List the things that you will only see in Warhammer 40k;
I'll start

Only In 40k, you will see Rambo(Marbo) fight alongside Space Vikings against Orcs and Space Elves

Only in 40k would genetically engineered super soldiers equippe with RPG submachine guns, power armor, tanks, starships, drop pods, supersonic assault dropships, long range energy weapons, missile launchers and artillery routinely (and often prefer to) engage in hand to hand combat.

Only in 40k would the force (IG) that has more artillery, tanks, heavy weapons, infantry, specialist troops, etc and the widest array of weapon variety than any other faction in the galaxy be seen as the underdog in almost every engagement (fluffwise).

Only in 40k would a race that has mastered travel between worlds in the blink of an eye and retain their souls after death in a magnificient living architecture field food soldiers in direct combat with races multiple orders of magnitude more numerous.

Only in 40k is the concept of air and space control, along with the power of heavy artillery, completely meaningless, allowing behemoth land battleships and the like to operate with impunity.

Only in 40k can a few dozen super soldiers equivalent to a few hundred or a few thousand mundane troops routinely directly engage millions of enemy soldiers and emerge victorious with near certainty.

Only in 40k do radios mean you simply communicate more certainly at normal shouting distances and do nothing for longer distances.

Only in 40k. Do tanks have fething KEEPS on top of them.

Only in 40k does the phrase "Interstellar Battleship" really mean "Interstellar Flying City."

Only in 40k are tanks powered by music. (See Witch Hunters codex)

Only in 40k do laser weapons become featured as the least powerful, most useless outside of bulk shots, weapon in the galaxy. (Ignoring lascannons and multi-lasers, of course...)

Only in 40k do lasers richochet off bunker walls.

Only in 40k do the put fortresses on top of walking engines of destruction.

Only in 40k can you be inches from a tank and still miss.

Only in 40k does the likelyhood of your victory in war depend on words written by British people who are dead 39000 years before your war takes place.

Only in 40k do the words 'Space Marine', 'Imperial Guard', 'Inquisition' and 'that guy over there' all mean 'Alpharius'.

Only in 40k can your enemy take down your tank with their bare hands!

Vaktathi wrote:Only in 40k is the concept of air and space control, along with the power of heavy artillery, completely meaningless, allowing behemoth land battleships and the like to operate with impunity.

Honestly I think this is in part thanks to the fluff being written before the gulf war. Desert Storm was the first time that Air Power truly invalidated the use of land forces.


Only in 40K, would orks get a 6+ save and kroot get none.

PraetorDave wrote:

Vaktathi wrote:Only in 40k is the concept of air and space control, along with the power of heavy artillery, completely meaningless, allowing behemoth land battleships and the like to operate with impunity.

Honestly I think this is in part thanks to the fluff being written before the gulf war. Desert Storm was the first time that Air Power truly invalidated the use of land forces.

I did my thesis on the First Gulf War. Air power didn't invalidate the Iraqi army, it just degraded it to the point where Coalition (read: US and UK) forces could monkeystomp them. There's a quote from an Iraqi battalion commander: "When I went into Kuwait I had 39 tanks, after six weeks of air bombardment, I had 32 left. After 20 minutes in action against the M1's, I had none."

Vaktathi wrote:Only in 40k would genetically engineered super soldiers equippe with RPG submachine guns, power armor, tanks, starships, drop pods, supersonic assault dropships, long range energy weapons, missile launchers and artillery routinely (and often prefer to) engage in hand to hand combat.

Only in 40k would the force (IG) that has more artillery, tanks, heavy weapons, infantry, specialist troops, etc and the widest array of weapon variety than any other faction in the galaxy be seen as the underdog in almost every engagement (fluffwise).

Only in 40k would a race that has mastered travel between worlds in the blink of an eye and retain their souls after death in a magnificient living architecture field food soldiers in direct combat with races multiple orders of magnitude more numerous.

Only in 40k is the concept of air and space control, along with the power of heavy artillery, completely meaningless, allowing behemoth land battleships and the like to operate with impunity.

Only in 40k can a few dozen super soldiers equivalent to a few hundred or a few thousand mundane troops routinely directly engage millions of enemy soldiers and emerge victorious with near certainty.

Only in 40k do radios mean you simply communicate more certainly at normal shouting distances and do nothing for longer distances.

Well done. I was going to simply say, "Only in 40k do you bring a knife to a gunfight - and win." I like yours better.

Only in 40k can you Falcon Punch a tank and win.

Only in 40k can a tank drive itself and fire its own weapons.

nectarprime wrote:Only in 40k can a tank drive itself and fire its own weapons.

Not for long.

Only in 40k can one stop a bullet can one using faith as a tangible defence.

Only in 40K can a God be beaten down by an old geezer with pointy ears...

well no, not really.. Bin done..

Only in 40K can you poison robots and make them run away in fear, massacre superbeings made from metal that predate your race with a single volley of poisoned crystal and regenerate flesh by sitting next to someone being fonged..

Only in 40K will the fluff get retconned this often


Only in 40k will the Marines always win, regardless.

Only in 40K will the timeline just stop, and stay there, while history gets rewritten to provide more storyline...

Only in 40k will you find players and fans of the fluff complain to the point of apoplectic seizures yet continue to voluntarily spend exhorbitant amounts of money on just that which, apparently, nearly kills them.

Uhlan wrote:Only in 40k will you find players and fans of the fluff complain to the point of apoplectic seizures yet continue to voluntarily spend exhorbitant amounts of money on just that which, apparently, nearly kills them.

Well, there are these things called Drugs which do almost the same thing. Plasticrack is, however, Legal and cheaper(in some cases)

Only in 40k can waiting until the release to announce a product is a good marketing strategy.

