Also, as a heretic there's no certainty that that's a trained soldier. At best, it might be traitor PDF. Typically, chaos rebellions consist of civilians driven to a berserk mania en mass, especially with Khorne. Tzeentch prefers mutations, Nurgle prefers diseases, Slaanesh prefers hedonism dens, but they all fight like maniacs.
@@johnj.spurgin7037 I can absolutely see that. But that also makes me think, are there any planets that are completely dominated by Chaos Cultists that actually have set up some form of military recruitment or a proper well organized defense? I don't know much on the WH40K lore, but i thought it could be interesting to have some kind of Chaos Cultist Army Regiments.
Last line always reminds me of that one episode of Dexter's Laboratory, where the family goes to that pizza place, and the 2 animatronic mice (if the ''yes'' mouse pronounciation can be mimicked, that's a bonus as well) :P
@@CombatVeteranReacts like the mordian iron guard, the death corps of krieg do NOT fuck up. they will either break the enemy line or burry it under their corpses. either way the death corps will keep advancing until the objective is achieved. it is not a question IF they will succeed, but WHEN. i dont think there was ever a enemy in 40k that would make the death corps run out of soliders
@combat veteran reacts Krieg has 2 methods of infantry warfare: throw near endless corpses into the meat grinder. Or if method one is repulsed they bury the damn enemy position in a sea of artillery ordinance while the second infantry wave is point blank or "danger close" Krieg dont give a shit about personal safety, or that they are walking/marching into constant artillery fire, all that matters to them is killing the enemies of man be it the xeno, deamon or heretic. All so they can die in the emperors name. If you want a good idea of how krieg does things i would suggest to you arch's vraks series, it's long per video (1-2 hours a piece) But is very informative and "colourful" to say the least.
To be fair to the Death Korp, they do have specific medics to treat the wounded. It’s just a matter of “Will this Guardsman be worth the resources to be brought back up and rejoin the fight?”. A lost leg or other mortal wound and they’ll be given the Emperor’s Peace. But a non-mortal bullet wound will probably get treated if there’s a medic nearby. And don’t feel bad for the wounded, they would absolutely hate themselves if they became a burden to his battle-brothers or be shipped back home as no long able to serve in the fight. If they became a burden needing extra medical attention and resources, they would probably just kill themselves in order for their body to become corpsestarch, and being useful.
@@CombatVeteranReacts As someone else pointed out, these are the quartermasters in the Death Korps. As in, medical treatment isn't really what they're primarily there for. They are primarily responsible for keeping track of the dead, and reclaiming their equipment. As such, they are also the most likely to encounter a wounded and not (yet) dead Korpsman. They are then supposed to decide whether they should spend medical resources on this wounded guardsman, or if they should just give them the Emperor's mercy. Battlefield medicine probably isn't very high on the list of priorities for supply shipments to the front for a Krieg commander.
@@CombatVeteranReacts the thing most people leave out is cybernetic augmented troops are common in the Imperium so losing a arm, leg, eye is not a big deal and worth saving someone as they are easy to replace. Keep in mind these are not the best bionics but they work almost as good as regular limbs. This is another reason not every soldier is equipped with full body armor like Astartes, Tempestuous Scions, Sisters of Battle and such. Cause most limbs the bloodloss is easy to stop in 40K and replace the limb with something more durable for cheap. High level officers and such can get very good bionics with weapons built in and eye pieces that scan in multiple spectrums and such. Mainly things like heart, brain, lungs and big vital areas where it will cost more then most basic troopers are worth will they just dispose of them. Kreig is more hard-core about this then other regiments due to producing over 50 million Guardsmen each year. Since the Fall of Cadia they are the biggest producer of troops other then Terra itself.
You ever heard of the description "soldier expecting to die" in this case it has been taken up a notch. They are not just expecting to die *THEY ARE SUICIDAL AND WANT TO DIE*
Thats actually a misconception at least thats how a deathkorps guardsman would argue it. For the deathkorps there needs to be a rational reason for them to hurl themselves at the enemy. Once established then yeah they're like lemmings. They'd make the distinction that its sacrifice not suicide.
It is not unheard of for Kreigsmen to execute their COMMISSAR for cowardice because he held them back from too many “good” opportunities to martyr themselves. Though most at least intellectually understand that the Commissar is telling them to back off because he wants to ensure their deaths drag as many of the heretics with them to the grave as possible, so such mutinies are rare.
"if a soldier goes into battle hoping to live, he will die. if a soldier goes into battle expecting to die, he will live." I think it was Sun Tzu who said that
P.s. just to make sure you were aware, the death corps do not like unnecessary sacrifice. They want to sell their lives, and do so as best they can. Why they go on suicide missions, and not just suicide. It might also be so that they can get in close and limited medium-long range accuracy. That said, the death corps are known for pulling no punches, including NBC warfare.
I mean, their evaluation of a suicide mission and ours is worlds apart. They won't just shoot themselves for no reason. But if their death is useful or ordered by an officer, they will assume that the officer knows something they don't, and obey anyway unless it's just clearly and overwhelmingly dumb.
You've actually given me a new perspective on 40K. I'm beginning to think maybe the reason certain units or characters are OP or have plot armor in 40k is that they're actually using sane (or at least somewhat better) tactics when no one else is. Certainly would apply to the Catachans.
I don't think that's the case kreig tactics are highly effective for kreigers but stupid for many other regiments and even space marines in some cases, just because an individual is not optimising his personal position when theres a few hundred others charging forward the one guy standing still will hardly be noticed. It all depends on your situation training and equipment.
Also a little thing about the death korps. Danger close doesn’t mean within 300 meters. More like 3 meters. As far as the death korps are concerned the artillery will kill as many enemies as friendlies, but the soldiers will also be killing enemies, so it’s a net increase in enemies killed as far as they are concerned.
@@CombatVeteranReacts that is not just gasmask, it is more like life support sistem and has built-in binoculars (magnoculars in waha terms), radio(vox) and some kind of NV which is not effected by ordinary smokescreen And uniform despite it looks like ww1 uniform it is wery close to hazard environment protection suite
I was under the impression. That the grenade wasn't frag krak poison or gas. But was emitting a low frequency hum. Not loud enough to hear. But a frequency that would be totally annoying. Scary. Headache inducing. 40k has a lot of grenade types. Flash bangs. Void grenades. Even tempature grenades. Imaging a silence grenade. Where the chaos cultists are yelling orders. But there's no sound. As the grenade has silenced everything.
Dunno how realistic this this is but when setting up a trench system the deathkorp will shell the location for trenches with artillery. This leaves craters which they can then use as cover. when in the craters two men will dig a fox hole. Once done they will go back to back and dig their way to the next fox hole forming the trench network. The deathkorp have a type of soldier called a quartermaster. These are the first rung of commissioned officer in the deathkorp. Their role has evolved slightly from when they fought on their irradiated hellhole of a planet after the council of autarchs's rebelled against the imperium. These guys serve the purpose of recovering anything salvageable from the battlefield. be it the lucius pattern las rifles they use, thier equipment or even the soldier himself so yes their role does encompass the duties of a field medic. The officer in charge ordering a bayonet charge is most likely an imperial Commissar. Commisars are like their soviet inspired counterparts political officers attached to imperial guard armies to instil discipline often by force. They aren't above executing their own troops but at the same time they aren't above carrying out acts that they expect troops in their command to carry out. They often lead by example. Problem for commissars in the deathkorps is that they are often put in charge of troops far more zealous than they are. Commissars are typically not from the planet of origin that the regiment is from. The Commissar in question is likely not from krieg. The gasmasks that the deathkorp wear is a throwback to their origins on their home world again. They typically will not take them off even if there's no NBCD threat apparent. The chaos cultists (mortal men, women and in some cases children! grim I know) are often highly fanatical but not highly trained. Armed with autoguns, basic bitch gun powder weapons or stubbers (mounted LMG's) and lasguns if lucky. mortals are generally used as cannon fodder, meatshields if you will for more important units in a traitor army such as chaos space marines and are often flung en masse at an enemy. Man to man an Imperial guardsmen is more than a match for a basic cultist. But there's often WAAAAAY!!!!! more cultists than IG. The cultists may have the entire planets population in their ranks
@@joshuaborg3907 often, the Death Korps won't have their own Commisars, but will be loaned Commisars from other regiments. After all, why would you trust a Kriegsman to tell other Kriegsmen to NOT charge the enemy en masse?
