Imperial Guard: Catachan Jungle Fighters - Lore & History | Warhammer 40,000

[@yokgor4675]

They are created from the geneseed of an Ancient Terran Warrior in the 2nd millennium called ‘John Rambo’

[@stalinsoulz7872]

He's lost Primarch confirmed

[@negativezero8174]

I love how they are the only guys with American accents in the imperium

[@happyhammer1]

Well I would hope so as they are based on vietnam era special forces. I agree, it's awesome.

[@alanreynolds7938]

That's because the Imperial guard are largely based on the United Kingdom armed forces it make sense because games workshop and warhammer originally is British but they based the cats on Vietnam some have American accents some don't

[@negativezero8174]

@@alanreynolds7938 lmao you mean *Cadians* are based on UK armed forces

[@schopenhauerassplower4223]

Negative Zero Yeah the Guard are not based on the uk armed forces at all really. I guess maybe some of the more pomp and ceremony aspects but that’s it.

[@arlogleich6174]

​@@negativezero8174 Yea, no way. If you *actually* look at records and interviews with Games Workshop concept artists, you'll find that they repeatedly credit UK military forces as their inspirations for a majority of the Imperial Guard regiments.

[@Meartmans86]

''So grab a Protein shake'.. *Awkward stare to the protein shake I am holding... Well ok then. Enlist me in to active duty I guess

[@italianspartacus]

WELCOME ABOARD BROTHER

[@tulipalll]

RAISE IRON FOR THE IRON GOD!!!

[@MortalCosta]

REPS FOR THE EMPEROR

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

@Steve Campbell What about Khaine?

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

Steve Campbell But he’s older than Khorne. Wouldn’t he be the old man?

[@CharlesUrban]

"I see that you dealt with the reported Daemonic incursion." "Oh, yeah, that thing. That was a great time. We had fun. The jungle had fun. Sly Marbo showed up and yelled a lot. The heretics all died. It was even better than the time that Flayer Bug bit Jenkins in half and he still beat the thing to death with its own mandibles." "I think you might be embellishing that last part." "Okay, okay, it bit off just both his legs. Anyway, milord, we're all set. If you need anything to not exist anymore, we'll be right here."

[@paulwilliamgoyeneche6494]

Best comment here!!! 😂 🤣

[@beamerball666]

Strakken would proably show up and yell a lot, Marbo would just silently cut his way through a squad of Berzerkers

[@Agerholm2650]

They really get to show their worth in the book Pandorax. Holding off the black legion until reinforcements arrive, simply due to their badass jungle fighting

[@whiskeyjack9646]

0:02 : "Today is a tale of bristling biceps and nine-pack abs!" When is it ever not on this channel?

[@DelightfulTyrant]

Listen, I'm gonna need more Sly Marbo. You don't understand. We need this.

[@hussarzwei6223]

He looked into the Eye of Terror, it looked away.

[@bladestormviking]

the only mortal Khorne himself is scared of.

[@adelahogarth2761]

Flak armour wears Sly Marbo for protection.

[@alecadanglao8386]

A secret war exist between Italian and Leutin to upload the most IG Regiment video, MOOOAAAARRRRR

[@andarara-c1p]

Whoever gets out, the audience wins!

[@HollowDubz]

Arch warhammer has a few out aswell.

[@FrozenLord66]

Catachan jungle fighters remindes me of vietnam soldiers in space

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

More like Reverse US soldier on Vietnam

[@qTHEGAMERp]

@@Madjo-qj2ge Except these guys managed to adapt

[@areohdee4562]

@@qTHEGAMERp that's why they are called REVERSE

[@stalinsoulz7872]

@@qTHEGAMERp space SOG?.....Aka nam-era Green Berets

[@HistoryNerd8765]

I believe that was the original concept. 70s era us soldiers in space.

[@MutantGoblinCaravan]

Ok, I love Catachans too, but enough badass heroes, let's hear about the most haggard, thieving, drug addicted scumbags - the Savlar Chem Dogs.

