Death Korps Of Krieg Engineers! The Brutal Shovel Swinging Backbone Of Any Siege! Warhammer 40k Lore

[@Aigavlov]

For the record about the WW1 mine, the night before the explosion was detonated the chief of staff of the army, general Sir Charles Harington, allegedly said, "Gentlemen, I don’t know whether we are going to make history tomorrow, but at any rate we shall change geography".

[@redskull8354]

Engi boys always have humour

[@ninjawarroir9876]

Just to add to that. They infact change the geography. That's how much explosives they used and that lake. Yes that lake people fully believe it's haunted.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@ninjawarroir9876 considering some of the stuff you read about that horror of a gaping maw of war that ww1 trench areas was... hard not to see why people think that. i heard so much crap was used you more or lees still have a judge dread worthy map of ''yellow and red no go zones'' along patches of the former trench lines even to this day as heavy metals and various volatile chemicals is still simmering in very fragile 'stable' pockets among potential un-detonated unknown grenades etc :/

[@bradydonovan6180]

I am from krieg and I’m digging a trench, diggy diggy trench, digging a trench. -Death Korps engineer working chant

[@giselecesconetto2558]

Ha i gor the reference

[@TheCreepyLantern]

the siege of vrax series never ends. it just tunnels under the upload schedule to pop up when least expected.

[@SittingOnEdgeman]

12:57 "virtually regardless of rank or position"... I'm imagining Marshall Kagori showing up on planet and being handed an entrenching shovel, and he just takes it like a boss and wears it like a badge of honor.

[@baconcatbug]

@@WarDogMadness The funny thing is that would be even more insulting. "We have a snooty new commander, whatever, they don't understand Sacrifice." vs "Dis motherfucker eatin' beans and making a mockery of our faith."

[@Marinealver]

@@WarDogMadness no it will be 2 shovels before a watchmaster shouts out "what are all you bastards doing, watching the marshal dig the whole trench line by himself? GET TO WORK, SACRAFICE YOUR SWEAT FOR KRIEG!"

[@benjamintherogue2421]

@@WarDogMadness Krieg officers don't get shot by their own men. To be a Krieg officer you have already survived many, many battles as a standard trooper. Krieg officers have a high death rate because they can't help jumping back into battles and leading from the very front.

[@gweetus]

From a civil engineering background, I disagree on rock being your biggest hurdle. The biggest pain in any large scale earthworks project is always water. In particular stormwater drainage, though a high water table also presents a challenge usually better left avoided even if you have to go far out of your way to do so.

[@bengrogan9710]

I would say both depending on the cause. Rock leads to delay, water leads to degradation

[@Furzkampfbomber]

Good point. Solid rock can be annoying, but you can crush it in the end. Water always comes back, always finds a way and always wins. Also, when I think about it, water has this special ability to change its annoying qualitities due to what you don't expect and what is causing the biggest inconvenience. Summer: It will underwash your constructions, sluice out small gaps until they are massive cavities, cause mould and rot, soaks your wardrobe and gear and create a damp climate perfect for all kinds of annoying and dangerous pests. Winter: All of the above minus the pests. Also, it will now flow into small cracks and then freeze, thus destroying your constructions even more efficiently. In the form of ice, it will jam your weapons and vehicles, makes everything and everyone slip and even occasionally impales people in the form of icicles. Also, it will now soak your uniform and then freeze, making your uniform as hard as a board. Also, it will form little ice balls between your toes. And while the ground is too soaky to properly dig in the summer, it now becomes too hard. Except of course the planet decides to send a couple of days of thaw, then it turns everything into half-frozen mud until it freezes again. Almost sounds like Nurgle's or Tzeentch's invention, if you ask me. Well, maybe minus the killing icicles, I guess those are Khorns doing.

[@darrenshepherd3984]

I agree water is by far the biggest problem. It feels I've spent half my life trying to control water ingress.cheers.ta.

[@gweetus]

@@Furzkampfbomber your points are not wrong, but those will be problems no matter what you do since rain falls down. Fairly easily managed actually. The big problem is if your idiot commander decides to push some lines into that lovely wide spot over yonder with all those wonderful firing lines, but he's not an engineer, so he doesn't realize that not only is it a nice wide spot but also slightly lower in grade than the surrounding area which means anything remotely resembling rain will drain hundreds of acres of runoff directly into those canal... er, trenches. So not only is the corps digging defensive trenches, but now they have to go out again and dig diversion ditches and detention basins.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Pipeline surveyor myself. I got PTSD flashbacks when Arch talked about the mud. Half of the job was surveying the water drainage both from and to the pipeline. You gotta deal with the water.... Obviously the Death Corp would know _exactly_ what to do with the little Environmental Karen Cultists... Lucky them.

