40K Imperial Armour! The Leman Russ Main Battle Tank And It's Variants!
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- Imperial Armour is back! this time with a look at the leman russ mbt!
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"Out of commission, become a pillbox. Out of ammo, become a bunker. Out of time, become heroes."-Ancient Imperial Tanker poverb
I'm certain the Valhallans or Vostroyans worship Daskal as a saint.
Rolled a 5 on a glancing hit.
Immobilized
I miss those days.
@trueblueprussian 23 High Marshall Patton
@@matthewbrasel2737 lord solar Montgomery
That's a quote from "The Beast of War".
At least the first 2 lines are.
"Why can't we go home in the helicopter?"
"Because we are tankers"
Great film about either T-55 or T-72 in Afghanistan during the Russo/Afghan war and the crew trying to basically survive being disabled in no man's land
“The chimaera we talked about previously.”
I think there’s a certain point in which you’ve waited too long to be able to say previously.
There is more tank videos I can't find them lol it must be lost in the archives on the holy home home World of humanity
@@echoalpha9935 czcams.com/video/l8antB1g4Hk/video.html the only other armor vid
@@robbomegavlkafenryka6158 jokes just fly over you, don't they?
@@KG-jm1zl yes
@@KG-jm1zlSo does other comments by the looks of it...
"The escape hatches!!! They're just painted on!!!!"
- last communication from the crew of a Leman Russ Executioner
You want to escape? Beware, the commissars pistol is not just painted on.
I won't bore you commissar with the story of our miraculous escape
It opens to a fully sealed armor plate with a note: True soliders fight to the end
@@lordmaur180 They are trying to escape the destroyed tank so they can bayonet charge the enemy, there is nothing wrong with this.
Enginseer: A'ight, get the next crew.
After like 7 fucking years, Arch finally does it lmao
As always he will do it somewhere between now and the end of the universe
The wheels of the administratum turn slowly but surely
@@TheMauviet Just needed enough guardsmen to grease the gears.
Time doesn't exist in the warp, mortal.
Here i thought vulkan would grow one fuckoff epic main and barbarian beard beford arch would do another
“I’ve waited 4, no 5000 Years for this!”
Only ? Most waited 40 000 years
You guys been waiting?
@@lordmaur180 "I DID MY TIME! TWELVE YEARS OF IT!
IN AZKABAN!!"
I just waited over 9000 years. sorry
CZcams : "Looks like Arch is talking about World of Tanks."
Games Workshop: Quick tell World of Tanks we have no deal with that puritan!
@@Marinealver in world of tanks blitz, there are actually vindicator and predator tanks with ultramarine, imperial fist and dark angel camo
@trueblueprussian 23 oh yes xD after several years I finally managed to get my first T10 tank. Obviously I have only played said game sporatically since it is literally cancer :D...but I like tanks ..so yeah
I mean... are they wrong?
40k technically is a world of tanks.
GW: "Just put more guns on it"
Tank experts: "Wheres the crew supposed to sit"
GW: "Crew?"
GW must subscribe to the Bradley method of Tank design
@@davfree9732 the Bradley actually worked, the Author of the book was a total douche.
They should have made the movie about the Sgt. York.
As for the crew, we just cut out a hatch in the hull the crew can crawl in the sponsons.
@@Marinealver
Ah yes, the Mike Sparks of armored vehicles.
They are brits. The guys who designed a tank that had a spotter sitting in top of it. Outside on the hull!
@@davfree9732 Yea, there is a lot wrong with "Pentagon Wars".
I'm not saying that military waste or fraudulent shady stuff doesn't happen.
In this case, this was from the same guy who said the U.S should just make M48s to face off against Russian T-80s.
James Burton was a member of a military think tank called the Reformers. A group of guys that shunned away any and all research. They proposed in a war with the USSR, the US should just manufacturer alot of old tech equipment and face the Russians head on in attrition warfare.
Man, I NEED a video like this of the Imperium's warships!
That would be amazing.
agreed
That’d be a goddamn series in it of itself lol
@@eddiejobes8449 and it would be awesome
Unfortunatly the lore on the ships is full of aproxmits, lore only 1 to 2 paragraphs long ect. Best you will get is getting a pdf of the rogue trader rpg core book, into the storm side book and battlefleet kronus side book for that rpg system
The Leman Russ tank, so iconic that when you hit 20 years in the hobby a Leman Russ tank will somehow finds it's way into your collection, given through you are 100% sure you don't own it.