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

Savlar Chem Dogs: "I need this more than you!"

[@Daimon-X]

"Welcome to the Catachan[jungle], we got fun and games!" Imo, "Dragons Cradle", Inhabitare Mortua, Cretacia the Home World of the infamous Flesh Tearers Adeptus Astartes Chapter, is just as deadly as Catachan.

[@clemo85]

Space marines are my No1 boys but I love the Catachans. I just wish GW would update their minis to be as awesome as they deserve.

[@messageinthebottle1673]

Your wish has been granted cause the recently edition shows some new catachan models.

[@ordersmilitant5998]

Catachan's are a bunch of filthy, undisciplined, savage's. Still, any whom serve the Emperor with such ferocity has what respect I am willing to offer. Oh, who am I kidding. Catachan's are awesome! PS: I most definitely am looking forward to your potential Mordian Iron Guard lore vid.

[@MyHentaiGirl]

What do you know you glorify riot police?

[@genma986]

Contest to deadlift dead chaos space marines, don't think it can get more bad ass than that.

[@advancedcorianderbeing4673]

Chaos: imma gonna ruin your planet. Catachans: is it a promise? or a challenge.

[@ganonstonebreaker4231]

Catachan (Planet): *laughs*

[@advancedcorianderbeing4673]

Catachan Barking Toad: hahahahahaha (takes a Emperor approved cigar hit)

[@tombouric]

Sylvester Stallone Clone? More like Ricardo Milos Reproduction.

[@mintgoldheart6126]

If Ricardo and Stalone had kids

[@messageinthebottle1673]

What made me to become a imperial guards fan is because of the imperial guards represent in symbolic wise. To me my most favorite imperial guards regiment the catachan jungle fighter, represents humanity's peak survivability and will power to keep living even tho their lives is a hellhole. Thats why catachans are considered to be the deadliest humans (normal, natural human) in the galaxy.

[@borjinator]

The “golden bracelets they got from the city” joke had me fucking rolling I’m not gonna lie

[@italianspartacus]

Hehehe I aim to please Borja!! :)

[@cryskullker]

CataCHAD YEET

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

They're basically on a mutant blend of Vietnam, the South Pacific and Australia. Just look at them. They just *LOOK* like a United States Marine in Vietnam.

[@jrlinsin]

An entire planet of Rambos? Yes, please.

[@TWyler9595]

They should really start making space marines from this planet. Can you imagine a sly Marbo space marine?

[@kingheath97]

I'm pretty certain that the reasonable Marines are made from catachan people

[@TWyler9595]

Then that are most likely badasses. I’ll have to look some lore up on them

[@MisterBones2910]

@@TWyler9595 1d4chan.org/wiki/Reasonable_Marines

[@stalinsoulz7872]

Every time a Inquisitor Comes. All unison of Catachan Marines Yells Fock Off

[@Hellberch1]

I do remember the good old days when they had their own Codex Guard army with a 6+ Armour Save BUT WS 4 & +1 to any Cover Saves

[@thomasbailey7159]

'biscuits that aliens give you'HERESY

[@callfall1]

Tough as nails? These guys make cast iron look like fucking spaghetti. Hunting down deadly face eating bugs just for the fat protein hit

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

Somewhere in Catachan a Jungle Fighter grabs an Ork in a Headlock: "Crikey I caught me a Big One right here!" Engaging a Catachan Devil: "look at the size of this Bugga!" Tackling a Crotalid: "Ain't she a Beauty!"

[@Amatsaru29]

This made me rewatch the original predator

[@samrominski2290]

Same here

[@blakecheboygan]

Knocking this series out of the park my dude.

[@SimonCarl93]

Spartacus I think you meant that Rambo is a Catachan clone.

