Astra Militarum // Imperial Guard | Warhammer 40,000

[@buckpackerson9947]

"The Commissar is dead?" "Keep fighting he might be faking it "

[@fumarc4501]

“Do we poke him?”

[@seand.g423]

@@fumarc4501 *pulls out Bolter* "I'm on it."

[@Hellsong89]

@@seand.g423 *Gets shot into head by bolt round and figure steps fully into view behind the wreck of tank* "I'm your new commissar Titus Alrod! Now rest of you point your weapons at the enemy and charge for name of the Emperor!... or else"

[@zandrmandr8300]

Hellsong89 FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!!

[@Author_Paluthor]

Krieg Guardsman: Commisar? Do you mean handler?

[@galahad3195]

"Alone, they are nothing. But they are never alone." Badass.

[@pannedesalle4142]

Dis hit me da most :C

[@user-unos111]

Sly Marbo: Am I a joke to you?

[@dantefromdevilmaycry9857]

Dark Templars?

[@ΒαγγέληςΠρίντεζης]

For where i fall, ten more shall take my place, and a hundred for each of them. So strike me down, i am the harbinger! -Ollanius pius

[@michaelkean5969]

@@ΒαγγέληςΠρίντεζης Man man so badass that Horus had to utterly obliterate him our of existence because he could not stand to have such a mere mortal show no fear in his presence, he basically stood in front of Horus a mere mortal infront of the 12ft tall demi-god and flipped him off.

[@TheCellpool]

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID CADIA STANDS

[@diladrin3733]

CADIA STANDS!

[@King31j]

FOR CADIA!!

[@MrGhjkl63]

CADIA LIVES *STOMP STOMP*

[@kevinbarber2795]

Cellpool *STOMP STOMP*

[@catosicarius3262]

The privilege to fight for your home, on your home. Not everyone is so lucky

[@Seraphim-h3q]

Guardsman: "sir, the enemy have us surrounded!" Commisar: "FANTASTIC! now we can attack in any direction!"

[@comradecommissar8223]

My thoughts exactly

[@comradecommissar8223]

@@fz8691 bad?

[@scarversek6419]

@@fz8691 good?

[@fz8691]

@Alvi Syahri stanligrad ww2 comrade. "NOT ONE STEP BACKWARDS."

[@thatguynamedgabestyfy8348]

Guardsman: My thoughts exactly Commissar

[@MeetYourDarkSide]

A single Guardsman, an unaugmented man who looked a towering demigod straight in the eye and basically told him that if anyone wanted to get to the Emperor, they had to get through him first. His name was Ollanius Pius, and he knew no fear.

[@julonkrutor4649]

Wrong, he war afraid ... he just did it anyway! ^^

[@tacoblude8208]

Same guy was older then the emperor and could have been anyone he wanted in the imperium and chose to be a guardsmen

[@kenshjiarson2204]

Taco Blude I don’t think he was older, the emperor was born in ancient Mesopotamia, I believe, and pius was born long after that

[@tacoblude8208]

kenshji arson pious is 7000 years older then the emperor. 15,000 BC and emperor is 8000 BC

[@kenshjiarson2204]

@@tacoblude8208 holy shit that man is old

[@gabrielaubry1334]

"The Imperial Army?" "The Imperial Guard?" "THE WALL OF GUNS!"

[@King31j]

Gabriel Aubry a wall of flashlights!

[@annelisemeier283]

AFFIX BAYONETS

[@TheShatteredEmperorpiece]

I see what you did there

[@lostShadowLord]

"I thought it was the wall of flashlights"

[@warlordgearhead6334]

Sees your heresy guardsmen

[@luminous6520]

“For every one of us who falls, *ten more* will take his place!” “Well, let’s see ‘em fight *all* of us!”

[@Eatmydbzballs]

HAIL HYDRA! No wait...

[@cheezypasta9231]

Someone order an Earthshaker?

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

*Chaos Berserkers* : BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD "FLEE! They're to much for us!!" *leads the Berserkers into an ambush* "Though they broke our backs!? *HA!* "

[@Lightscribe225]

"When in deadly danger When beset by doubt. Run in little circles Wave your arms and shout"

[@internetzenmaster8952]

*Ork Warboss in the distance:* _"CHALLENGED ACCEPTED HUMIE! WAAAAAAAGHH!!!!"_

[@mees9704]

Astra Mili-what? YOU'RE IN THE GUARD SON

[@bayonetenthusiast5703]

THE WALL OF GUNS

[@scottland8698]

Beat me to it

[@killian9314]

I don't get the reference

[@Jfk2Mr]

@@killian9314 in IoM there are two official languages - low and high Gothic (guess what language is more popular). Astra Militarum is term used in high Gothic, and Guard is in low Gothic

[@thehappy15a]

F

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

You know things are going well when the Commisar is shooting the enemy.

[@kelvintorres6142]

this also applies to the last moments of a company of guardsmen

[@sqocks8254]

Either things are going extremely well, or all who are still alive are totally fucked.

[@andrewpandrew7786]

I think it means the opposite, as in the Commissar needs guardsman they can spare to fight the Xenos scum.

[@mulder801]

Well, Gaunt Ghost is a fine example of this

[@bustedcogitator8954]

@@mulder801 ibram gaunt and Commisar Ludd and Hark... I may have read the entire series recently lol

[@frankdelgrosso8297]

This quote is from an Ogryn Bodyguard and reminds me very much of my own time in the Army "Da Sergeant Major asked me what my job was an' I said it was to, uh, do what I was told. He said I was a genius and gave me another medal. I likes da Imperial Guard!"

[@lookatthepicture4107]

Ogryn Gump

[@yerlocaljacc8461]

"and reminds me very much of my own time in the Army"

[@Callsign_Bear]

PROTEC’ DA LIL UNS’

[@jebadiahkerman1195]

“Your gonna be a general some day, I’d recommend you for OCS”

[@astratan2238]

‘Fire your weapon Guardsman!’ ‘But Sir, they’re killing us!’ *‘So Kill Them Back!’*

[@weldonwin]

"Emperor's Arse! Do I have to do *EVERYTHING* myself?!?" - Colonel Stracken, Catachan 12th

[@Monarch_Prime]

Mhhmmm... mhurrmhphurr.

[@evanlongfellow6849]

You remind me of Variks.

[@shelleymcrae514]

Correction ‘Fire you’re weapon guardsmen’ ‘But... Blam ‘Any questions?’

[@giantslayer9335]

“FIGHT! WIN!....liiiiive....”

[@richardmoore5347]

*Shoots Commisar* "He was improperly motivated to die for the emperor" *Gasmask noises of agreement*

[@juliusgreen9179]

A man of culture I see

[@Krieg8418]

Agrees in gasmask

[@darthkillhoon]

99% casualty rate, light day for the Death Korp

[@KillerOrca]

"You...shot your commisar." "He was behind us. He was hesitant." "Hesitation isn't grounds for execution is it?" "Hesetation is heresy."

[@richardmoore5347]

It was mercy that I didn't use the entrenching tool.