This is true. I only play infantry. Pure 100% Imperial Guard infantry. I found a Lemon Russ battle tank box set in my desk…. I didn’t buy it… it wasn’t a gift…. It’s just there.
@@stepheningram6415 This sounds like warp nonsense to me......Stay where you are citizen, your local Inquisition agent will be with you soon.
Especially confusing when you only play xeno races.
This wouold be the perfect way for the warp to screw with the god emperor's faithful. Beware heresy my brother.
Happened when I was putting together some terrain after finishing my craftworld eldar, i wanted to build some terrain so went looking for an old tank mini finding a badly treated leman russ for sale, when I got the pretty abused tank [bad paintjob, missing parts and iffy customization], I felt sorry for it and instead of using it for terrain I fixed it up [getting spare parts from a friend] and painted it properly. After a while I figured I'd get some troops to put with it...
...cue a complete mech-guard army being bought and assembled soon after, a decade later its sitting in full display with the other imperial tanks, my eldar are... ...somewhere.
That bit at the end about the Executioner reminds me of a description of the Rifleman battlemech I heard from Tex.
"Heat sinks are expensive and pilots are... replaceable."
So what if it's a combat-capable oven? The enemy has considerably more to worry about than feeling a little hot in their tank
Tex Talk Battletech is a magical series and likely the no. 1 best lore series on youtube in sheer production levels.
Tex is the Arch of Battletech.
TEX IS FUCKING AWESOME
BT is better than whatever drivel GW is now doing for 40k.
@@p_serdiuk we don't talk about wiz kids though
Series isn't dead? Grand!
I don't even know
Well he focused more of the War of Babab for a while.
The siege of Vraks was also in-between there.
June 2018: 40K Imperial Armour! The Chimera!
July 2021: 40K Imperial Armour! The Leman Russ!
August 2024: 40K Imperial Armour! The Baneblade!
Na, the sentinel
Malcador Tank
Everybody be gangsta till the baneblade rolls up in the hood
Macharius or its more sleeker cousin the rogal dorn... the one that shipped without a bottom
As of this post, its mid June 2024. lets see how well your Crystal balls works. Get your Lottery numbers ready if Arch is close to August.
I’m just here before GW decides to attempt extortion on Arch.
They tried character assassination a few times. I imagine they tried extortion before that. If GW's head honchos had a brain between them they'd sponsor, endorse and/or hire any high-quality content makers but it's GW - their next good business decision will be their first.
"120 mm smooth bore cannon" I looked at the model and spat my tea.
GW: define millimeter please.
More like 120cm
GW are British and we work in Imperial and not some shitty french measurements. I can guarantee to you that whoever wrote that has absolutely no idea what a millimeter is.
6:32
Looking at this image, I'd say that 12" is more accurate.
It might correct, the barrel might be as well armored as the rest of the tank.
Looks more like a 150mm or even a 170 mm cannon to me. Then again, I'm not a cannon expert
Arch you have forgotten the real main weapon of the Lemon Russ, ths Commissar and his sword.
Now drive me closer.....
That only works on a Baneblade.
@@Qardo or lager tanks...
I love how in the rules a ramshackle Mining Vehicle for Genestealers gets a 6+ feel no pain, now Orks cobbled chariots are going to get -1 damage vs under strength 8 shots but the purpose built warhorse of the Guard that can run on broken up furniture.... Naaaahh
I read that Naaaahh in the style of & in the voice of *_'Foamy the Squirrel....._*
Not *Foamy* !
Not here, in this high minded, scholarly and somber channel...
In fairness the mining vehicles are proably made of good materials and orky stuff has that gestalt-physic weirdness going on.
The Leman Russ is probably lucky to have good quality steel, let alone admantium.
The Leman Russ is an STC. It can be built from scrap, runs on roughly anything you can feed the engine, and can be fixed by the most inept of enginseers or a crew of local lay clergy. What it does it does pretty well, anywhere. What it doesn't do is fancy. It's a light workhorse machine for colonists, not bleeding edge fancy pantsy.
Leave that to the Eldar, the Leman Russ is to 40k tanks as the humble Guardsman is to 40k infantry. Decent for modern-ish times, one-on-one with anything else it pretty shit, but there are billions of Leman Russes on a million battlefields in the galaxy, being churned out by their millions from forge worlds and imperial hive cities alike.