[@thealmightysala2801]

Those biceps are the dream of every bodybuilder

[@_Morph1ne_]

Imagine being a general in the guard holding a meeting with some other generals when some dude whose shoulders are 8 feet wide and whose neck is thicker than your waist walks in. Eventually you ask, “sorry who are you” and he just responds “the commander of the catachan devils” “oh ok that makes sense “

[@thememeslinger7506]

Get yourself a Catacan of Catachan Piss It does everything that Red Bull doesn't, and it tastes about the same

[@michaelhowell2326]

The way you described these guys made me wonder: do they turn up the gravity pumps on Catachan transport ships since they come from high-gravity worlds. And you're pronunciation is correct.

[@moriskurth628]

I think the Catachans have been native to their homeworld for *so* long, that their increased muscle mass is already ingrained in their genes, and as such won't really decrease much in lower gravity. Well, unless you lock a Catachan up, keep him from moving, and feed him nothing but fatty and sugary food, he wouldn't really get weaker. Alternatively they do alot of strength and endurance training as part of their daily drills when not in combat. Push-ups, Jumping Jacks, Pull-Ups, running rounds around the firebase, that kind of stuff, with maybe alot of manual labor. Where other Regiments might use Servitors to haul crates of ammunition, the Catachans might do it themselves. But that's just what I think, not really canon.

[@lynnusuk2092]

Them doing it themselves is probably true, since in most of the books they always reference how minimal on supply they are, and the forge world near them was mentioned to give them metal for their knives in exchange for the ores, but never stated to supply anything else. Also I think servitors would probably be a hinderance when traversing the jungles

[@forgefathereli8354]

Your memory of when stuff came out and amounts is cute and clearly shows your young (im not old myself im only 30) but i played since 1998 and we had access to all the same regiments we had until GW pulled them. You just had to order them through your local GW to get them in large amounts they kept the Catachan models in store because they were the most crazy gung ho looking ones and they figured it would attract the most attention to the hobby overall. I only know this now because my friend (he's 49) was a manager for GW till relatively recently and recently opened his own store and is raking in the bucks. But to be fair the Catachan models were cheaper and had more plastic models. But a lot of things were pewter back than it was 1998!

[@italianspartacus]

i'm 32!! BATTLE BROTHA!!!

[@forgefathereli8354]

@@italianspartacus Yes but did you play when you were 8 years old BROTHER OF BATTLES??!!!

[@italianspartacus]

I started around 93-95, in 2nd Edition 40k/5th edition fantasy :)

[@mailmikekang]

I grewup in Australia. Now I’m exploring Siberia - trust me folks, Siberian insects, wind, cold and animals make Australia look like a retirement village.

[@bobskywalker2707]

depends on where in Australia. The outback is pretty comparable to Siberia. Also you're used to Australia and Not used to Siberia. If a Siberian were dropped in the outback, they would probably think that Australia is worse.

[@Ishmachiah]

Then you should come over and spend a holiday in the jungles of PNG. Catachan had to be based off of it.

[@SpacepilotPirx]

Love the Catachans, they boost morale for baseline humanity by their mere appearance.

[@bullthorson2693]

Why don’t the Space Marine chapters recruit from Catachan? Seems like they’d make the best Space Marines

[@teutonalex]

Perhaps because they are too individualistic and therefore suspect in their total devotion to the emperor.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Any other planet: “our world has fallen. Daemons of ancient legends run amok across its surface, slaying and destroying whatever they please. All we have ever known has turned to dust. This is the end” Catachan: _FACK OFF CANT!_

[@Lorddavian0]

Heck yeah, these are the models I paint and play with! I've always loved their 80s action movie lore!

[@melvinflett7506]

Just found this channel :o pretty dope, Think you can talk About "The Acid Dogs, The Lucky 13s?"

[@ostensiblegoosethief1305]

The Emperor just shipped the prison colony of Australis to catachan because Australis was too dangerous

[@112steinway]

If your favorite barbecue recipe is a Termagaunt and a flamethrower...you might be from Catachan. If a trip through the Cicatrix Maledictum is more of a vacation than a mission...you might be from Catachan. If the only beverage that is strong enough to make you forget is Ork mushroom beer...you might be from Catachan.

[@justarandomdude2655]

When the trees speaks heresy..