[@eichler721]

I love how the death corps have such depth they cover the engineers the way almost no force is Scifi does. As a Combat Engineer I appreciate this very much.

[@valmarnecroa6021]

Since the days of the Roman's you boys have been the bridge that allows armies to continue their advance. It's an important thing to have in the lore

[@eichler721]

@@valmarnecroa6021 ya many settings like Halo and Starwars just ignore those things or hand wave them away which I find annoying. The Engineering is how Rome became so successful and militarily powerful.

[@cryamistellimek9184]

@@eichler721 Probably because logistics in any measure are really easy to screw up and leave people unsatisfied as well as bored. Don’t get me wrong, figuring out where to put stuff, how to put it there, how much to put there, when it will get there, and so on are interesting to me and a lot of people. But you have to consider battles fit into minutes, logistics fits into days at best. Easier to keep people’s attention spans on the poking of things.

[@eichler721]

@@cryamistellimek9184 ya the casual players and lore people don't care its all about the battles. However the people who deep dive into the settings care and can't get enough.

[@barahng]

@@cryamistellimek9184 You should play Foxhole if that sort of things interests you. You can spend all your time crafting and running materiel to the front if you want, but you gotta watch out for partisans ambushing you and stealing your shit for the other side or just killing you, hijacking your truck, and driving into a river. It can range from very relaxing to hectic as fuck because good players on the enemy team *will* hunt you down to keep you from resupplying your allies with ammo, bandages, etc. Basically all weapons, consumables, vehicles, ammo, even respawn tokens for your team are player made, and have to be delivered to the front. All of this takes place over a persistent war that lasts for weeks on a massive map. There are clans of hundreds of people dedicated to doing logi as efficiently as possible. And that really does win wars in that game.

[@captainpuffinpuffinson4769]

Wait the biggest export is not war-shovels? Or is it like "buy 3000 shovels, get a battalion of gas masked emperor botherers for free"

[@alexandercross9081]

Import my friend they import the shovels, and they buy them by the megaton

[@brigandboy1425]

While supplies last, of course.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

“Look buddy, I’m an engineer, that means I solve problems, not problems like what is beauty, problems like, how am I supposed to stop some big, mean, greenskin mother-hubber from tearing me a superfluous new beehive? Answer: Use a Bolter. And if that don’t work? Use more Bolter.”

[@TheEldritchGod]

Ork: 'Ow I 'posed to murdur dis hummie? Bigger Ork: Use dakka. Dat don't work, *USE MOAR DAKKA*!

[@vadandrumist1670]

I can only imagine how sad a kriegsman must be to fix bayonets, and not affix bayonets.

[@trajanfidelis]

underrated comment

[@jasonreed1631]

Commissar: We must fix bayonets... Krieger: Yes! Commissar: ...because they're broken. Krieger: *Sad gasmask noises*

[@vHindenburg]

@@jasonreed1631 Spaten frei!

[@Bona_Tempora]

It’s like sex, the longer you have to wait the better it feels when you finally do it.

[@AnotherHistorianWargamer]

Anyone interested in tunnel fighting should watch "Beneath Hill 60" a movie about the Australian Tunnelers in WWI. It's actually a really good example of how it was all done.

[@chrismorel8613]

There's also "The war beneath" on Netflix about the same thing. And there was an amazing couple of issues of "Charlie's war" dealing with the Messines mines.

[@calumdeighton]

The music in it was also really good. Love watching that movie.

[@sassythesasquatch1571]

It is a good film

[@Marinealver]

Mining and countermining has been an extensive part of siege warfare, even before firearms were regularly used.

[@AnotherHistorianWargamer]

@@Marinealver correct. However in WWI it changed dramatically. The Western Front was basically a giant mud pit which was caused by a lot of water, water flows down and pre WWI extensive tunneling works isn't possible. However with the invention of automatic pumps the water could be kept out and the tunnels used properly. Tunneling the way Krieg does it is essentially based on 1916-1917 Western Front tunnel warfare.

[@jintarokensei3308]

"Blood, sweat and tears." No no, in the Korps there's only blood and sweat, the tears are killed in boot camp.