[@Xion_Toshiro]

"The Imperial Guardsmen never die; We just go back to Hell, to regroup!!" "Now.... Fix Bayonets!"

[@ElectromagNick]

"Good news, men! We're surrounded; they can't get away from us this time!"

[@helpmepls7154]

Most definitely what my shovel bois think

[@Xion_Toshiro]

Now make it rain....

[@blueberry1vom1t]

The guardsmen then run into Doom Guy. . . it is redundant to say that many daemons were purged that day.

[@Saviliana]

@@blueberry1vom1t Doom Guy is a guardsmen, according to history.

[@user-unos111]

"You see, necrons have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down." Solar Commander Zapp Brannigan.

[@fumarc4501]

“Whatever it is, I’m prepared to send wave after wave of men to their deaths to see it done. Right men!?” **cough** “you suck!”

[@theomnissiah-9120]

@@fumarc4501 Zaap : commisar find him

[@user-unos111]

@@fumarc4501 "The key to victory is the element of suprise. SURPRISE!" Zapp Brannigan pre-battle speech to the Elysian drop trops. (Edit) For those who don't get the joke: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooqxoZqOd7GUrcU

[@inkedseahear]

@@user-unos111 Coming back from a successful exterminatus of the disable heretics of the eldarly nebula

[@MrAwsomenoob]

"The tau though weak and womanly are masters of the arts. They made this tapestry in my honor while I was still killing them."

[@StylesV13]

Dark Angel: "Take up your weapon guardsmen." Guardsmen: "The Emperor Protects!" Dark Angel: "Yes. He does."

[@weldonwin]

Aaaaaaactually *(Pushes up Nit-Pick Glasses)* The Space marine wasn't a Dark Angel. His markings and heraldry are that of the Angels of Vengeance chapter, a successor chapter to the Dark Angels. Still, that is an awesome scene from an awesome video and all the glory in the universe to Guardsman Rains, for being ready to fight three Tyranid Hormagaunts, armed only with a bayonet and on a broken leg.

[@cycoticmongoose]

weldonwin and his adamantium balls

[@nikolayvladimirov8633]

@@weldonwin which video is it from?

[@weldonwin]

@@nikolayvladimirov8633 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJPKmmiJibeYbqc

[@TheFaroe]

@@nikolayvladimirov8633 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJPKmmiJibeYbqc&feature=emb_title Enjoy

[@TheIfifi]

"Astra Mili-what? YOU'RE IN THE GUARD SON!" "They came at me faster than I could gut them.... SO I HAD TO GUT THEM FASTER!"

[@scottland8698]

I NEEDED TWO BAYONETS TO GUT THEM ALL IN THE END

[@mooforce1020]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sly Marbo

[@iglidor]

When guardsmens die, they go to Emperors light to wait for final battle. When commissars die, they go to stand behind Emperor, in His shadow, making sure that he does not shirk His duty - rumor circulated between guardsmen only when they are extra sure that commissars will not hear them

[@justinedwards5300]

"So anyway, I started gutting"

[@epsilonstudios2014]

“As the Emperor protects, so must we”.

[@gokbay3057]

Emperor protects those who protect themselves

[@Crazael]

The Emperor protects, but I'm still gonna wear my carapace armor so he doesn't have to bother protecting my worthless life.

[@fumarc4501]

“A loaded bolter never hurts.”

[@The_Viscount]

"Commissar, sir, the enemy is running!" "Drive me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!"

[@thorrenn2375]

He might be faking it

[@y.kazayaki3681]

@Cian Abroad that's an actual quote from Dawn of war 2 Commisar

[@utubrGaming]

Ciaphas Cain: That's good. Jurgen, reverse at full speed. I want to, uh, report to command that we have a victory. Everybody else, advance!

[@hansmercredi3636]

That Guardsman that stood in front of Horus to protect the emperor makes me tear up What a hero

[@alejandrochalco6893]

a tear runned through my face during that part .......for the emperor.

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

I get emotional whenever Cadia is mentioned.

[@nebsam7137]

What I have never seen this happen can you please explain where this claim is from?

[@nebsam7137]

Oh never mind I didn't finish the video

[@jaelee1996]

I have a guardsman that killed an Blood Angel Chaplain in tabletop. He has a purity seal now. They can do it.

[@julonkrutor4649]

How? And was he alone?

[@jaelee1996]

@@julonkrutor4649 He was the sergeant with a chainsword. Last man standing. Would've failed morale but once the combat phase was over, opponent conceded.

[@julonkrutor4649]

@@jaelee1996 That guardman needs a name ^^

[@The.Stalker]

That was nj.mere Guardsman, that was Ollanous Pius reincarnated

[@johnshaffer3405]

@@julonkrutor4649 guardsmen are never alone.

[@redeye3869]

My favorite part in Cadia Stands is when these two guardsmen escape the destruction of Cadia onto a Space Wolves ship, and two Space Marines on the ship make the Aquila and the two guardsmen stop but the one that brought them there just says: “Do not fear. They are saluting you.”

[@danielhaire6677]

The Space Wolves have long held high regard for the Guard dating all the way back to the first battle of Armageddon. For those who don't know the story, when Chaos and their Daemon masters invaded Armageddon, the Guard fought side by side with many Space Marine chapters as well as others in some of the fiercest fighting on the planet. Afterward, the Inquisition decided that members of the Guard knowing about Daemons was too high a risk to the Imperium and ordered the murder of those units. To protect hose who had stood side by side with them, the Space Wolves managed to get the last couple of living Guard Divisions to their homeworld of Fenris. Upon tracking them, the Inquisition had the planet besieged with their ships and ships of the Grey Knights Chapter. Their threat was that if the Guard units were not handed over, then the Space Wolves and their Chapter World would be all declared Excommunicatis Traitoris and subjected to the Exterminatus. To prevent this, the Guard en mass volunteered to sacrifice themselves one last time. They marched out to their doom with heads high. Because of this honor, those Guardsmen are the only non-Wolves whose names are listed amongst the honored dead of the CHapter. Also, the Wolves' distrust and hate of the Inquisition and the Grey Knights were born. Thus the courage of the two rescued from Cadia resonates with the Wolves as this time they could truly protect the heroes.

[@jamescawl6904]

@@danielhaire6677 It was only Two chapters of space marines during the first war of armaggedon The Space Wolves and The Grey Knights. Also The Space Wolf Chpater master killed the Grey knight chpater master on 1 v 1 combat.

[@sebbarker982]

What's trillions but a multitude of billions

[@MansMan42069]

@@jamescawl6904 Space Wolves are nothing but pandering and special pleading. Hypocrites. Hyperion cracked grimnar's daemon axe anyway. And it was only a Grand Master. They still have Kaldor Draigo.

[@jamescawl6904]

@@MansMan42069 yeah arent the Grey knights the Super Elite speehs marines? How many Grey knights died during the Months of shame? Dont forget Joros the Super Mehreen who got 1 shotted and Hyperion was about to be killed by the space wolves if Bjorn didnt teleport at the command bridge.

[@sirrobertwalpole1017]

I'm now the most experienced member in my imperial guard company. Been here a whole three days

[@thegrandnope7143]

Them rookie numbers son try a whole week!

