The Catachan Jungle Fighters are Stronger than Daemons?! Warhammer Lore

There are a lot of awesome battles and wars in the universe of warhammer 40k. Today i wanted to share one that i found very interesting and cool, what happened when Daemons invaded the planet of catachan in warhammer 40k.
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Let me know what you all think in the comments section below!
Kiv

[@gigamoumantai2696]

Even the Daemons of Khorne cannot conquer Catachan as soon as the trees started speaking Catachan.

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

Daemons: Invade Catachan to kill everything. Catachan Jungle itself: Oooh fancy snacks!

[@Adino1]

Extra Spicy!

[@Cavscout5096]

Catachan fighter: were being invaded by Daemons? Is it my birthday?!?

[@otaikagetsu9340]

😂

[@DJchilcott]

It reminds me of an Asterix comic, with the villagers all singing Happy Birthday while Obelix fights entire Roman Legion by himself.

[@shawdcummings2160]

The catachans and deathnkorps of krieg must get along well 😂

[@kishinasura1989]

Actually no not at all in fact they hate each other. The thing is with how they fight and there culture. Chatacan is close nit and are very independent and favor gorilla warfare while Krieg is detached and conforming and favors trench and sage warfare.

[@user-tn9hf9de9n]

They may both be distinctive guardsmen regiments but the kriegs are incredibly loyal and suicidal which gives them their distinction while the catachans are just incredibly strong Rambos built for survival. Edit: kriegsmen seem suicidal

[@ScottAT]

Remember the Krieg fighters are all brainwashed to the point where they fire things like Artillery upon their own forces in order to kill one enemy in the midst.

[@disdain7143]

​​@@user-tn9hf9de9nmore like krieg dont value life at all, even prefer death in duty over it. atonement and all that. to me, suicidal implies actively seeking death, which they do not if it disobeys orders. they wouldnt really mesh well with catachans though i agree on that

[@mattturner6017]

So the flora and fauna of Catachan fought back against the Khornate invaders and then, after the daemons were slaughtered, returned to its natural equilibrium. I wonder if there is an implication there. Does the very ecosystem of Catachan consider the native Humans to be a natural part of the equilibrium? Does the planet own the Catachan residents as its own natural children while rejecting the warp-spawn? Or does the planet not really discriminate and the daemons actually destroyed themselves by charging into a deathtrap with no thought of strategy or long-term survival?

[@IdleDrifter]

On Catachan, only the strongest, fastest, and most cunning survive. The planet's flora and fauna only avoid the Catachan barking toad. The planet takes evolutionary arms race to the extreme.

[@american_jackal5956]

Nah, Catachan is an equal opportunity slaughterhouse. Catachan Jungle Fighters are the definition of "built different." Even then, I think that only like: a million are alive on the planet at any given time, if that.

[@DestructoCopter]

The share a planet with feral nids wtf did chaos think it was going to do

[@biggumstevens1784]

They are obviously supposed to be inspired by Rambo, who is an american character from the vietnam war.

[@baer0083]

Duhhh... ever heard of Sly Marbo?

[@19Pyrus70]

Darth Vader can't use The Force on Sly Marbo because Sly Marbo never chokes.

[@vitaliyred622]

Well, now this kinda proves that Catachan was either made by tyranids or old ones themselves. The way the jungle/planet almost killed the warp invasion by itself is very interesting indeed as if the entire planet is made to be able to defend itself. Imagine if Eldar Exodites landed there before humans and were able to control it as they do with other planets!

[@Begbras]

There a reason why you can't invade Catachan: you canot settle in big number because the fauna and flora is that bad. The catachan devil is know to be drawed to big groups of peoples making impossible to expand to big. Catachans does survive on it because of being used to it and can go on their hown being mostly hable to dodge threats. Bit a standing and marching army is a diner bell ringing for the locals criters.

[@dillonpeterson66]

Dude just let Catachan be Catachan, not fucking everything has to be tyranids.

[@kishinasura1989]

@@dillonpeterson66 even they said A yo F that!

[@michatomaszewski7564]

​@@dillonpeterson66or old ones, it just elvolved that way, let it be the way it is

[@mhoatson]

Well, Aussies fought with us Vietnam too, so you can claim them as well.

[@MerKnight79]

The line of Catachan minis needs to be updated to match the command squad and heavy weapons. The base infantry box is woefully outdated. With Catachan being a major aspect of the Indomitus Crusade, the Jungle Fighters should logically get some much needed attention and rules love. Granted, my faith in GW to do so is basically Nil, but one can always hope.

