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My search fu is worthless, but I just can't find this..

If a marine players buys a tac squad, with say a ML and a flamer.
He then splits the unit into two combat squads of 5 each.

Can he then buy a razorback for one of 'em as they're below 6 marines?? (or quite possibly one for each??)

//Calle

He buys the Tac squad, then the dedicated transport and after that he decides how he wants to deploy the unit(s).

They got rid of the number requirements for the razor back. So yes a 10 man squad can buy one even if they dont combat squad. You can only buy one transport per squad too.

Please tell me that only 6 can ride in it atleast.....

Geez... games against the SM just got harder in my book then.. ah well.

Thanks guys!

//Calle

Jag_Calle wrote:Please tell me that only 6 can ride in it atleast.....

Geez... games against the SM just got harder in my book then.. ah well.

Thanks guys!

//Calle

This would be true if they could use TTM (True Transport Madness), that is...if each combat squad could take a transport. I don't even want to think how many Drop Pods could be assembled for a filled-out FOC .

But, you are spared this travesty of Deep Striking TTM. Thanks GW!

Well of course, you can't fit more models into a transport than what it can hold. But you don't have to be able to actually fit the squad into the transport in order to take one.

Sidstyler wrote:Well of course, you can't fit more models into a transport than what it can hold. But you don't have to be able to actually fit the squad into the transport in order to take one.

Correct.

So, to summerise:
You can take one (1) Transport, regardless of whether or not you combat squad.

You may take a Razorback even if the squad numbers more than 6 models, but you cannot embark until the unit is small enough to fit in.

You take a 10-man squad; split it into 2x 5-man combat squads, and one combat squad can go in the Razorback. You can't split a 10-man squad into 4 and 6, must be 5 and 5. Only way to put 6x SM into a RB is by taking a 6 man squad, or by taking a 5 man combat squad plus an attached IC.

Che-Vito wrote:This would be true if they could use TTM (True Transport Madness), that is...if each combat squad could take a transport. I don't even want to think how many Drop Pods could be assembled for a filled-out FOC .

just troops, using this TTM.... 12

Harkainos wrote:

Che-Vito wrote:This would be true if they could use TTM (True Transport Madness), that is...if each combat squad could take a transport. I don't even want to think how many Drop Pods could be assembled for a filled-out FOC .

just troops, using this TTM.... 12

Incorrect.
Fast Attack (Assault Marines), and Elites (Sternguard).

I can't vouch for HQ's or Heavy offhand (and the codex is still buried somewhere in my moving-across-the-country-in-progress pile in the basement), but that puts the count minus HQ's and Heavy at 24 TTM Drop Pods.

Che-Vito wrote:

Harkainos wrote:

Che-Vito wrote:This would be true if they could use TTM (True Transport Madness), that is...if each combat squad could take a transport. I don't even want to think how many Drop Pods could be assembled for a filled-out FOC .

just troops, using this TTM.... 12

Incorrect.
Fast Attack (Assault Marines), and Elites (Sternguard).

Incorrect, Karkainos clearly said with just Troops.

Gwar! wrote:

Che-Vito wrote:

Harkainos wrote:

Che-Vito wrote:This would be true if they could use TTM (True Transport Madness), that is...if each combat squad could take a transport. I don't even want to think how many Drop Pods could be assembled for a filled-out FOC .

just troops, using this TTM.... 12

Incorrect.
Fast Attack (Assault Marines), and Elites (Sternguard).

Incorrect, Karkainos clearly said with just Troops.

lol, I wish tone could be gotten over the internetz...I read what he said as saying, "just troops" could take Drop Pods.
Either way

Bah, Humbug

-Crawls back under his bridge-

yup.

it's logical.

Che-Vito wrote:

This would be true if they could use TTM (True Transport Madness), that is...if each combat squad could take a transport. I don't even want to think how many Drop Pods could be assembled for a filled-out FOC .

But, you are spared this travesty of Deep Striking TTM. Thanks GW!

It wouldn't fill the FOC in the same way, but you could do Razorback Madness by taking 5 or 6 man squads and giving each of them a Razorback.

Spamming Razorbacks is definitely a viable alternative to fielding 10 man squads in Rhinos, if you want to mech everything.

I didnt know vanguard can take a rhino or drop pod for Free. That makes me think in a new direction now for my vangaurd.... never mind army builder is wrong yet again...

StarGate wrote: I didnt know vanguard can take a rhino or drop pod for Free. That makes me think in a new direction now for my vangaurd.... never mind army builder is wrong yet again...

The entry in the space marine codex says "see page 135 for points costs" I take that to mean it's not free.

agnosto wrote:

StarGate wrote: I didnt know vanguard can take a rhino or drop pod for Free. That makes me think in a new direction now for my vangaurd.... never mind army builder is wrong yet again...

The entry in the space marine codex says "see page 135 for points costs" I take that to mean it's not free.

Correct. Only Assault Squads get them for free.