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After browsing IG and SM codexes i noticed that SM's have more short range anti tank firepower than IG's has,
and i think a multi melta would fill that choice pretty well.

Multi meltas are heavy weapons, and can only be used by heavy weapons teams.

Multi meltas should be available to anti tank squads for 20 points and to all other units that have options for one or more heavy weapon teams for 15 points.


What do you think?

I think that setting up a MM wouldn't be all too beneficial to the guard, as they tend to be easily avoided on an infantry platform, not to mention the fact that there wouldn't be a single player in the world who would let that squad stay on the table any longer than they could get away with. Besides, if your IG are getting close enough to effectively use the MM, you're probably able to get them close enough to just use a meltagun anyhow, and then follow up with meltabombs or krak grenades anyhow, so why bother with the extra points?


Look at it like this:
Lascannons still bust terminators, and they do it at twice the range...
Battlecannons still bust MEQs, at 3 times the range with a much higher damage potential...
Demolishers kick EVERYTHING at the same range, and really don't need to get within 12" for a bonus dice...
Autocannons deal with light vehicles at longer ranges, and will mow down anything with a 4+ that's not in cover...
Heavy bolters are just anti-hoarde goodness, and force MEQ players to roll more dice than they might be comfortable with...

Honestly, I think it may have been left out of the running for your average footslogger because it would be utterly useless in the hands of IG infantry given the other options available.

im not sure they would gain all that much from it really.
guard seem to be heavy weapon heavy (so to speak)
so things like lascannons tend to come in 3's, meaning that tank busting isnt all that hard for them.

not 100% on this, but cant sentinels take M.meltas?

to your ? JD21290 yes the new spear head sentinals can take multi meltas and the ig are getting a new dedicated tank to the mm(it has a small melta blast. w00t)

i think ig should get multi meltas because its just a long range melta, the ig are all about long range!!

After mostly "no" i guess no mm for imperial guard

aren't the guard going to get them on the heavy sentinels anyway ?

No

Armored sentinels or scout sentinels, none of them can take multi melta.

i've seen the codex its true

Does it really matter?

Guard have much better longer range anti tank. It's what they do.

Even in Space Marine armies Multi-Meltas are beyond useless because they are too short ranged.
Only time its ever used is on a Drop Podding Dreadnought.

They should get a drop podding or Command Squad (transported) weapon based on that new Melta tank. The one with the 24" Melta blast. That would be a cool Guard weapon. It could even be a variant ammo for the good ol' Mortar.