What's In A Space Marine's Armour?

Curious about what's in a Space Marine's armor? In this video, we'll dive into the details of Space Marine 2 armor and what makes it so iconic in the Warhammer 40k universe. Whether you're a fan of the Adeptus Astartes or just interested in sci-fi armor, this video is for you!
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Video title: What's In A Space Marine's Armour?
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[@PrimeRooster]

Whichever chapter you took that armour from is going to come find it....

[@LoreTours]

👀😦

[@jamescancook808]

​@@LoreToursSir are you a heretic ??

[@jw6337]

Would be very ironic if it was the Blood Ravens

[@TheRevanchist]

@@jw6337 Hippity hoppity, where the fuck is my property?

[@zack9697]

So yeah they are already insanly strong, durable and naturally bulletproof to small weopons, have insane speed, insane endurance, inhuman time reaction and THEN you add the armor to emplify all of this.

[@vynashe4442]

wouldn't be power armor if it didn't amplify and strengthen the user, it would just be regular armor.

[@karlttkk4298]

especially compared to standard humans wearing power armor. without the black carapace to interface mind to armor it can slow the wearer down.

[@RandomBadAnimator]

Don't you mean "Amplify"?

[@ronaldmcdonald7379]

I just looked at the title of the video, wouldn't the short answer be a space marine?

[@n.henzler50]

Three gretchin

[@EndriuC]

It CAN be an Ork sometimes.

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

Exactly what I thought!

[@jailoutafreecard4414]

I could be wrong. But ive heard that higher ranked astartes can get iron halo forcefield generators. Which is why they can be helmetless on the battlefield.

[@Fyn114]

Correct!

[@Deathscythe91]

you can also tell how old they are by the dots on the head , silver dots is 50 years , gold dots is 100 years

[@darthkittyoustheunwise7581]

​@@Deathscythe91 also known as Service studs

[@lordlopikong6940]

I doubt. I just thought it was a way to determine named characters vs normal marines. So I assume they have thier helmets on majority of the time

[@user-to9ge8ii9n]

​@@lordlopikong6940That is the main in-lore reason/explanation, designed to help communication and awareness. But yes, there needed to be some way to recognize your different tabletop figures.

[@haroldwilkerson2026]

When you start disassembling the armor and you find Apple air tags and seconds later, your door gets blown open😂😂😂

[@Zoie3x8]

Those -][- Imperial wax seals are the perfect size and thickness to hide the apple tags into. JUST SAYING ! >_>

[@falmire.]

im guessing inside the space marine armor is a space marine

[@user-to9ge8ii9n]

And if we're studying the armor, an _angry_ space marine.

[@ygorschuma3059]

*A quick side note:* The "electro-motivated fibre bundles" in the armor you mentioned at 8:44 is the black muscle suit the Marines wear beneath all the armor plates, you can see it fully at 4:13 and it's like a tight bodysuit, or more akin to the Nanosuit from Crysis, that black muscle suit IS the *Power* of the Armour, they are the critical parts that interface directly with the Black Carapace and they provide all the strength that all Power Armour in 40k have, Space Marine, Sororitas, Inquisitorial or Custodian, these fibre bundles are the electric servos of the armor, and all power cables are interfaced directly with them.

[@stephenpiper2690]

They control the helmet features by blinking/staring at spots on the hud. Their weapons also are linked too the helmet, so where ever their guns pointing, if they have the helmet on, theyll get a little marker where theyre looking.

[@Justowner]

They shouldnt need to control anything via their eyes. The black carapace is a perfect man machine interface between the astartes mind and the armor computer systems

[@steven401ytx]

I know where I'm looking without a little marker

[@GiraffeCrab]

That's why so many space marine weapons have scopes even though the helmets cant reach the scope itself.

[@IOSALive]

Lore Tours, awesome content you deserve more subscribers

[@LoreTours]

Thanks ❤️

[@zerodono]

Lmao the skull censers are the most Imperium thing I've yet seen

[@Scorch96x]

No cup holders...

[@ste4mzmylastname701]

where the hell do they store those massive hundreds of bolt gun shells

[@MastaShredduh]

you don't wanna know...

[@chandlermartin5627]

@@MastaShredduhcame here to say this

[@Wilhelm-100TheTechnoAdmiral]

They attach extra clips to their armor via maglocks

[@twinkelz77]

@@chandlermartin5627came here to also say this, you DONT want to know.

[@andraslippai3169]

imagination! as the whole stuff is just an imagination, its not real !

[@vynashe4442]

What's In A Space Marine's Armour? A space Marine, of course.

