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I'm guessing at the very least a 40mm grenade to stun/annoy him, and maybe a AT4/Javelin will kill them. I am pretty sure that a shot from a 120 mm smooth bore might kill one.

All anti-tank weapons are gonna have a good chance.

Maybe without the armor then the 40mm grenade could stun him, with it no chance. With the armor I'm not even sure a 120 mm shell could take him out

A Space Marine is an Olympic body-builder, who is also an Olympic gymnast, wearing a tank. This is assuming that 40k materials can be compared in any way to modern materials, by the way; GW has been notoriously, uh, we'll say 'flexible' on that point.

Assuming that ceramite and adamantine aren't super-materials impenetrable by modern science, a direct hit from a Tomahawk missile SHOULD do it. A glancing hit will not; the jet of plasma that the missile creates needs to go straight through the metal on a perpendicular line, otherwise it'll merely slag the surface of the armor and make the Space Marine warm.

Of course, modern AT missiles can't hit infantry that accurately; so if you were to pit a single Space Marine against, say, the United States Army, I would say that the Space Marine would kill people and blow up vehicles until he was out of bolter ammo, then continue doing so with his chainsword/combat blade/gauntlets until some lucky tank gunner managed to ace him with a 120mm shell to the head.

purplefood wrote:All anti-tank weapons are gonna have a good chance.

This and those .50 cal sniper rifles. Grenade launchers to. If you get the chance to shoot of course...

Everything else is just going to bounce of it's shiny Ultramarine armor.

Seems like an anti-material rifle with the right ammo would do the trick.

.50 Cal SLAP rounds. Small Light Armor Piercing rounds. Trust me on this, these will kill about anything, and, from first hand knowledge, have seen the entry and exit holes from an engine block. Pretty useful rounds for the M2.

A direct shot to the face. from an abrahms tank

Chuck Norris.

I'll get my coat.

Yeh it is a little cold.

I'd say the metal storm from that thread about if the IoM found 21st century weapons on terra.

Based on fluff, probably anything above a .50 Cal in firepower.

Based on the game, most kinds of assault weapons as in the game autoguns are capable of taking them down.

Moreover, I don't think Ork Shootas are any different from our assault weapons. And they can certainly harm Space Marines

I don't know, 38000 years into the future? I'm not sure we can compare them... and yes even with the loss of the STC's and all that junk okay so maybe 20000 years into the future. Still that's a long time for technology to progess, and the fact that we've already been discovering new technologies at a pretty quick pace.

I'd say a tank cannon or artillery would definitely kill one (especially if it were a direct hit), other weapons, i'm not so sure unless you brought me some ceramite and adamantium

As a Abrahms tank gunner in real life and I've done two tours in Iraq. I'm 100% sure that a Sabot can kill them one shot. A HEAT round not so much because it may not explode directly. A CAN round which is a giant shot gun prolly stun or may kill him if he don't have a helmet on. OR (obstacle reducing) round will prolly crush him. If everything fails call Chuck Norris.

With helmet on so we cannot see his screaming bald head....A laser guided artillery smart munition (120mm mortar or such, have hit moving vehicles with one ) 1-2km range for spotter in good terrain, and since marines dont really like to hide or use camo...

Without helmet... .50 cal SLAP (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator ) or even better .50, Armor-Piercing-Explosive-Incendiary. shot in his bald head, from a good distance.

But hey these are Astartes after all , they would likely catch the bullet between his teeth and spit it back into chuck norris's ugly mug, then steal chucks truck and go to town for some beer and nudy mags.

A standard run of the mill shotgun would be enough. Lasguns kill them in the fluff, lasguns and shotguns kill them on the tabletop. Not an easy kill, but it CAN do the job.

So I'd say one of those fancy .50 berettas that COD fanboys think they can walk around and fire from the hip would do the job.

Any anti-material rifle that fires .50 caliber or larger will do it. I'm assuming Ceramite is simply a stronger version of the current ceramics we have (a thick sheet can stop one .50 cal shot), so anything over .50 cal should at least fracture the armor.

Assuming Adamantine/Amaranthine (what is that? I read it somewhere) is a stronger titanium, I would think

Also, we have planes that shoot 30mm rounds at 6000 rounds/min and have a range of over 2 miles. I think that would do it.

An A-10 would chew through marines. Fluff wise they would dodge all the thousands of rounds and shot it down with bolt pistol.....with a single round.

SwiftLord14 wrote:An A-10 would chew through marines. Fluff wise they would dodge all the thousands of rounds and shot it down with bolt pistol.....with a single round.