[@ultrajd]

Enemy tears

[@nerysghemor5781]

After seeing the movie 1917, I really got an appreciation for what trench warfare REALLY entailed, and the engineering it would take to pull it off. Watching this video after that really puts it under context.

[@Askethanoras]

- and now raise the stakes and bars to 11 with steroids, thats Dkok haha

[@michaelpettersson4919]

The Death Corps of Kreig are indeed based on the WW1 germans and indeed they had mastered the art of trench building. The movie 1917 shows this clearly when the protagonists reached the abandoned german trench and bunker complex.

[@JonyTony2018]

@@michaelpettersson4919 not just Germans, it’s a combination of Germans, Frenchmen and the Russians that participated in the attack of the dead men.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

@@JonyTony2018 The "Attack of the dead men" are about a germany vs russia battle on the eastern front. Some exceptionally stubborn russian soldiers supposed to have been killed of with poison gas actually managed to form a counter attack on the advancing getmans causing panic due to the russians essentially looking like undead and indeed they where severely wounded by the gas. This delayed the advance long enough for russian reinforcements to arrive. What you are talking about seem to be the general trench war on the western front.

[@PatchyConvert]

@@michaelpettersson4919 It is also a kick ass song by Sabaton. About that very battle. Worthy of a listen if you ever have the time. ;)

[@docvaliant721]

In basic when they teach you how to use the E tool and make fox holes your paired with a battle buddy. Mine was a native from a reserve in Montana. He was a giant. When you dig a foxhole you have to dig it to the depth of the tallest man's arm pit. We didn't make a foxhole we made a basement. Hope grey eagle is doing good these days.

[@benjamintherogue2421]

Imagine if any guys came after you to fill that foxhole. Jumps in and just absolutely disappears.

[@thatorangeguy3646]

i feel real bad for that ogryn buddy getting churned up by the breaching drill, he doesent know chaos is bad he just follows along and gets the cool tatoos everyone else is, and now his hands (and very soon the rest of him) are being made mulch, truly grimdark

[@benjamintherogue2421]

I was trying to figure out what the hell I was looking at in that picture. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about the Ogryn.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

I thought he was slamming something into the wall.

[@Benthesniperof8]

Return of the Krieger's, shovel of terror: part 2. Now in session! All praise the Arch!

[@Alexandoas]

The re shoveling

[@alexadamson9959]

Indeed long live arch warhammer

[@brennanlangless8912]

I think some of ( depends on the pattern ) the chaplains

[@Solid_Snake427]

Just finished rewatching the Vraks series and was thinking about the Krieg Engineers! lovely! Now to enjoy with my morning coffee ;)

[@samdurfee6093]

Am currently rewatching the Vraks series. This is truly a treat.

[@Bruva_Ayamhyt]

I wish I had your attention span. I wasn't able to make it through the series once without losing track of what was going on, let alone casually rewatch the whole thing

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

Ehh.. last time I re-watched the Siege of Vraks, Arch's channel poofed for several days. I'd rather not risk that happening to him again.

[@VioletDeathRei]

@@Bruva_Ayamhyt The trick is realizing the people in the story have no idea what's going on either and it's much easier to follow.

[@alexadamson9959]

I must have watched that series 3 times now. Never gets old. Meanwhile majorkill makes a 15 minute video on the whole siege that everyone watched once and then claims is explanation was better than arch’s.

[@RuSosan]

*Chaos SM 1:* "Put these on under your helmet. Needed for the assault beca-" *Chaos SM 2:* "Artillerist's Mk 9 earplugs? For pathetic humans no less? I don't need those! WE don't need those!" **Later** *Chaos SM 3:* "Oi! New guy! OI!" *Chaos SM 1:* "No use. His ears are still ringing from the assault. Might be permadeaf actually." *Chaos SM 3:* "... Krieg trenchline, hundreds of shovels against power armor again?" *Chaos SM 1:* "Yyyyeap."

[@Hellsong89]

I would expect power armor to have least some sound dampening built in, to prevent user feeling like his stuffed into empty oil barrel that people are hammering with shovels. Krieg better hope they wont come across noise marines, they would probably enjoys that experience....

[@RuSosan]

@@Hellsong89 Yeah _that's kinda the point of the joke._ A space marine's extremely damage-resistant hearing getting absolutely torn to hell even through noise-cancelling power armor because that's just how much BONK/meter+second they have to face in Krieg trenches.

[@dandondera2618]

Regardless...as an ex-combat engineer I tell you this: artillery and infantry may be the king and queen of battle, but its the engineers those that make sure the royal couple doesnt get hurt.

