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Courageous Space Marine Captain






Many Chaos Marines are 30K marines, they're not bigger.

   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut





It's worth noting the Legions had their own special-forces troops.
   
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Another thing to note regarding CSM/30k/40k Marines.

30k Marines were infinitely better equipped. Special weapons abounded. Their weapons were deadlier, more reliable, and in great supply, and built to a better standard.

40k Marines have far fewer special weapons. They are less reliable, and generally in short supply, but tend to be experts with them, because they use them constantly, and know each individual weapon's quirks (Machine Spirits in a bolter? naaah)

CSM have to scavenge and steal for 90% of their gear. If they are not being hosted by a warlord with some kind of industrial base, or dark mechanicum assistance, their gear is usually in poor condition, ammunition is scarce, power armor might not be fully functional anymore. etc

That being said a CSM gets the blessings of the gods to help level the field.

Physically, minus geneseed deficiencies and gifts of the gods, a marine is a marine is a marine. Minus the ChadMarines. They are harder, better, faster, stronger.

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Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum. 
   
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one only needs to look at the legion units to see the big difference in abilities and tactics, the 40k ones are generalists, the 30k ones are specialists, not quite sure why people think its the other way around.

As for "spec ops" the 30k marines were just as capable if not more so in certain legions as the 40k ones at doing covert ops, does anyone actually think the 40k Raven guard are even a shadow of what they used to be, Mor deythan alone show that to be a farce, 30k marines were just straight better at their specialisms.
   
 
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