Pretty decent for what it does; grinding, eternal warfare.
We have reserves, and there's millions more where we came from. We will drown all enemies of the Emperor of Mankind in an inevitable tide of men, steel, and the Emperor's fury! Charge! - Some Commissar, probably.
*Me reading Leman Russ pamphlet:* 'Armed with a smoothbore 120mm cannon.'
*Me turning to look at a cannon bore I could probably crawl inside on an actual Leman Russ:* 'Y'know... I think the Imperials aren't very good at math...'
The original pattern probably used unknown freedom units that were not converted
Miniatures are just disproportionate. Bolter's bore also looks to big for 19,05 mm.
You do realize miniatures are just miniatures right. Obviously the smoothbore for the model isn't gonna be exact.
Maybe the Imperium uses a very different definition of a millimeter?
@@user-xb1wh5mt4l that's a possibility actually.
The guard do 90% of the work, and there isn't a battlefield that isn't helped won by my favorite tank!
The Imperial Guard. The pay is low, you're considered expendable, you'll have to do 99% of the work, and your sacrifices won't be appreciated. But if you're lucky and do your job well, you just might survive long enough for the Astartes to show up and take all the credit.
@@jasonreed1631 or the grey knights/inquisition to purge you for fighting demons
@@jasonreed1631 Random guardsmen: Wait we get paid?
@@chanachon56 STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOVE YOUR PAY GRADE GUARDSMAN. NOW SHUT UP AND GO KILL THOSE FFFFUUUCKING HERETICS. *Raises bolt pistol threateningly*
@@jasonreed1631 bruh they are heavily appreciated, especially other chapters of space marines and other sub factions, the inquisition is very aware of the sacrifices they make daily, that being said, they aren't seen expendable at all, that's because we think they are, but in the universe they're clearly not expendables.
ABOUT FUCKING TIME THIS SERIES KICKED BACK INTO ACTION!
All hail the Arch God!
The 'K'EhArchs god
Lore for the lore god!
Think about it. The Imperium had access to such powerful siege weapons and they still had a veeeeeeeeeery hard time at cracking down Vraks.
To be fair, Vraks was BUILT to defy sieges. And while with defending against xenos and chaos they have to go with theoreticals and real world experience, when it comes to defending against a potential rogue Imperial threat? They KNOW what their own equipment is capable of and could build to defend against it to a much greater degree.
@@tanall5959 also the heavy guns and resorces sent to Vraks were more limited as they wanted to take it "intact" if possible
No shit you'll struggle against fortifications if you keep sending Death Korps, light infantry armed with semiauto only lasrifles armoured against bio and chemical weapons while you keep the armour in reserve waiting for a breakthrough...
The weapons are sometimes more valuable than 10000 soldiers. The bureaucracy of getting advanced systems from the administratum extensive. The imperium has good weapons, but would rather feed a million men into the meatgrinders rather than risk them. Such is the nature of grimdark.
@@LokaJohn USSR in a nutshell
"The executioner is a precision weapon"
Me after playing the tabletop: "Umm.....ya sure about that arch? Cuz its the premier anti heavy infantry weapon the guard has at its disposal soooooo"
It is a precision weapon: you precisely want that heavy infantry…gone!
@@baker90338 Or when you want to wipe off that smug look on a Space Marine player's face.
@@chocoman45 you precisely remove a specific amount of points from the table, and you learn precisely how invested the opposition is in the game!
I think he meant that because of the slow rate of fire plasna weapons have.
I ain't complaining. We've had Armageddon, Vraks, and Badab. Ain't like the dude ain't working.
Oh my my, Arch continuing the imperial armor videos.. tell me what warp sorcery is this!
Arch: " i been thinkig of this for a while" its been 7 years...
I'm forever looking at that tech priest in the background and always getting the vibe his looking over think "who the fuck is he talking to again...must get some compressed air to clean him out"...
I remember there were numerous vehicle nurfs in 3rd ed (when I stopped playing). I've always suspected that there were players using modern armored tactics and formations against GP style armies of other factions and mindsets and just crushing them which led to lots of whining.
So they nerfed it to a WWI shitbox.
@Ban this youtube It became more about playing the *rules* rather than fighting the battle. The changes introduced in 3 ed had it so I did not know how to play any more. The unit fire splitting restriction pissed me off to no end: 1) because it didn't make sense for many armies like Eldar and Astartes and 2) the exception was the Space wolves (because Spaaaaaace Wolves and them being the company president's baby). That rule made playing any other army pointless from a tactile perspective.
