What do space marines take into battle?

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**usmcmidn**

How much ammo?

Water?

Food?

Etc...

**Talizvar**

So first we have their armor:

You will note some food and drug injector and fillers.

Then this article talks about how much ammo is at least in the various clips:

Then there is the combat knife:
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Astartes_Combat_Knife

A selection of other stuff:

I think the proper response on how much a marine has on-hand is as much as the story requires.

**Ashiraya**

Those are CSM combat blades, and the armour pictures are from first edition - outdated by about twenty years or so?

**usmcmidn**

But how many magazines, is it standard for Marines to carry pistols if so how many magazines, grenades, etc...

**Tactical_Spam**

usmcmidn wrote:
But how many magazines, is it standard for Marines to carry pistols if so how many magazines, grenades, etc...

Its always as much as the story requires.

**pm713**

Tactical_Spam wrote:
usmcmidn wrote:
But how many magazines, is it standard for Marines to carry pistols if so how many magazines, grenades, etc...

Its always as much as the story requires.

Unless the story requires you to run out.

**Hawky**

They do not carry magazines. SM Bolter magazines utilize rare subspace compression technology and single magazine has capacity of several hundred of rounds.

Interesting is that Bolter used by anybody else has magazine capacity of 20 rounds and they usually carry few magazines.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Questions like that are rarely addressed in 40k since it's outside the scope of a mass combat game.

The Deathwatch RPG probably has concrete information though.

But like everyone said, it's basically as much or as little as the plot requires.

**tneva82**

Ashiraya wrote:
Those are CSM combat blades, and the armour pictures are from first edition - outdated by about twenty years or so?

Unless overridden by newer fluff it's still valid. Seen newer publication that contradicts that?

**Ashiraya**

It does not look anything like modern PA, for one.

It also speaks of solar panels powering the armour, whereas modern PA uses a fusion reactor.

**Backspacehacker**

That armor diagram.....

Ammo Clip....AMMO CLIP! CLIP!

REEEEEEEEEEE

sorry /k/ range took over, but cool pictures.