[@Masonicon]

They make hollywood action heroes looks like justin beiber

[@adelahogarth2761]

Honestly, Catachan doesn't sound even remotely as creative as various ways Australian animals can kill you. The Malo Kingi box jellyfish kills you one of two ways; 1: It causes you so much various types of pain (the worst possible nausea you will ever feel, the worst sensation of burning flesh, the worst sensation of deep muscular stabbing, so on and so forth all in combination) .... that it elevates your blood pressure so high you either have a heart attack or an aneurysm or other internal infarction bleed event. 2: That through this crippling agony it distorts your perception of reality, to the point where you enter a maddened state whereby you truly believe some unknowable future doom is just on the horizon and that you're just better off killing yourself. Did I mention this type of box jellyfish is smaller than the size of your thumbnail so you'll never see it coming? We also have this tree which grows glass like spines on its leaves filled with a neurotoxic venom that will still cause you bad pain for up to years after exposure. The microscopically fine glass-like silica spines actually punch their way into the deep skin tissue and release their chemical compounds for even years after exposure, and no surgery can remove them. We also have birds of prey who have mastered the use of fire in hunting! They will snatch burning twigs and start grass fires to feed of terrified prey trying to escape the flames! So animals who use fire to hunt! Those birds must of tortured the secret of fire use out of Prometheus while pecking out his liver each day!

[@drebodollaz3504]

Yea but a catachan devil would eat all of those.

[@adelahogarth2761]

@@drebodollaz3504 Yeah, but we're talking about creative ways to kill people. Arson for every animal other than human is pretty creative. Not only that but a jellyfish that kills you through debilitating pain and a maddened, psychotic, suicidal episode of Cthulhu-esque doom proportions.

[@sternguard8283]

Catachan Barking Toads, extremely poisonous and very lethal as just getting touched poisons you.

[@stalinsoulz7872]

A bridge dedicated to our hero. Sly marbo!...... *WAIT RETRACT THAT!. NO ONE'S GONNA CROSS SLY MARBO* - commissar Harris 5th Catachan Company

[@mrrey3481]

Oh, Emperor, finally I've got time to get to this. Thank you for still doing it, bratan, I appratiate it a lot

[@lucasnixan7695]

The only ones bigger are astartes?! (Sad ogryn grunts)

[@harveyjoe2496]

Oi loikes the impeerial gard!

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

It's funny how my 3 favorite armies in 40k are also the 3 most insanely over the top. Death Korps of Krieg Mordian Iron Guard Catachan Jungle Fighters (And despite me also thinking Commissars are cool as well, it's funny how NONE of the 3 armies I listed seem to like or get along with Commissars, and it's always because the 3 see Commissars as less tough).

[@michaelhowell2326]

It would be pretty nifty if GW would make codex supplements for the IG like they did for the separate astartes chapters. Also, this far into the 40k timeline, wouldn't Sly be hundreds of years old? Is he still alive?

[@helikontex2467]

I reckon sly is a hero of sorts. A legend is like the phantom, just keep changing like a ghost

[@kishinasura1989]

Gilman arrives on catachan : I'm I a joke to you? Catachan guardsmen: Witch One 😁😁😁😝😝

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

Officio munitorum: Are you ready to serve the Empire, Commisar? Commisar: I am ready, my lord! I will keep my lessers in charge in service of the Empire! OM: Good. You have two choices. A company of Krieg or Catachan. Commisar: ...shit.

[@RakRescue]

How bout I kill myself instead?

[@jasonbaker4445]

Have Catachans ever been recruited and turned into space marines? Would make for a seriously badass chapter.

[@simplewrites]

I want a really tall and buff Catachan Jungle fighter to walk up to a space marine and say:”Power armour is for pussies!”

[@starbornstardust2855]

Why not salt the jungle ? Unless you have to import the salt it seems cheaper than promethium fuel to keep the jungle back, I dropped about 800g of salt on an ivy and Hawthorn bush today after cutting them back earlier today, they won't be back for few years.

