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I thought these would be good to put out there. I know when most of use see a rhino that just drooped its payload we don't worry about it . after seeing these in a number of my games. I had a idea. Now with my 1K sons i run one unit in a rhino so i put a combi melta on it yes i now its one shot etc. etc. but in two of my games its payed off after it poped a devil fish , i was like bonus then in another game i tank shocked a couple elder gunners with a vibro cannon i then melted a warlock with the rhino. So with all that how many of you ever tryed to use your rhino for that, not just a blocker??

to be honest it hadn't crossed my mind. Can regular sm take combi bolters on rhinos too? havn't got my codex to hand.

Seems like a decent option to me, at least now that transporting stuff in Rhinos is no longer suicidal. I would be more inclined to take a combi-flamer, though, since 1) you know that one shot will do some kind of damage to the right target and 2) Noise Marines aside, Chaos armies tend to be heavier in AT (usually through Oblit spam) than anti-horde.

And no, loyalists don't get the option.

what about the havoc launcher? I don't know the stats but a frag missile launching rhino would seem a good investment -- especially if you had more than 1 in the force. It would essentially be a mobile devastator squad against hordes.

heavoc launchers are crap. they are a single twin linked S5 Ap5 shot. not really worth 15pts. however the combi bolter for 5pts would be ok on a rhino for after its payload is unloaded.

I think Havoc launchers will be good in 5th. Blast at BS4, and the twin-linking makes it re-roll the wound. No partials. It's like a 10 man AP5 HB Razorback.

Put it in cover you get a save. If it gets shaken you pop smoke.

Score.

Twin-linked bolters are a good choice too, though. 4 Twin-linked shots at 12" for 40 points. And it counts as its own squad so you can shoot it at a seperate target.

That actually does sound pretty good, Tacobake. Problem is I think the OP actually intends for the Rhinos to rush forward and dump out their passengers close to the enemy, so it may not exactly be the best fit.

I agree that it would be a crap fit . Twin-linked Bolters, or a one off weapon like the other combis would probably be better. The other combis are still a normal bolter, anyway.

To further reference the OP, Rhinos rulez. Especially at 35 pts w/ Smoke included.

If I wanted to be a smarty, I would say that you don't really rely on rhinos. But they count as a seperate unit for targetting and being targetted that will come through when you don't expect it.

@Tegeus-Cromis your right my friend thats the plan but Tacobake never thought of the havoc could team it up with a Hovoc squad

that works too. I thought we were talking about assault squads.

nevermind

Just for crap and giggles you should put just one pintle combi bolter on one side then run the rhino around doing drive-bys on squads and blocking the enemy's LOS

I had a very similar idea when I was considering creating a rhino-wall for my advancing CSM or Havocs. A rhino with combi-plasma or melta would run 45 points. That is pretty sweet when you think about it.