) But that's a rational unit size! This can't possibly Warhammer 40k!

[@DefaultFlame]

32:00 IT'S GOT CHICKEN LEGS!

[@katathoombs]

[libationes deis algorithmi]

[@FARBerserker]

so . . how did they do the warfare without ever igniting the athmosphere?

[@Ralphopotamus]

I was expecting some sort of 40k fremen from dune. But this is a bit more unique.