[@atimelongforgotten5166]

That might actually be a good idea

[@drebodollaz3504]

If Rambo, Arnold Shwartzeneggar, and Doomguy fused.

[@wolflordgio6320]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-SLY MARBO

[@robertoleary5470]

Wolf Lord Gio Any relation to Wolf Lord Rho? 😆

[@wolflordgio6320]

Robert O Leary Its A WOLF Thing 🐺🤣🤷‍♂️

[@harveyjoe2496]

Astra mili-what? Your in the guard son!

[@ratri4969]

There needs to be a Arnold Schwarzenegger character (Dutch) in the Catachan Army.

[@lh5125]

Tempestus scions that came from catachan would be scary

[@mr.murlock9780]

Question: Does any SM chapter recruit from the Catachans?

[@RolfHartmann]

My homebrew chapter the Forlorn Hope sometimes does.

[@redherring875]

more like, CataCHAD jungle warriors

[@keithc1234]

so much better than onemindsyndicate and them just reading out a wikipedia.

[@comradecrawdaddy]

YES!!!!! Finally. Thank You! The Lion is pleased by this. I bet Sly Marbo could give one of the Primarchs a run for their money in a fight.

[@mrrey3481]

I really love how you're doing your best to avoid calling them...Well, basically "Rambo" during the whole video xD

[@heinoobermeyer7566]

Talking about that level of population growth( 1 of 10 brothers), that rate was very normal in my great-grandparents time (8-10 was not out of the ordinary).

[@naturalist4life396]

Now I'm beginning to wonder how a company of Catachans would fare on the Monsterverse Skull Island.

[@mitchmcginn4250]

Oh you mean that Five Star Restaurant in the middle of the ocean? I think I've made my case ! 😂

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

I know you may not cover this because lorgar isn't well liked but after reading the First heretic and Betrayer, it dawned on me how multifaceted Lorgar's character is and just reading about him, it gave me insight on the nature and personalities of not just him but also of angron, guilliman, magnus, leman russ, their legioniares, and even the Emperor. I would love to hear more about him especially a fair outlook on his actions and decisions.

[@italianspartacus]

Don't you fucking worry brother!! Aaron dembski-bowden is a God and redeemed Lorgar in so many ways. I will absolutely cover Lore on him :)

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

My thanks! May the holy work of humanity's ascension continue.

[@uliksmorina9672]

when i was this early the empror was killing horrus

[@Shawaeon]

Cretacia, the now home world of the Flesh Tearers, is similar in it's lethality. Even the insane boys in red found it a challenge. After discovering such a cozy planet to rip and tear through they declared it their own.

[@popburnsy3207]

If ch was supposed to be read with a hard c then they should have spelled it "Chatachan" or Catakan or Katakan. It's obvious they were more interested in chasing the aesthetic look of Catachan with the h in the middle(and to a lesser degree the rounded curve of the C). Which, if they were going for, they could have gone with the far less confusing but (arguably) less visually appealing Catacan or Catakan or Katakan. Catachan is how it's spelled, why not just stick with the commonly understood -chan? Bleh, dumb GW choices is all I can imagine.

[@ce017]

This series is 👌🏻

[@eotwkdp]

Amazon and austraila combined into a planet times 10

[@knowplay3258]

Still pale in comparison to the Excoriators. Lol! Love all your videos! 😋🤣

[@sethl8905]

4:29 lololol you are so funny

[@heatherordonez1490]

The John Rambos of the Imperium...

[@Anon26535]

They truly are the Emperor's most fortunate sons.

[@sjcobra84]

Rambo in space.

[@GusCraft460]

Cadachan doesn’t sound like a deathworld at all. It’s like the exact opposite. It’s teeming with life. Most deathworlds are just not conducive to any kind of life at all, but Cadachan is just vibrant with all sorts of flora and fauna. You would think this place would be great for Nurgle’s underlings.

[@manlet_king]

Hello, these are awesome! Please do Vostroya next. All hail the God Tsar of Mankind!