[@sata1938]

Great narration style, really enjoyable stuff. I was having a hard day and this made it better.

[@Sunlight70]

Love the narration and piano lounge music. Such a cool channel.

[@LoreTours]

Thanks so much!

[@therealdealholyswillreside1571]

Great vid, you deserve way more subs

[@garreswe]

There is one thing I don't understand about the armour and the WH40K world. In many games and videos the Space Marines get quite easily killed by melee weapons, even if they are supposed to be incredibly strong. Say that you compare to a real world tank: it doesn't matter how sharp any melee weapon is, you need an explosive force to penetrate its armour. The Space Marine armour is supposed to be even stronger than our tanks so I can't buy that an ork or a tyranid is able to kill a marine in melee unless they hit a gap or an exposed body part.

[@aPol.01]

The armour doesn't protect them from cutscenes

[@garreswe]

@@aPol.01 I guess the cutscenes are extra deadly, the characters can never flee from them. Not even skipping helps 🩸🗡

[@zombieshoot4318]

@@garreswe If you don't have the Holy Plot Armor you can die at anytime.

[@RedwoodAmaril]

You have the original surgery to become a space marine. And then another surgery to become a primaris.

[@captainflowers748]

Rubicon Primaris for firstborn

[@johnjohnson7259]

Now that the Primaris system is in full effect, new aspirants can directly become Primaris. Two steps are not needed I believe

[@topcat2574]

Sheeeesh that's really something! Just imagine being a space marine just starting out on your first mission, went threw all that augmentation just to get killed in one shot or blow 😂

[@weebarry668]

Yes, but does it have tea making facilities?..

[@FreedomRoseStein]

Yeah the one thing i've always wondered. Where the F do they keep all that ammo those bolter mags are huge and i don't see any ammo pouches.

[@LoreTours]

That I cannot answer, each mag is like the size of a regular humans head

[@jurkobatina1229]

they cant carry alot maybe they get dropped ammo supplies idk

[@Deathscythe91]

you question the might of the imperium ? question the god emperor???HERESY!!!! every question is answered with "by the blessings of the god emperor"

[@AlindBack]

Ideally, an Astartes would always be followed by a number of chapter serfs that would carry extra ammo and potentially other essentials. Though, this tends to only really be the case when on defensive assignments. While I don't know that it's otherwise really ever been stated in any canon source, my guess would be that the belt area of the armor has a host of mag clamps that allows the Marine to carry extra ammo, grenades, or other miscellaneous items. Of course, even carrying a few extra magazines is not a lot of ammo, but Space Marines are, at a base level, superb marksmen. If you watch the Astartes videos you can see that the Marines do not waste shots. You can figure that each Marine used 1 mag until reaching the psykers, and then one or two mags to defeat the psykers, possibly followed by one more mag loaded after defeating the psykers. This points to the idea that none of the Marines used more than 4 magazines to clear a ship and secure their objective, and I think that's the rule, rather than the exception, when it comes to Space Marine operations.

[@FreedomRoseStein]

@@AlindBack Yeah since i think i read somewhere every bullet is blessed by a tech priest it makes sense that full auto spray and pray isn't an Astartes tactic. In the space marine games you're always running out of bullets after almost every fight luckly you can't even turn a corner without tripping over an ammobox. i just thought it was odd there's no specific part of their kit designated as personal armory for the marines.

[@spiridon986]

It's like JerryRig voice for Warhammer.

[@MrAdamske]

Me whos been playing since before 8th edition: Space marine, SPACE MARINES!!

[@asmordisfluffbreaker4999]

hearing "Medicai" constantly is so painful. CAE CAEEEE!!!

[@t-0096]

Ima get me one of these for Christmas!

[@TheSympathydenied]

Plasma cannons on each shoulder good for everything including necrons

[@SamHain-o4l]

The armor contains the most advanced and special space diaper.

[@Deathscythe91]

What's In A Space Marine's Armour? gene-seed😏

[@andraslippai3169]

Surprise!!!!! Its a Space Marine inside of the armour!

[@johannesbjerkejannesson428]

Love the video, content and channel. Keep em coming plz. Onward toward 1M subs, for the Emperor!

[@LoreTours]

Thanks friend :)

[@Ribbs-zt7uf]

The Predator or xenomorph aliens wouldn't stand a chance against these space marines.

[@jozd5293]

8:20 fckn titus smiliing!!!

[@user-to9ge8ii9n]

6:30 - I'm not sure I want to know how the high protein liquid nutrient tank replenishes itself.

