SM armor no powerfield?

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**HexHammer**

Frozen Ocean wrote:
Why do you assume that it is resource-effective (not to even talk about possible) to coat every Baneblade in a "power field"? Only the biggest and most valuable vehicles (Imperial Titans) get anything similar, and they're called void shields. The reason being that the technology behind them is not only extremely intensive (meaning that the vehicle in question needs to be very large just to carry the device and a large enough engine to power it) but also very hard to produce.

For the resources and time required to make a single void shield generator, you could probably make five Baneblades, if not more. Lesser "power fields" are extremely small, so you'd be talking about a Baneblade-scale Iron Halo, or stapling Storm Shields (treasured items given only to the greatest of Space Marine Veterans) all over the vehicle's hull.

Let's not forget that energy fields are not automatically superior to armour plating. Baneblades have quite excellent armour as it is.

How about "why don't they coat every single vehicle and personal armour in the entire Imperium with the skin of the salamanders of Nocturne"? Vulkan's salamander-scale cloak, Kesare's Mantle, gives him a 3+ invulnerable save. What about Necrodermis? Why don't we give every fighting soldier in the Imperium Terminator armour?

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pm713 wrote:

Because that wasn't how they were originally designed. And the Mechanicum aren't going to commit heresy like thinking or daring to alter a STC.

Not true. There are multiple Baneblade variants that were created as modifications to the existing template.

All tanks are very vunerable to damage from above, today's tanks gets killed by A-10 "Warthogs" because the plating are just too thin there, there are many types of tank killing ammo, and 2 of them involved kinetic energy, so it would be logically if VIP personal armor has a tiny force field, then such huge tank would too.

**Grey Templar**

Or the tank will be operating alongside airsupport and with AA cover so enemy tank hunters don't have free reign. And you don't have to pay the ludicrous expense of giving that tank a force field.

Force fields are expensive. Its likely cheaper just to use the air support/AA you were taking anyway and make a 2nd baneblade with savings.

**Frozen Ocean**

Or you could just, you know, put armour on the top, if that's such a concern. As a side note, A-10s are successful because of their huge gun, not because they can hit a tank in its weak point for massive damage. It's just the smartest place to direct your fire, especially from an aircraft.

Like I said, energy shields are not automatically superior to armour plating. What's to say that an energy shield would protect from anti-tank fire any better than more armour would? Just because they're represented in-game by invulnerable saves doesn't mean that they are actually invulnerable.

There are plenty of anti-tank weapons in real life, just as there are in 40k. "Why not energy shield" is just like asking why we don't put 3m-thick armour on every Challenger II.

Also, a Baneblade already is the solution to anti-tank, because it's more than just a tank. Anti-tank takes out normal tanks, such as the Leman Russ or Predator. The whole point of a Baneblade, and most superheavies in general, is that it is so ludicrously large and durable that it requires a whole different class of weapon to deal with (at least in fluff). The question shouldn't be "why not energy shield", it should be "why energy shield".

**HexHammer**

Ok, so the essence is that it's imply too expensive for non titans and non VIPs.

**Grey Templar**

Basically.