@@MidoriOfTheShuinsen nope, commissars are raised and trained at the scholam progenium orphanages, same organization that provides the basic training and indoctrination for the stormtroopers (tempestus scions) and the girls destined to become Sisters of battle. All of them are officially unafilliated until assigned, first a training station under a comissioned field comissar and, if they survive long enough to be qualified for promotion, they are assigned to a jr rank comissar comission under a regimental commissar with the future possibility of further advancement. The Ciaphas Cain novels are quite good at explaining the process.
How fighting positions work is pretty similar; we first get set up along a line and our sergeants assign firing sectors and sector sketches get filled out (like little maps that help with targeting). First you’ll dig your individual fighting positions (usually 2 man) and camouflage them: then as time permits soldiers are to continue the process until a trench line is formed. After that you’ll start seeing secondary and communications trenches start being dug, and OP/LPs established front of the lines. Each centimeter of the front will be by this time mapped and targeted for all the area of effect weapons
8:10 Kriegs man will follow orders from higher up no matter what. They can make decision for themselfe for sure but they are usualy in the mindset of "the higher ups know it better". Party because in Krieg to advance on the ranks you need to start from the bottom, so they pretty much assume that the general had past war experiences as well.
@@CombatVeteranReacts Well. Even in 40k you can get unfathomably lucky. Or you were legitimately just that skilled and competent of a soldier. Then again, you tend to find the former with the latter, luck seems like its own skillset in 40k. In all seriousness however, if you get lucky enough to survive your initial post, you will be a candidate for promotion since, well, you will be in major need of more folks to replace the high ups, and there will only be so many survivors. With each advancement your odds of survival increase. Not by a lot, mind you, but they do go up, and sometimes that 3% difference in mortality rates can be what differentiates you from the corpse pile. Even if the overall mortality rate is still 74%. And when you pump out as many guardsmen as Krieg does, SOMEONE is going to get lucky long enough. Or their entire regiment gets destroyed. Which is also ironically a great way for them to be promoted if they survive.
@@richardduska1558 I don't believe the general who was commanding the siege was from Krieg.... cause for one I'm sure he would have been ok the planet probably
11:10 - Keep in mind that the Vraks Militia (who are what the Krieg are fighting) were mostly the equivalent of semi-trained reservists, religious fanatics, and conscripts. Their knowledge of actual military terminology was limited at best.
actually, going back wounded is a shame for them: not only did you not die for the emperor, you are using up ressources and supplie that good soldier could use to sacrifice their live later. kriegmans routing? The only time where it will happen is against catastrophic odds that they didnt saw coming (tyranids, chaos lifeform/space marine/ dark eldar...). the commissar in their squad is literraly there to stop them from sacrificing themselve too fast. ... no its super sound, what they failed to achieve while alive, they will help in death as their bodies are used by their comrades as sandbag a bit further on the battlefield or at least telling them where suppressive fire start (... god that was dark). you forgots duds, those happen a lots. the krieg guy was just ready to charge in regardless of if it explode or not. he was just lucky the chaos dude saw it, otherwise he would have kept looking at the battlefield.
@@CombatVeteranReacts Don't ok now if you'll see this, but why not. Usually it takes a Commissar to order a retreat. No Krieg officer would ever call the retreat. Lol
In 40k, english language is known as a Low Gothic.(Latin is a High Gothic). Though due to lack of mass mandatory school education, many people (most people really) are probably speaking it's dialects, which might as well be called separate languages in some cases.
@@randomlygeneratedname effectively. It's more that High Gothic is for the upper class (Astartes, Inquisitors, etc.) while Low Gothic is the proper universal language of the Imperium, with Planetary dialects adding some words that others don't have, such as the Kasrkin of Cadia.
"But what if there is a route? That would be devastating..." Yah no. Kriegsmen: "Excuse me, what is retreat?" Normal Guardsmen: "It's where you give up your position to..." Kriegsmen: "So Heresy with extra steps!"
I agree the Guardsman should have went prone to fire the "plasma rifle." However, I can see one of the Death Korps of Krieg both not caring about his safety and wanting to continue the push forward, asap. He only paused due to the power of his weapon.
Believe me or not, Kriegers do have field medics. Their field medics also double as quartermeisters, stripping dead soldiers of their weapon and ammo if they were armed with something stronger than lasgun to pass to others, so a single meltagun can change a dozen hands in a single battle.
I've heard that there's a story where Kriegsmen had the fortune of engaging Necrons (almost certain to die for the Emperor against those guys). Whenever one of them was shot, they would hot-potato their plasma gun as they were disintegrating so their heaviest infantry weapon wouldn't get lost.
I love the part at 16:00, where the Chaos dude distracts the Krieger by throwing his autogun over the sandbags, giving him the chance to close the distance with his chainaxe.
12:59 "Nobody would ever just stop, try to charge up your weapon, and then engage enemies in cover" My friend, do you have a moment to talk about the Cult of Sacrifice of Krieg? It will change your life! Also, the Kriegsman needed a point-blank shot at that emplacement with THAT kind of a weapon. Damn thing could blow up in his face if his luck was bad, but the Emperor protects and rewards those who sacrifice the most in his name. And it worked lol
this may be a cinematic based on the siege of Vraks. if it is, the unclear call of 'incoming!' may have been because the forces arrayed against the death korp were mostly hastily trained civilians and labor auxilia slaves who were trained to a bare minimum, including using only wooden weapons until they were actually deployed. They scrounged for semi functional gear, including gas masks, because Vraks was an armoury world. And good on the animator having the death korp soldier having a number instead of a name. As for checking on wounded soldiers, in the death korp that is the job of the quartermasters, who serve as a combination of field medic and battlefield scrounger as it is their job to reclaim the gear and numbers from downed troops, assess if wounded soldiers were worth saving, or if too far gone give them the emperors mercy. Another thing is, if this is the siege of Vraks, an increase of earthshaker fire would be seen as nothing special. At one point, they fired all guns, nonstop, for like a week straight. they had enough guns, spare parts, rounds, and replacement crew members that when one gun was either too hot, damaged, or just needed more maintenance, they could pull it off the line, replace it with the same style of gun, fix it, and kept that up for the entire week nonstop all along the entire miles long encirclement. And then they did it, again, for when they got to the actual hive city on Vraks and had to pound down its void shields.
13:00 The Imperium's plasma guns fire with the strength of a solar flare, which means there is a _lot_ of magnetic fields to keep the plasma contained long enough to heat up and be fired. If any one part of that were to fail there is no more cover and if friendlies were nearby they would most likely be dead as well since it went from gun to grenade real fast, which is a good reason why they're standing alone in an open field. The upshot is that you get to look like an action hero, if you survive.
11:49 "You can't counter Infantry by being in a bunker" I mean, it DID work out pretty well for the Germans at Normandy. Those fortified MG-42s at the beaches countered the allied Infantry pretty effectively.
@@CombatVeteranReacts True, true. Once the allies got up close and personal, it took only a couple of grenades to clear out a MG nest. But until they got overwhelmed, they killed a lot. But that's probably also partly because the MGs had the high ground. Also: I definitely agree that a tactical retreat would have bought more time, especially if done in a large scale bounding retreat supported by CAS and armored vehicles but the Germans were pretty adamant on holding the line and repelling the invaders. Combine that with the immense patriotism and the indoctrination through all the propaganda and you got the recipe for strategic disaster, honestly. And on your comment about standing upright in the open battlefield while firing: You would be correct in any other instance but this is the Death Korps of Krieg we're talking about. They are known to be basically the lemmings of the imperial army. They WANT to die, in hope of achieving atonement for their ancestors 'heresy'. And they are based on the Kaiser German army and not the Soviet. Even though the default RoE and tactics of the Kriegsmen are very Soviet, not gonna lie.
@@carebloodlaevathein6732 well the Kriegsminister are based on WW1 in general their coat is French their helmet is a french German mix their worlds name and their names for units are more German their Gasmaske are a mix etc. The imperial German army was best known to built the better trenches and to invent esspecially in the late war small unit tactics able to break enemy lines (isn’t that useful when you can’t use the breakthrough because you don’t ww2 vehicle but they tried)
In Trench Warfare, there are usually periscopes and cameras and things, but Kriegsmen don't care and just stand on parapets and stare at the enemy. Not sure if intended or animation error. In the lore, Kriegsmen have medics, who dress wounds, but also harvest blood and organs from the dying. They also prioritise getting soldiers back on their feet over long term health, so a dying soldier can just get injected with drugs and be told to join the line. While it's risky as you explain, the Kriegsmen are not risk-averse and I think the rationale here is that a counter-attack against the enemy a few kilometres from where they're advancing might divert their reinforcements from their attack and help the decimated allies hold their line till they get reinforced. Or maybe even try to attack the flank of the enemy push. Both of these can work in HoI4, at the cost of a few thousand to tens of thousands losses. Huh, in "Generation Kill" series, danger close artillery was below 600 metres, not 300. But I guess the standards would be different for Kriegsmen :P My favourite type of WH40k grenade is the Hallucinogenic one. It gives people who breathe it a bad acid trip and then they're too busy fighting each other and things that aren't really there to mount an organized resistance. In the RPG about Guardsmen, a sharpened shovel is an actually decent melee weapon, better than a combat knife. Oh and in Suvorov's book, he wrote that Spetsnaz sharpened their shovels and used them as weapons, to cut wood, etc.