With all of the changes, I disengaged and walked way in frustration and my forces were considerable (Smallest Epic army: 9500; Gothic: 5000+; IG: crap ton; Marines: nearly a full company w/ support, mostly in Mk 6'). So it turned out to be a massive waste of money. The only saving grace was I really enjoyed painting the figures.
Wait... He remembered
The gun design is a 152mm but they say it's 120mm kekw
well do you want the orks to be excited, or estatic.
lower the caliber. less boom the orks will imagine. so the less excited they'll be
Thats what i was going to guess. It looks about the size of 150mm cannons I've seen on some tanks
With all those variants I am surprised noone was like "Hey, less go less armor and more speed because nothing is more hilarious than a leman russ charging the enemy at 100+ km/h"
Even if no human does it, ork minds are more...open to grandious experimention.
Orks would just paint it red and call it a day.
Its much more likely, they simply forgot how to set the thing to "drive"
Speed Freak: Write dat down, WRITE DAT DOWN!!!
@@Chaotic_Jackal *AND IT WORKS.*
Arch I fully understand that this is meant to be a comprehensive series about the armaments of the imperium. I did not expect you to also simulate how long it takes to get supplied
Had my heart set on The punisher Cannon. Oh well there's always next time.
Now blondie only needs to remember the password for the "The Lodge" account.........
BROTHER I AM PINNED HERE!
I'd die of laughter if it was an iteration of "Breedkibs"
The Leman Russ seems like the 40k version of the M4 Sherman
You couldn't be anymore wrong bud.
@@vothbetilia4862 Ho realy.... Because like some English men would say... They make for nice *"Fire-Cracker"* and not much else.
@@sleipnirodin2881 bud if you're saying this looks even remotely close to a Sherman, bud you need some extra contact lens.
@@vothbetilia4862 Not in *look...* This is obvious, in *FONCTION.*
@@sleipnirodin2881 how exactly, the Sherman would arguably be more faster then the Russ, plus weight little less then the Russ.
With your description of the Executioner's safety I was imagining the Commissar handing a Tech Priest BBQ cleaner to get off the greasy blackened residue from the fighting compartment.
Great tanks, my genestealer cult swears by them!
So now the Genestealer cults are the new Lootas.
I missed the days where you can give orks Imperial stuff and call it good. They just had their ballistic skill of 2 but it worked the same.
Ah, the Leman Russ main battle tank, also known by it's modern equivalent, the armed tractor.
*rumbles in Killdozer*
**Laughs in BobSemple**
This is what i love about 40 k we can have litteral magic making chaos mechs go bryy and there it is simple tank design with templates and everything
Imperial weapons, armor, speed, etc. all needs to be taken with several barrels of salt. I don't think any of GW's writers at the time of the Leman Russ' imagination (let alone now) had any understanding of logistics, vehicle statistics, or battlefield numbers - what with massive planetary battles involving fewer troops than many European wars.
I still can't get over the fact that The War of the Beast had fewer troops involved than the siege of Vraks...
Imperial armor vol.1 also has cutaways of the Russ Chimera and Shadowsword. Vanquisher is my favorite too, It's a shame it sucks on the table now.
If the imperial armour book from forgeworld, on the macharius vanquisher is anything to go by? It'll hopefully get a buff. Strength 16, with a +1 to hit against vehicles, and I think a straight 9 damage. And in the case of the macharius? 2 shots.
Been waiting 40k years for this one
"Where are those damn Tech-Priests?"
Omg now the playlist will have 2 videos. Be still my beating heart!
Damn last time i saw one video in this series, Konrad Curse was a nice guy...
So... never?
Leman Russ standed AP round sound more like HESH then a APBC, glad to see this series back again can't wait for the next one mate
yeah, me too. One hopes they enemies of mankind don't utilize spaced armor.
The funny thing though is seeing the oh so high and mighty eldar armor getting wrecked by 1950s level tech.
oh you better learn how to wait...
I swore it's stated in lore that the stranded ammunition is APHE.
@@aazz9676 old not obsolete.
To replace the road wheels they have bolts on the outside, the issue would be lifting the tank by driving it on to something. See the Churchill for reference 🙂
Forty-First Millennium Chieftain: "Holy Emperor, The Tank is on fire! CHAAAARGE!"
