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Cadians are by far the most genuinely badass. No planet is under more military pressure; you say that other regiments are just as burdened, but the Cadians are in fact right next door to the very origin of Chaos incursions into Imperial territory. Almost every man born on that planet is destined to die in battle and no one, no matter how heroic, is promised a permanent grave.

Owain wrote:Cadians are by far the most genuinely badass. No planet is under more military pressure; you say that other regiments are just as burdened, but the Cadians are in fact right next door to the very origin of Chaos incursions into Imperial territory. Almost every man born on that planet is destined to die in battle and no one, no matter how heroic, is promised a permanent grave.

Exactly, there isn't even enough land on the planet for all the Cadians who have died in battle.

Continuing reading The seige of Vraks and it gets quite in depth on hell-guns. Which I though was interesting. They are the Kreig Grenieder variant of course but I imagine Kasirkin ones are pretty similiar.

Hell-guns and "Hotshot" lasguns are the same thing but Hellgun is the prefered term for most troopers. That backpack-powerpack only provides 200 shots. They are very high maintentance and the barrels often warp under the intense heat especially when rapid firing. So the barrels are actually refrigerated! The foregrip is actually there to protect the guardsman's hand from freezing. Between firing the barrel can sometimes frost over.

They are actually not well liked by most guardsmen who actually prefer the more reliable lasgun! However use of them is mandatory for stormtroopers.

Krieg death corps or penal legions.

Basically live underground because they nuked their planet. Siege corps, who live in some of the worst conditions and are resigned to death. Come on, thats fething hardcore.

Never liked Cadians, because they are so generic. Even thought their whole planet is one giant military zone, and their cities are designed with urban warfare in mind.

Korps did the equivalent of lopping off their legs and an arm to prevent the spread of an infection.


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They didn't even b'aww about it after.

Also, a planet the size of Kreig typically produces about 1 regiment per 10 years but Kreig produces 10 regiments per 1 year. In fact the only tithe they pay at all is Imperial Guard regiments.
Commissars are assigned to the Death Korps not to urge them onwards but to pull them back. DKoK commanders will often march his army forwards into complete anihilation when its not strategically prudent and the commissariant is there to be the voice of reason.

And those are your why The Death Korps is leading this poll facts of the day.

Steel Legion are without doubt the most badass. It doesn't get more badass then a regiment of gangsters. Krieg is up there too...

preatorian guard man its rorke's drift all over again ZULU!! or should i say WAAAAHHHGGG!!!


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you could make a character called captain caine

Mustela wrote:Steel Legion are without doubt the most badass. It doesn't get more badass then a regiment of gangsters. Krieg is up there too...

Gangsters? I think you're thinking of Hive Gang Miltia.

Anybody who has read Gaunt's Ghost knows first hand what those man could do...they made those chaos marines and terminators pay for what they did.

Krieg or Tanith's

What do people got against Valhallans? They're getting their but kicked but Praetorians for feth's sake.

Imo, the Savlar Chem-Dogs are the badasses. Pretty much Penal Legions. Oh, and they take drugs to get rid of any sense of self-preservation.

I don't think anyone can read the latest ghosts omnibus and not vote first-and-only

MEN OF TANITH! DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?!

Praetorians... Who else is man enough to wear bright red into battle against deamons and super humans.

I voted Death Corps fo Krieg, seriously who would not love Nazi' in space?

Tazz Azrael wrote:I voted Death Corps fo Krieg, seriously who would not love Nazi' in space?

they are based on FIRST wold war no nazis

Devastator wrote:

Tazz Azrael wrote:I voted Death Corps of Krieg, seriously who would not love Nazi' in space?

they are based on FIRST wold war no nazis

damnit....... eh i still like em for the wrong reason. Thank you for the correction though, its always good to have the right info

I like em all....but Catchian are my fav....tough enough for Waaaghh!....

Draggoon wrote:Praetorians... Who else is man enough to wear bright red into battle against deamons and super humans.

Most definitely this. In neat lines to fire lasguns no less!

Barring the DKoK, i would have to say the Redemption Corps (which is not on your list).. basically these guys are marines without the upgrades..or so the book is written about that way.

OMGWTF IT IS DEFINITLY CADIANS!!!
Lol when i look at my posts and see my 100th post I am gonna laugh my arse off.