The kreig do acknowledge their wounded, they have a specific position in their units that works with the wounded and dead exclusively. That position is the quartermaster, looking for equipment and spare organs.
"firing without cover" Actually, that's just Krieg. They are infamous for having zero fear of death. To the point that Space Marines have commented on it.
Other Guardsmen: "I accidentally shot my commander because he ordered us to fix bayonets and charge an enemy titan!" Krieg Guardsman: "I Intentionally shot my commanding officer because he wouldn't allow us to bayonet charge an enemy titan"
I thought that the smoke grenade in the trench was to block line of sight out from the trench so that the rest of the Guardsmen could move across no-man's-land without being accurately engaged by forces in the trenches. Although, if that was the case, why not drop smoke rounds from mortars or artillery on them before the attack even starts?
Just wanted to say that when they said a new unit was coming in it may have been meant that they were being rotated off the line, given the WW1 like setting. So the new unit may have been replacement rather than reinforcement, could explain why the commander is so keen to advance and take more ground before he's sent to the rear.
The funny thing is: what you said about "tactically unsound" is pretty much what gets commissars attached to Krieg regiments killed sometimes. Usually, commissars are there to keep the guardsmen in the fight for as long as needed, oftentimes in straight out suicidal situations where their units are getting sacrificed in order to buy as much time as possible. In Krieg regiments, a commissar's task is quiet the opposite. They have to convince the officers that sending in their men into a killzone for hours upon hours non-stop just to deplete the enemy's ammo is not actually the best way of warfare, since saving your men's lives can be beneficial later on. But: "saving your men's lives" is the equivalent of "being a coward" in Krieg terms, and cowardice is a capital crime on Krieg, so if the commissar is not careful with his wording, it can happen that he gets executed by firing squad for said capital crime. Along with the Catachan Jungle Fighters, the Death Korps of Krieg is the only guard regiment that kills their attached commissars on a regular basis.
@@CombatVeteranReacts there is a complete video, it's like 2 and a half hours. If you don't want to react to it I still suggest you to watch it on your own, it's pretty cool.
@@CombatVeteranReacts Just watch part 1, the prologue. 2 1/2 minutes only and already amazingly cool. (no actual war/fighting scene though, dunno if you only watch those kind of scenes)
Something funny about the death korps is that many people think there German based on the name but actually are an amalgamation of WW1 era soldiers and are in fact based more on the french then the Germans due to there near suicidal tendency to charge the enemy from trenches, (note I don't mean that the french were suicidal in WW1 I mean that they would take huge casualties in charges compared to other armies)
French didn't have a "near suicidal tendency" to charge trenches, wth are you talking about. Everyone charged trenches in mass, coordinated not mindleslly, because there was literally no other way to break through after the moment a network of trenches started being built(which was in order to prevent unnecessary massive losses against artillery which had the effect of prolonging the war and exponentially increasing losses by turning the Western front into a massive continental 2way siege), as you have two fortresses facing each other(this being Germany and France and belgium with allied support both continental spawning trench lines) there is no other way other than wait out your enemy to run out of supplies which wasn't a viable option in such massive siege, since you were sieging countries which were not fully encircled, even if they were it still wouldn't be a viable solution. But people didn't "suicidally" charge trenches, that's a false narrative that has been pushed by media and many academics with neferious agendas
@@alexmag342 ok, I was just making a joke, what I was referring was that the french, there commanders in particular, tendency to lose vast amounts troops in what were effectively pointless charges
@@alexmag342 th-cam.com/video/FZV109cP6RQ/w-d-xo.html The battle of chemin des dames is in 1917 not in 1914 It's one of the most bloody and useless infantry charge of the war
I wouldn't expect to have a rout from the Death Korps. They would die to the last man. Which is probably even worse for your point. Whenever the Death Korps is fighting trench warfare, there is likely near-constant artillery barrages going on, specifically to counter the issue of the enemy recognizing an impending assault when the guns open up. This tactic was used extensively during the Siege of Vraks to keep the traitor forces unsure where the next attack would come from. Admittedly, it also depletes ammunition and artillery barrels at a ludicrous rate, but if the Imperium cares enough about a war to send the Death Korps, they're probably also willing to send however many shells are requested. When the traitor says incoming, he was probably referring to the infantry. But if the Death Korps is sending infantry at you, then you are also about to be shelled if you aren't already. They have a tendency to have their lines charge straight into active artillery bombardments. So he's probably right in either case. The plasma gun LOOKS like a Sequana pattern plasma gun though I can't be sure, since it wouldn't make much sense. Either way, it should have a range of probably around 90 meters. I don't know how wide that no-man's land is, but it seems very likely that in order to get into range of the weapons emplacement, the Kriegsman with the plasma gun had no available cover. Which he probably doesn't care about since he's from Krieg. Dying is a glorious outcome for him. Of course, it seems odd that the gun wasn't knocked out with artillery to start with, but if its presence was a surprise (somehow), then I guess it makes sense that the plasma gunner also simply opened fire once he recognized the threat when it opened fire, at which point he might not have had any good cover. I'm not actually sure about how good of an idea it would be to go prone with a plasma gun. Most plasma guns have vents along the underside of the weapon (among other places), so if you have it too close to the ground, some sort of super-heated backblast might become an issue? But yeah even if none of that was an issue, I doubt that a Death Korps of Krieg guardsman would give a shit about taking cover during a charge. These are the guys who will MARCH in formation into heavy weapons emplacements. The grenade was probably smoke. Though considering that it's the Death Korps, there are decent chances that it's a gas grenade, like you pointed out. Krieg use chemical warfare extensively. The traitor forces appear to have their own sealed air sources though so who knows? The traitor was definitely trying to hold the advance back. But depending upon the origins of the traitor force, as well as their subsequent training, they might not be drilled well enough to effectively use the tactics you describe. They may even be breaking without an order to retreat being given. Even Chaos cultists usually don't want to have to face off against Kriegers in close-quarters battle in trench warfare. Judging by the fact that the traitors are mostly using autoguns and stubbers, they probably are not traitor Guard, so are likely either corrupted PDF troops, or a militia raised by Chaos cultists. Which would explain a lack of training, equipment, and lower threshold to break ranks. One aspect I really think needs more notice when it comes to the Death Korps, is related to the point you made at the end of the video. The heavy yet somewhat muted breathing. The Death Korps wear gasmasks basically all the time. They also use voxcasters, which are backpack-mounted communications devices, to communicate on the front lines, as opposed to the voxbeads more commonly used by more technologically advanced (and well equipped) Guard regiments. The officers might have voxbeads, but imagine having to yell commands through a heavy gasmask, as well as the fact that I really doubt that Krieg cares about hearing protection yet LOVES artillery. This combined with the gasmask means it's probably hard to hear things anyway, and the vox operator must be STRUGGLING to relay information to his squad. That must be hell, and I would imagine that it would also really limit the complexity of the strategies and tactics that you're using due to limits in communication. Which probably isn't all that important in the grand scheme when the Death Korps' primary command tends to be, "Affix bayonets," and "Charge!"
Kriegers probably have some kind of hearing protection to ensure that they can be pointed in the correct direction for the charge, and that orders can be relaid effectively. just because they don't care about dying doesn't mean that they don't care about maintaining combat effectiveness until death, and losing communications due to getting their hearing blown out doesn't only impact their own effectiveness, it can also hold back other forces as well and there's nothing that a Krieger hates more than to be a burden.
Not sure about the plasma gun venting dangerous amounts of heat into the guardsman, but if you go prone with one, there's a significant risk of it overheating and detonating in your hands.