[@seelenverkaufer4861]

As a grunt, I can confirm. Hats off brother.

[@jacthing1]

I read this and my brain went to chess lol. Though I wonder which piece would symbolize engineers the best...a Rook?

[@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf]

@@jacthing1 The engineer would be any piece that protects the friends from the foe as well as halts the enemy advance. From the Pawn to the Queen herself can be in that position.

[@grantharriman284]

During the US Civil War there was an interesting episode where a siege had turned into trench warfare, and it just so happened that a certain regiment of soldiers was primarily drawn from a Pennsylvanian Coal Mining town. They dug beneath the enemy trench, and went completely undetected until the moment when they detonated a remarkable amount of gunpowder blasting a massive hole in the enemy trench. The operation nearly went horribly wrong when the first regiment sent into the breach marched straight into the hole rather than splitting around it, but it was ultimately a success.

[@Jaegerrants]

OH that incident. I like using US civil war and French-Prussian war as examples why being stuck to old way of doing things when technology improves is dumber than trying to encircle enemy with less troops, mainly due to that the latter has been done succesfully more than once.

[@Marinealver]

The battle of Petersburg

[@notinspectorgadget]

thats the part of the account that absolutely floors me. after turning this fortified position into a giant fuckoff crater, they just *walk right into said fuckoff crater.*

[@Atkins1111]

The scale of this insanity is why I love 40k. The enormous waste of everything is very very pleasing

[@honda6353]

Let me introduce you to a little game called Foxhole.

[@Askethanoras]

Or life

[@fus132]

@@honda6353 KEK

[@lechuzalibertaria]

You'd love my politicians then

[@anerd2886]

The logistical efforts of Kreigers is such a beauty to behold and I appreciate the work doing compiling it all.

[@dethruler425]

I think I fell asleep to the siege of vraks playlist every night for a full year. The death Korps video was my background music for my life for a while there too

[@Martijn_Steinpatz]

"I felt a great disturbance in the Warp, as if millions of gasmasks suddenly cried out in joy and suddenly started digging."

[@edwardbryan9501]

I bet the Death Korp of Krieg engineers and the Imperial Fists astartes would get along well in discussing everything about turning flat grounds into impenetrable defenses.

[@samhobbs9116]

*Happy gasmask noises*

[@Askethanoras]

They would just argue if they shall place more walls or trenches

[@TheSchultinator]

@@Askethanoras A two-tone argument: Build! Dig! Build! Dig! Build! Dig!

[@nunyadambidness8568]

@@TheSchultinator BOTH!

[@woaddragon]

I canneven imagine a converstation with the Iron.warriors.as well.

[@Zakvadr1995]

I am a simple Warhammer fan. I see a Death Korp video. I leave a like and grab the Gas Mask.

[@dgurevich1]

I unironically know more about military strategy from your videos then anywhere else, simply because you are so entertaining to listen to. I am happy for you to survive and persevere despite everything that happened.

[@notinspectorgadget]

"diggy diggy hole diggy hole hole diggy." - Krieg Engineer

[@colmcorbec7031]

*Happy shovel noises* I also recommend the movie 1917 for some tunnel atmosphere

[@joezhangmd]

Makes me appreciate the engineers keeping an army moving and trenches alot more.

[@zlboyle90]

The best time of the day Vraxoclock. Where necessary sacrifice for the emperor is a constant and shovels are busy.

[@therealist3495]

Nice video. One thing I never understood about Vraks is how Cardinal Xaphan planned on launching his crusade. I mean sure he had enough equipment and a stable base of operations from controlling Vraks, but how did he think he would be able to beat the imperial navy? After all if you cant control space you cant deploy onto an enemy planet. Did Mamon just tell him that he'd get all the ships he would need from the emperor or something?

[@karrtoonz2532]

The cardinal does not strike me as a good military leader. I doubt he even thought that far

[@samdurfee6093]

Probably. In all honesty it is the weakest part of the story. Xaphan did have at least a few Void Vessels, because he and his Entourage were on a Pilgrimage across the Sub-sector. They ended on Vraks, so they had ships just never used them. It would be neat if Xaphan did start a small military operation on a nearby world, with the aim of acquiring more ships. But say it failed spectacularly, prompting the Assassination. There is also the matter of the assassination it’s self. Xaphan was clearly in violation of the edicts of men at arms and an Eversor Assassin would have been well justified. The Sniper was most likely to fail given the situation. I feel it was too forced. The Eversor could have been sent, killed what he believed was Xaphan. Only to realize that Xaphan had a convincing Double, and the Eversor simply couldn’t find him as by this point the guards have mobilized and killed the assassin and Eversor die in a blaze of glory an explosion like that would more easily justify the Rebellion as portrayed in the story. The people would believe that they are under attack. Just my suggestions.