Only in 40k can half of the armies be humans.

Only in 40k can Space Vikings that hate psykers have arguably the best psykers in-game.

Only in 40k are the Humans most powerful force.

Only in 40k do you travel to other planets to fight with swords.

Only in 40k chickens eat you.

Only in 40k alien race name it's every ship/vessel/tank/transport after Earth sea animals.

Only in 40k do we have zombie robots.

Only in 40k do we have sexy chick that can kick butt.

Only in 40k we have military better than real life but taking much more casualties than real life military beside all it's training and power.

Only in 40k we have things that eat everything from tallest trees and biggest animals to smallest of bacteria.

Only in 40k we have race that shoot by ejaculating it's ammo.

Only in 40k do we have so bad-ass solders that noone in other Sci-Fi universe can even get close to them.

Only 40k is better then real life, and most of you will agree

Vaktathi wrote:Only in 40k is the concept of air and space control, along with the power of heavy artillery, completely meaningless, allowing behemoth land battleships and the like to operate with impunity.

Only in 40k are the tanks and behemoth land battleships SO AWESOME That they can withstand the firepower of aircraft, spaceships, and heavy artillery.

Unit1126PLL wrote:

Vaktathi wrote:Only in 40k is the concept of air and space control, along with the power of heavy artillery, completely meaningless, allowing behemoth land battleships and the like to operate with impunity.

Only in 40k are the tanks and behemoth land battleships SO AWESOME That they can withstand the firepower of aircraft, spaceships, and heavy artillery.

I think its more of the fact that all parties in these wars have Air Support. Fighters and Bombers first concern is staying alive, so they focus on their counter parts.


Where there is Mutual Air support, Ground Forces can act with greater freedom. Far from impunity, but larger targets are more viable when there is Air Support.

Only in 40k can orks defy laws of physics to build flying machines.

Only in 40k are there giant mechanical death machines with large cannons strategically placed in the crotch area.

Brother Coa wrote:
Only in 40k alien race name it's every ship/vessel/tank/transport after Earth sea animals.

They aren't actually named after Earth fish. It's only their human designations.

Only in 40k is air power useless

Only in 40k can Marines not be women.

Harriticus wrote:Only in 40k is air power useless

It's not useless. Just preoccupied, see above.

Only in 40k is the human race the most powerful thing in the galaxy despite several other more technologically advanced races.

Only in 40k we finally live with no religon (Well orginally they did, damn maker of the imperial cult)

Only in 40k do ethics not exist (IT IS FUNDARFUL)


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Only in 40k we finally live with no religon (Well orginally they did, damn maker of the imperial cult)

Only in 40k do ethics not exist (IT IS FUNDARFUL)

Only in 40k do we have sexy chick that can kick butt.

What? Please see: manga/anime

Only in 40k can Marines not be women.

This was true of the real world as well, until way, way late in the 20th century.

Only in 40k is it possible for a mere mortal to carve a name in a virtual demi-god's heart (Damn you Draigo!)

Only in 40k is it possible that a race of omnicidal robots are average in the killing department.

Only in 40k is it possible for there to be psychic fungi-animal hybrids with a sense of humor.

Only in 40k can 5 Orks and 2 Marines be equal point-wise.

KilroyKiljoy wrote:Only in 40k can half of the armies be humans.

Ahem warmahordes ahem.

Only in 40k can one dude with a laser pistol kill thirty guys in powered armor because he killed one of them with a fluke shot, the rest turned and fled, and were cut down as they ran away.

Only in 40k do the armies of the Imperial Guard revert back to 1914(WW1) war strategies.

Only in 40k is it preferable to land your troops, engage the enemy in hand to hand combat, then once the fighting is pretty much done go back into your spaceship and virus bomb the entire planet into non-existence.

Only in 40k do you destroy an entire planet because a single leader of a long lost human civilization does not want to join your Imperium after 5 minutes of discussion.

Only in 40k would an ancient alien race that loves vehicles utterly fail to give them anything more than paper for armor.

Only in 40k would a single infantryman have a chance at using the butt of his gun to kill a guy in power armor.

Brother Coa wrote:Only in 40k are the Humans most powerful force.

Only in 40k do you travel to other planets to fight with swords.

Only in 40k chickens eat you.

Only in 40k alien race name it's every ship/vessel/tank/transport after Earth sea animals.

Only in 40k do we have zombie robots.

Only in 40k do we have sexy chick that can kick butt.

Only in 40k we have military better than real life but taking much more casualties than real life military beside all it's training and power.

Only in 40k we have things that eat everything from tallest trees and biggest animals to smallest of bacteria.

Only in 40k we have race that shoot by ejaculating it's ammo.

Only in 40k do we have so bad-ass solders that noone in other Sci-Fi universe can even get close to them.

Only 40k is better then real life, and most of you will agree

1) As far as we know, humans are the most powerful race IRL.

2) In Star Wars, Jedi Knights travel to other planets to stick their swords into people.

6) Lara Croft, Samus Aran, Terra (Final Fantasy), Daeneris (A Song of Ice and Fire), Eleanor (Bioshock 2)...

8) In Hell: After The End, Freaks and Abominations can attack by ejaculating on the enemies.

10) It IS better, but there are any, many things that are also bettern than real life.

Now with mine:

Only in 40k do Inquisitors have armies made of monkeys with lasers.

Psienesis wrote:
What? Please see: manga/anime

Totally forgot about Claymore...thanks mate

I think we are compareing Real Life to WH40k not fake things like religon and Manga and such

Nightwalker wrote:I think we are compareing Real Life to WH40k not fake things like religon and Manga and such

May want to remove that one. We have a number of religious members, and going by the OT section, suggesting that their beliefs are fake is exceedingly inflammatory.

