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May I have examples of Codex Astartes tactics/strategies shown in books/audiobooks/codexes/any other form of media? I plan on writing the story of how my Space Marine Chapter stopped being a Codex-compliant chapter and it would be good if i started with them being compliant.

Across most space marine chapters tactics are typically taking the opponent by surprise not necessarily through stealth as they're so big and they're armour is so heavy, but through hitting hard and fast. There's a couple good examples of these in the Damocles anthology.

One example is a squad ultramarines crash a monorail train they're on into a tau factory, in another some raven guard jump pack into a tau base from an unguarded flank and in another some jade dragons just melta bomb through a wall breach and clear style.

These are examples of single squads but on a larger scale companies of marines would drop pod directly into the heart of an enemy looking for a quick win as they don't have the numbers for a war of attrition.

We have the famous and revered example of Captain Boreal. During his crusade in the Kaurava system, there was a time where they needed to set up a defensive perimiter

He had most of his battle brothers stationed in space, prepared to deep strike. Their perimeter had been prepared in the event that the enemy, should they be so bold and so foolish. These beacons allowed for multiple, simultaneous, and devastating deep strikes.

He goes on to quote that the codex astartes named this maneuver steel rain.

Steel reeeeeeeehhn

most of the codex astartes isn't so much tactics as orginization. the best way to ensure a proper feel would be to make sure the battle force the marines deploy is one that feels codex. I'd use the old 7th edition formations as a good basis for that. So a Battle company, plsu some scouts, terminators and other assorted stuff.

Shockingly fast with maximum, precision destruction. Then retaining that pace and initiative.

 Vitali Advenil wrote:
We have the famous and revered example of Captain Boreal. During his crusade in the Kaurava system, there was a time where they needed to set up a defensive perimiter

He had most of his battle brothers stationed in space, prepared to deep strike. Their perimeter had been prepared in the event that the enemy, should they be so bold and so foolish. These beacons allowed for multiple, simultaneous, and devastating deep strikes.

He goes on to quote that the codex astartes named this maneuver steel rain.

When working in tandem with Imperial Guard, space marines are held in reserve. Once the enemy reveals themselves, marines will mount up in either rhinos, bikes or drop pods for fastest insertion into the enemy.