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can you take a 10 man sm squad, combat squad it and take drop pods for both squads?

Combat Squad-ing is done post army list write-up.

Can you add wargear after the game starts?

No. The unit gets 1 Drop pod.

clively wrote:
No. The unit gets 1 Drop pod.

thanks

You can put 5 of them in the pod and five on the ground, or all 10 in the pod, or (I think) drop the pod empty with all 10 of them on the ground. Just throwin' that out there.


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Oh, if you do put all 10 in the pod, you can have them combat squad when they get out, as well (have to declare that during deployment though).

 Leonus wrote:
Oh, if you do put all 10 in the pod, you can have them combat squad when they get out, as well (have to declare that during deployment though).

Not true. You decide prior to Warlord traits (if using SM) or before deployment (everyone else).

Well, half right... You can have all ten in the pod, and they can be combat squadded... It's just the timing of it that was wrong. Last edition they split when they landed. This edition they split when you declare them in reserve at the start of the game.

You could also have all 10 of them in a Rhino or Land Raider variant and combat squaded(again though the squading is done pre Warlord traits)

Dont have the dex but why not buy 2x5 man squads and drop pod them both. I can do that with my DA and still get a special weapon and a heavy weapon.

There could be many reason, the primary being that most units gain additional access to special or Heavy weapons as it is often 1 per every 5 men. Another reason I can think of is additional war-gear which benefits the unit as a whole should one man carry it. I know I prefer 10 men squad of Noise Marines, because it is cheaper then two 5 men squads to field the same number of Blast Masters and the feel no pain bonus. I would also advise re-reading the Codex you are using and confirm, I can't say for sure for a Dark Angle army but most are usually 1 per 5 men.

Jinx left out one more reason, but it's normally not a concern: if you have maxed out your troop choices and want more.

That said, I'm not sure I've ever seen a marine player that took 6 full troop units.

 jason1977 wrote:
Dont have the dex but why not buy 2x5 man squads and drop pod them both. I can do that with my DA and still get a special weapon and a heavy weapon.

1) Cost per 5-man unit + pod.
2) Tactical Flexability: In a tourney, You will see a Purge the Alien Scenario and 2+ Objective based scenarios, 3 10-man tactical squads are 6 scoring units for objective games and then only 3(harder to wipe) units for unit kill games.
3) Ability to bring more than 6 Troops units to a game(you can have up to 12 5-man squads with combat squading)
4) Double units podding in.