Only in 40k do I want to put on a trench coat & high tipped hat and yell HERESY!!

Only in 40k can humanity worship a MAN that lived a couple of thousand years ago and proclaimed himself a god........ oh wait.

Only in 40k can you find a god of squick created by the elves.

Only in 40k do the space dwarves get eaten by bugs.

Only in 40k can an engineering department consider 'Frequently killing our insanely expensive and hard to train super soldiers' a justifiable flaw of a rifle and ship it out.

Only in 40K do super soldiers trip over twigs and other such small debris and fail to move through woods, dang DT tests.

Only in 40k can a tank be in service for 10,000 years.

Seriously, Soviet T-54's from the 1960's are barely operable in the hands of various Third World countries by this point. And that's 50 years. I get Dark Age of Technology stuff has good durability, but dayum.

Harriticus wrote:Only in 40k can a tank be in service for 10,000 years.

Seriously, Soviet T-54's from the 1960's are barely operable in the hands of various Third World countries by this point. And that's 50 years. I get Dark Age of Technology stuff has good durability, but dayum.

Maybe those countries should start chanting to the tanks spirit and annointing it in holy oil.

Only in 40k can 9 of your squad get blasted because the tenth idiot didnt keep his leg tucked in.

Only in 40k does it have the price of the game in the name...

deffskulla wrote:Only in 40k does it have the price of the game in the name...

Only in 40k are there tau, eldar, necrons, etc. Thanks, GW's copyright lawyers!

Only in 40k can a legion survive for 10,000 years with blood red armor and a combat doctrine of "Run in and hack away with your close-combat weapon while screaming".

Only in 40k are imperialistic Communist oppressors with castes and mind control not considered "grim enough".

Only in 40k are ridiculously large haircuts able to fit easily into combat helmets just as easily as those with shaved heads.

Only in 40k where the most populous race in the galaxy are actually mushrooms.

Only in 40k:
Can a basic human kill an immortal creature in CC.
Can creatures create ANY KNOWN WEAPON from nothing.
Can vehicles fit impossible amounts of people in them.
Can a 10-foot hammer destroy a war machine the size of a mountain.
Do vampires have flying tanks.
Do vikings have the power to kill ANY FETHING THING in one move.
Do geeks argue the silliest things to win games involving plastic army men. ( )

And only because of 40k we have such an awesome place to hang out!

Only in 40k do Human Squad Leaders and Sergeants NOT wear helmets.

Only in 40k do Space Elves pretend to be Celtic Ninjas.

Only in 40k are zealous, mutated superhumans psycho-indoctrinated to kill everything non-human considered "The Good Guys".

Only in 40k...


there is only war.

Ascalam wrote:

Only in 40k will the Marines always win, regardless.

Unless you're talking about the United States Marine Corp. Like in 40k, US Marines are always going to win

Only in 40k are there inherently psychic fungus people intent on killing fething EVERYONE

Only in 40k can a mushroom wearing mega armour punch you in the face with power claw 7 times

Only in 40k can a hammer wielded by a guy on a giant wolf do more damage than an artillery shell

Only in 40k...
...do lasers recoil.
...WWI tanks armed with 700mm cannons can go toe to toe with advanced hover tanks armed with lasers and railguns, and WIN!
...are cavalry and bayonet charges still a viable tactics.

Only in 40k are all the inquisitors either possessed evil or total ****s .

Melee charging a fully automatic gun line. And winning. Ha. Haha.

Is it Twilight...IN SPACE!!!1!

Durza wrote:Only in 40k do the words 'Space Marine', 'Imperial Guard', 'Inquisition' and 'that guy over there' all mean 'Alpharius'.

There's one of you in every thread. Stop cloning yourself Alpharius!

Only in 40k do numbers mean jack-squat.

Only in 40k are close combat shields the best way to stop bullets.

Only in 40k seven playable armies out of fifteen belong to the same faction (code: and seven of them are space marine variants).

(edits... forgot about the 'nids and the necrons. d'oh!)

Odd One Out wrote:Is it Twilight...IN SPACE!!!1!

there are just so many ways to say this:
1. no
2. never
3. not in a million years
4. negatory
5. only if you are high
6. you are wrong
7. you are mad
8. you are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, your wrong. your wrong. your wrong (bell tower themed)
9. my fabvorite: man falling of a cliff: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!...splat.

Yeah, 40k and Twilight are kind of at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Only in 40k would an army of sparkly, vampiric giants be considered viable....
and short, bearded humanoids, not.

Vaktathi wrote:

Only in 40k would genetically engineered super soldiers equippe with RPG submachine guns, power armor, tanks, starships, drop pods, supersonic assault dropships, long range energy weapons, missile launchers and artillery routinely (and often prefer to) engage in hand to hand combat.

Actually I can think of a reason for that. Due to the scarcity of resources (bolts don't come cheap you know, and a lot of soldier need supplying), and the sheer multitude of xenos, heretics, whatever, it is more prudent to engage the enemy in H2H combat in order to compensate for this. That, and most of the enemies are Melee oriented anyway.


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gh05tdemon wrote:Only in 40k are all the inquisitors either possessed evil or total ****s .

Cough the Spanish Inquisition Cough.

Where can you find a cocaine fueled Ghostrider expy? only in 40k...

Only in 40k do the bugs step on you.

Only in 40k do sergeants view all of their men as "expendable commodities."

Only in 40k does something's color make it go at a different speed. Hey, my car is red-shouldn't it go fasta?

timetowaste85 wrote:
Only in 40k do sergeants view all of their men as "expendable commodities."