[@jocosesonata]

You've been alive for a whole week? Either the God-Emperor himself shines his light upon you, or you're full of heresy. Well, we can't take any chances, COMMISSAR! This one right here.

[@SirJesusFreak]

@@jocosesonata i say we let him prove his loyalty through heroic charge through withering fire from incomprehensibly advanced weaponry

[@thegrandnope7143]

If I survived Vraks I can survive this!

[@jocosesonata]

I can prove his loyalty right here. **BLAM!** There, loyalty tested.

[@lockretvids]

"A Guardsman's LIFE is to die. My job has always been to send them where they CAN die. I'm not afraid to spend men, but I never waste them!" - General Castor

[@jonaswolff4314]

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.- Dwight D. Eisenhower"

[@johnbourlier7883]

Unless that dog is a tiny chihuahua. And it wants a truck. Then size wins.

[@alonelyperson6031]

@@johnbourlier7883 Which size ?

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

"Shimmy shimmy yay shimmy yay shimmy yay" -Robert J Oppenheimer

[@ikhwanhaziq2249]

I like how in warhammer 40k 1 million soldiers and 100 thousand cavalry is considered a "small" contribution

[@rahadityap2375]

1 milion soldiers & 100 thousand cavalry ?? you mean it just local gang war of the Underhive

[@suqicheng8196]

Tiny

[@orange8420]

I mean in ww1 they mobolized more men so i usually put another 0 at the End

[@ilovethefreezespell6531]

We could do that

[@jai-kk5uu]

Hitler failed to conquer earth with a million soilders. Depending on how loosely you want to define soilder, 1 million soilders is the force assembled by Genghis khan+ all resistance against him

[@themetroidprime]

And remember kids, PLANETS BREAK BEFORE THE GUARD DOES

[@mastertadakatsu]

CADIA STANDS

[@inceptiongamer1163]

@@mastertadakatsu FOR THE EPEROR (i love the comment section of warhammer vids IT SUPPORTS THE CODEX ASTARTES!)

[@laszlomiskei9138]

So Say We All. Cadia Stands

[@narumaneterallord4167]

Cadia stands for planet broke before our will

[@adeptusastartes3698]

“We are Cadians! We bar the gates to Hell! If they swung wide it is we who will slam them shut!” Cadia stands!

[@theone-tg4ey]

[@ImperatorPenguin]

"To each of us falls a task. All the Emperor asks of us guardsmen, is that we hold the line and die fighting. It's what we do best: we die standing." - General Sturnn, Dawn of War: Winter Assault

[@MathiasCzR01]

Commissar: You there trooper! Guardsmen: Yes Sir? Commissar: You see those dislikes! I want them gone... Guardsmen: Understood sir!

[@lucareali7645]

Commisar : call the basilisk

[@danielhaire6677]

Tell the Commisar not to worry. I reported the dislikes to the Inquisition. They sent the Sisters of Battle to deal with it.

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

261 xenos & chaos things clicked on the dislike button however, facing them is an astra militarum company of over 25 thousands guardsmen

[@danielhaire6677]

@@tranquoccuong890-its-orge And they are pissed off Cadian Shock Troops, at that.

[@APPLEPIE978]

Holy shit, he actually made it happen.

[@meganobgutzkraka2398]

even as an ork player, i respect the idea of the Imperial Guard, where others will mock them for their inferior equipment, smaller numbers, weaker bodies, ect. i always think of one speech: "You would laugh monster. But let me remind you. Within this weak sack of meat and bone, uncared for by his god and wept for by none, beats a heart. A human heart, that carries with it the strength and courage of all mankind. Within that sack of meat is the hope, the will, and the fury of every man women and child from every corner of the Imperium. Within that weak sack of meat, festooned in thin armour and weapons only powerful in numbers, beats the heart of a man. And for ten thousand years, the hearts of men have beaten, strongly, in defiance of your so called "powers". For ten thousand years, your black crusades have been pushed back, beaten down, and made a mockery of, by weak sacks of flesh with cheap weapons and disposable equipment. For that weak sack of flesh that you so gleefully mock is no supersoldier, no immortal warrior, no creature cursed by chaos like you. He is a man, an Imperial Gaurdsman drawn from some forgotten corner of the Imperium to fight for his species and for the safety of the people he loves. He is a factory worker. a farmer, a storekeeper, a father, a brother, a son, a mere man. And against creatures like you teeming and numberless, powered by the wills of thirsting gods... He holds the line. He has held the line for ten thousand years. So what is your excuse, monster?"

[@connormotsinger8149]

Such a powerful statement...

[@Xumal]

for an ork youre alright, still hretical but alright.

[@meganobgutzkraka2398]

@@Xumal I'Z WUN OF DA EMPERORZ GREENEST!

[@The_Murder_Party]

@@meganobgutzkraka2398 I love those guys, I’ve only ever found the one comic strip though, where do I go to find the Emparah’s Greenist?

[@williamchu9697]

so F**king EPIC!!!

[@internetzenmaster8952]

Let me put something in perspective for everyone: The Orks, the hands-done most violent faction in 40k that laughs and has zero respect for most humie warriors, respect [and fear] not a Space Marine, but a old, grouchy sonuva-grox who just refuses to die. That man is Commissar Sebastian "Frak you, I have a Power Klaw" Yarrick. To quote Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka: _"Humies is all weak scum that deserve ta get stomped. 'Cept for One-Eye Yarrick. He knows how ter fight."_

[@MansMan42069]

I like to think that such is the legend of Yarrick amongst the Orks that they actually believe he's immortal, and their pyschic powers make it so.

[@weldonwin]

@@MansMan42069 In short, through the power of the Waaagh! Field, the Orks created their own worst enemy

[@MansMan42069]

@@weldonwin Best* enemy. One that they can keep fighting.

[@seranonable]

To have the grudging respect of the most badass ork to ever be lootin' and shootin' is high praise.

[@seranonable]

@@MansMan42069 That's a good theory. And Orks don't like to be disappointed, and if Yarrick died in some stupid underwhelming fashion it would disappoint them, so he keeps surviving like the villain in a cartoon.

[@Grymbaldknight]

*"What I cannot crush with words, I shall crush with the tanks of the Imperial Guard."* - Lord Solar Macharius

[@thatrandomguy8157]

FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547]

Yes.... For the other Emperor!

[@alphalegioner5371]

Brother I fogot what side I am on.

[@thatrandomguy8157]

@@alphalegioner5371 so do I

[@Krieg8418]

In his name! By his will! Like this video! YOUR EMPEROR DEMANDS IT!

[@connorohlander6683]

For!!! The!!! Emperor!!!!