"Tensioning the tracks on the Leman Russ is performed first by reciting the requisite prayers to the machine spirit, then retrieving this ten-meter wrench and merely levering the front idler forward and back with several lads."
The prayers are for finding the 10mm
That would be a significant emotional event .
Tech Priest manual: "And thou shalt apply thine largest spanner to thine sponson with generous vigour"
Tech Marine Field repair: *beats the crap out of the sponson with giant wrench until a severed necron kneecap falls out*
@the_chieftan
@@muninrob While reciting the litany of Percussive Maintenance of course, and making sure to aim for the blessed indent.
Was hoping to see the punisher. If I fight a guard player I always throw 70 hormagaunts so he can use that beautiful gun. Hopefully in another 4 years you’ll upload the next installment
Field martial: "Why cant that Leeman Russ hit the broadside of that Baneblade sergeant?"
Sgt: "I'll find out sir!" *radio noises*
Field martial: "Well?!"
Sgt: "The gunner, the driver and the commander were all recruited from the England 2020 football team sir."
Field martial: "For ff....*sigh*... Commissar Chiellini?"
Commissar Chiellini: "YES SIR!"
Field martial: "Get them out of there."
Commissar Chiellini: "With pleasure sir!" *runs over and yanks them out by the collar*
This is why the guard can basically deal with most of not any enemy, want a dedicated anti tank weapon use a vanquisher cannon, want to mow Down a horde of white spikes? Use a punisher Gatling cannon, one heavy bolter and two heavy flamers, the leman Russ much like the guard are built to be mass produced but also be highly adaptable at the same time
I am so old, I can remember when the Vylka Fenrika could field the Leman Russ Exterminator
Wait wait wait... Are you telling me that the imperium actually understands Las technology? OK guys we need to find a new lore master because this one has obviously finally snapped
They do. The common lasgun is called the M35 Galaxy pattern. Meaning it was developped long after the crusade. In fact, during the crusade I remember it being said that the army was manly using autoguns for the Great Crusade.
@@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine, there a lot of lasgun patterns.
1/5 of Imperial Army used Kalibrax V-1 Pattern Lasrifles.
It's Plasma tech they're having a hard time with.
"Absurd." 200mm of armour. Laughs in Maus.
Arch: "Maybe I'll focus more on my other channel. GW is doing pretty shady stuff :/ "
**publishes 90+ minutes of content within a week** XD
Moar moar :D
I have been waiting FOR YEARS for this video. THANK YOU!
I feel like the leman Russ probably has removeable panels to let the crew access the drive wheels
Honestly, for Leman Russ suspension system to work relatively reliably, those pannels should end at about height of bottom wheels - that way it would drive faster and smoother (though possibly like Churcill tank) than WW1 tank
Aw, you didn't cover my favorite variant: the Leman Russ Punisher. The one with the giant minigun in the turret.
I think the tank isn't supposed to be really fixed by the crew, but the enginseers who got the servo arms to fix the tracks if need be. Plus, maybe fixing it easily is less of a care than the durability of it.
We appreciate you bringing back these videos Arch! These are probably some of your most popular types of videos (other than the warfare breakdowns like Siege of Vraks), but thanks once again!
No, no, Arch....the LASGUN is the 40k AK47....the Leman Russ is a T34....
The Leman Russ (Looted Edition): "Humie-tested, Ork Mekboy Approved!" - Bad Moon Used Vehicle Merchant Niksurteef
I was a 1812 tank crewman in a m1a1 in the usmc I appreciated you going into the details of spawling great work with your reaserch arch!
Glad the series is back. I wish you and other would touch on not just the armor thickness but the materials and how far more durable they are then steel when comparing them so those that don't know can understand how durable these vehicles are. Thanks for the great video.
Hay man, while I love the Vraks and Badab system series, as well as the 30k ....reviews? breakdowns? whatever they are. The videos where you deep dive into simple little things are my favourite. Keep it up man!
Yes, the flamethrowers arent as ridiculous as they appear at first. They are way more ridiculous than they look.
I guess it would be nice for when the commissar orders you to take the tank closer to the enemy so that he may hit them with his sword.
Trust me; when you have 100+ hormiguants writhing towards you you will want the flamthrowers to turn them into ash.
Good to hear that you working with 40k lore after all that. I'm following your work for many years now. Keep up the good work.
Greetings from Poland.