Yeah, we all know that the COs in WWI were so caring of their men, now don't we?

They weren't sergeants. The sergeants were in the mud and blood with the troops.

Usually the real a-holes were at the general/field marshall level.

Field Marshall Haig, for example, was a real caring man... not

Only in 40k do we have zombie robots, genetically enhanced space vampires, communist fish and celibacy hot chicks

Ascalam wrote:They weren't sergeants. The sergeants were in the mud and blood with the troops.

Usually the real a-holes were at the general/field marshall level.

Field Marshall Haig, for example, was a real caring man... not

Ah yes, good point.
Wait a minute, aren't the seargents in 40k also somewhat ok? I mean, they're harsh, but they won't shoot their own men, right?

They leave that to the commisars, generally. The real-world counterpart political officers had the right to execute you for cowardice, or just about anything else..

Depends on the army though. The russianish IG are bit spendthrift with their manpower

timetowaste85 wrote:Only in 40k do the bugs step on you.

Indeed...

gabrielhorus wrote:

Odd One Out wrote:Is it Twilight...IN SPACE!!!1!

there are just so many ways to say this:
1. no
2. never
3. not in a million years
4. negatory
5. only if you are high
6. you are wrong
7. you are mad
8. you are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, your wrong. your wrong. your wrong (bell tower themed)
9. my fabvorite: man falling of a cliff: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!...splat.

Sorry...just emphasizing the love of Space Wolves and Blood Ravens I've seen. No offense was intended. Although I am mad.
And I hate Twilight.

timetowaste85 wrote:Only in 40k do the bugs step on you

In Soviet Russia...

gabrielhorus wrote:

Odd One Out wrote:Is it Twilight...IN SPACE!!!1!

there are just so many ways to say this:
1. no
2. never
3. not in a million years
4. negatory
5. only if you are high
6. you are wrong
7. you are mad
8. you are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, your wrong. your wrong. your wrong (bell tower themed)
9. my fabvorite: man falling of a cliff: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!...splat.

Somebody's a fan of Scrubs.....but I love Dr. Cox too, soooo......

Ogiwan wrote:

gabrielhorus wrote:

Odd One Out wrote:Is it Twilight...IN SPACE!!!1!

there are just so many ways to say this:
1. no
2. never
3. not in a million years
4. negatory
5. only if you are high
6. you are wrong
7. you are mad
8. you are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, your wrong. your wrong. your wrong (bell tower themed)
9. my fabvorite: man falling of a cliff: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!...splat.

Somebody's a fan of Scrubs.....but I love Dr. Cox too, soooo......

I was just looking for an excuse to break a rant. Then I saw the word Twilight and flashed red with rage. (or rightous fury.)

... is love forbidden for valid reasons (Slaneesh)

Only in 40K... do you have genetically enhanced super-warriors with amazingly advanced weaponry engage in WWI combat tactics.

only in 40k, Broccoli eats you

only in 40k, Dumb is Good for valid reason(Tzeentch)

Only in 40k do you spend thousands of dolars on plastic soldiers... and have fun doing it.

Only in 40k a skyscraper sized robot can hide behind a chain linked fence as long a tactical genius put it there.

Durza wrote:Yeah, 40k and Twilight are kind of at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Eh? It's about a young, inexperienced woman's choice between necrophilia and bestiality. That's pretty grimdark.

Only in 40K can a robot have an allergic reaction.

Only in 40k can a lone marine with a missle launcher survive 24 shots divided up from 2 squads, a broadside rail gun and not flee.
only in 40k do the most experianced and honoured heroes(cain) run around with simple weapons that cant kill most of what you are fighting.
only in 40k does fungus fight back.
Only iin 40k does "send them into die" is a viable strategy
only in 40k do jump pack troops make sense
Only in 40k do the leaders who fight show they are the leaders
Only in 40k do you bring an ICBM to a firefight.

hotsauceman1 wrote:1) Only in 40k does "send them into die" is a viable strategy
2) Only in 40k do the leaders who fight show they are the leaders

1) This is how the Soviets beat the Germans back in WW2.

2) That is still true today in many parts of the world and it was true in Europe till about the 1400s.

Only in 40k can a tank shell be blown back onto the tank itself after firing.

Harriticus wrote:Only in 40k is air power useless

Read Double Eagle by Dan Abnett...that'll change you view


Only in 40k can you become awesome powerfull just by marking yourself with a chaos symbol...I know...I've tried

Only in 40k is an APC as disposable of a squad of 10 dog soldiers.

Only in 40k is it possible for the Blood Angels to work with the Necrons.

Only in 40k can you make something true with the power of belief
Only in 40K can you never have nice things
Only in 40k hitting an enemy with a sword, be a better idea then shooting them
Only in 40k can dead people truly rule over everyone
Only in 40k can you deep strike a Titan behind a bush
Only in 40k can you spend 200$ on something you hate the makers of
Only in 40k can you stop time to keep your dead king alive!

obsidianaura wrote:Only in 40k can you be inches from a tank and still miss.

This...actually happens quite a bit. Might be the most accurate thing in 40k tbh.

Remember that a "miss" doesn't mean you actually pulled the trigger and didn't hit.

It can mean you didn't have a clear shot, your hit was so poorly placed that it couldn't possably do any damage, or the damage was so superficial that it doesn't do anything besides scratch the paint.


in reality, anti-tank weapons still need hit the right spot. There will be areas that the tank/vehicle may be completely invulnerable to your weapon. You may have fired and simply missed the area of vulnerability.

Only in 40K can you win when you only have 1 unit left on the board, and your opponent has only lost 3 units.

only in 40k Zombies Wearing M1 Abrams

Only in 40K will you see a whole army of American Foot Ball Lines men with SMGs and Chainsaw swords

Only in 40k does statistics need not apply.