[@toastertech1181]

imperial guard: "its not much but it is the emperors will"

[@Yokou32]

"We're the Death Korps of Krieg, son. Did you think that was just a pretty name? We never retreat. We fight an we die, that's the Krieg way." Lieutenant Konarski, 933rd Death Korp of Krieg

[@DudeTheGasmask]

Fight to die*

[@deathkorpswatchmaster2414]

Only good kreigers get a name

[@tonic9914]

Some say the standard-issue weapon of the Guard are their lasguns. Some people are wrong. The greatest weapon of the Guard are their Emperor-blessed TITANIUM BALLS

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

Ben Tran he who mocks the lasgun has never faced a thousand of them

[@bryanmanuel4945]

@@dionjaywoollaston1349 One Lasgun shot is a small dingy but millions of lasguns shooting is death to traitors and heretics.

[@bryanmanuel4945]

@Lord Admiral Spire While the Lasgun would be a very OP weapins in normal universe,but in 40k everything is so OP a OP weapon considering it goes up against Tyranids,Orks,Traitor Astartes,Daemons the whole delights of 40k,

[@Fyrebrand18]

Titani-what? EMPEROR BLESSED ADAMANTIUM BALLS! STANDARD ISSUE FOR THE GUARD!

[@weldonwin]

Space Marines aren't brave. Being truly brave, is being a weak, fleshy human with no genetic enhancements, no inches thick power armor and no rapid-fire rocket launcher. The Imperial Guard have only their flak armor, their lasgun and the man beside them for protection and the courage to stand their ground against the very worst the cruel universe can throw at them. And they do, in their billions they stand their ground, bayonets fixed, they hold their ground against the darkness. Imperial Guardsmen are brave, they are *Heroic*

[@generalkenobi5173]

*Commiser:* "Do i see an enemy encampment guard?" *Artillery Guardsmen:* "Yes sir?" *Commiser:* "I don't want to anymore." *Artillery Guardsmen:* "Yes sir!"

[@BenersantheBread]

"Someone call for an Earthshaker?"

[@Bublito]

*Power of a Titan. In one blast* - Shadowsword

[@Legitpenguins99]

*Commiser* : "That encampment offends me" *Artillery Guardsman* : "Im on it"

[@beastwarsFTW]

"Shatter their sky!"

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

*deathstrike Commander*: gunner, do you see that continent? *Gunner*: yes sir? *Commander*: I don't want to... *Gunner*: understood sir!

[@christophermares4069]

“We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy - the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial - carved into the heart of Chaos." FOR THE EMPEROR!! EDIT: for all the people. I know it the grey knight quote and saying, but I really liked it because if you take the chapter out and SPACHMARINE. It a great saying for the Guard. If the space marine can take all the credit for saving the emperor. When we know a imperial guard who wasn't even a follower of the faith of the god emperor. Then I believe the guard can take one quote from the SPACHMARINES.

[@ImpudentInfidel]

Ok, so the Grey Knights are also here. That's nice.

[@lordfrostdraken]

Bruh, take your OP space marines to the OP space marine video

[@ZethHolyblade]

I thought the guard didn't know about the forces of chaos.

[@jackmorriss9547]

@@ZethHolyblade Sshhhhhhhhh

[@Robert_Douglass]

For the Emperor of All Humankind!

[@WarOfWolves]

I actually got chills when they introduced the Death Korps like that.

[@deathkorpswatchmaster2414]

You better

[@MoltenUprisingMK]

I had to suppress a laugh when I saw their horses had gas masks.

[@somebodyoncetoldme5203]

@@MoltenUprisingMK You do know that horses actually had to wear gasmasks in WW1 right?

[@hekmatyar4476]

Everyone loves the death korps of krieg if someone doesn’t hope that the emperor himself will intervene

[@KriegCommisar]

Good

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

Templin institute: “Who holds authority and superiority over vast swathes of the galaxy” High Lords: “I vote we should outlaw laxatives again”

[@marinesinspace6253]

Other High Lord: I dunno, my poo's been real hard and dusty lately...

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

Marines InSpace “my generals need laxatives too though”

[@eugeneoliveros5814]

"what were we talking about?" "something about poos?"

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

@@eugeneoliveros5814 lawls

[@nickkurzy2246]

That's not a chair Billy! That's... a toilet, I think. I need to pooOOO!

[@CheesecakeAndMatcha]

I love that the Imperiom of Man is this, clusterfuck of different cultures that are heavily based on real on going cultures or long forgotten ones

[@TheRedKing247]

Something that just isn't talked about enough is just the sheer size of the Imperium. It's so big and galaxy spanning that the Imperium is really more of a loose confederation of millions of planets than an actual unified central body. This is why the Inquisition and Ecclesiarchy is so necessary, because really the only thing holding the Imperium together is the belief in mankind and the Emperor, along with the force applied by those two institutions. Also keep in mind, the only real way that planets are able to communicate with any sort of short time span is through psykers, otherwise they're reliant on radio or cable forms of communication once in a local system, so without instantaneous communication it's incredibly hard to have any sort of unified culture or government.

[@redeye3869]

“Do the deaths of your men mean so much Alien? *Are you THAT weak?* “

[@victorjacquet2627]

So said the slave to the free man

[@fumarc4501]

I love it when Tau and Imperials engage in talks. It’s such amazing contrast.

[@CoffeeMaus]

Source: Dawn of War Dark Crusade, Space marine stronghold. Dialogue triggers if assaulting as Tau. Recorded on KZbin by someone with a wildly inappropriate name.

[@EarFarce4]

@@victorjacquet2627 That's real rich coming from a blueberry hopped up on pheromones.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@@victorjacquet2627 considering the tau have a caste system, meaning who they can mate with, what job they can do, and how far they can go up in power. they are not free. in contrast, the imperium has no such system. many worlds are democratic. and on all worlds, there is the option of social movement in at least 2 routes, military and religious. thus many in the imperium are free. and even the least free in the imperium have much more freedom then in the tau empire.

[@cheezypasta9231]

Enemies of the Imperium hear me You have come here to die The immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible His soldiers will strike you down His war machines will crush you under their treads His mighty guns will bring the very sky fall upon you We are the Imperial Guard and today is our victory day!

[@ForeverEternal1234]

Ah, I see you're a fellow man of culture as well

[@jessicamason2526]

good quote but I gotta say you misquoted a bit of it "His mighty guns will bring the very sky fall upon you" should be "His mighty guns will bring the vary sky crashing down upon you"

[@fumarc4501]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!

[@NODnuke45]

"I can feel the warp overtaking me... IT IS A GOOD PAIN!"

[@Bublito]

*Adept of the Collegia Titanica. Stands by*

[@88amona]

Imperial citizen: Sir, your next at the cashier. Sir? You okay? Catachan Retiree: The trees keep talking to me. (Helicopter Rotor sounds slashing).

[@commanderstorm8874]

I don’t think a soldier would like long enough to retire

[@soldiert0144]

"You would laugh monster. But let me remind you. Within this weak sack of meat and bone, uncared for by his god and wept for by none, beats a heart. A human heart, that carries with it the strength and courage of all mankind.Within that sack of meat is the hope, the will, and the fury of every man women and child from every corner of the Imperium. Within that weak sack of meat, festooned in thin armor and weapons only powerful in numbers , beats the heart of a man. And for ten thousand years, the hearts of men have beaten, strongly, in defiance of your so called "powers". For ten thousand years, your black crusades have been pushed back, beaten down, and made a mockery of, by weak sacks of flesh with cheap weapons and disposable equipment. For that weak sack of flesh that you so gleefully mock is no supersoldier, no immortal warrior, no creature cursed by chaos like you. He is a man, an Imperial Gaurdsman drawn from some forgotten corner of the Imperium to fight for his species and for the safety of the people he loves. He is a factory worker. a farmer, a storekeeper, a father, a brother, a son, a mere man. And against creatures like you teeming and numberless, powered by the wills of thirsting gods...He holds the line. He has held the line for ten thousand years. So what is your excuse, monster?"