Aaaah finally :D I hope you'll keep going on a video streak for the imperial armours series. We've been waiting for too long! Thanks for your work ;)
New head Canon!
The engine is only underpowered when it's diverting engine to the weapons systems.
And the "travel mode" Arch mentioned is something they just don't talk about because it would be like talking about shifting gears.
More like they forgot how to shift gears, and it would be just not Ok, to do so by the commissars, they dont want there precious tanks to get higher wear and tear, so they simply are order to never touch the drives beyond first gear, stationary, and reverse.
@@Dianaranda123 I disagree with the "forget how everything works" theory about the imperium.
1 people think a LOT.
If I give you a gun and telll you I don't know how it works but your life depends on it you will figure out exactly how the gun works even if it's a complicated one.
2 even if you're ordered not to do something your survival instinct will often override orders.
If I give you a gun and tell you never ever put it on full Auto and you're being charged by an ork guess what you're going to do.
@@generalvictorironraven.1347 Problem is though, the commissar themselfs.
The guards are renowned for being more afraid of there commissar then the enemy.
NOt you nor me, would dare to touch the gear into Drive mode, if a commissar would be breathing down our necks and would shoot us without hesitation.
Atleast thats my theory behind it as to why they are so slow.
Finally, imperial armor two
Back in 30K, the Lemon Russ was probably just a Commander's daily commuter when not in their super heavies.
I’ve been waiting for a follow up to this series for so long I actually forgot about it completely for a few months until now.
The Imperium really needs to do a better job of distributing the tech they already have. The mechanicus essentially have patents with no expiration dates
The Mechanicus are Extreme Patent Trols, change my mind.
Hmm, shoddy underpowered multi-fuel engine, sounds like whoever at GW designed drew inspiration for the engine from the godawful Leyland L60 engine inside the Chieftain tank
Duuuude I never thought we'd ever get back to the imperial armor series. Thanks Arch
Your Chimera vid was one of my favorite vids ever, considering its my favorite. So, in all its good to see more vehicle.
Ah, the Executioner! Where my Tank Commander gets to say “f@ck you!” With every attack!
The imperial armour series goes on, like their 40K courtepart, sluggishly slow but inexorably foward....
The series you did on titan weaponry whas the reason i subscribed to you in the first place sooo... good to have back the format again.
And again arch gives me what I did not know I needed! Love your content my man! This was perfect listening material as I've been cleaning my living room!
This is a series, huh. When was the last one I dont remember xD
In New lore is say that people have called the tank leman Russ , to thanks leman and the space wolf to the kindness they have whit the normal man and to fight whit them as equals
I still think them making fun of the primarch is more possible.
@@tarektechmarine8209 Leman was one of the only primarch that have is space marine die to save normal human , not even salamander do things like that is very rare , in many book the imperial guard or normal human love the space wolf , in one the newest book 1 space wolf capitan don't take a ship and die of certain death only to stay whit 1 kid for not making him die only , I don't do space wolf but if your read the lore are the only true good guy on the space marine side, maybe to good for the setting but is a good change of reading they're books
OMG OMG OMG! I never thought you'd get around to making this. Good things take time.
Space Marine: "So anyway, we found this hilarious looking thing and gave it your name as a joke. But it turns out it is actually really useful, so we now need to share this with the entire imperium and its too late to name it something else."
Leman Russ: ...**sigh**
Can you do an episode on STCs I know it's more into dark age of technology but so many possibilities!!!
Yes yes yes!
Love that you decided to keep this series going. I know it sounds lame but I honestly always thought that the vehicle’s in the imperium was one of the coolest parts of 40k
Thank the gods you came back to this! Been waiting!
As a former anti-armor career specialst, I can't read the tech specs of the leman russ without laughing. Its like a 14 year old drew what he thought the ultimate tank was supposed to be in his notebook. The STC AI that designed it must've been only partially functional. No wonder the space wolves laughed at it.
I think 40k works best when approached as a parody.
My current head cannon is it was a corrupted file for a hazardous environment exploder. But the corrupted data was on the life support and scanning systems. While the Baneblade in my current head cannon for it is that it was a hazardous environment exploitations vehicle. Essentially a heavily engineered tractor so it could operate anywhere it could find ground. It explains a LOT more about these vehicles then cannon and helps us understand just how far the Imperium has fallen from the Golden age of Technology.
Looks fine to me
Great! Now when can we expect a new video about the Aspect Warriors?^^
Waiting for my favorite, The Baneblade!!
