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Ive been looking at the FW IG Index, and the Centuar Carrier/Grenadier Centuar (the DKoK Variant) look REALLY Appealing due to the fact that they're Cheap (50 Points for the Centuar Carrier, 54 for the Grenadier Centuar), Comes with OK Base Weaponry (a Heavy Stubber, the Grenadier Centuar gets 2, hence why it is 54 Points) And OK T and W (T6, W7)

But The best bit is that it NEVER Slows Down due to losing Wounds (unlike 99% of Vehicles) so it ALWAYS Moves 12", which is a MASSIVE Bonus when Playing on Big Tables (or you need to grab Objectives Quickly)

The Downside is that it can only Transport 5 guys, but is a Boon for Special Weapon Squads (E.G Command Squads and DKoK Grenadiers/Engineers) Due to its Cheapness

The Grenadier Centuar gets a Special Ability, where, if it is filled with a Grenadier Squad, it gets a free 9" Move before turn 1, this means you *Technically* get a 21" Move on Turn 1 (and if you're Deploying on the Long Side of a 6'x4' that means you can be 3" away from the Enemy Deployment Zone Turn 1)

A 5 man Grenadier Squad with a Vox Caster in a Grenadier Centuar comes to 104 Points Total (or 6PL) and Grenadiers Carry Hot-Shot Lasguns and are TROOPS

While the Chimera is better (Tougher, More Wounds, Better Guns and Transports more dudes)(12) however it is 93 Points Base, Which is Nearly Double the Cost of the Centuar (Plus if you use it for a Command Squad, 7 Spaces are Being Wasted) Plus the Chimera Slows down after losing Wounds


This is just my Opinion, but Could the Centuar be the King of IG Transports now?
(I plan on Getting 9 (6 For my Grenadiers, 3 for my Command Squads))

I think a big plus is that you should be able to scratch build that pretty easily. It's a cool idea. I'd love to see a squadron of those on the table-top, rules be damned!

They have the Imperium keyword so you could take them as dedicated transports as long as you are using an imperium army list.

I think the problem for them in a normal IG army is that they can really only transport Scions because most all other squads are 10 models in size. Issue is that the Scions can deep strike now, so not sure what the use for them is for a normal IG army. As you mentioned they could transport command squads with special weapons but those squads are limited now so you can't spam them.

Last minute objective grabbing is a potential justification for them but for a few more points you can have a full squad of infantry. A lot of vehicles in the IG arsenal are very hard to justify now given how cheap infantry is now.

 vonjankmon wrote:
They have the Imperium keyword so you could take them as dedicated transports as long as you are using an imperium army list.

I think the problem for them in a normal IG army is that they can really only transport Scions because most all other squads are 10 models in size. Issue is that the Scions can deep strike now, so not sure what the use for them is for a normal IG army. As you mentioned they could transport command squads with special weapons but those squads are limited now so you can't spam them.

Last minute objective grabbing is a potential justification for them but for a few more points you can have a full squad of infantry. A lot of vehicles in the IG arsenal are very hard to justify now given how cheap infantry is now.

No, they say they can only Transport Imperial Guard

TRANSPORT This model can transport 5 ASTRA MILITARUM INFANTRY models. Each Heavy Weapon Team or Veteran
Heavy Weapon Team takes the space of two other models, and each OGRYN takes the space of three other models.
FACTION KEYWORDS IMPERIUM, ASTRA MILITARUM, <REGIMENT>
KEYWORDS VEHICLE, TRANSPORT, CENTAUR LIGHT CARRIER

So yeah thanks for the correction, no space marines in a Centaur. But any normal IG army can still take them.

It would also be funny to have a single Ogryn riding around in one.

You could take one and cram if full of 5 characters like officers and commissars to reduce the amount of drops you have during deployment...