[@CaspertheSarcasticGhost]

What's that quote from?

[@soldiert0144]

its from the youtube video "pity the guardsman" its a damn good video with epic voice acting

[@mstrikerwildrift]

This needs more likes

[@raylongoria3565]

Wow

[@TheAngusm3]

@@soldiert0144 The video came after, it was a quote from a HFY thread on 4chan, then it was on reddit

[@sword4005]

A large group of Tau soldiers are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Imperial Guard is better than ten Tau!" The Tau commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill, where upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Guardsmen is better than one hundred Tau." Furious, the Tau commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Guardsman voice calls out again: "One Guardsmen is better than one thousand Tau!" The enraged Tau commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought! Then silence. . . Eventually one badly wounded Tau fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander: "Don't send any more men. . .it's a trap! There's two of them! . . ."

[@SuperShiki666]

a 9 year old cadian with a broken chair can beat 100 tau soldiers in melee

[@Madhattersinjeans]

That joke is so old it's got editions of the bible before Rome fell.

[@L0stEngineer]

@@Madhattersinjeans you think that's bad, I got an old Navy one about a Gloriana class battleship and a light beacon planet.

[@bryanmanuel4945]

@@SuperShiki666 I better report thag heresey,You assume the Nine year old couldn't defeat a thousand

[@scottland8698]

Jonathan Schmidt this I want to hear

[@BaronVonMott]

"The Valhallans are as inexorable as the winter, as ruthless as the frost, and as certain as death." And they can make a damn fine cup of tea, too. 😁

[@codyschwarz5155]

Based Jurgen

[@electrohalo8798]

A good cup of tea you say? That is nothing compared to us Brits and our tea making skils

[@fumarc4501]

Ciaphas Cain is best Commissar!

[@rizkyfirdaus8290]

*tanna

[@BaronVonMott]

@@electrohalo8798 I'll have you know I'm British myself, so I am fully qualified to judge tea.

[@Tiramizur]

this is the most encouraging recruitment video for imperial army i've ever watched.

[@levb258]

*Imperial Guard But yes, it is.

[@Tiramizur]

@@levb258 No, i mean Imperialis Auxilia which also includes all other imperial military aspects before arch-traitor's heresy. like written in Codex Imperialis, "No army is big enough to conquer the galaxy. But faith alone can overturn the universe". Therefore we must not segregate them before join.

[@imgvillasrc1608]

Well, you gotta join your local PDF first, and if you somehow become one of the top 10% recruits, then welcome to the guard son!

[@dparky1627]

“To each of us on this day falls a single task. All that the Emperor requires of you Guardsmen is that you stand in line, and die fighting. This is what we do best. We die standing. “The Golden Throne and Terra lie far from us here, yet know that the Emperor’s hand is on your shoulders today. “You have fought and displayed bravery and loyalty far above your calling as Guardsmen. You have faced horrors none can imagine, and you will face them again. “I am honored to have led you. “Enemies of the Imperium hear me. You have come here to die. The Immortal Emperor of All Mankind is with us and we are invincible. His soldiers will strike you down. His war machines will crush you. His guns will bring down the sky itself upon you. You cannot win. The Emperor is our greatest weapon. “This is our day for victory!”

[@snzelay001]

the first fours line are from General Sturnn winter assault. and the last one is General Lukes Alexander from soulstrom. i personal like sturnn.

[@corvus2512]

What is the second to last quote from? I feel like i have read it somewhere... its quite similar to the novel Helsreach when Grimaldus gives a speach

[@dparky1627]

“Enemies of the Imperium hear me…” - Dawn of War: Dark Crusade.

[@DanielSan1776]

That’s a good name I approve

[@0d138]

"I DON'T NEED NO GUN, ALL I NEED IS MY FAITH AND MY SHOVEL" *- Death Korps Veteran 999. M40*

[@mpcrauzer]

Proceds to kill a entire army of traitors

[@deathkorpswatchmaster2414]

If he is a veteran THEN HES A HERETIC a smart heretic but still a heretic

[@thomashsiai6250]

Gun? I think you mean bayonet holder

[@andreproudian7032]

"Drive me closer I want to hit them with my sword!"- commissar Yarrick aka the most badass man in the guard.

[@andreproudian7032]

@@yochaiwyss3843 Huh well I stand corrected then

[@Grymbaldknight]

@@andreproudian7032 Yarrick wouldn't ride in something as lowly as a Leman Russ. He has his own Baneblade, the "Fortress of Arrogance".

[@Grymbaldknight]

@Lord Admiral Spire He was a perpetual, though. He'd been alive for at least 35,000 years, and he'd been a soldier many times before. He was still "just a man", but he wasn't afraid of death. He'd died thousands of times already.

[@Grymbaldknight]

@@yochaiwyss3843 I don't much care for the "perpetual" concept, but i think 40k (and 30k) pulls it off well enough. The ability to never die is given a suitably grimdark twist. Remember also that Perpetuals can die just as easily as anyone else. They just don't "stay dead", as they come back to life an hour or so later. Olianius Pius (or "Oll Pearson" as he calls himself) was actually born before Christ. He's served in war since the days of the Ancient Greeks, and was actually an Argonaut. He's also the only Catholic left alive in the 41st millennium. He'd been long since sick of fighting, and wanted to start a new life as a simple farmer on Calth... which didn't end well. When he faced Horus, he stood before him completely in the knowledge that it was a fight he couldn't win. He just didn't care. He was sick of warmongers like Horus ruining the lives of innocent people, and he couldn't just stand aside and let it happen again. He stood in front of Horus, as if the Primarch were a disobedient child, and refused to back down. Even though he was killed almost instantly, the act itself had significance. I think that's actually better than him just being a random mook.

[@nathanjora7627]

Grymbaldknight that’s actually not better, because basically all of his ideals and his « sick of it » attitude, a mortal man could’ve have them. What a normal man hasn’t, and that makes (made) this sacrifice even greater is a life tens ouf thousands of years, and possibly resurrection in case of death (I don’t remember if Pius resurrected, but still, for someone who died thousands of times already, death doesn’t have the same weight as for someone who definitely has only one shot at life). So, Pius being an immortal doesn’t make the story bad, it just makes it less powerful than him being *just* just a normal man.

[@L0stEngineer]

Despite it's grim dark setting, no science fiction franchise gives me as much hope as Warhammer 40k. No other franchise dares to predict that we will not only be around in 38,000 years, but we will be able to fend off mindless monsters, literally demons from hell, and entire civilizations intent on our destruction. Warhammer40k predicts we can hang on not with fancy wonder technology or godlike A.I's, but with nothing more than overpowered flashlights, bayonets, faith and the human spirit. The emperor protects! (but don't retreat or the Commisar will have to shoot you.)