[@ottovonbearsmark8876]

Xaphan wasn’t expecting to be fighting against the Imperium. Original he was just a zealot, not a heretic. If he’s going on a crusade to cleanse the sector of heresy, why would the Inquisition have a problem with that? Of course, the Inquisition *did* have an issue with it, but by his own thinking, they shouldn’t have.

[@karrtoonz2532]

@@samdurfee6093 Being in violation of the edicts is one thing, convincing the populace of that is another. An Eversor is a very big sign that it was probably the imperium and could make him more of a martyr. A sniper could be anything, but those in the know, know. It's not just about sending a message, it's about sending the right message.

[@samdurfee6093]

@@ottovonbearsmark8876 he broke the Edict of of the Adeptus Ministorum by directly arming his followers and organizing them into a Para Military organization. The Ordo Hereticus, their top priority is to prevent the Age of Apostasy from happening again. What Xaphan was doing is exactly what the Ordo Hereticus is designed to prevent. Xaphan was well aware and knew that if he was to have his Crusade, he’d need to deal with the Inquisition.

[@calumdeighton]

I'd love to see a video game, were Siege Craft like this is possible. Siege Warfare is an art in of itself. Just like a War of Manoeuvre. Or the Navies of Sea & Space. A game with Siege Craft in mind. I'd love to give something like that a go. Fortification, and Escalation.

[@IsmaelSantos-xv9qf]

If you play Command&Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour with the mod Rise of the Reds, you can play this way with the ECA (European Continental Army, basically a military version of the EU with a much better logo and flag). Your infantry is mediocre but they fight harder when garrisoned, you can build roadblocks that can be garrisoned bunket-style but provide only some protection from explosions and guns, while being worthless against gas, toxins, radiation or fire. You can build bunkers that are slightly better and can be upgraded with one of four: Reinforced (+Health +Armor +Protection vs Gas/Toxin/Rad/Fire) Medical (Aura of healing) Ammo Depot (Aura of +Damage to nearby infantry) Repair Depot (Aura of healing for vehicles). You can build bunkers for vehicles, which can then be garrisoned by your MBT, Mortar track or AA. You can also operate as a mobile mechanized force with artillery support. You can also build big artilleries that must be manually fired and take ages to reload, but can strike nearly anywhere in the map due to their extreme range and hit very hard. All buildings have a "Danger Close" ability that rains down artillery around them from off-map. And you can invest the points you earn by leveling up your Rank of General into extra goodies, like making all your defenses better and unlocking further upgrades for them, or requesting the deployment of minefields or autonomous turrets.

[@adamcarey6093]

Watched the whole Siege of Vraks series so many times I’ve lost county. It’s what I listen to while I paint.

[@NoOnezZup]

gotta love engineers, you cant have a war without engineers.

[@gaming.3075]

You already know, when I see an Arch video in my feed I gotta watch!

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

"Go do the voodoo that you do so well!" Headley "The Boss" Lamarr

[@JJ-eb4tx]

The Siege of Vraks is my go2 playlist for classic DoW, I must have watched it 10 times by now

[@damitcarl3942]

Vraks is a great series, definitely worth spending the 40 hours it takes to listen to

[@Uzzgub]

Agreed, i have it on when gameing, or at work to make it through 12 hour night shifts. Watched it about 6 times now.

[@christopherhouse1028]

The vraks series is my favorite background show for playing games. Simply a masterpiece, can't wait for another long series! Maybe the Dark Imperium would be just as good with a side of snark to make it spicy!

[@Iangenker2]

As a side note to that operation in WW1 it was done under a hill the germans occupied and the blast was so large it turned the hill into a creator so loud that the blast was hard back in London. I in fact live near a creator where they tested the idea.

[@leechowning2712]

A similar front that they did that, with a series of underground bombs nearly the size of the first nukes, still have some chambers full of explosives where it didn't detonate... but the tunnels collapsed and digging back into those chambers may cause it to explode. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJLHhoB4qr5qhMk

[@kathleenpool7322]

Always love your video's Arch. They make me smile. I'd love to see one done on the Blood Raven's, I know you've mentioned them a few times. Fascinating little group of magpies.

[@benjamintherogue2421]

He did, but they stole it.