Devastator wrote:

Tazz Azrael wrote:I voted Death Corps fo Krieg, seriously who would not love Nazi' in space?

they are based on FIRST wold war no nazis

Yes thank you. Another thread nearly ruined by Hitler!

the elysian drop troops are the best... their here when you need them

I voted DKoK I like their combat style and their look. Softening up the enemy with artillery fire for a couple of weeks is always a good idea.

Tazz Azrael wrote:I voted Death Corps fo Krieg, seriously who would not love Nazi' in space?

You don't know much about the Nazi regime, do you?

Retribution wrote:Let's see:
Death Korps - entirely militarized
Catachans - entirely militarized
Steel Legion - practically entirely militarized
Mordian's - They're essentially Prussian's in space, so i'd say they're in the same vein as the Steel Legion
Valhallans - entirely militarized after the Ork Waaagh!!!

None of this planets have Eye of Terror and Chaos Legions at their front door.


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KamikazeCanuck wrote:I see Death Korps has taken the lead! I can't argue with that. Death Korps fight the way guard are supposed to fight: they send wave after wave of their own men at the enemy until every last bacteria on the planet has been crushed by the body of a falling guardsmen. After the planet is a corspe-strewn, unusable, lifeless wasteland they declare victory and move on to the next one.

I thought that Krieg IG send waves upon waves of tanks to, artillery and man. And they are specialist for siege attacks. SO they actually lose less man than other regiments.

As for my vote : Cadians all the way. Got to love how that Gurdsman stand against Chaos and Tau.
Elysisans are also bad-ass. What is more awesome than to be dropped from the 2000 feet right into enemy head *BLAM* .


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KamikazeCanuck wrote:Also, a planet the size of Kreig typically produces about 1 regiment per 10 years but Kreig produces 10 regiments per 1 year. In fact the only tithe they pay at all is Imperial Guard regiments.
Commissars are assigned to the Death Korps not to urge them onwards but to pull them back. DKoK commanders will often march his army forwards into complete anihilation when its not strategically prudent and the commissariant is there to be the voice of reason.

And those are your why The Death Korps is leading this poll facts of the day.

And is it true that they are all clones?

Brother Coa wrote:

Retribution wrote:Let's see:
Death Korps - entirely militarized
Catachans - entirely militarized
Steel Legion - practically entirely militarized
Mordian's - They're essentially Prussian's in space, so i'd say they're in the same vein as the Steel Legion
Valhallans - entirely militarized after the Ork Waaagh!!!

None of this planets have Eye of Terror and Chaos Legions at their front door.


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KamikazeCanuck wrote:I see Death Korps has taken the lead! I can't argue with that. Death Korps fight the way guard are supposed to fight: they send wave after wave of their own men at the enemy until every last bacteria on the planet has been crushed by the body of a falling guardsmen. After the planet is a corspe-strewn, unusable, lifeless wasteland they declare victory and move on to the next one.

I thought that Krieg IG send waves upon waves of tanks to, artillery and man. And they are specialist for siege attacks. SO they actually lose less man than other regiments.

As for my vote : Cadians all the way. Got to love how that Gurdsman stand against Chaos and Tau.
Elysisans are also bad-ass. What is more awesome than to be dropped from the 2000 feet right into enemy head *BLAM* .


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KamikazeCanuck wrote:Also, a planet the size of Kreig typically produces about 1 regiment per 10 years but Kreig produces 10 regiments per 1 year. In fact the only tithe they pay at all is Imperial Guard regiments.
Commissars are assigned to the Death Korps not to urge them onwards but to pull them back. DKoK commanders will often march his army forwards into complete anihilation when its not strategically prudent and the commissariant is there to be the voice of reason.

And those are your why The Death Korps is leading this poll facts of the day.

And is it true that they are all clones?

They do a lot of (A LOT!) of preliminary bombardment but they're still very much a infantry in first regiment even if it is in a Gorgon.
They're not clones I think but grown en masse in vitro.

Tanith First and only are pretty awesome.

Death Korps of Krieg! Something about thier suicidal mindset and fanaticism just appeals, plus they have badass looking uniforms.

Followed closely by the little Tanith boys, they are just so sad, a sad bunch of highly skilled guys. I reckon they could teach the space marines a thing or two about stealth.