[@jhoughjr1]

yes, he does.

[@rodrigojalcacanarte3011]

Well, for 100.000 years the mankind was in survival mode and still conquer the planet that was Earth. Still we're here, in 40k years the humankind is a Mass of survivors...The planet fall, but the Guard stand is only the most recent example

[@lookatthepicture4107]

This is poetry

[@stratigangames508]

@@TonyBustaroni yes. It is silly. That's kind of the point.

[@hamanotaiki3591]

@@TonyBustaroni yeah we know its stupid, a lot of us do but we dont care.

[@fairhair1539]

At the end of the day, though he's been ferried through hell on a ship that's ten thousand years old to some godforsaken, war-torn rock; though he deployed from high orbit with nothing but a grav chute; though he is one of ten million men and women snatched from his homeworld to fight a war he barely understands; though he has been given a weapon that fires small suns and may annihilate him as he fires because the knowledge of how it functions has been lost; though his company is supported by tractor-tanks that run on anything you can burn; though he wages war against a devouring hivemind, ravenous demons and hordes of hyper-advanced aliens with strange technologies and sorceries he never dreamed existed; no one will remember his sacrifice, there will be no records of his deeds, no glorious parades in his honor, and no remembrance of his name. All he will earn is a shallow, unmarked grave on a forgotten world untold lightyears from home. Yet for all this thankless sacrifice a Guardsman is a man, just like you. He has no millennia-old genetic engineering, no prophetic leader, no miracles of faith. He has his lasgun, his orders, and those beside him. He is an Imperial Guardsman. And he will hold the line. +++ CADIA STANDS HERETIC +++

[@positivityboi1232]

Cadia stands, brother.

[@madtrapper1312]

When krieg is so hardcore that commissars have to prevent them from sacrificing themselves to easily * heavy gas mask breathing*

[@MouldMadeMind]

When youre commisar is so cowardly that you have to shoot him.

[@brianaguila6925]

AK: who are you? Lasgun: I'm you, but I fire laser and used by anyone.

[@Hitoshuratdn]

And also I'm a fictional creation.

[@IvanVKlik]

@@Hitoshuratdn shut

[@captainkeyes1523]

“Others are present where the fighting is thickest, leading their soldiers through example” *Shows Ibram Gaunt fighting like a by the throne boss*

[@weldonwin]

Not Pictured, Ciaphas Cain fighting a Daemon Princess of Slaanesh with a chainsword

[@Eiskralle1]

@@weldonwin twice!

[@weldonwin]

@@Eiskralle1 Or Cain fighting a Genestealer Patriarch, also with a chainsword... or an Ork Warboss... Or a World Eaters Berzerker... ALSO TWICE

[@lloydzabala6552]

The Lasgun: the AK of the future

[@Sorain1]

Lasgun: I'm what AK wants to be when it grows up.

[@lucastark1784]

We need an AK pattern lasgun stat.

[@RKidd-ex3rh]

I bet there's some actual AK's still around even in the 41st millennium.

[@alexrowe7063]

@@RKidd-ex3rh I bet money that even that technology is lost in the 41st

[@kennycai8695]

@@RKidd-ex3rh If the M2 Browning (the Heavy Stubber) is still in service, I wouldn't be surprised if some hive worlder carried one of those.

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

I started learning about this lore from a friend before watching these videos. And I surged to learn more because of one simple phrase: The planet broke before the guard did.

[@A101stEagle]

I nearly fell off my chair yelling "Ollanius Pius!" when they started talking about him. As an Imperial Guard player this made my day :)

[@Stella_Technicus]

Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt - Tanith First and Only: "Look at me. Look at me! This is home now, Trooper! This is the zone! It doesn't like you, but by the Throne, it's where you are! The Emperor wants you, boy! Did no one ever tell you that? The Emperor wants you to make his glory for him! And if you're scared, I'm terrified. The archenemy is no playmate. You're going to see things, and be expected to do things your poor mother would have a fit at. But the Emperor expects, and the Emperor protects, all of us, even you. Especially you - I promise you that." "Men of Tanith! Do you want to live forever?"

[@eirikmoenjnsson6041]

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, Cadian 412th

[@6killersfear4]

Oh, here we go. The biggest badasses of the galaxy at long last.

[@nathanjora7627]

Fulgrim2 For most of the régiments I’m pretty sure jeu are outfitted with standard issues lasguns and a well trained commissar.

[@Sir_Bucket]

If dawn of war told me one thing is that you might be cool with your heavy bolter/ chaotic followers/ graceful weaponery/skeleton robots But you will never be as cool as the 30 mens destroying all of them with grenades launcher And some artillery strick with "moderate" friendly fire of course

[@DanielDiCenso]

"Commissar, sir, the enemy is running!" "Well, keep firing until they stop!"

[@sqocks8254]

That moment when you feel patriotic for a fictional empire...

[@theone-tg4ey]

ya have to dream it first before making it reality right? or something like that, I dunno

[@BuilderB08]

@@theone-tg4ey Thing is, we don’t want it to be reality, like *really* don’t

[@Archangelm127]

Well, it *is* our species... /shrug

[@ianharrison5758]

@@BuilderB08 I admire the guard for standing their grand against the BS they have to deal with, but I have no interest in making that our reality

[@jenniferlumiqued]

A fictional nation that will soon be non fiction

[@OverlordZephyros]

As an astra militarum player I hope you do us justice Else we have to report you to the nearest commissar 😉

[@TemplinInstitute]

whats a commissar? should we have mentioned it in the video?

[@Praelium-Foxhole]

The Templin Institute its a officer that kills guardsmen for begin a coward. It’s to enforce loyalty

[@TheIfifi]

@@Praelium-Foxhole Jokes man... You missed it.

[@Athidius]

Astra Miliwhat?! You're in the guard now son!

[@bluedemion7207]

@@TemplinInstitute it is a political officer of the elite Officio Prefectus who serves in the regiments of the Astra Militarum or aboard the voidships of the Imperial Navy well that what the warhammer 40 fandom said mostly

[@L0stEngineer]

The Valhalla regiment also has one amazing advantage. They have Comissar Ciaphas Cain the patron saint of good luck and heroic cowardice.

[@marklawson4160]

and a prayed to "Saint" in some Tallarian sects. Cain is Great!

[@donwebber9071]

Not cowardace, more like always ending up in the wrong place at the right time and somehow managing to keep his butt in one piece. Ran from nids and wiped them out, went one on one with a world eater and actually won with help from jurgen.

[@L0stEngineer]

@@donwebber9071 you need to reread the stories, friend. If he's on the front line, it's only because his escape attempt failed, jurgen crashed again, and in his mind, he'd rather be surrounded by soldiers since it gives the enemy something else to shoot at. I love the character, but it's precisely because he is who he is.

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

And despite being listed as dead (multiple times) several times over that, and is still listed as active Duty as the Imperium are not sure if Cain is actually dead.