[@ConfusedGuardsman]

I think you mean god Emperor commie swine. Jk!

[@davedogge2280]

Chata, Chata, Chata, Catachan Chatachan, Chatachan, Chatachan Chatachan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chatacan Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do Chatacan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chatacan Let me rock you, let me feel for you Chatacan let me tell you what I wanna do Do you feel for me, the way I feel for you Catachan let me tell you what I wanna do

[@toastertech1181]

catachans, the best buff sneaky men

[@beskar66]

Pretty apt description of my homeland Australia = proto catachan

[@Daimon-X]

Inhabitare Mortua. Death World Straya...

[@budtloper1]

Y'all are just British Texans

[@beskar66]

@@budtloper1 like hell we are we have gun laws that work downunder

[@budtloper1]

@@beskar66 hahaha easy killer, just poking fun

[@TTTristan1]

Imagine if a fucking primarch landed there. Swole wouldn't just be an adjective anymore. It'd be a noun.

[@tylerpeterson3281]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@josephb3175]

The Gray Knights love them to. I'm referring to the book pandorax

[@alanmunilla7196]

Apparently there was a chaos incursion on their planet, and the jungle ate the demons. Not banished, ATE.

[@skylerrutherford9870]

I might be wrong on this but didn't their home world wild life fend off a tyraniad invasion on its own?

[@italianspartacus]

Yup! I mentioned it :)

[@skylerrutherford9870]

@@italianspartacus You da man! Loving this channel after discovering it today!

[@ronaldpagar6513]

Excuse me But is there a female catachan jungle fighters as well? Because that will be cool if they added a female catachan jungle fighters

[@kingjohn219]

i imagine a bunch of rambos and predator arnolds

[@johnwing1986]

Lore is cool but seems really odd they don’t just chop the jungles down/back so it isn’t as dangerous.. worked on Caliban (for a while)..

[@italianspartacus]

It regrow within a day. I don't think I illustrated that as well, my bad :(

[@johnwing1986]

ItalianSpartacus cheers for the response - your description was fine.. I just can’t see how it could grow back faster than they could burn / bulldoze it.

[@italianspartacus]

Yeah when you read the first Dark Angels book THEY LEVEL THAT SHIT on day 1 hahaha.. So I think it's more the Indigenous species coupled with the voraciousness of the jungle itself :D

[@franciscodagnino4249]

mechanicus ost is so bad ass

[@dibberz-v1z]

I'd kill for a good Warhammer game of the catachan Jungle fighters

[@Just_Fez]

Just hot

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Yeah Catachan was my army growing up. I started playing IG and as you say their models were every where. Could get a whole box of plastic figures for the price of two metal ones of anther army. When you might need to field upwards of 200 units in the Imperial guard, saving money as a kid really helps. The fact they barely use tanks was also a huge boon in terms of making a collection. Though I will say the lore of the army is beyond badass helps a lot too. I was always a bit disappointed that the rules didn't really favor them that much. I don't know if later editions improved this but basically there were just normal IG troops, but started off as Veterans in the version I played. OH and Sly Marbo wasn't really worth his point cost.... I think it was 4th edition, maybe 5th?

[@foddorais1422]

Well, in the incursion of chaos on catachan they got lucky it was a khornate warband and not a nurgle one.

[@ralfsintke680]

havin an army of 4,2k of those ones i prefer call em an army of cataKHAN! ! no chancies up with those guys, friend. were catachan, not "cat-a-chan". BTW, orks and tyranids love our sentinels. =)

[@thecommentguy9380]

W H Y D O P E O P L E L I V E H E R E ? !

[@Pathfinfer11]

To borrow a character from Ghostbusters. Commissars to the Catachans are Walter Pecks.

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

Death Korps of Krieg: Our planet was subject to a nuclear apocalypse and we live mostly underground now! Mordian Iron Guard: Our planet is rotation locked so we can only live on one side of our planet with barely any resources and a population bent on our deaths. Catachans: Our planet sucked long before we got here.