[@MWH12085]

I'd say Gav is one of the most famous Ogryn in the Imperium

[@JumpingFlapjack]

The Catachans perhaps are the best normal Soldiers of the Imperium, but they not directly Stronger than the Hordes of Chaos, but the Planet itself is a deadly Killer. A fun fact is that the Catachan Jungle Fighters are treated medically for quite some time and kept under strict quarantine until they can be used safely in the wider Empire. Why is that? Quite simply because of the merciless Davinist struggle for survival they have to wage on their planet, they have one of the best unchanged natural immune systems in all of humanity. Catachan, however, is a world full of dangerous viruses and bacteria that are only a "mild cold" for a Catachanian himself because they have adapted, but would kill just about anyone else in the Empire. Not to mention the diseases from which the Catachans themselves sometimes die in large numbers. ^^

[@oli36999]

Hive fleet Kraken: soon we will devour all of Catachan, cons........ Catachan jungle: aight bet.......

[@jokerman9623]

I dont see your comment on them being Australian instead of vietnam veterans considering that Rambo was a vietnam vet and Vietnam was the samw terrain type as catachan while Australia is more arid in general.

[@spottedslash4256]

Lets not forget the Catchan was Also based on The Spec OP group in The "Predator" movie. In which they were also American.

[@roddygonzalez2017]

Yeah like, that part literally had me tilt my head and go "Huh????", like dude, if you've even seen Predator or Rambo, you'd know that the Catachan fighters are all literally just cheesy 80's roided out action movie heroes like what you'd see in the US a lot back then

[@firestorm165]

Counterpoint: Australia has more than it's fair share of bush and rainforests, and the gympie gympie plant would not be out of place on Catachan

[@rungunninja1289]

The whole Australia thing is literally only based on the whole wildlife craziness meme. There is no lore reason to make that claim. Yeah it dumb argument and it miss information at best. But hey it’s still better than female space marines

[@19Pyrus70]

​@@rungunninja1289 What's wrong with female space marines?

[@PoorMansChemist]

4:39 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...bad ass Australians...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

10:03 lmao you’re telling me those are space aussies

[@bmohr9826]

Inquisitors: we are here to fight off the daemon invasion. Where are the daemons? Catachans: There are daemons?

[@rcgunner7086]

".. that makes me want to get a set of their models if they ever update them..." You know, I thought the same until I caught the last Battle Report on Warhammertv. In that battle they pitted Imperial Guard against the Kroot with their new rules. Naturally, the guard lost (typical, but I'd add that the only Catachan thing about that whole army were the miniatures- nothing on the board had the Catachan key word!), but it was a fun game to watch played out and I have to admit, the Catachan models really looked great. I broke down and purchased some that I found in Ebay and I was presently surprised! For such old sculpts, they were really nice and detailed. They were goofy and cartoonish in places, but as a rule they really grew on me as I assembled and painted them. My small platoon saw action this past Saturday and did fairly well. That Scout 6 rule really gets them into the midfield fast and tossing Straken with a squad into a Chimera and watching them plow into objectives with a murder of heavy bolter fire leading them was glorious. You should check them out!

[@toussaintchivars9005]

Catachan reminds me of the Great Forest in the Recluse Series. A planet wide Great Forest that doesn't play!😮😮😮

[@kylrapture]

Am I alone, to think the Predator main thme would fit this?

[@DrakenhofTemplars]

Rambo was american so American Aussie

[@voidofhope6259]

Definitely American Vietnam-era inspiration…I’m not even American and that’s the first thing that came to mind

[@sameface]

I understand its not thier territory but buddy im sure some space marine chapter is like will give you all the guns you want for like 50 young catachans for astarte/primaris inductees...

[@MerKnight79]

The Raptors Chapter/Raven Guard would be an excellent candidate for this...Some of my personal regiment's lore (the Catachan 107th) is based off of the mentions of Catachans and Astartes working together in the Jungles of Armageddon. A novel based on Raptors and Catachans fighting together would be amazing.

[@bobh9492]

Space marines aren’t allowed to recruit from catachan.

[@MerKnight79]

@bobh9492 Never written. It is implied because Catachan regiments are elite and valuable...GW needs to get that memo and give us an update...but If a Marine chapter requested to pull candidates from Catachan, it's probable they would be authorized in Chapter sized amounts

[@killerbee1974]

So what would happen if you had a catachan inquisitor or a felinid raised on catachan?

[@TH-rj4ds]

Catachan is based mostly on Deathworld by Harry Harrison.

[@oceannova6976]

Welcome to Nam.

[@bluhd2265]

Love your videos and explanations

[@miles2378]

Does the system have any other planets, or moons, dwearf planets to colonise?

[@WolfA4]

4:30 it doesn't make sense that Catachan Jungle Fighters are inspired by Americans in Vietnam? What war do you think Rambo was a veteran of? What you said is like saying the Vostroyans are actually inspired by Americans from the Midwest.

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

4:40 RAHHHHH SORRY BUDDY BUT THEY ARE AS AMERICAN AS IT GETS

[@rcgunner7086]

Maybe, but there is this to consider and it is '80's cheese too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moTRoKahadmKqMk Catachan bad assery if there was some.

[@burritochurrito1993]

killed the video putting your own biased opinion in the video

[@Kingedwardiii2003]

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