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 Engine of War wrote:

 AegisGrimm wrote:
Any book where marines never run out of bullets, no matter the odds, length of the battle, or existence of a supply chain.

For instance, the battle on the Daemon World in the first Soul Drinkers book.

I've always wondered why a marine doesn't run out of ammo in the space of any sized engagement besides that of a tiny skrimish.

adverage bolter carrys 20 rounds per clip(that i've read about). sure the marine could carry X number of clips but many of the battles they seem to be in even if you could carry like 10 clips feasibly thats only 200 rounds and im sure that mass of Orks/Tyranids/nasty critters will take more then 200 rounds per space marine to stop.

One i liked was the Ig book that had a ton of cadians marching around trying to find Yarriks tank (i can't remember the name). when they did it they had a huge carravan of fuel trucks, Ammo carriers,Supply trucks of every size and what not following the Tanks and Troops around, which made it more beliveable.

Gunheads by Steve Parker. Quite a good book, it's in the Hammer of The Emperor anthology.

But yes, Marines shooting off half a ton of ammo each without apparently needing either space for their spare clips or a resupply. That's why I like the ending of the Band of Brother episode, Crossroads, where they're desperately pinching whatever ammo they can find because they're about to be cut off from resupply and then in the next episode where the medic is begging/stealing supplies from wherever he can get it and they're getting wounded soldiers drunk on brandy to ease the pain in the absence of anaethestic.

In Horus Rising, Loken states that it takes 90 rounds between him and Vipus to take down Samus/Jubal. This is after they've shot up the rebels in the Whisperheads - where did they get the ammo from?