I think the decision was relatively sound as he's playing for time by getting the enemy to keep their heads down with the incredibly powerful earthshaker rounds while also bringing in an armoured division
Very good take on the tactics and equipment but I have my own theory on why the death korp commander ordered a charge. Most likely his forces were the center line of the trench network as they were getting reinforced by a full unit rather than eastern or western parts of his position. Now seeing as the eastern portion was falling back meant that it must been a large force that assaulted them since that would be needed as the messenger said they taken enough losses to force a retreat. That must have told the commander that there might be a good chance the enemy trench line north of them might have been reduced in manpower to feed such a assault. Next we do not how long the 22nd was from there lines. Not mention how many men he sent to eastern part to hold while he made the call to charge. He also had armor in his reserves that could exploit the break his men would and swing to the east to In circle the eastern forces thus allowing a hammer and anvil type finish.
Also, he had to "make space" for the reinforcements. A trench system can only have a certain ammount of soldiers at a time. Making space for the Kriegsmen means advancing and dying for the emperor
@@CombatVeteranReacts I asked the maker in their video and they confirmed that it was in part, inspired by 1917 so if it looks familiar thats why. Also, I recommend that if you're going to continue to react to lore videos, I think it would be best you stick to Luetin09 as he provides the most in-depth ones and accurate ones.
[krieg commander] '' launch the cavalry [kriegsmen] '''yes sir'' [krieg commander] ''fire the artillery'' [kriegsmen] ''what about the cav-'' [krieg commander] ''DID I STUTTER''
As Combat Vet myself, and military scifi author, I love the Death Korps of Krieg! This animation is not only awesome but is very historical accurate (referring to WWi) The Charge was awesome and was reflected WWI extremely well.
Vraks is an armory world, and that bigass double barrel cannon with twin mags up top is called a heavy stubber. More or less a 40mm bofors with 2 barrels modded to fire flat
Since my other points have already been addressed (thank you commenters btw), I'll just touch on the ballistic weapons in use. Surprisingly, many of them we actually exist, namely the autoguns used by the cultists (in some sources are listed as being 11mm-ish? and using weight near the muzzle to keep the recoil manageable), missile launchers (minus frag/krak/flakk missiles), the heavy stubbers (as mr. Paul correctly assumed, they are .50cal), the autocannon (think heavy stubber on steroids, 30-37mm, also frequently used as aircraft-mounted weapons or flak guns), and battle cannon used by Leman Russ base tank variant (Imperial Armour books list the gun as being ''120mm smoothbore''). Some books/novels also depict (not sure how reliable) use of said weapons (Gaunt's Ghosts series and Imperial Armour - Siege of Vraks are great examples).
“Nobody would just stop and charge up your weapon to assault an enemy in cover” You’re right. A true Krieg would keep advancing as the weapon is charging.
if he attacks, he might take pressure of his flank, while redirecting the reinforcements to stabalize his endangert flank and directing the artillery to prepare for a box barrage to cut of enemy reinforcments.
I’d be very interested in seeing you react to Genestealer cults lore, tactical efficacy, and combat tactics, sparse as the information on them is, seeing as they are the 40K partisan/guerrilla faction with a heavy focus on asymmetrical warfare that would probably operate most similarly to the foes you would have seen combat against assuming you served in the Middle East or Vietnam, albeit with some suitably grimdark and ruthless caveats.
@@CombatVeteranReacts th-cam.com/video/MqfeZGDRI-0/w-d-xo.html that is prety good one and personaly i would love to see reaction to th-cam.com/video/Q4qspMss-Mo/w-d-xo.html this its about the night lords .
th-cam.com/video/MqfeZGDRI-0/w-d-xo.html Baldermort really nails how horrifying Genestealer cults are as well as the nature of their weapons and tactics. Most Tyranid lore videos also mention genestealer cults and their strategic goals but rarely go into the cults themselves on account of how much there is to explain about the Nids.
the puttees, were not just to stop the water, it was adopted as a more practical and cheaper way to replace the gaiters. They had the added effect of at least helping with the water, but the real reason for them is to support the soldier's weight especially in long marches or long times of standing up. Then also to protect them from all sorts of things on the ground that could injure them, either on the woods, long walks, or when doing the mile cross (assaulting through no man's land). Soldiers of course found other uses for them. like keeping their spoons to eat on the communal pot, pens, silver bullets, small knifes, etc. Cavalry uses them too, with a similar reason, but while the ones from the foot soldiers were wrapped from the ankle up, the cavalry ones wrapped from the knee down to help while mounted on the chair and due to the way they move, things would not get stuck on them while riding. puttees are super interesting when you study them, they were originally used by foot soldiers in tribal cultures, the commonwealth adopted them from India and the Himalayas
Thats awesome about the greatcoats, cause my duster serves the exact same purpose. And danger close bombardments arent landing near you position, theyre landing ABOARD your position.
That weapon the enemy used is called a auto cannon its used for light armoured vehicles and is the closest modern equivalent would be the main gun on a IFV
isn't the whole smaller bullets are designed to wound FUDD lore and they are actually just lighter so you can carry more and less recoil makes it more controllable in rapid fire?
I can't speak to the intent at the time of design, but the Soviets dropped to 5.45 despite having few issues with the 7.62 cartridge for years. And the wound channels they make at lower velocities seem to speak for themselves
@@CombatVeteranReacts There's probably multiple considerations so both are likely true. After all, you are going to have to provide plenty of various reasons if you want to get your military to swap to something different, considering that the military tends to use the "If it ain't broke," mindset.
I'm pretty sure he threw the smoke to make them think it was a grenade and get their heads down before they jumped in the trench. Desired effect achieved if you ask me
Kriegsman soldier were fanatics and trench warfare specialists, the fact that this situation for them is considered basic training and boot camp graduation
There is one more thing i thought of about smoke nade - if You come close enough to trenches to throw one in You might do it just in case You will fall for sake of following comrades as smoke in trenches will make impossible to see them.
"Glory to the first man to die!" An unnamed commisar. The funny thing about the Korp and the Commissariat, is that only certain commisars are dispatched to the krieg'ers. And only to act as tactical officers with an emphasis on swaying the suicidal fools away from wasteful maneuvers. Sadly, a Kriegsman's perspective will always be: "We must perform a tactical retreat, to regroup with a larger element and push the enemy back!" C "What is a tactical retreat?" K "To abandon a position for more favorable lines and manpower in order to-" C "So heresy with extra steps?" K, priming lasgun
well the thing is. the order wasn't just to take as much land as possible. it was to take the enemy line and then anything else in addition that they could take.
13:00 >Kreigsman that's the idea, lol. Either he gets the shot off and bags another notch on his plasmagun, or he gets turned into a wet splatter on the mud.
Now just imagine, if Abaddon came to the aid of krieg during the civil war. And gave them a helping hand when the imperium turned it's back on them. Just imagine the entire krieg army now turning to chaos I think the imperium would be boned.
@@CombatVeteranReacts i mean i know it would never happen, even back then kriegsmen were loyal to the imperium, though i guess if he gave aid to the rebellious hive lords they would accept his help.
Yes. In fact, that's one of the main reasons Britain pioneered the tanks. The Mark V and IV had that distinct design solely to overcome trenches and leading assaults on fortified position, hopefully ending the stalemate usually found in trench warfare.
As an addendum, check out any MBT overcoming ditches videos, it's amazing such heavy machines plow through it like it's nothing. And even should they not be able or deem safe to do so, their engineering corps erect makeshift bridges able to sustain the blessed Machine's displacement.
Yes. If you want to see some live action of that, search TH-cam for the old Czechoslovak movie "Tankova brigada" from 1955, taking place during WWII. A full version with English subtitles is available. They used actual soldiers and real WWII tanks, airplanes, weapons and all. There were plenty available by then. No Shermans or T-34's posing as German tanks. There are real German Panzer IV's in the movie. There is a fantastic scene with T-34 tanks carrying teams of Czechoslovak storm troopers armed with SMG's, dismounting just after crossing trenches full of their own troops during an all-out assault. This was a drill trained thoroughly in our army back then. You can also search for "Last days of war" by Mauzer. It is a compilation of some of the coolest moments from the movie, with some very cool music.
Any other imperial regiment when they are told by a commissar to fix bayonets: - Oh fuck Why? We have have ranged weapons too you know? Death core of Krieg: -This is what I was birth for (from the artificial machine wombs)
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"Is he telling to his friends that artillery is incoming or dismounted infantry is approaching?"
Krieg bois: Yes
Also, as a heretic there's no certainty that that's a trained soldier. At best, it might be traitor PDF. Typically, chaos rebellions consist of civilians driven to a berserk mania en mass, especially with Khorne. Tzeentch prefers mutations, Nurgle prefers diseases, Slaanesh prefers hedonism dens, but they all fight like maniacs.