Yeah forgot about all the fluff armour, are there any modern weaps that can peirce fluff?

I'm not space marine expert here, but in regards to something in the fluff, aren't things usually lethal to space marine anyways? I mean yes their juggernauts, but from most of the sources I've read they usually don't rush headlong into a wall of gunfire, it's usually a bit more tactical than that. At least I think.

Just saying because in regards to the above post how they would dance around the gunfire, I think a more realistic scenario is they would drop a drop pod on it then explode outward in a rush of anger and chainsword.

but also according to the fluff 1000 marines can defeat an entire planet. So according to the fluff 1000 marines can take on all the combined military forces of our planet.

1 marine = 100,000 soldiers (lets say theres 100,000,000 soldiers)

so one marine can take on 100,000 soldiers. But then the fluff contradicts this with space marines dying to some orks who have big axes...

I don't see a .50 from a browning taking down a marine. Since SM usually can take bolter rounds fairly consistently (well... depending on the book..)

But tank rounds, artillery and heavy cannons (GAU-8) would without a doubt demolish a marine. They go through composite armor..

(Fluffy in mind, not table-top)

It would seem that most modern .50 caliber MGs would be capable of killing SMs. Flamers can kill them and i do not think that Promethium burns hotter than the napalm concoction that our Flamethrowers use.

I have a few large rifles....7.62x54 (Mosin Nagant) and 30.06 (7.62, M1 Garand) and those might kill an exposed SM head....but i just do not think they could penetrate the armor.

Any 20mm and up cannon with AP rounds would do the job...those were designed to beat up armored vehicles....but you would need some concentrated hits to guarantee a kill.

120mm Sabot rounds are actually 40mm depleted uranium darts that would easily 1 shot kill any marine without a Iron Halo or a Storm Shield.

Artillery and IED explosions would pulp the SMs without even penetrating the armor.....just the sheer shock could kill them. M1 abrams and Bradleys have been disabled and or their crews killed/injured by BIG IED explosions.

I think most larger Anti-tank missiles/rockets would be able to destroy a SM with a direct hit....say Javelin and larger....

Sturmtruppen wrote:Chuck Norris.

I'll get my coat.

Why would Chuck Norris kill his descendants?


To be honest people, I don't see how Space Marines are so awesome. I mean sure, they can hug a mortar and live, but they can also be killed by a few 5.56mm Brass projectiles (in other words, pathetic bullets) to the chest according to the books... The fluff is very contradictory sometimes. To me, they are just expensive shock troops who rely more on the enemy gaking their pants and making mistakes under pressure rather then super awesome armor and firepower.

So as to your question:
Most of them.

Nuke em!

Anything that could take out a light armoured vehicle would probably take out a Marine, if it hit.

The thing is, they're not only an armoured target, they're a (roughly) human sized armoured target that are capable of covering ground quickly and possess super-fast reflexes.

Put enough fire into an area and the Marine would die, but I think it would be an expensive exercise.

Then his mates would lay the smack down on you for doing it.

Necroshea wrote:
So I'd say one of those fancy .50 berettas that COD fanboys think they can walk around and fire from the hip would do the job.

By that logic they can hide behind wall when shot and just wait for 5 seconds to heal


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Toast36 wrote:Nuke em!

That would be a little to extreme don't you think?


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Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:A laser guided artillery smart munition (120mm mortar or such, have hit moving vehicles with one ) 1-2km range for spotter in good terrain, and since marines dont really like to hide or use camo...

They actually started to put missile guiding system on artillery shells?
Expensive but genius, I love the idea

Is the Space Marine wearing armour?

If not, and he's distracted by Jerry Springer on the box, I think I could do it with a Spork.

Toast36 wrote:Nuke em!

That would sure do the job

Golden Sabre wrote:

Sturmtruppen wrote:Chuck Norris.

I'll get my coat.

Why would Chuck Norris kill his descendants?


To be honest people, I don't see how Space Marines are so awesome. I mean sure, they can hug a mortar and live, but they can also be killed by a few 5.56mm Brass projectiles (in other words, pathetic bullets) to the chest according to the books... The fluff is very contradictory sometimes. To me, they are just expensive shock troops who rely more on the enemy gaking their pants and making mistakes under pressure rather then super awesome armor and firepower.

So as to your question:
Most of them.

Yeah Chuck Norris is currently disposed on the Golden Throne. Im not to sure he would be the one to kill the space marine. However if for some reason he wanted to, the marine would definitely kneel and just let him do it.

You can always try to tank shock the marine with a vehicle! like a Toyota Prius! hehehe JK