[@nunyadambidness8568]

I just love it when the Korps are the subject of the video.

[@scasimir1000]

That series was amazing there are certain sections if you weren't a part of that universe the way he explains it makes you feel like you were there and it makes you want to throw up with the pure visual destruction that was immense on that planet he is a storyteller upon a level that's unimaginable

[@justsegal6578]

I can confirm that I have rewatched the War for Vraks series 5 times. Still not sure if I like that series more, or the seco- first war for Armageddon Series.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

**Inquisitor raise eyebrow**

[@Askethanoras]

What?! No Badab war!?

[@benjamintherogue2421]

@@sadwingsraging3044 Everything is fine and dander here, sir! We only ever fought Orks on Armageddon!

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

"Even more of engineer blood sweat and tears". Krieg engineers don't cry, because that's against the regulations. Sweating and bleeding is allowed if under enemy fire, so long as it does not interfere with your duties.

[@zanothium15]

Blood, sweat, and......tears? As if a Kreiger has ever cried.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Fake news! Watch one break his shovel and see the pain of true grief and sorrow...

[@benjamintherogue2421]

"We need to find the enemy's digging tunnels! Aspex can't see far enough to detect them. What can we do?" "We can listen for their digging and feel for the vibrations." "-_-" "What?" *Opens hatch* *The sound of the 2,255th day of ceaseless artillery intensifies* "Oh...right."

[@CharlesInserra]

Good idea! Time to catch up on some lore. Vraks and maybe then Badab War.

[@ragnarrocksoft9096]

Krieg has successfully weaponised the masculine urge to dig

[@jamesmortimer4016]

The biggest weakness of the deathkorps engineers is that their saps and tunnels will only be used by deathkorps troopers. Just imagine if a mordian, or cadian regiement was used in tandem with them. Their diligence opens the path and people that aren´t just enthusiastic cannonfodder get to exploit it.

[@cryptosporidium1375]

Employ savlar chemdogs as the tunnel warfare is suitable for them.

[@phreakazoith2237]

other regiments tend to get depressed when teamed up with the fatalistic Kriegsmen. You rather get somebody with an equally happy mindset into their trenches, like the Mortifactor chapter.

[@jamesmortimer4016]

@@phreakazoith2237 Yeah, you wouldn´t want them to be stationed near them for too long

[@tzimiscelord8483]

@@phreakazoith2237 How about some Chemmed up Savlar Chem Dogs to storm the tunnels with them?

[@phreakazoith2237]

@@tzimiscelord8483 the chem dogs would have been a great asset fighting alongside krieg in the vraks theater

[@jamesdoesstuff7173]

thanks for the great content, its been the highlight of my week for a few months now, love the dry humor that so closely resembles my own!

[@Drizzt12321]

Can't really say I watched Vraks 5 times, but some vídeos of It definitely were watched 10+ times... Especially "Green Hell", to which my Nurglite Putrid and rotten heart does get rather... Warm. For Grandfather Nurgle does adore a tiny eternal stalemate, as Vraks was from the very begining.

[@sonofanubis6946]

Imperial Guard Commander: Where is the KABOOM? There was suppose to be a seige breaking Kaboom?! Krueger Engineer: *pushes plunger*

[@drpill1230]

I want another extremely long warhammer 40k lore series. I rewatched the siege of Vraks several times and currently watching the war of Badab. Great content, keep focused on lore content.

[@LupinWulf]

I just started rewatching vraks, again, for I think the seven time now. This adds some valuable context to it

[@Lennert_hd]

Man, I do miss the old long series like the siege of Vraks!

[@Askethanoras]

Give his Badab a chance, om currently relistnin’ for the 101th time

[@Lennert_hd]

@@Askethanoras Haha, you're assuming I haven't already finished it twice ;)

[@umbraelegios4130]

Their are few problems that cannot be solved with High Explosives. Maxim #44: If it will blow a hole in the ground, it will double as an entrenching tool.

[@Azzie420]

Your seige of vraks series really brought into light the value of the Korps engineers I remember the skirmishes for the old underground armouries and ammo storage units, such were vital to both sides considering how the traitors had mostly total void supremacy after the dark angels left meaning no resupply from imperial fleets, but those engineers were truly the most prized members of the Korps being a literal multi-tool of espionage and counter mining operations, I respect them because they’re literally one man armies.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Here in Sweden we had this big hill that, well there was a need to tunnel through it to shorten a railway line. The tunneling job was massively over budget and delayed once completed due to bad planning. For starters tunnel drilling machines proved to be useless since the hill was not made of rock or dirt but gravel. The tunnel leaked ground water into it that was patched with ludicrous amounts a chemical compound that poisoned said groundwater, something the local farmers didn't find amusing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallands%C3%A5s_Tunnel?wprov=sfla1

[@benjamintherogue2421]

That's a big oof right there.