(how many times you seen impossible rolls that win the day.)

Only in 40k would Steel Rain not actually just be a metal band.

Only in 40K do I discover religion XD

Only in 40k can APC's the size of people carriers carry ten marines in power armour.

Only in 40k can 1 in 6 guys, standing in an open field, be hit by a artillery round and just walk away(and continue fighting).

KilroyKiljoy wrote:Only in 40k can Marines not be women.

Not so brother.

The USMC might have chicks in it, but the crack commando's of the Royal Marines do not allow women in either.

And lets be honest, 30 mile marches with 90lbs of kit, 9 mile, half underwater assault courses, 200 meter fireman's carry in 90 seconds with both soldiers carrying full ammo loadout and support weapons? 30 foot vertical rope climbs with rifle and webbing?

Women couldn't get in even if they wanted to!

Only in 40k can an 8 foot tall super soldier be the same size as 6 foot tall Guardsmen.

pk1 wrote:Only in 40k can 1 in 6 guys, standing in an open field, be hit by a artillery round and just walk away(and continue fighting).

ROFL!!!!!!!!

I'm picturing a squad running across a battle field and every one dieing but one guy he stands up and looks around and see the dead bodes and decides to keep charging any way.

Only in 40k is the guy with the heavy weapon the last to die

Only in 40k do sexy forever young babes fight for blood and pleasure while wearing skimpy bikinis that most sluts would give a pass to.

love those DE wyches.

Only in 40k do they use the most impractical tanks and tactics ever.
Only in 40k can a missile aimed at a tank. Be fired, turn around, and hit you own guys 10inches behind the firer.

Only in 40k, Elves are dress like Power Rangers

Only in 40k, Chuck Norris looks like Justin Bieber

Only in 40k, Laser gun that can blows people linbs have damage output only equals to 5.56 rifle at best


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DeadlySquirrel wrote:Only in 40k can an 8 foot tall super soldier be the same size as 6 foot tall Guardsmen.

that's only applies to tabletop

only in 40k can Land Battleships be a viable weapon of war.
only in 40k can giant walking fortresses be viable weapons as well.
Only in 40k does it take abotu 1000 people to solve a small problem such as a single machine gun bunker then 5 guys with brains or a single tank

Only in 40k can shoddy WW1 tank designs be considered cutting edge tech of the far far future...

Only in 40k can being hooked up to life support make you even more destructive and dangerous.

moarmoarmoar wrote:Melee charging a fully automatic gun line. And winning. Ha. Haha.

Orks are probably the only ones that strong enough to Melee charges fully automatic gun line

Only in 40k does everyone forget about tactics and just throw away countless men's lives rather than flank attack or just go around.
Only in 40k would anyone willingly have their humanity taken from them so they can defend humanity.
Only in 40k would everyone not worship Slaanesh.

THE_GODLYNESS wrote:Only in 40k does statistics need not apply.

(how many times you seen impossible rolls that win the day.)

It's called statistics for a reason. As in statistically, you are more likely to roll X than Y.

This doesn't mean a particular roll, such as double 6's is impossible (2.78%) just not as likely as rolling a 7 (16.67%).

Heck, for a single die roll, any number (1-6) has an absolutely equal chance of occurring (16.67%).

Only in 40k is this guy considered a threat to the galaxy.

mattyrm wrote:

KilroyKiljoy wrote:Only in 40k can Marines not be women.

Not so brother.

The USMC might have chicks in it, but the crack commando's of the Royal Marines do not allow women in either.

And lets be honest, 30 mile marches with 90lbs of kit, 9 mile, half underwater assault courses, 200 meter fireman's carry in 90 seconds with both soldiers carrying full ammo loadout and support weapons? 30 foot vertical rope climbs with rifle and webbing?

Women couldn't get in even if they wanted to!

Sexist much?

Only in 40k, Vegans and meat-eaters are best friends ever

Harriticus wrote:Only in 40k is air power useless

Only till GW figures out how to make up side down hanging game boards to play an air battle above ur ground battle.

Only in 40k does your gun have a 1 in 6 chance of blowing you up.

azazel the cat wrote:Only in 40k does your gun have a 1 in 6 chance of blowing you up.

that was only applies to Human-made Plasma firearms

DeadlySquirrel wrote:Only in 40k does everyone forget about tactics and just throw away countless men's lives rather than flank attack or just go around.

Haven't read a lot of WWI history have you?

Only in 40k Current Day Army are exist to be stomped by those that even other than being overpowered, uses outdated Military Tactics

Only in Warhammer 40k are genetically engineered and castrated semi-humans adored by fanboys the world over.

Only in Warhammer 40k is Abaddon's head evaporated by a sniper rifle in one shot.

Only in WH40k can a weapon able to blow off a limb or obliterate someone head is considered weak.

Only in 40k will you see a group of blue aliens with all their vehicles named after aquatic creatures.

Osbad wrote:Only in 40k can your enemy take down your tank with their bare hands!

Not quite true. There's a MAJOR vulnerability on the outside of an M1 Abrams that'll allow any infantryman that can read English and/or recognize caution stripes to kill the tank crew with relative ease (look at one up close some time. There's a reason some stuff on tanks is still classified). There's also sticky bombs (as shown in Saving Private Ryan), dropping a grenade down the main gun while it's loaded with a HEAT round, shooting 7.62mm rounds through the exhaust grill on the back of the tank, or hell... heavy duty wrenches stuffed between the drive sprocket and the tread.

Sorry. Spend a few years in the Army driving tanks, and you tend to ramble on about them somewhat

On-topic:

Only in 40k can you pray to a zombie while fighting the terminators.