[@L0stEngineer]

@Lord Admiral Spire I believe that's the high praise, especially since it's from the unkillable hero of the gothic sector.

[@kalemercer7053]

What is your Duty? -To serve Emperor's Will. What is Emperor's Will? -That we fight and die. What is Death? -It is our duty. What is your Duty? ...

[@nathanracher2911]

To hold the line.

[@Crexman501]

What is the Emperor’s Will?

[@spartanblast9189]

Whoever made the first concept art of the Imperial Guard must have been thinking “What if we just got World War 1 and put it on steroids?”

[@deathkorpswatchmaster2414]

No that's mainly the death korp of kreig. Everything else is based on something different with mass cas

[@thomashsiai6250]

Whoever made the first concept art of the Imperial guard must have been thinking “What if there were no condoms?”

[@doc.rankin577]

When you said Sly Marbo, I was half expecting to hear the scream: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[@bomba1905]

The Mordian Iron Guard holds the line and looks good doing it.

[@johnohara4788]

Damn straight

[@connorking8503]

My theory is that the _Tactica Imperium_ is actually just Sun Tzu's _Art Of War._

[@jjm3529]

Literally my first thought on hearing that

[@thecommentguy9380]

Explains why the Imperium still hasnt been clapped

[@dfg7418]

Not really, in fact I'd say they contradict all the principles of Sun Tzu's Art of War.

[@socialistteletubby3642]

@@dfg7418 not all of them just a lot, I think it might be closer to On War

[@raikbarczynski6582]

might be a mix of the art of war by sun tzu, on war by clausewitz, some of machiavellies books and miyamotos The Book of Five Rings

[@TricksterPoi]

The Emperor points, and we obey, Through the warp and far away.

[@weldonwin]

Here's forty thrones upon the drum, For those who'll volunteer to come, To list and fight the foe today, Through the warp and far away. Through the warp and through the stars, Over Cadia, Catachan and Mars, The Emperor points and we obey, Through the Warp and Far Away. When duty calls me, I must Go, To Stand and face another foe, But part of me will always stray, Through the warp and Far away. Through the Warp and through the stars, Over Cadia, Catachan and Mars, The Emperor Points and we obey, Through the Warp and Far Away. If I should fall, to rise no more, As many comrades did before, Then ask the pipes and drums to play, Through the Warp and Far Away. So fall in lads behind the drum, With colours blazing like the sun, Aboard the ships to come what may, Through the Warp and Far Away. Through the Warp and Through the Stars, Over Cadia, Catachan and Mars, The Emperor Points and we obey, Through the Warp And Far Away.

[@windwalker5765]

@@weldonwin You MUST find a fan musician to record this!

[@weldonwin]

@@windwalker5765 No, its just a 40K'ed version of a British marching song from the Napoleonic wars, made famous by John Tams' rendition from the Sharpe series of TV movies, which was also referenced in one of the Ciaphas Cain novels, I just added the rest of the song.

[@kevinb7649]

"A declaration to the enemies of mankind, that they have come here, to die." that line was so awesome.

[@Peter_Turbo4]

Astra mili-whatnow? *YOU'RE IN THE GUARD SON*

[@abnegazher]

THE WALL OF GUNS! -Corvus Corax in despair.

[@internetzenmaster8952]

'Corvus Corax in despair' So... his default mood then?

[@rahadityap2375]

Even the fricking primarch fell embarass infront of Literal Alpha Chad Catachan Jungle Fighter

[@joshuadarrow]

“Someone call for an earthshaker?”

[@weldonwin]

"SHATTER THEIR SKY!!!"

[@thomasaquinas1457]

I absolutely read that in the Dawn of War unit voice lol.

[@BEESKIT800]

main gun readyyy... FIRE!!

[@connormotsinger8149]

“EXECUTING YOUR ORDERS, SIR!”

[@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547]

Finally something that isn't paradox. Consent unlocked!

[@Dan19870]

Being one of those who fell a sleep during a recent age of wonders video I fully support the above comment.

[@TheIfifi]

@@Dan19870 Absolutely! The Terran union was amazing but Age of wonders? Havent watched one, just didn't nudge me at all.

[@Dan19870]

@@TheIfifi Let's hope the flag of the Greater Terran Union will raise again in another galaxy for Season Two of Stellaris Invicta.

[@llamallamapajama9571]

@@Dan19870 If the end of the first and the epilogue prove us correct.

[@nathanjora7627]

LlamaLord honestly I don’t know if I’d prefer to see the Terran union as the main protagonist or the antagonist of this new campaign. And I don’t know if I’d want them to be as we know them now, or if we could see them a thousand years in the future after much cultural evolution, possibly in the form of partial disintegration.

[@rorynurnberg7216]

"Where I fall, ten more shall take my place! And one hundred each of them! So strike me down! I am the harbinger!" Olanius Pius

[@CBRN-115]

Ollanius Pious - The one guardsmen who had the massive balls that would dwarf an Emperor-class titan

Grey Knight: The Guard's valor and faith is inspirational. Inquisitor: True, it's a shame we have to mind-wipe them.

[@iglidor]

That is still the better option.

[@baconwhale6414]

Better than having the entire planet deleted from existence.

[@danielhaire6677]

Tell that to the Guard Divisions murdered by the Ordo Malleus and the Grey Knights following Armageddon.

[@CyberController-]

"To each of us falls a task. And all The Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand the line and we die fighting. It is what we do best. We die standing." *Lord General Sturnn, 412th Cadian Regiment*

[@cheeseburgermovies]

"Nothing worse than windmills" I understood that reference.

[@gearyt2355]

Care to explain for a simpleton such as myself?

[@cheeseburgermovies]

@@gearyt2355 Don Quixote, a famous literary character known for being so brave he would fight giants (which were actually windmills but no one had the heart to tell him)

[@vincegalila7211]

@@cheeseburgermovies oh they tried they tried.

[@gearyt2355]

@@cheeseburgermovies oh, that's actually kind of neat! Thanks for sharing!

[@PhotriusPyrelus]

@@cheeseburgermovies I was always told dragons, but I've never read Cervantes' book myself. Not sure I ever will. I understand he was kind of lambasting the romantic concept of chivalry, and I rather enjoy that notion.

[@kevinkellyantonio3040]

Came here to hear Larissa's Voice once more, its too bad she left the Institute

[@LeavingGoose046]

Oh she left? I wondered why I didn't hear her anymore. Her voice was one of my favorite things about this channel :(

[@supersayan8951]

Why did she?

[@danielhaire6677]

@@supersayan8951 After hearing her 40K work, she was drafted by the Adeptas Sororitas as a Battle-Sister.

[@Author_Paluthor]

*They have held the line for ten thousand years! And they shall hold the line for ten thousand more!* Also looks like the institute is aware of retcons about the guardsmen/terminator/custodes lol

[@Ra.vanZon]

In the grim darkness of the 40th millennia there is no retcons

[@Fullychargedevil]

I love the warhammer lore on this channel the most I hope we see an full episode on Krieg someday

[@karrtoonz2532]

If you want a highly informative and entertaining vid on krieg, check out ArchWarhammer and his Siege of Vrax series. First vid explains krieg, and the next 40 explain they most epic battle krieg ever participated in

[@kevinkellyantonio3040]

@@choromancer7045 Say what you want about him But the Info and Lore in that First Vid is still a Good place to Start..