@@johnj.spurgin7037 I can absolutely see that.
But that also makes me think, are there any planets that are completely dominated by Chaos Cultists that actually have set up some form of military recruitment or a proper well organized defense? I don't know much on the WH40K lore, but i thought it could be interesting to have some kind of Chaos Cultist Army Regiments.
Last line always reminds me of that one episode of Dexter's Laboratory, where the family goes to that pizza place, and the 2 animatronic mice (if the ''yes'' mouse pronounciation can be mimicked, that's a bonus as well) :P
I certainly wouldn't put it past the Kreig artillery to keep firing until they've confirmed the enemy position has been taken by their infantry.
I wouldn't be suprised, if they loaded some Kriegsmen in those canons and launched them onto the enemy trench.
“What if your advance fails?”
Kriegsmen: impossible
" What if they rout" me and all of the fan base " HAHAHAHAHAHHA" krigers running away such a funny dream that
"We won't"
Lol. confidence is key
@@CombatVeteranReacts like the mordian iron guard, the death corps of krieg do NOT fuck up. they will either break the enemy line or burry it under their corpses. either way the death corps will keep advancing until the objective is achieved. it is not a question IF they will succeed, but WHEN. i dont think there was ever a enemy in 40k that would make the death corps run out of soliders
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Krieg has 2 methods of infantry warfare: throw near endless corpses into the meat grinder. Or if method one is repulsed they bury the damn enemy position in a sea of artillery ordinance while the second infantry wave is point blank or "danger close"
Krieg dont give a shit about personal safety, or that they are walking/marching into constant artillery fire, all that matters to them is killing the enemies of man be it the xeno, deamon or heretic.
All so they can die in the emperors name. If you want a good idea of how krieg does things i would suggest to you arch's vraks series, it's long per video (1-2 hours a piece)
But is very informative and "colourful" to say the least.
Guardsman 1"Dang it Carl died"
Guardsman 2 "lucky bastard"
beats ending up with the Dark Eldar...
@@CombatVeteranReacts Well their dark eldar poison will have you in pain for hours or months after being shot so yes.
@@deamonmindgaming2054 Or undergoing a back and forth sex reassignment surgeries without anesthesia for half a millennium... Or worse...
@@BaldPolishBiotechnol or having it removed then being both.
@@deamonmindgaming2054 Or being tuned into a Necron for sport...
To be fair to the Death Korp, they do have specific medics to treat the wounded. It’s just a matter of “Will this Guardsman be worth the resources to be brought back up and rejoin the fight?”. A lost leg or other mortal wound and they’ll be given the Emperor’s Peace. But a non-mortal bullet wound will probably get treated if there’s a medic nearby. And don’t feel bad for the wounded, they would absolutely hate themselves if they became a burden to his battle-brothers or be shipped back home as no long able to serve in the fight. If they became a burden needing extra medical attention and resources, they would probably just kill themselves in order for their body to become corpsestarch, and being useful.
Morbid and interesting!
@@CombatVeteranReacts 40k in a nutshell
they are called quartermasters and are the lowest rank within the deathkorp as commissioned officers
@@CombatVeteranReacts As someone else pointed out, these are the quartermasters in the Death Korps. As in, medical treatment isn't really what they're primarily there for. They are primarily responsible for keeping track of the dead, and reclaiming their equipment. As such, they are also the most likely to encounter a wounded and not (yet) dead Korpsman. They are then supposed to decide whether they should spend medical resources on this wounded guardsman, or if they should just give them the Emperor's mercy. Battlefield medicine probably isn't very high on the list of priorities for supply shipments to the front for a Krieg commander.
@@CombatVeteranReacts the thing most people leave out is cybernetic augmented troops are common in the Imperium so losing a arm, leg, eye is not a big deal and worth saving someone as they are easy to replace. Keep in mind these are not the best bionics but they work almost as good as regular limbs. This is another reason not every soldier is equipped with full body armor like Astartes, Tempestuous Scions, Sisters of Battle and such. Cause most limbs the bloodloss is easy to stop in 40K and replace the limb with something more durable for cheap. High level officers and such can get very good bionics with weapons built in and eye pieces that scan in multiple spectrums and such. Mainly things like heart, brain, lungs and big vital areas where it will cost more then most basic troopers are worth will they just dispose of them. Kreig is more hard-core about this then other regiments due to producing over 50 million Guardsmen each year. Since the Fall of Cadia they are the biggest producer of troops other then Terra itself.
You ever heard of the description "soldier expecting to die" in this case it has been taken up a notch. They are not just expecting to die *THEY ARE SUICIDAL AND WANT TO DIE*
That Commissar is not there to keep them from retreating, he's there to stop them form charging.
Oof
Thats actually a misconception at least thats how a deathkorps guardsman would argue it. For the deathkorps there needs to be a rational reason for them to hurl themselves at the enemy. Once established then yeah they're like lemmings. They'd make the distinction that its sacrifice not suicide.
Not as much as they want the heretics to die!
It is not unheard of for Kreigsmen to execute their COMMISSAR for cowardice because he held them back from too many “good” opportunities to martyr themselves. Though most at least intellectually understand that the Commissar is telling them to back off because he wants to ensure their deaths drag as many of the heretics with them to the grave as possible, so such mutinies are rare.
1:31 Don't worry I'm sure the Quartermaster is on his way to make sure all equipment is accounted for and usable for the next Guardsman.
lol. Wise
Don't forget the spare parts for any guardsman not too far gone already.
"if a soldier goes into battle hoping to live, he will die.
if a soldier goes into battle expecting to die, he will live."
I think it was Sun Tzu who said that
And i'd say he knows a little bit more about fighting than you do,pal.
@@dandydasyt4766 Then he used his fight money to buy 2 of every animal, then herded them onto a boat, and then he beat the crap out of all of them!!!
@@AnikaJarlsdottr And from that day forward any time a bunch of animals are together in one place it's called a 'zoo'!
@@dandydasyt4766 UNLESS ITS A FARM!!!!!
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SFM stands for Source Filmmaker it's a 3D software used in this animation.
I didnt know that! Thanks!
What is Source Filmmaker?
A catagory, A software?
@@Gfish17 Source Filmmaker is a 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, utilizing the Source game engine.
And porn dear god alot of porn
@@tristen151 the second best part of sfm
P.s. just to make sure you were aware, the death corps do not like unnecessary sacrifice. They want to sell their lives, and do so as best they can. Why they go on suicide missions, and not just suicide.
It might also be so that they can get in close and limited medium-long range accuracy.
That said, the death corps are known for pulling no punches, including NBC warfare.
Good point. Did you see me worst tactics of the imperium video?
I mean, their evaluation of a suicide mission and ours is worlds apart. They won't just shoot themselves for no reason. But if their death is useful or ordered by an officer, they will assume that the officer knows something they don't, and obey anyway unless it's just clearly and overwhelmingly dumb.
@@CombatVeteranReacts not yet. Still need to. Thanks for the reminder.
@@enderoctanus pretty much. I’m pretty sure some people in universe look at them like they are insane.
@@dragonturtle2703 Almost everyone views them as insane, which is impressive for 40k.
You've actually given me a new perspective on 40K. I'm beginning to think maybe the reason certain units or characters are OP or have plot armor in 40k is that they're actually using sane (or at least somewhat better) tactics when no one else is. Certainly would apply to the Catachans.
I like this theory! Be sure to check out my 5 worst tactics of the imperium!
Catachans must use the best tactic considering their planet is a hate child of vietnam's forest and australian's wildlife
@@CombatVeteranReacts seen your tactics video and think you need to read up more lore.
I don't think that's the case kreig tactics are highly effective for kreigers but stupid for many other regiments and even space marines in some cases, just because an individual is not optimising his personal position when theres a few hundred others charging forward the one guy standing still will hardly be noticed. It all depends on your situation training and equipment.
Aren't they the Rambo guys?
Also a little thing about the death korps. Danger close doesn’t mean within 300 meters. More like 3 meters. As far as the death korps are concerned the artillery will kill as many enemies as friendlies, but the soldiers will also be killing enemies, so it’s a net increase in enemies killed as far as they are concerned.
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"if there is a rout"
kriegsmen: We don't do that here
When I heard him say that, I actually BURST into laughter for a solid 2 minutes, lol...
The closest thing to a rout in the Death Korps is a 100% casualty rate during a charge.