Only in 40k can you be capable of interstellar hyperspace travel, yet still rely mainly on the sole train (left sole, right sole, left sole, right sole, etc...) for travel from place to place in your city.

Only in (tabletop) 40k would the human inquisition team up with wyches and demons to take down the emperor of mankind.

Only in 40k would space vessels capable of destroying entire planets still launch "boarding torpedoes" as a preferred means of attack.

Chesh wrote: Only in 40k would space vessels capable of destroying entire planets still launch "boarding torpedoes" as a preferred means of attack.

Not quite true.

They tend to aim for capturing a ship rather than out-right destroying it.

Similarly to our old age pirates.

What good is raided money if its at the bottom of the sea?

Only in 40k can you take out a flying gunshot with and PK in close combat...

I'm surprised that this thread is still going strong since september @_@

sudojoe wrote:I'm surprised that this thread is still going strong since september @_@

Well people love pointing out odd stuff and having a laugh about it. Makes sense

Only in Warhammer 40k does a man who can have more than a dozen children at once, and then somehow lose them all at once, become the center of religion, albeit unwillingly.

Masonicon wrote:Only in 40k Current Day Army are exist to be stomped by those that even other than being overpowered, uses outdated Military Tactics

Only on dakka..

Even still in Warhammer 40k do people rage out at "Communists" ( Tau ).

PS. That is a joke.

Only in 40K will an army that has access to tanks, bikes and drop pods choose to ride a giant, living wolf into battle. (TWC)

Only in 40K will an army distrust arcane magic, then use an arcane magician (Rune Priest) to lead them into battle.

Only in 40k will a crevasse be able to swallow units that can fly

Only in 40K could you headshot a god with a sniper rifle (sadly no longer so - darn newcrons and their shards)

Only in 40K would people argue that Orks only ever use frontal attacks

Only in 40K would green,smelly fungus have a better grasp of teleportation and force field technology than humanity

Only in 40K would Space Marine armour actually allow movement and be considered combatworthy

Only in 40K would a race consider boarding an ancient, warp-tainted and genestealer/daemon infested hulk to be a good way of getting anywhere and a good laugh

Only in 40K would anyone get as bent out of shape as they do about the idea of female marines


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Masonicon wrote:

azazel the cat wrote:Only in 40k does your gun have a 1 in 6 chance of blowing you up.

that was only applies to Human-made Plasma firearms

And Ork Snazzguns and KMB's

Only in 40k nightmares that can gives even Stephen King heart attacks are started with war that started with Posthuman versions of Harry Potter and Tarzan fighting each other

Belexar wrote:Only in 40k do Inquisitors have armies made of monkeys with lasers.

Psykers are bad, mmm-kay? But monkeys with lasers are cool...

Skriker


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Big Mek Dattrukk wrote:Only in 40K can you win when you only have 1 unit left on the board, and your opponent has only lost 3 units.

It is all about objectives; otherwise every fight comes down to massacring the opposing army. That gets boring after a while. A decimated force that achieves is necessary objectives in the battle should win against a barely bloodied force that didn't take the time to achieve its goals.

I've won many a game because an opponent got stuck on killing all of my forces and never even gave any thought to the objectives until it was too late to achieve any of them. Getting the *right* job done is often more important than just killing the enemy. Heck your mission could be to wipe out enemy forces in a town, but leave the town intact. You can drop all your artillery on the town and kill your enemies, but you failed at the most important part of the orders: leave the town intact.

Skriker

Skriker wrote:
Heck your mission could be to wipe out enemy forces in a town, but leave the town intact. You can drop all your artillery on the town and kill your enemies, but you failed at the most important part of the orders: leave the town intact.
Skriker

As a Death Korps of Krieg fan, I disagree

Only in 40k, some of the Gods are shards

and you know, making that Gods shards can makes you punished by a tiny Copepod from cartoon about yellow square sponge

Vendetta 476 wrote:

mattyrm wrote:

KilroyKiljoy wrote:Only in 40k can Marines not be women.

Not so brother.

The USMC might have chicks in it, but the crack commando's of the Royal Marines do not allow women in either.

And lets be honest, 30 mile marches with 90lbs of kit, 9 mile, half underwater assault courses, 200 meter fireman's carry in 90 seconds with both soldiers carrying full ammo loadout and support weapons? 30 foot vertical rope climbs with rifle and webbing?

Women couldn't get in even if they wanted to!

Sexist much?

He clearly hasn't seen GI Jane

Emerett wrote:

Vendetta 476 wrote:

mattyrm wrote:

KilroyKiljoy wrote:Only in 40k can Marines not be women.

Not so brother.

The USMC might have chicks in it, but the crack commando's of the Royal Marines do not allow women in either.

And lets be honest, 30 mile marches with 90lbs of kit, 9 mile, half underwater assault courses, 200 meter fireman's carry in 90 seconds with both soldiers carrying full ammo loadout and support weapons? 30 foot vertical rope climbs with rifle and webbing?

Women couldn't get in even if they wanted to!

Sexist much?

He clearly hasn't seen GI Jane

Imperial Space Marines are the only sexist marines

Only in 40k can a bullet not hit cover and then your armour falls off and does nothing.

Only in 40k do you not want to mess with the Librarian because he can punch through a wall and shoot mind bullets.

timetowaste85 wrote:Only in 40k do the bugs step on you.

I liked that one.

Only in 40k people can be killed by Flashlights/Laser Pointers that harmless against absolutely everything else(does this sounds like Happy Tree Friends?)

