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I assumed that 1 million Guardsmen meant a million strong Imperial Guard army, not a million guys with lasguns. Even then, I'd take the IG over the one Space Marine. The simple facts are that one soldier, no matter how tough will eventually be overrun by superior numbers. That's why the Spaniards had to recruit a local army against the Aztecs. If I told a million Guardsmen to charge one Marine, that Marine may kill a few dozen Guardsmen with his bolter, and then a dozen more in close combat.

But if he's dead, I win. So it doesn't matter really...

HELLGUNS. HELLGUNS! I refuse to call them 'hot shot lasguns'.

Everyttime someone uses the word hot shot lasgun instead of hellguns, I die a little inside. :(

Sir Pseudonymous wrote:
Weren't hellguns just slightly upgraded but otherwise normal lasguns, whereas "hotshot" lasguns have a shorter range but more power (however that's supposed to work, since more energy should mean less diffusion at range...)?

Hmm... "The hot-shot lasgun uses a more powerful, external energy cell. This allows the hellgun to project a more powerful, and more penetrating, shot." So... are the terms are meant to be interchangeable, did the author copy-paste the old hellgun entry and forget to change it to say "hot-shot lasgun", or is the hotshot lasgun is a modified hellgun?

As far as I know, the hot shot packs are special packs issued to snipers so that their shots have more power against enemys. They are fitted into an otherwise normal lasgun. A hellgun is a special weapon issued to Storm Troopers and other such elite forces that trades range for much grreater armor penetration.

And no, Cruddace decided to change the badass sounding hellgun to the no so badass sounding hot shot lasgun. The only way it could get a worse name is if he announced that it would be pronounce LAYZgun instead of LAZgun.

DorianGray wrote:If the space marine was Calgar.

He could kill a million men and then some. He is war incarnate no mortal can kill him. Did you know he single handily killed an Eldar Avatar?

Just read the fluff that Matt Ward wrote in Codex Space Marines to read about how awesome they are.

I always got the impression the Irish were really, REALLY good at resisting being ruled by anyone they didn't want to be ruled by.

Problem is, if there's still just one Marine then all it takes is for ONE Guardsmen to get off a lucky shot with his lasgun. Or one good missile shot or something, and the Marine is gone. Sure the Guard might lose a few dozen people and a few tanks, but I sincerely doubt ONE Marine could take on a million man occupation force.

DorianGray wrote:100 guardsmen wouldn't have a chance against the Space Marine unless they get off a ridiculously lucky shot. The Space Marine just needs to get in Assault and the rest of the guard cannot shoot him until he wipes out that entire squad.

In all honesty, no. Do you think the real Imperial Guard cares about the lives of its soldiers enough? Not shooting into CC is a game mechanic. If the Marine tried it in reality? Well, the Imperial Guard would probably send in MORE squads while the local commander lined of a Basilisk shot....

Besides, 100 Guardsmen? Against one Marine? One of them WILL get off a lucky shot, or get a lucky bayonet thrust or something. Quality is usually better than quantity in a military sense....but when you outnumber the enemy so completely like the Imperial Guard does? Well then....Stalin's quote starts to become true.

Remember, in World War II the Werhmacht outfought the Soviets man to man, squad to squad, etc. etc. However, sheer overwhelming numbers helped to carry the day. (Among other factors of courese)

Maybe--dare I say--some kind of...TACTICAL genius?