@@DJSpike-ft9yw jokes on you, that's the hope!
Commisar: RETREAT!
Kriegsmen: Kill him, he is a traitor!
To quote Baldermort all men can break.
I think the smoke grenade was just a decoy, instead of throwing a frag and being force to wait in no man lands for it to go off.
That would make sense. Others suggested poison gas
@@CombatVeteranReacts that is not just gasmask, it is more like life support sistem and has built-in binoculars (magnoculars in waha terms), radio(vox) and some kind of NV which is not effected by ordinary smokescreen
And uniform despite it looks like ww1 uniform it is wery close to hazard environment protection suite
Its most likely a poison or viral grenade as its what the kreag use
I was under the impression. That the grenade wasn't frag krak poison or gas. But was emitting a low frequency hum. Not loud enough to hear. But a frequency that would be totally annoying. Scary. Headache inducing. 40k has a lot of grenade types. Flash bangs. Void grenades. Even tempature grenades. Imaging a silence grenade. Where the chaos cultists are yelling orders. But there's no sound. As the grenade has silenced everything.
Dunno how realistic this this is but when setting up a trench system the deathkorp will shell the location for trenches with artillery. This leaves craters which they can then use as cover. when in the craters two men will dig a fox hole. Once done they will go back to back and dig their way to the next fox hole forming the trench network.
The deathkorp have a type of soldier called a quartermaster. These are the first rung of commissioned officer in the deathkorp. Their role has evolved slightly from when they fought on their irradiated hellhole of a planet after the council of autarchs's rebelled against the imperium. These guys serve the purpose of recovering anything salvageable from the battlefield. be it the lucius pattern las rifles they use, thier equipment or even the soldier himself so yes their role does encompass the duties of a field medic.
The officer in charge ordering a bayonet charge is most likely an imperial Commissar. Commisars are like their soviet inspired counterparts political officers attached to imperial guard armies to instil discipline often by force. They aren't above executing their own troops but at the same time they aren't above carrying out acts that they expect troops in their command to carry out. They often lead by example. Problem for commissars in the deathkorps is that they are often put in charge of troops far more zealous than they are. Commissars are typically not from the planet of origin that the regiment is from. The Commissar in question is likely not from krieg.
The gasmasks that the deathkorp wear is a throwback to their origins on their home world again. They typically will not take them off even if there's no NBCD threat apparent.
The chaos cultists (mortal men, women and in some cases children! grim I know) are often highly fanatical but not highly trained. Armed with autoguns, basic bitch gun powder weapons or stubbers (mounted LMG's) and lasguns if lucky. mortals are generally used as cannon fodder, meatshields if you will for more important units in a traitor army such as chaos space marines and are often flung en masse at an enemy. Man to man an Imperial guardsmen is more than a match for a basic cultist. But there's often WAAAAAY!!!!! more cultists than IG. The cultists may have the entire planets population in their ranks
Interesting! And Scary!
The commissar looks like he’s from the mordian iron guard
@@joshuaborg3907 often, the Death Korps won't have their own Commisars, but will be loaned Commisars from other regiments. After all, why would you trust a Kriegsman to tell other Kriegsmen to NOT charge the enemy en masse?
@@MidoriOfTheShuinsen nope, commissars are raised and trained at the scholam progenium orphanages, same organization that provides the basic training and indoctrination for the stormtroopers (tempestus scions) and the girls destined to become Sisters of battle.
All of them are officially unafilliated until assigned, first a training station under a comissioned field comissar and, if they survive long enough to be qualified for promotion, they are assigned to a jr rank comissar comission under a regimental commissar with the future possibility of further advancement.
The Ciaphas Cain novels are quite good at explaining the process.
How fighting positions work is pretty similar; we first get set up along a line and our sergeants assign firing sectors and sector sketches get filled out (like little maps that help with targeting). First you’ll dig your individual fighting positions (usually 2 man) and camouflage them: then as time permits soldiers are to continue the process until a trench line is formed. After that you’ll start seeing secondary and communications trenches start being dug, and OP/LPs established front of the lines. Each centimeter of the front will be by this time mapped and targeted for all the area of effect weapons
8:10 Kriegs man will follow orders from higher up no matter what. They can make decision for themselfe for sure but they are usualy in the mindset of "the higher ups know it better". Party because in Krieg to advance on the ranks you need to start from the bottom, so they pretty much assume that the general had past war experiences as well.
How could you respect a general who went a whole war with the DKOK without dying lol?
@@CombatVeteranReacts Well this can lead to catastrophic results If the general is incompetent. Like Vrask....oh boy that was a shit show...
@@CombatVeteranReacts Well. Even in 40k you can get unfathomably lucky. Or you were legitimately just that skilled and competent of a soldier. Then again, you tend to find the former with the latter, luck seems like its own skillset in 40k. In all seriousness however, if you get lucky enough to survive your initial post, you will be a candidate for promotion since, well, you will be in major need of more folks to replace the high ups, and there will only be so many survivors. With each advancement your odds of survival increase. Not by a lot, mind you, but they do go up, and sometimes that 3% difference in mortality rates can be what differentiates you from the corpse pile. Even if the overall mortality rate is still 74%. And when you pump out as many guardsmen as Krieg does, SOMEONE is going to get lucky long enough. Or their entire regiment gets destroyed. Which is also ironically a great way for them to be promoted if they survive.
@@richardduska1558 I don't believe the general who was commanding the siege was from Krieg.... cause for one I'm sure he would have been ok the planet probably
11:10 - Keep in mind that the Vraks Militia (who are what the Krieg are fighting) were mostly the equivalent of semi-trained reservists, religious fanatics, and conscripts. Their knowledge of actual military terminology was limited at best.
actually, going back wounded is a shame for them: not only did you not die for the emperor, you are using up ressources and supplie that good soldier could use to sacrifice their live later.
kriegmans routing? The only time where it will happen is against catastrophic odds that they didnt saw coming (tyranids, chaos lifeform/space marine/ dark eldar...). the commissar in their squad is literraly there to stop them from sacrificing themselve too fast.
... no its super sound, what they failed to achieve while alive, they will help in death as their bodies are used by their comrades as sandbag a bit further on the battlefield or at least telling them where suppressive fire start (... god that was dark).
you forgots duds, those happen a lots. the krieg guy was just ready to charge in regardless of if it explode or not. he was just lucky the chaos dude saw it, otherwise he would have kept looking at the battlefield.
Yea, Kreigers wouldnt probably route, it would just be a massacre
@@CombatVeteranReacts Don't ok now if you'll see this, but why not. Usually it takes a Commissar to order a retreat. No Krieg officer would ever call the retreat. Lol
I love how the Chaos guys cares more about his friends than the imperial forces do. Says a lot about 40k.
Well these are Kriegers so...
In 40k, english language is known as a Low Gothic.(Latin is a High Gothic). Though due to lack of mass mandatory school education, many people (most people really) are probably speaking it's dialects, which might as well be called separate languages in some cases.
That makes sense. Also stops them from communicating with Space Marines, Inqusitors, etc
I believe technically low gothic Is the local language. And high gothic is the universal one
@@randomlygeneratedname effectively. It's more that High Gothic is for the upper class (Astartes, Inquisitors, etc.) while Low Gothic is the proper universal language of the Imperium, with Planetary dialects adding some words that others don't have, such as the Kasrkin of Cadia.
Technically English is called Old Angli in 40k.
@@MidoriOfTheShuinsen kind of like how Catachans speak with American Accents
"But what if there is a route? That would be devastating..." Yah no.
Kriegsmen: "Excuse me, what is retreat?"
Normal Guardsmen: "It's where you give up your position to..."
Kriegsmen: "So Heresy with extra steps!"
I agree the Guardsman should have went prone to fire the "plasma rifle." However, I can see one of the Death Korps of Krieg both not caring about his safety and wanting to continue the push forward, asap. He only paused due to the power of his weapon.
Believe me or not, Kriegers do have field medics. Their field medics also double as quartermeisters, stripping dead soldiers of their weapon and ammo if they were armed with something stronger than lasgun to pass to others, so a single meltagun can change a dozen hands in a single battle.
I've heard that there's a story where Kriegsmen had the fortune of engaging Necrons (almost certain to die for the Emperor against those guys). Whenever one of them was shot, they would hot-potato their plasma gun as they were disintegrating so their heaviest infantry weapon wouldn't get lost.
A kriegsman never seeks cover when firing. The only protection he needs is his faith in the Emperor, which he carries with him at all times
"In Coming!"
Is artillery inbound or Kreigers on foot?