[@mmouse1886]

@@choromancer7045 To Commenters: This man pissed off Reddit, he needs a Triumph and several dozen medals to be given to him by the Queen.

[@Author_Paluthor]

@@choromancer7045 He pissed off Reddit? All the more reason to check him out then

[@lucastark1784]

@@choromancer7045 You just posted cringe, heretical cringe.

[@Baraz_Red]

Wow, that was rather in-depth and the Imperium is much more diverse and colorful than how it is normally portrayed in other videos.

[@Sorain1]

That's one of the great aspects of 40k as a setting. It has EVERYTHING. Horrifying social credit score distopia 'democracy'? Yup. Disturbingly good absolute monarchy? It's next door. The Imperial Guard has regiments that mirror every kind of human military organization, from the Tallarn desert fighters (aka assorted middle eastern rebels/terrorists/freedom fighters) to the Mordain Iron Guard (pretty much the Ideal of the Chinese army) through dedicated airborn troops (Eleysian Drop Troopers) WW1 and WW2 german armys, there's an older obscure regiment that is, I kid you not, the British Army circa Roarks Drift with lasguns instead of muskets. (even with the pilth helmets and red coats!) It's entierly plausable that some relatively peaceful world has an equivalent to the US Army in doctrine, (only with lasguns and leman russ instead of M16's and Abrams), Seals, Viet Cong, name a fighting force worth remembering in human history and in 40k there's a Guard Regiment that's pretty much them, just with Lasguns. Because Lasguns are just that good. They're so logistically amazing the AK-47 wants to be one when it grows up.

[@Author_Paluthor]

@@Sorain1 Yup the British rorke's drift troops are Praetorians

[@johnohara4788]

Sorain1 I thought the Iron Guard were just early/mid19th century line infantry generally

[@MysticMindAnalysis]

It's incredible to think what the Armageddon Steel Legion could have accomplished during those crucial early days of the Second War for Armageddon, would it have not been for the bumbling planetary governor who's arrogance nearly wiped out the Steel Legion all together. It's thanks to the incredible bravery, skill, and grim determination against impossible odds displayed by Sebastian Yarrik that the planet survived long enough for the Adeptus Astartes to become involved. Indeed, Yarrik is such a force to be reckoned with, he's even gained the admiration of Ork Warboss Grazkull Mac'thraka Urka, who described him by saying: "Good enemies iz 'ard ta find."

[@dustin1931]

18:29 "Against the terrible foes of mankind, a single guardsman alone can do nothing, but a guardsman is never alone..."

[@lordfrostdraken]

Imperial Guard Commander: "If we throw enough men at that fortress, they might drown in all the blood."

[@savari2653]

.....or run out of ammo

[@phreakazoith2237]

Commander, I like the way you think. The Death Korps of Krieg offers a plenty of career opportunities for ambitious officers who crush fortresses before they run out of men.

[@The-Samuil]

You misspelled "The Wall of Guns"

[@tatepultro]

@@Valk369 ...Don't do that.

[@The-Samuil]

@@Valk369 ....and he's dead. Again

[@gabrielaubry1334]

@@Valk369 Do not boop that merry suicide bomber.

[@tatepultro]

@@Valk369 Do not boop that merry suicide bomber.

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

M. Tate Pultro but boop

[@TheIfifi]

"Fight until your blade is blunted, until the last battery is spent. Fight until your armour is rent and battered, until your flesh is bloodied and your bones are splintered and smashed. Fight until your lifeblood spills from your body, and nothing but your duty is left to sustain you. The Emperor expects no less."

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

And somehow find the strength to fight some more

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

and then, you keep fighting.

[@chaosknight9131]

"Enemies of the Imperium, hear me. You have come here to die. The Immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible. His soldiers will strike you down, his war machines will crush you under their treads, his mighty guns will bring the very sky crashing down upon you. You cannot win. The Emperor has given us his greatest weapon to wield. So make yourselves ready. We are The First Kronus Regiment, and today is our victory day!" - Governor-Militant Lukas Alexander

[@pretzelbomb6105]

So this is where Rimmy got that speech.

[@ThePumpkinRot]

Dawn of war Dark crusade guard campaign.

[@zyggybaranowski6852]

What i love about these guys is that they are everyone. Any quality you can imagine can be used to contribute to the guard. Anyone could be a solider laying down their life to protect the imperium. Unlike the Space marines, sisters of battle, psykers, or any other imperial faction, these are normal people. Bob smith grew up working in a factory, and is now protecting his home from space demons with a laser gun. The guardsmen aren't special, but THAT is what makes the guard special. The guard recognizes that every second of every day some soldier will turn the tide of battle. Some soldier will save countless lives, some soldier will be a hero. And these heroes will never be remembered. These soldiers will not be immortalized in songs or stories. Their deeds will not be taught to children. Yet all the same, these soldiers are wake keep the imperium safe. For every space marine who is remembered for his deeds, there are 100 thousand forgotten guardsmen who helped make him a hero.

[@tfallspark5104]

"For even in the darkest hour... The Emperor Protects!"

[@rootentootenbluebucko25]

“The Guard does two things, we stand in line and we die for the Emperor. In other words, we die standing!”

[@BenersantheBread]

Even through the lens of a fictional institute chronicling the Imperium, your video gave me chills. I love the Templin Institute!

[@BlackMethos]

*Chaos Marine*: "Pathetic human. Your flashlight cannot hurt me!" *Guardsman*: "Maybe not. But how about two dozen of 'em?" *CM*: "Aw crap..."

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

*20000

[@Hellsong89]

Still not, but two dozen will possible give the last guy enough time to overcharge his flashlight and with small luck from emperor get trough the Chaos Marines armor and even with better luck hit something important. Now this is repeated by dozens and dozens of squads, can Imperial Guard easily defeat thousands of Chaos Marines with mere losses of tens of millions and that is what you call supreme victory!

[@BUSSTISEBOOST]

*Cough* *Laughs Fanatically in Plague Ridden Armour*

[@legionofthedamned157]

@@BUSSTISEBOOST EAT LASCANON

[@frankdelgrosso8297]

Cannot even say how many people I have frustrated by tying up thier Elietes with throngs of guradmen.

[@romeo-delta1954]

"In the grim darkness of the far future, the guardsmen with their lasguns will light the way"

[@silvertemplar8061]

*salute*

[@silvertemplar8061]

Press F 1000x

[@sananaryon4061]

_Where I fall, ten more shall take my place! And one hundred each of them! So strike me down! I am the harbinger_ -Ollanius Pius

[@bobjenkins8420]

I can not get any more patriotic, jesus this is good

[@stratigangames508]

I'm harder than Portland cement RN

[@LAV-III]

@@stratigangames508 you spelt terminator armor wrong

[@Finwolven]

@@LAV-III I see you are a man of culture as well.