http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net AP-4 Damage 9 shots from the main gun, with a native +1 to hit.
Sure it will suffer against invulns but I am of the opinion that durability in this game is a good thing, provided things are in balance. Now, is this worthwhile in today's meta, which is jam packed with things Eradicators and Multimelta bikes being top tier AT weaponry.

Its only 310 points for the basic set up. Assuming both shots hit a tank, even one packing a 4++ save one should get through and in the event it does, 9 damage flat is nothing to scoff at, it can one shot regular dreadnoughts through their damage reduction and damage anything else by a great deal.

Assuming the super heavy tax is ignored, (my personal meta, a group of friends who primarily use my Warhammer Table I built a while back house rule Super Heavies Aux detachments into only costing a single command point and allowing them to take the same faction bonus as the warlord's detachment) would a macharius be a good addition to a guard player's armory?
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I wish that IG Ace traits go expanded, I play orks and tyranids but one of my friend's is getting into Guard and he's a tread head so I've been looking at the forgeworld range to see if thats a worthwhile gift at a point later down the line. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/796801/11076514.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/796801/11076514.page GMT
From an efficiency standpoint I would mention:
Macharius Vanquisher - as long as there are fitting targets
Macharius Vulcan/Malcador Defender - as long as there are predominantly T4, W2 models
Malcador Infernus - possibly the model that profits from the Death Korps doctrine the most
Carnodon - one of the cheapest platforms per Lascannon shot and also pretty dang cheap for 12 T7 3+ wounds.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/796801/11076534.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/796801/11076534.page GMT IF (!) it reaches CC it statistically does:
10 damage against a T8, 3+ vehicle (86% of a Leman Russ)
12.5 damage against a <;T7, 3+ vehicle (killing any Chimera or Tauros Chassis vehicle)
kills 2 Gravis dudes.

In all three cases it kills back its points in just one average fight phase, which is pretty impressive for an imperial guard vehicle. And it can even be buffed by "Crush them", enabling it to do ~17 wounds againt T8, 3+ and having T7, 3+, 4++ (in CC) itself its no glasscanon for its 80 points either.
But to stress it again: it has to get into CC first to do anything.
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You get 2 shots, at best BS3+.

Assuming just BS3+ that's only 1.33 hits. You'll wound anything on 2+ then that's 1.11 wounds. If an enemy even has a 6++ save then your unsaved wound chance drops to 0.925. That's not reliable.

Against a demolisher tank commander they'll get on average 7 shots. They have BS3+ and rerolls of 1 from tank orders. So an average of 5.44 hits. 3.63 wounds against T6 - T8. With an unsaved wound chance of 3.02. For an average of 10.59 damage.

So a demolisher tank commander is still better than the Macharius Vanquisher and is roughly 120 points cheaper.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/796801/11104010.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/796801/11104010.page GMT