Yes.
I love the part at 16:00, where the Chaos dude distracts the Krieger by throwing his autogun over the sandbags, giving him the chance to close the distance with his chainaxe.
12:59 "Nobody would ever just stop, try to charge up your weapon, and then engage enemies in cover"
My friend, do you have a moment to talk about the Cult of Sacrifice of Krieg? It will change your life!
Also, the Kriegsman needed a point-blank shot at that emplacement with THAT kind of a weapon. Damn thing could blow up in his face if his luck was bad, but the Emperor protects and rewards those who sacrifice the most in his name. And it worked lol
Did you really just say, "Diggin' the shovel"?
Very nice! 😁
Oh nice! I didn't even realize I did it!
Pretty sure the DKK operate on a different definition of danger close, probably more like 50m.
this may be a cinematic based on the siege of Vraks. if it is, the unclear call of 'incoming!' may have been because the forces arrayed against the death korp were mostly hastily trained civilians and labor auxilia slaves who were trained to a bare minimum, including using only wooden weapons until they were actually deployed. They scrounged for semi functional gear, including gas masks, because Vraks was an armoury world. And good on the animator having the death korp soldier having a number instead of a name. As for checking on wounded soldiers, in the death korp that is the job of the quartermasters, who serve as a combination of field medic and battlefield scrounger as it is their job to reclaim the gear and numbers from downed troops, assess if wounded soldiers were worth saving, or if too far gone give them the emperors mercy. Another thing is, if this is the siege of Vraks, an increase of earthshaker fire would be seen as nothing special. At one point, they fired all guns, nonstop, for like a week straight. they had enough guns, spare parts, rounds, and replacement crew members that when one gun was either too hot, damaged, or just needed more maintenance, they could pull it off the line, replace it with the same style of gun, fix it, and kept that up for the entire week nonstop all along the entire miles long encirclement. And then they did it, again, for when they got to the actual hive city on Vraks and had to pound down its void shields.
It is the Siege of Vraks, this Animation is part of a large project I'm pretty sure
13:00 The Imperium's plasma guns fire with the strength of a solar flare, which means there is a _lot_ of magnetic fields to keep the plasma contained long enough to heat up and be fired. If any one part of that were to fail there is no more cover and if friendlies were nearby they would most likely be dead as well since it went from gun to grenade real fast, which is a good reason why they're standing alone in an open field.
The upshot is that you get to look like an action hero, if you survive.
11:49
"You can't counter Infantry by being in a bunker"
I mean, it DID work out pretty well for the Germans at Normandy. Those fortified MG-42s at the beaches countered the allied Infantry pretty effectively.
Only until the infantry got past the beach. Than they were just trapped soldiers. Maybe a tactical withdrawl would have bought more time
@@CombatVeteranReacts
True, true. Once the allies got up close and personal, it took only a couple of grenades to clear out a MG nest. But until they got overwhelmed, they killed a lot. But that's probably also partly because the MGs had the high ground.
Also: I definitely agree that a tactical retreat would have bought more time, especially if done in a large scale bounding retreat supported by CAS and armored vehicles but the Germans were pretty adamant on holding the line and repelling the invaders. Combine that with the immense patriotism and the indoctrination through all the propaganda and you got the recipe for strategic disaster, honestly.
And on your comment about standing upright in the open battlefield while firing:
You would be correct in any other instance but this is the Death Korps of Krieg we're talking about. They are known to be basically the lemmings of the imperial army. They WANT to die, in hope of achieving atonement for their ancestors 'heresy'. And they are based on the Kaiser German army and not the Soviet. Even though the default RoE and tactics of the Kriegsmen are very Soviet, not gonna lie.
@@carebloodlaevathein6732 well the Kriegsminister are based on WW1 in general their coat is French their helmet is a french German mix their worlds name and their names for units are more German their Gasmaske are a mix etc.
The imperial German army was best known to built the better trenches and to invent esspecially in the late war small unit tactics able to break enemy lines (isn’t that useful when you can’t use the breakthrough because you don’t ww2 vehicle but they tried)
In Trench Warfare, there are usually periscopes and cameras and things, but Kriegsmen don't care and just stand on parapets and stare at the enemy. Not sure if intended or animation error.
In the lore, Kriegsmen have medics, who dress wounds, but also harvest blood and organs from the dying. They also prioritise getting soldiers back on their feet over long term health, so a dying soldier can just get injected with drugs and be told to join the line.
While it's risky as you explain, the Kriegsmen are not risk-averse and I think the rationale here is that a counter-attack against the enemy a few kilometres from where they're advancing might divert their reinforcements from their attack and help the decimated allies hold their line till they get reinforced. Or maybe even try to attack the flank of the enemy push. Both of these can work in HoI4, at the cost of a few thousand to tens of thousands losses.
Huh, in "Generation Kill" series, danger close artillery was below 600 metres, not 300. But I guess the standards would be different for Kriegsmen :P
My favourite type of WH40k grenade is the Hallucinogenic one. It gives people who breathe it a bad acid trip and then they're too busy fighting each other and things that aren't really there to mount an organized resistance.
In the RPG about Guardsmen, a sharpened shovel is an actually decent melee weapon, better than a combat knife. Oh and in Suvorov's book, he wrote that Spetsnaz sharpened their shovels and used them as weapons, to cut wood, etc.
Ww1 and 2, german troops also loved their sharpened spades.
Learned more about my world through a 40k post
With the plasma weapons you don't know when they're actually going to go off you hold the trigger down until it's done and hope it doesn't blow up
The kreig do acknowledge their wounded, they have a specific position in their units that works with the wounded and dead exclusively.
That position is the quartermaster, looking for equipment and spare organs.
"firing without cover" Actually, that's just Krieg. They are infamous for having zero fear of death. To the point that Space Marines have commented on it.
Other Guardsmen: "I accidentally shot my commander because he ordered us to fix bayonets and charge an enemy titan!"
Krieg Guardsman: "I Intentionally shot my commanding officer because he wouldn't allow us to bayonet charge an enemy titan"
Death Korps of Kreig.
Being tactically sound.
Pick one
truth
I thought that the smoke grenade in the trench was to block line of sight out from the trench so that the rest of the Guardsmen could move across no-man's-land without being accurately engaged by forces in the trenches.
Although, if that was the case, why not drop smoke rounds from mortars or artillery on them before the attack even starts?
Good point!
I do enjoy the "Yes he has orders but..." part. It's the Death Korps, it's just "We have orders." full stop, there is no "but" with them. lol
Came for the animation reaction, stayed for the interesting trivia and insights. Great job!
Just wanted to say that when they said a new unit was coming in it may have been meant that they were being rotated off the line, given the WW1 like setting. So the new unit may have been replacement rather than reinforcement, could explain why the commander is so keen to advance and take more ground before he's sent to the rear.
Also in the Kriegsmens sense getting "reinforcments/replacements" might also mean the same as "make room for them by dying for the emperor"
The funny thing is: what you said about "tactically unsound" is pretty much what gets commissars attached to Krieg regiments killed sometimes. Usually, commissars are there to keep the guardsmen in the fight for as long as needed, oftentimes in straight out suicidal situations where their units are getting sacrificed in order to buy as much time as possible.
In Krieg regiments, a commissar's task is quiet the opposite. They have to convince the officers that sending in their men into a killzone for hours upon hours non-stop just to deplete the enemy's ammo is not actually the best way of warfare, since saving your men's lives can be beneficial later on. But: "saving your men's lives" is the equivalent of "being a coward" in Krieg terms, and cowardice is a capital crime on Krieg, so if the commissar is not careful with his wording, it can happen that he gets executed by firing squad for said capital crime.
Along with the Catachan Jungle Fighters, the Death Korps of Krieg is the only guard regiment that kills their attached commissars on a regular basis.
Slowly but surely we will get him to react to Helsreach
Its like, 15 parts, right?
@@CombatVeteranReacts there is a complete video, it's like 2 and a half hours. If you don't want to react to it I still suggest you to watch it on your own, it's pretty cool.
@@CombatVeteranReacts Just watch part 1, the prologue. 2 1/2 minutes only and already amazingly cool.
(no actual war/fighting scene though, dunno if you only watch those kind of scenes)
On vraks chaos troops were either militia or criminals freed from prison so they have little training
Something funny about the death korps is that many people think there German based on the name but actually are an amalgamation of WW1 era soldiers and are in fact based more on the french then the Germans due to there near suicidal tendency to charge the enemy from trenches, (note I don't mean that the french were suicidal in WW1 I mean that they would take huge casualties in charges compared to other armies)
French didn't have a "near suicidal tendency" to charge trenches, wth are you talking about.