Only in 40k genetically-enhanced posthumans that not really human are the only members of Human species that (actively) uses Magic Powers(it referred as Psychic Powers in 40k) and Melee attacks in combat while the only non-MEQ human armies that (Actively) uses Magic Powers and Melee attacks in combat are cybernetically-enhanced Adeptus Mechanicus forces

Only in 40k Human Scientists are Cyborgs with Magic Powers(though their Magic powers are achieved with lost technologies from Dark Age of Technology instead of warp)

Only in 40K can Mephiston get out of a pile of rubble and turn out to be completely OP.

Only in 40K do people decide that it's completely logical to jump out of a Spaceship to punch people in the face (See: Battle for Calth)

Only in 40K do people fire Anti-Tank missiles at an enemy leader.

Only in 40k can the biggest threat to the IOM fail to keep his arms on for more than 10 seconds
Only in 40k can daddy issues lead to a galaxy wide war and obsessive amounts of GRIMDARK (FTW).

Only in 40k are a group of sado-masocitic piratical space-elves who live off your soul-stuff and dream of ways to torture you as a way of downtime whlist similtaniously slaughtering themselves and everyone else.

Only in 40k are the afore mentioned elves the least of your worries.

Only in 40k should you be far, far more afraid of your government than of the aforementioned elves, should you even know they exist.

Only in 40k does are the troops more prolific than the weaponry.

Nom

Only in 40K is an army called the Imperial Guard well known for having some of the worst individual soldiers.

nomsheep wrote:
Only in 40k does are the troops more prolific than the weaponry.

Nom

Russia in either WW1 or WW2 would like to have a word with you.

True enough,

At least every guardsman GETS a gun, rathet than sharing one between 2, and picking it up when the one who has one dies..

Only in 40K can the color red make a vehicle go faster.

Only in 40k do highly trained soldier wear impractical clothing during an engagement (robes, cloaks, three foot tall hats and helmets)

Only in 40k does it takes more than a thousand lives a day to keep a single lighthouse running.

Only in 40k can your nightmares manifest and hit your ingestions and then eat your soul.

Only in 40k do visual communication systems has less resolution than the world first tv.

Only in 40K can a mighty god of war be killed by a group of army men waving bayonets and powered sticks at it.

Only in 40K do people despise Psykers, yet are quite happy to make a HUGE FRIGGIN' GROUP OF THEM IN POWER ARMOUR.

Only in 40k had everything been ripped from wfb then changed slightly over the years.

Only in 40k is an entire chapter of power armoured wolf riding, wolf bred alcoholics allowed to stamp on friend and foe

Only in 40k do marines sparkle 10000 year old deaths warp the minds of the living turning them into power armored cannibals and vampire

Nom

martin74 wrote:Only in 40K can the color red make a vehicle go faster.

that's only applies to Orks


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AL-PiXeL01 wrote:
Only in 40k does it takes more than a thousand lives a day to keep a single lighthouse running.

the Lighthouse is for Humanity's FTL Travel

Only in 40k can a battleship sized titan be taken down by small arms fire.

Only in 40k do giant green men with machetes run at you screaming nonsense.

Only in Warhammer 40K can space orangutans spontaneously build super-technological inventions, but with no actual intelligence or their own.

Masonicon wrote:

martin74 wrote:Only in 40K can the color red make a vehicle go faster.

that's only applies to Orks


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AL-PiXeL01 wrote:
Only in 40k does it takes more than a thousand lives a day to keep a single lighthouse running.

the Lighthouse is for Humanity's FTL Travel

And Blood Angels.

Red vehicles just go faster

The BA claim its because they tinker with the engines, but we all know that's BS

Only in 40k can giant super human men with automatic RPG's and super armor can lose combat with a 3 foot tall green object.

Only in 40K can a group of Power Armoured mini-tanks be taken down by laser pointers.

Only in 40K can a massive metal behemoth that can cleave through most enemies will strike last in combat because it walked through some trees.

Only in 40k is the god of laughter also the god of slaughter. (Cegorach is far from a pushover when it comes to combat)

Only in 40k are a race living on gigantic ships made of bones in the dark vastness of space considered treehuggers.

Only in 40k do races get randomly granted attributes from races in completely different universes.

Only in 40k is the best use of a beloved leader of an entire race to send him into the middle of battle to make him die as fast as possible.

Only in 40k is there an up and down in space and sudden arbitrary gravity if a spaceship or space station takes sufficient damage.

Not only in 40k are there pressure waves in space.

Brother Coa wrote:Only in 40k are the Humans most powerful force. That would be the Necron.

Only in 40k alien race name it's every ship/vessel/tank/transport after Earth sea animals. That would be the humans naming the alien race's ships, since they don't know they are really called CCT-X54 or TR-ZE34.

Only in 40k we have things that eat everything from tallest trees and biggest animals to smallest of bacteria. The Zerg called. So did the terraformers from Alastair Reynold's universe.

Only in 40k we have race that shoot by ejaculating it's ammo. This is actually quite common for all bioweapons in fiction. The most common form being simply puking any given substance all over the heroes.

Only in 40k do we have so bad-ass solders that noone in other Sci-Fi universe can even get close to them. If by soldiers we mean "roughly man size having all the benefits of human rights" then I present to you Golem from Neal Asher's universe. If instead we mean "making up a substantial portion of the armed forces" then I don't know if Space Marine qualify, but Polity war drones certainly do and it'd take roughly one space marine chapter to bring a single one of those down. Between the Polity and IOM, the competition is as one sided as a battle between an anthill and an Ork with a Burna. The antihill being IOM.

Sorry, that last one has had my brain itching for such a long time now, had to get it out of my system.