[@doesntmatter5857]

The evening can not get much better than finding a new DK video to listen to while painting a DK proxy army.

[@sarekalexander5178]

If we ever get a large scale high quality series of 40k, It really should follow the Imperial Guard and not Space Marines.

[@yanisbaker881]

I do like space marines but sometimes it’s so boring that’s why the guard is so popular due to them being just under equipped dudes and dudets against the forces of literal hell, a galaxy eating hunger, blue communists, bdsm elf’s and happy go lucky green skins

[@TerenceChill_]

Spongebob quote after you told me people watched Vraks 5 times:"BECAUSE ARCH TOLD ME TO! "

[@Scott_the_Celt]

I can definitely say that I'm one of the ones who's watched/listened to the Vraks series multiple times.

[@darkxaur]

'Hey listen buddy; I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like 'What is beauty?', because that would fall into the purview of your conundrums of Heresy. I solve practical problems. Like f'instance-how am I supposed to stop some big Ork Motherhubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer? Use a Shovel. And if that don't work? Use more Shovel.'

[@matthieuniclas9784]

"I know people watched the siege of vraks no less than 5 times" Yeah I would be among those peoples

[@thijshagenbeek8853]

"I once set foot on it... Krieg, I mean. It is a landscape so devoured by war that I could not comprehend its scope. The soil..bled, hundreds of years of sacrifice painted my boots with the blood of the fallen.. even after all those years you still see bones. Skulls, bleeched and weatherbeaten come to the surface. I was shocked, something after the Scola Progenium I never thought I'd be again. All the while there rumbled passed me siege guns, mortars, tanks, and men. Men... every single one had the physique of a Tempestus Scion. But behind them came a collection of even bigger, Wider built assortment of troops. They looked at me. Stopped on the spot. Turned to face me and saluted. Their quartermaster handed me his dataslate. They where my company.. of the 392th Krieg Engineers. There were veterans amongst them. Used to stiffen the new guardsmen into shape. These men I looked over. Their clothes were dirty.. a breach of Imperial protocol. But I noted every piece of equipment was regulation stored, and their weapons where in pristine condition. I nodded afterward. "Quartermaster, we have orders to prepare positions for 4 Medusa siege guns. I also want a line of trenches infront. " I looked him in the eye.. he looked right back. The fire in his eyes was incredible. Its zeal could not be doubted. He saluted and the company went to work. Just five hours later they where done. Marvellous efficiency. I also noted a Earthshaker canon being set up in the open, and live rounds being unpacked, I sped towards them to ask what by the Throne they were doing. I found three Krieg officers of the regimental command staff, aswell as the regiments banner bearer present. I also found six skeletons. Their flesh long turned to dust. Six graves were dug, I noticed that their uniforms where near patchwork.. what glinted trough the mud was a set of regiment identification badges of the old 88th, 134th and 45th Krieg. The cannon was loaded and the Colonel present got hix vox operator to bypass all his Vox protocols to transmit on al local and planetwide frequencies, my voxbead to, crackled from a short static to the Colonels voice. " We found the remains of several of Jurtens 88th salute to be given in five minutes, end transmission" Every aircraft in the vicinity that could land landed. Every tank, APC, every guardsmen walking along the road froze. Engines where shut down at once. After four minutes, total. Silence.. then the 5th minute the earthshaker fired. Six times in total. This was not sorrow. The Korps knows none of that. Throne, they know nothing of grief.. this was tribute. I know not what comes after death.. I pray the Emperor may find me worthy. These men however. These.. Kriegers. If the Emperor will not forgive them. Well then my soul be damned that I will make a strong arguement against that error when my time comes. -Personal diary entry- Salave Balsta. Commisar 392th Krieg Engineer company. 3 months before his death.

[@patrickmcabee123]

Gotta love “Krieg”…😎 they’re so cool! Well done Arch, another fine installment, always a pleasure, Sir. P.S. being a “yank”, I really do appreciate the ( imperial vs metric conversion) thanks again, have a great day..👍🏼

[@12ad49]

thank you for another excellent video arch, ive already listened through your vraks series twice but i might just get into the breach once again. alt for norge, take care!