[@LoreTours]

Whenever there's a self replenishing food source in a Sci fi armour, just go ahead and assume they're eating their own 💩

[@ScottMcMaster-er4xj]

What's inside a space marines armour? Love of course. A deep well of Love.

[@huhwachusay]

Tony Stark hulk buster would give this a good fight

[@dedrickriley1188]

Apparently not, dude said the armor is made of adamantium

[@Jazzious88]

The new jump packs have heel jet to help with control. Wouldn't they also be useful in increasing the fall distance of a marine. Just a thought *Corrected*

[@followzeeleader]

I need one asap

[@Perchpole]

If the helmet has an integrated targeting system, why do some bolsters have scopes?!

[@lamjeri]

Would be funny if the armor had an inner layer of space fleece. Millennia worth of research and development to create the most comfortable fleece in the universe.

[@DanieleT.820]

Looking at all the videos online...this armor doesn't look all that tough to me. Tyranids open them like cans of sardines, Necrons melt them like butter, Orcs snap them in half like breadsticks. Genestealers can even tear apart terminator armor in a second. There's not a video where they don't die by the bucketload.

[@eliteghost1001]

Adamantium like the metal from marvel that wolverines claws are made of

[@419zx6r]

My question was similar to yours. If it is adamantium that means it’s in the same universe, which means we could see a fight with Wolverine

[@euthe5708]

how do the grey knights helmets work? they are very square and the (what i think are the eye pieces) are literally at the top of the helmet, are they able to see via cameras or something?

[@sandrales98]

ma favorite is the terminator armors

[@revenant849]

What in the blood ravens

[@shady1306]

While playing Space marine 2 I turned on helmets for immersion reasons knowing what helmets contain not to mention comeon youre fighting tyranids and traitors going helmetless is such whk thing to do but not tactical or strategical.

[@hpcartier1596]

Yeah I’d 100% become a space Marine

[@johnjohnson7259]

I’ve always been confused about the black carapace. Is it under the skin? Or is it the black leather looking suit directly under the armour plates?

[@PerfectDeath4]

Did you disguise that crew as a Blood Raven in order to get that sample of Astartes armor?

[@bobs619]

gotta be some serious funky smells under all that amour

[@bodenleezy1039]

Fun fact while space marine armor is good against lasers. Plasma weapons actually kill space marines in one hit yes even plasma pistols. This is because plasma weapons in Warhammer 40k are the same temperature as the surface of a red dwarf star. Which equals 5000 degrees Celsius

[@feynthefallen]

What's in a Space Marine's armour? A Space Marine I would think?

[@Ilia-ul1pz]

What's inside a space marine's armor? A space marine, probably?

[@thedarkstormed]

Dude is that the EV shuttle?

[@jasonblood3775]

Now im wondering why wolverine isn't fighting in these wars😅😅😅

[@moonshadow360]

What's In A Space Marine's Armour? Space Marines.

[@The_Kharski]

so... no Dunkin Donuts Dispenser (DDD)?

[@DLT-po6to]

And than there are a bunch of guys running around without a helmet and rendering the entire suit useless. At least armorwise. Doesn't make sense to wear armor if one blow to the head ends you.

[@wolfhunter98]

Does the lore ever state how long the power in the suit lasts? With and without sunlight to power it.

[@alphawolfzeon958]

I'm pretty sure a space marine is in the armor.

[@brendenpozsgai827]

They covered why they don’t need to eat…. All that armor… how do they take a 💩

[@LoreTours]

A good rule of thumb with these Sci fi armors is that unless stated otherwise the 💩 is probably getting recycled into more food 😳

[@Mr.Snugams]

there are iperium soldiers with no food,no freedom,nosaftey,no ammo and there are astartese

[@Afoxi]

Are you sure your lore tour captain isn't a Blood Raven?

[@LoreTours]

👀😥

[@grimlordgaming8904]

A 8 to 10 foot tall super soldier

[@chenglong54]

What if the need to go number 1 or number 2? Do they sleep in the armor?

[@totalermist]

The suit connects directly to the bloodstream and filters out what little the augmented organs cannot process. This way, a space marine in his suit doesn't have to use the toilet. As far as sleep is concerned, another implant (the Catalepsean node) enables them to sleep "Dolphin-style", i.e. different parts of the brain take turns resting. They still need real sleep at some point, but can go on for many days without it just fine. I don't think sleeping in the armour would be a problem for an Astartes. Even a mere mortal like me quickly learned to sleep in full combat gear with a parachute strapped to my back and a bag full of equipment between my legs during my military service.

