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[Warhammer 40k Online] speculation for the Speculation God!
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I also like to think that Space Marines was something that stuck from outsider perspectives. The Emperor names them Astartes, the Space Marine moniker could have come later from people outside the process.
The average person these days does not usually know how the word Marine originated so its understandable if the title kept a particular relevance outside of its original meaning/use.
And this is too serious a topic. But at least its not about projectile size.
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Well, they can survive unprotected in space and the standard backpack (not the one used by assault marines) double as a directional thruster that allows them to move around in zero-G enviroments.
Actually, .50 BMG can easily kill with one shot. In fact, near misses can still be lethal. And braced or not, you really can't shoot a .50 cal machine gun unless it's mounted due to the way it is designed. It uses a butterfly trigger that would be difficult if not impossible to shoot single handed. And .50 cal is more than capable of destroying lightly armored vehicles, especially with DU or tungsten rounds.
And really, you're missing things. Considering that perfectly accurate laser guns that can blow off limbs are considered beneath them, there's probably a reason they go for boltguns.
It's one of the standard implants for Space Marines.
Some lines (I want to say Imperial Fists is one?) have had their's atrophy and can no longer implant it. It's not unreasonable to believe that in some lines it might have increased in potency.
Considering they wear a full helmet the majority of the time I could see how it would not be used very often or even necessary considering every other tool they have.
yeah, Marines also have increased resistances to poisons due to the Oolitic Kidney (scroll up in the link I posted earlier).
Typically you only really see Marines using their Betcher's Glands in cases where they were captured and disarmed as a weapon or a way to weaken restraints.
No, it can't. That's a myth.
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Not what I heard from a ranger buddy.
I laughed.
Nearly hitting someone with a High Explosive .50 only having it hit the wall inches from the guys head can kill the guy. That counts doesn't it?
I will say that the actual model IS a vehicle mounted weapon in many cases. If you are not seven feet tall then it is a beast of a weapon.
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I'll admit, I laughed pretty hard at this
Well, if you're worried about varied ammunition types, then I guess you'll get a kick out of the bolter alternate ammunition.
I mean, you want to talk about firing a swiss army knife, there's acid tipped rounds. Solid, gas propelled silent rounds. Napalm rounds. Psy rounds. Fragmentation rounds. Armour piercing rounds.
Hooray for fiction, I guess?
Ermm... What vehicles mount boltguns, exactly? I know a lot of vehicles can take storm bolters, and chaos uses twin linked boltguns, but... regular old boltguns?
As for non-space marines, plenty of inquisitors, and even higher ranking guardsmen use boltguns. They're smaller versions, but still.
Do hurricane bolters count?
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And I was really wondering, considering I've played most armies that can use bolters...
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Wait, pictures of what? I couldn't tell what you were trying to find.
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Edit: Or a heavier tank with one on a pintle mount.
Yes Chrome, pintle is a freakin' word!
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Pretty sure the term Space Marine (Which is used in the canon by Imperials.) comes, originally, from the fact that Space Marines would typically drop in from outer fucking space in pods about the size of a bus to kick the asses of the Emperor's enemies.
They were also typically the preferred force to use to breach and take targets that were in, you guessed it, space, on account of the fact that they have sealed power armor (Which is handy if you have to fight in a vacuum), and the fact that most things that decide to make their lair in space tend to be way above the capabilities of the Imperial Guard to handle.
So they used to do naval operations. Sort of like Marines do. Only instead of water. It's space. Hence the logic behind naming them [strike]Spess Mahreens![/strike] Space Marines.
Space Marines are hardly unique to 40k.
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Space Marines, while part of the Imperium, kind of stand apart. They don't follow the rule of the High Lords, but will help them if asked (nicely).