[@_Yomoholo_]

the level of effort that goes into constructing these trenches almost makes me think that the imperium actually cares about its soldiers.... almost.

[@erns_t]

"...at least five separate times..." I feel attacked XD

[@lordfrostwind3151]

It would be a bloodbath, but I would love to see the Kreigers take on the Iron Warriors for the title of siege masters.

[@kolman3178]

Sad part is Krieg would lose. I love the gas mask bois but I know that Iron warriors would get plot armor.

[@lordfrostwind3151]

@@kolman3178 probably, but they'd give those Warsmiths a run for their money

[@Khornecussion]

" But zhey vill plan around our plan and ve vill zimply plan around zheir new plan's plan. " - A Krieg Engineer.

[@balistak6225]

“No less than 5 times” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve finished that series but best guess is more like 20 xD Who’s with me on this?

[@khairallahdh]

I literally just watched the initial Krieg video yesterday for the 10th time. Your timing is truly blessed by the emperor.

[@QixTheDS]

I feel called out about how many times I’ve watched the Vraks series.

[@davidodonovan1699]

Something tells me that Arch has seen Combat Vetern's reaction to Arch Warhammer's Seige of Vraks...as soon as Arch first mentioned logistics.

[@yanisbaker881]

I love that guy

[@davidodonovan1699]

@@yanisbaker881 yeap. he's awesome

[@sethgilcrist8088]

Give me link!!!!

[@davidodonovan1699]

@@sethgilcrist8088 This is the Vetern platoon leaders reaction to Arch talking about the logistics of The Death Core of Kreig, on Vraks. It's awesome for nurdy military reality details. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6TQoJanrKdjgbs

[@sethgilcrist8088]

@@davidodonovan1699 awesome thanks

[@grantharriman284]

I just realized that Vinny the explosive expert from the Atlantis movie would be right at home in the Death Korps Engineers.

[@Subject_Keter]

So basically Dig Dug while under fire and that the simple part of the job

[@mikkelnpetersen]

"Diggy diggy trench" - Death Korps of Krieg Engineer Song

[@kristoffersollien3225]

All prays the KZbin Machine spirit, may it bless Arch.

[@aboynius]

I think I will have to rewatch the siege of Vraks after this, God Emporor I love the death core and arch you have a gift for storytelling

[@Nononononon111]

Everytime arch says somthing dramatically I imagine Che tech priest behind him is staring in shock at the possible heresy he speaks

[@WarDogMadness]

Interdimentonal space deomon bonked to death by shovel. Kreig guardsman fixs byonet to shovel just in case.

[@CC-xh1ok]

Anything Krieg is the best, thanks for the MEGALORE Barch.

[@SilcronKaytor]

Ah, more Arch lore. The best way to start the weekend

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Only watched the whole series twice. The first Death Corp video, well,,, I have basically turned it into my lullaby.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

The Lucius pattern Mark 22c combat sh... _Please say 'shovel, please say 'shovel, please s..._ ...shotgun. _Disappointed gasmask noises intensify._

[@isaacschmitt4803]

New Kreig video = happy gas mask noises New Kreig engineers video = happy shovel noises

[@klael1982]

I need a power shovel over here!

[@whatami999]

Good old Krieg Engineers. The Emperor is pleased with this choice of lore.

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

Take the words from Arch and now imagine you are not in a novel or a fictional setting. You are 1916 near the Somme and that is your daily life. Thanks Arch for this song on the soldiers of WW1.

[@markvt22]

the Vraks series is one of my fav series to listen to while i work such a masterpiece

[@Fulgrim2]

*Dusts off the heavy stubber* Any chance you might cover the genestealer cults and the special units they have?

[@dantreadwell7421]

Gods love the e-tool. Properly serrated and sharpened for all your chopping and cutting needs.

[@DeusExMachina10001]

Next should be Isstvan V. Nobody had done a lore video on that and you with your love of logistics and tactics would be perfect for it.

[@weslar7]

I watch Vraks once or twice every couple months. Arch is the man

[@murderouskitten2577]

22:00 yeah , tnx for shout out and vraks shaming Arch . i only watched it 4 timeS :D

[@tornesaurio]

*muffled happy gasmask noises*

[@81greenknight]

When you focus on lore Arch there are no better. BUT only 5 time, I did that in the first year of it. I hope you reconsider doing the long lore again

[@BenLWolf]

Ah, Arch.. how I love him. I'll often get really baked and just listen to him ramble.