Lovely! Good old fashion lore tidbits are the best.
The lemun Russ would more be classified as a heavy/breakthrough/infantry tank entirely due to its lack of speed, while having several of the charactistics of an MBT, this critical aspect means it's incapable of exploiting small breaks in the enemies lines or form the part of a QRF. However, given the standards of imperial tanks, I'm not surprised that mobility isn't as important as modern day vehicles
Chimeras are highly mobile, though, as they can reach up to 70 kph on road and 55 kph off road, while also being amphibious.
@@sciarpecyril The chimera is comparable to the Armoured cars of WW2 or the IFVs of today, while capable of preforming limited exploitative actions, their lack of 'Tank grade' protection and fire support capabilites heavily limits their ability to properly engage enemy armoured forces or fortified positions.
Ontop of this, the Chimera would have significantly less of a psychological impact compared to a dedicated imperial tank and so, for certain enemies say Separatists or Tau, or on allied forces it is also less effective in this regard
If the Lemun russ or other similar 'tanks' that could partly or completely match the speed of the Chimeras, the imperial armoured core would be the most powerful in the galaxy, able to preform running gunfights to a far greater extent then previously, while also maintaing its massive numbers advantage.
@@soph1823, Chimera's armour is actually 100-150 mm thick and thus, comparable to Leman Russ.
Anyway, I wrote this in response to the statement that high mobility was not the standard for Imperial tanks, but this only applies to Leman Russ. Tanks on a Chimera chassis, like the Hellhound flamethrower tank, have a high movement speed.
@@sciarpecyril that's frontal protection, the sides are likely far thinner than a Russ's, and while I understand the point your trying to make, after doing some reading, the Standard 'design' If you will of the Chimera chassis is the APC varient, not the upgunned of flamethrower varients, which seem to rather he limited run situations or simply deployed sparingly meaning my point still stands
@@soph1823, Chimera is an IFV and already pretty heavily armed with multilaser/autocannon/heavy flamer/heavy bolter/twin-linked heavy bolter on turret and heavy bolter/heavy flamer in frontal armour plate.
The problem is, armour location isn't fully specified both on Chimera and Leman Russ.
Chimera has 150 mm superstructure, 100 mm hull and 150 mm turret, while Leman Russ has 180 mm superstructure, 150 mm hull, 100 mm gun mantlet and 200 mm turret.
Yes!!! I've been waiting for this one!
Dope! Been waiting for this video since the last Imperial Armor video.
This is the classic content I have watched and loved since junior year of high school (almost seven years) love the return to the imperial armor series
Yeah because he realised openly being a fascist and a racist wasn't a good look
40:00 DOW2 executioner..... Rapidfire, spray and pray anti infantry
To paraphrase a certain theiving gypsy: "What are these shitty Imperial tanks, and why are there a trillion of them?"
Replace "Tank" with any other military term, and you have the Imperium Battle Strategy.
Oh look someone using a racial slur in the comments of an arch video what a fucking surprise
@@clf400 'racial'? Romanian isn't a race.
Vee also refers to himself using that exact term, its something of an inside joke. You do know what a joke is?
@@chrisbingley g***y is a slur
@@clf400 I never said it wasn't a slur. I said it wasn't racial. Gypsy isn't a race, it's a way of life.
It was also a JOKE.
Wow! Thanks for the info on the tank, Arch! Didn't realize how in-depth they were. Wish you'd do one like this on the Crassus and its variants (if there's enough lore for them :( ).
I like how in every arch video you can just hear the uther ridiculousness of the Warhammer universe in his voice
Arch I know GW is being douche bags about fan creations but I truly hope this channel lives on!! I went to Rumble so if you go somewhere else just give us the notice.
@trueblueprussian 23 basically CZcams but not
So they use something like HESH for the spalling interesting.
13:22 multifuel engine, love that little touch of engineering grimdark ^^
As seems to be the case with most GW stuff, they made a drawing without any concept of the engineering behind it, or the space required for stuff like ammo storage, how you move ammo from storage to where it is used, basic crew safety measures, etc. Add about 50% to the length, add a track system with some suspension, and a few other adjustments and you could make a credible design out of this.
The way it us it's a cute parody of a tank, though. That might make it an attractive model to have on your desk.
If they tried to even do that add things like ammo and track systems, the model of the tank for miniatures would be a pain in the ass to paint and assemble bud.