[@chenglong54]

@@totalermist That's awesome, Thank you for such a detailed answer. I feel smarter already.

[@StephenBarazza]

What are the stuff they wear on the armor mean?? Like the ribbons, gold skull with wings, I’ve seen ropes? around armor and stuff

[@edwardheppenstall8690]

The ribbons are purity seals (basically little prayers or writings of deeds) the winged skull on the chest is the imperialis (symbolic of loyalty to the emperor) the ropes are decorative and tend to only be seen on high ranking space marines, kinda like how real life officers have those little gold ropes attached to their epaulette on their dress uniform

[@StephenBarazza]

@@edwardheppenstall8690 ohhhh ok much appreciated!!! Makes sense now

[@H457ur]

Needs a codpiece

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Interesting. So if the material is almost indestructible how are the space marines hurt or killed? I am nooby to 40K

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

Pretty sure there’s a marine inside

[@arubberduck9077]

weren't these used as mining suits in the dark age of tech?

[@succmama1039]

Iirc those were the terminator suits.

[@Mechanoid]

so if the armors ceramic dissipates thermal... then why do i take massive damage in space marine 2 from those flamers? XD This is bugging me so much lol

[@EDHCollector]

I think its special Chaos fire like the fire the Helldrake is breathing. They say something along the lines and have a aspecial name for it when the mission with the firebreathing Helldrake starts.

[@The_Trickster]

Pretty sure it's a spacemarine inside the armour

[@GiraffeCrab]

I love how everyone loves the Space Marine armour. No one ever talks about the miss shaped bodies of space marines. 5 inch thigh gaps, extended necks, bulbous heads, overly barreled chests and enough gross muscles to make a roid- raging muscle bro vomit. The armour is cool but all space marines are genetic trans-human mutants which is what gives the armour the real edge.

[@cowbeanboi412]

Uh...simple answer duh...a space marine is in the space marine armor

[@pillepolle3122]

Dumb question. A space marine, of course.

[@mofuggly4303]

do they shit in the armor though?

[@kennylee1732]

Jelly beans and rolled up gym socks

[@dedrickriley1188]

Adamantium? As in from marvel adamantium?

[@davidbhart1867]

"Adamantine", also spelled "adamantium", is the metal of the gods in ancient Greek Mythology. Marvel didn't come up with it, It's literally thousands of years old lmao.

[@dedrickriley1188]

@@davidbhart1867 WOW!!!! I did not know this, I studied some Greek so idk how I ain’t learn about that. That’s hella cool, thank you for the info

[@psilo5623]

then why do space marines die to like 3 bullets against each other in PVP of WH40K:space marine 2 X_X

[@tyberzann101]

“Whats in a space marines armor” a space marine, duh.

[@KrystalSmith-is9if]

Ooh ooh I know this one is it a space marine

[@edwardrysak9804]

But how do they poo poo and pee pee in the armour?

[@grindordie3336]

Outdated skins & tech... I already consider them "classic" space marines

[@michaelhband]

👍👍👍

[@cranjusmc.baskettball5177]

Uh probably a space marine

[@pdubowner]

5 minutes in...I hope you cover how they take a poo

[@LoreTours]

I think I had to answer that in the comments. No clear answer but in most cases with Sci Fi armor, the poop gets recycled into food. Yum

[@pdubowner]

@@LoreTours Wow. A big youtube channel that replies! Fantastic!

[@LoreTours]

@@pdubowner I'm just a dude, sat in a room, talking about how Space Marines poop

[@Reindogreproductions]

They really just copied Marvel on adimantium

[@davidbhart1867]

"Adamantine" or "adamantium" is the metal of the gods in ancient Greek Mythology. Marvel didn't come up with it, It's literally thousands of years old lmao.

[@Thunder_warrior]

You are using a click bait a PRIMARIS marine, which is not a spacemarine, tou want to make the og fans laugh then keep making it same with the footage in Your video, by the way, the universe is not that GrimDark anymore it is washed out version of a 2000s itself, gl with your breakdown

[@Proktitis]

What’s inside? Judging by the fans who turned me away from this purchase, I would say and smelly angry incel.

[@ScopeOperaSam]

Hail to the Bus Driver! 🫡🫡🫡 Thank you so much for this wonderful tour! Never got into 40K until Space Marine 2 came out. Call me a bandwagoner... But I've been on a binge lately with the lore, and this was an amazing breakdown for an Aspirant like myself!

[@LoreTours]

Thank you kind Aspirant. Glad you liked it!

[@imsnowman3701]

i wish you were whispering.