'Only in 40k is the god of laughter also the god of slaughter. (Cegorach is far from a pushover when it comes to combat)
'

You can't have a Slaughter without Laughter

Only in 40k, Being Materialistic can gives you tentacles

Only in 40k is marching men across a minefield to clear the mines considered a valid use of troops.

Only in 40k will people give their lives for a half a body in a chair. Maybe it's because the chair is golden.

TheCustomLime wrote:Only in 40k is marching men across a minefield to clear the mines considered a valid use of troops.

IIRC 1st and/or 2nd ww russia wants to have a little 'chat' with you...


Nom

nomsheep wrote:

TheCustomLime wrote:Only in 40k is marching men across a minefield to clear the mines considered a valid use of troops.

IIRC 1st and/or 2nd ww russia wants to have a little 'chat' with you...


Nom

I don't think they used Russian troops as mine cleaners but given the early treatment of their troops....

Only in Warhammer 40k can a army have so many different patterns of each and every item and yet never find issue with logistics.

TheCustomLime wrote:

nomsheep wrote:

TheCustomLime wrote:Only in 40k is marching men across a minefield to clear the mines considered a valid use of troops.

IIRC 1st and/or 2nd ww russia wants to have a little 'chat' with you...


Nom

I don't think they used Russian troops as mine cleaners but given the early treatment of their troops....

Only in Warhammer 40k can a army have so many different patterns of each and every item and yet never find issue with logistics.

Literally, Russian generals would send in the first wave specifically to provide cover for the second which would provide cover for the third. . . This applied to men and tanks.

Only in 40k can the 1st chapter of space marines, the DA have the worst codex.

AzureDeath wrote:Only in 40k can the 1st chapter of space marines, the DA have the worst codex.

I have three friends to introduce you to.

Deathwing, Ravenwing, and codex update for 6th edition.

Only in 40K can a general take a super special character and manage to take 6 "Elite bodyguards" alongside him.

BlapBlapBlap wrote:

AzureDeath wrote:Only in 40k can the 1st chapter of space marines, the DA have the worst codex.

I have three friends to introduce you to.

Deathwing, Ravenwing, and codex update for 6th edition.

Only in 40K can a general take a super special character and manage to take 6 "Elite bodyguards" alongside him.

Beliel gets killed just by flipping a buger on him.
Sammael doesn't have anyway to field him with his retinue and in the speeder no CC.
Ravenwing has no skilled rider.but yet they are the #1 bikers.
There is more but gotta go.

You never said anything about Codex update.

Belial isn't the point, it's the ability to take 21 Fearless TH/SS Terminators in a fully legal 1000pt list.

Sammael doesn't need a retinue. LS has F and S armour 14, and A TL Assault Cannon and Heavy Bolter. His Jetbike has a frikkin' Plasma Cannon strapped on it, and it's a Jetbike.

That's purely for balance. Fluff =/= Rules.

Never mentioned codex update.

Update is there yes but my BA and my buddies SW run circles around my DW, that's what I normally play is Deathwing. Anyhow I see it my way you, yours. I have played this army for some 18 years now and this is the worst I have seen it.. The ability to take other dread's and all the land raider variants will make up for it. The only thing I am really looking for is to upgrade our special characters to make them more in line with the other chapters.

Sorry didn't mean to start a debate just posting what my thoughts were and also it could be the next dex out according to some rumors. Here's hoping.

Oh yeah the TH/SS wall is nice but I would only ever use something like that to piss off a major pain gamer. The one that runs around saying my army is the best, no one can beat me mwa hahahah. Those ones, ya know.

Update. machine spirit BS-4 That was the nice thing as well as the storm shield being brought in line with the vanilla's.

Only in 40k do we have death zombie robots out to kill everyone thats not them and superhuman warriors out to destroy everything not human, team up.(sadly dang matt ward)

Only in 40K can the Avatar of the God of War fail to destroy an untrained Conscript after hitting him 6 times with the Wailing Doom.

Only in 40k, Clothes are can made from Human Skin

Masonicon wrote:Only in 40k, Clothes are can made from Human Skin

Check Mesoamerican history, dude

Not common, but it did happen, usually for ritual reasons.

Search under Xipe Totec for grisly details..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xipe_Totec

Masonicon wrote:Only in 40k, Clothes are can made from Human Skin

So, never heard of Ed Gein?


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AL-PiXeL01 wrote:Only in 40k do highly trained soldier wear impractical clothing during an engagement (robes, cloaks, three foot tall hats and helmets)

17th and 18th century European military uniforms seem rather impractical to me.

Masonicon wrote:Only in 40k, Clothes are can made from Human Skin

Actually that has been done in the real world too...

Skriker


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Mordiggian wrote:17th and 18th century European military uniforms seem rather impractical to me.

Even most of the way through the 19th century the British army was still wearing its ubiquitous red coats...talk about making oneself a target...

Skriker

The big white cross providing a pre-made crosshair was a classic...

Uniforms weren't meant to be camoflage until truly modern wars started happening (arguably the American Civil War was the first).

Before that having a nice bright uniform easily recognisable from a distance was necessary, as generals needed to conduct a battle visually, usually on open fields (if they could get them)

If you couldn't see your own troops, you had a hard time knowing how the battle was going. Battles were often lost because the drifting cannon and musket smoke obscured the view of the commanders. (fog of war.)

The British Army still has a few regiments that use the old regimental colours, but usually only for ceremonial use IIRC.

Only in 40k does your enemy decide who you end up killing with the shots you fired.

only in 40k, we're the only people that can be hurt by Laser guns

Brother Coa wrote:
Only 40k is better then real life, and most of you will agree

...no thanks, I'd rather stay here me thinks.

only in 40k do this many fanboys complain about 40k then go and shell out thousands of dollars/pounds/yen etc etc

Nom

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