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So I've recently got into the Warhammer 40k, anyway i bought my First Space Marine Tactical Squad and before i got my hands on my Codex i assembled them.
I gave one Marine a Rocket Launcher as a heavy weapon and a Meltagun as my special weapon. But then I gave a third Marine a Combi-Plasma gun, so i'm wondering as I can't find a rule that says otherwise that I cant give a normal Marine a Combi Weapon. I really hope that I can as I don't want to scrap or try to remove that gun from his hands. Although i'm thinking that that will be the case as I have my Codex and it says only the sergeant may take anything from the ranged/melee weapons chart. So....

Can any Marine take a Combi weapon?
and Can a Marine Sergeant take a second Special Weapon? (ie: have two Plasma guns in the same Tactical Squad)

Thank you and i can't wait for a response!

Only Sergeants can take combi weapons I'm afraid. They are also fairly limited in their options, so cannot take things like Melta and Plasma guns, so you'll have to rely on just one special and heavy weapon per 10 man squad

You could just nominate the marine as the squad sergeant, and paint his helmet accordingly (such as white or red)

Welcome to DakkaDakka by the way!

G.A

But my Marines......

Worry not friend - most people you'll play against will be absolutely fine with it, so keep it as it is if you like it Just remember in game, it's not actually a combi flamer!

The rules you're looking for are the 'Datasheets' section in front of all the unit datasheets in the codex, combined with the specific unit's datasheet itself.

The Datasheets section explains the purpose and function of each part of a unit's datasheet, and in particular in this case how 'Wargear' tells you what models in a unit ARE armed with, versus 'Options' which tells you what models in a unit MAY BE armed with.

In this case, as you note, there's no option for a regular Space Marine to be armed with a combi-weapon, while the unit's 'Wargear' tells you the regular Space Marines are armed with boltguns

Sternguards can take Combi Weapons for each of their members. So I guess your marine is getting a promotion!

As for your sergeant, it looks like he has a plasma pistol, which he is allowed to take.

fraser1191 wrote:
But my Marines......

Make him the sergeant of your next tactical marine squad, and just re-paint his helmet red.

Or if you get a devastator unit, make him the sgt there: combi-flamer on a sgt of a static unit makes for a really good assault insurance policy(look up the "wall of fire" rule for temate weapons and overwatch)