Everyone charged trenches in mass, coordinated not mindleslly, because there was literally no other way to break through after the moment a network of trenches started being built(which was in order to prevent unnecessary massive losses against artillery which had the effect of prolonging the war and exponentially increasing losses by turning the Western front into a massive continental 2way siege), as you have two fortresses facing each other(this being Germany and France and belgium with allied support both continental spawning trench lines) there is no other way other than wait out your enemy to run out of supplies which wasn't a viable option in such massive siege, since you were sieging countries which were not fully encircled, even if they were it still wouldn't be a viable solution.
But people didn't "suicidally" charge trenches, that's a false narrative that has been pushed by media and many academics with neferious agendas
@@alexmag342 ok, I was just making a joke, what I was referring was that the french, there commanders in particular, tendency to lose vast amounts troops in what were effectively pointless charges
@@dragonstudios5234 Could be worse, could be italians under Cadorna.
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The battle of chemin des dames is in 1917 not in 1914
It's one of the most bloody and useless infantry charge of the war
I wouldn't expect to have a rout from the Death Korps. They would die to the last man. Which is probably even worse for your point.
Whenever the Death Korps is fighting trench warfare, there is likely near-constant artillery barrages going on, specifically to counter the issue of the enemy recognizing an impending assault when the guns open up. This tactic was used extensively during the Siege of Vraks to keep the traitor forces unsure where the next attack would come from. Admittedly, it also depletes ammunition and artillery barrels at a ludicrous rate, but if the Imperium cares enough about a war to send the Death Korps, they're probably also willing to send however many shells are requested.
When the traitor says incoming, he was probably referring to the infantry. But if the Death Korps is sending infantry at you, then you are also about to be shelled if you aren't already. They have a tendency to have their lines charge straight into active artillery bombardments. So he's probably right in either case.
The plasma gun LOOKS like a Sequana pattern plasma gun though I can't be sure, since it wouldn't make much sense. Either way, it should have a range of probably around 90 meters. I don't know how wide that no-man's land is, but it seems very likely that in order to get into range of the weapons emplacement, the Kriegsman with the plasma gun had no available cover. Which he probably doesn't care about since he's from Krieg. Dying is a glorious outcome for him. Of course, it seems odd that the gun wasn't knocked out with artillery to start with, but if its presence was a surprise (somehow), then I guess it makes sense that the plasma gunner also simply opened fire once he recognized the threat when it opened fire, at which point he might not have had any good cover. I'm not actually sure about how good of an idea it would be to go prone with a plasma gun. Most plasma guns have vents along the underside of the weapon (among other places), so if you have it too close to the ground, some sort of super-heated backblast might become an issue?
But yeah even if none of that was an issue, I doubt that a Death Korps of Krieg guardsman would give a shit about taking cover during a charge. These are the guys who will MARCH in formation into heavy weapons emplacements.
The grenade was probably smoke. Though considering that it's the Death Korps, there are decent chances that it's a gas grenade, like you pointed out. Krieg use chemical warfare extensively. The traitor forces appear to have their own sealed air sources though so who knows?
The traitor was definitely trying to hold the advance back. But depending upon the origins of the traitor force, as well as their subsequent training, they might not be drilled well enough to effectively use the tactics you describe. They may even be breaking without an order to retreat being given. Even Chaos cultists usually don't want to have to face off against Kriegers in close-quarters battle in trench warfare. Judging by the fact that the traitors are mostly using autoguns and stubbers, they probably are not traitor Guard, so are likely either corrupted PDF troops, or a militia raised by Chaos cultists. Which would explain a lack of training, equipment, and lower threshold to break ranks.
One aspect I really think needs more notice when it comes to the Death Korps, is related to the point you made at the end of the video. The heavy yet somewhat muted breathing. The Death Korps wear gasmasks basically all the time. They also use voxcasters, which are backpack-mounted communications devices, to communicate on the front lines, as opposed to the voxbeads more commonly used by more technologically advanced (and well equipped) Guard regiments. The officers might have voxbeads, but imagine having to yell commands through a heavy gasmask, as well as the fact that I really doubt that Krieg cares about hearing protection yet LOVES artillery. This combined with the gasmask means it's probably hard to hear things anyway, and the vox operator must be STRUGGLING to relay information to his squad. That must be hell, and I would imagine that it would also really limit the complexity of the strategies and tactics that you're using due to limits in communication. Which probably isn't all that important in the grand scheme when the Death Korps' primary command tends to be, "Affix bayonets," and "Charge!"
Kriegers probably have some kind of hearing protection to ensure that they can be pointed in the correct direction for the charge, and that orders can be relaid effectively. just because they don't care about dying doesn't mean that they don't care about maintaining combat effectiveness until death, and losing communications due to getting their hearing blown out doesn't only impact their own effectiveness, it can also hold back other forces as well and there's nothing that a Krieger hates more than to be a burden.
Not sure about the plasma gun venting dangerous amounts of heat into the guardsman, but if you go prone with one, there's a significant risk of it overheating and detonating in your hands.
I think when he called incoming he technically meant both cuz they had danger clothes artillery and their bombarding the lines as they are charging it
I think the decision was relatively sound as he's playing for time by getting the enemy to keep their heads down with the incredibly powerful earthshaker rounds while also bringing in an armoured division
Remember that the Krieg’s solution to traverse a no man land that has no cover is to throw soldiers untill the dead can be used as cover.
Line up a plasma weapon?
Wait for it to charge while in cover?
And where are you supposed to throw it when it overheats and blows up? Not IF. WHEN.
The coat of the death krieg soldiers is actually inspired by the french ww1 coat
Very good take on the tactics and equipment but I have my own theory on why the death korp commander ordered a charge.
Most likely his forces were the center line of the trench network as they were getting reinforced by a full unit rather than eastern or western parts of his position. Now seeing as the eastern portion was falling back meant that it must been a large force that assaulted them since that would be needed as the messenger said they taken enough losses to force a retreat. That must have told the commander that there might be a good chance the enemy trench line north of them might have been reduced in manpower to feed such a assault.
Next we do not how long the 22nd was from there lines. Not mention how many men he sent to eastern part to hold while he made the call to charge. He also had armor in his reserves that could exploit the break his men would and swing to the east to In circle the eastern forces thus allowing a hammer and anvil type finish.
Also, he had to "make space" for the reinforcements. A trench system can only have a certain ammount of soldiers at a time. Making space for the Kriegsmen means advancing and dying for the emperor
The shovel is the most iconic DKK weapon, when the shovel is out, shit just got real
Death by shovel never gets old😎
killed and buried by the same tool
Oh nice, you finally reacted to this one
Its a good one!
@@CombatVeteranReacts I asked the maker in their video and they confirmed that it was in part, inspired by 1917 so if it looks familiar thats why.
Also, I recommend that if you're going to continue to react to lore videos, I think it would be best you stick to Luetin09 as he provides the most in-depth ones and accurate ones.
@@hanstrevorsaw6921 Majorkill supplies the fun and short ones for ADHD stricken population, but they are still good, if less nuanced.
[krieg commander] '' launch the cavalry
[kriegsmen] '''yes sir''
[krieg commander] ''fire the artillery''
[kriegsmen] ''what about the cav-''
[krieg commander] ''DID I STUTTER''
That one Kriegsman we follow showed tremendous trigger discipline.
As Combat Vet myself, and military scifi author, I love the Death Korps of Krieg! This animation is not only awesome but is very historical accurate (referring to WWi) The Charge was awesome and was reflected WWI extremely well.
Love this man even mentions a route when krieg is involved.
Vraks is an armory world, and that bigass double barrel cannon with twin mags up top is called a heavy stubber. More or less a 40mm bofors with 2 barrels modded to fire flat
Since my other points have already been addressed (thank you commenters btw), I'll just touch on the ballistic weapons in use. Surprisingly, many of them we actually exist, namely the autoguns used by the cultists (in some sources are listed as being 11mm-ish? and using weight near the muzzle to keep the recoil manageable), missile launchers (minus frag/krak/flakk missiles), the heavy stubbers (as mr. Paul correctly assumed, they are .50cal), the autocannon (think heavy stubber on steroids, 30-37mm, also frequently used as aircraft-mounted weapons or flak guns), and battle cannon used by Leman Russ base tank variant (Imperial Armour books list the gun as being ''120mm smoothbore''). Some books/novels also depict (not sure how reliable) use of said weapons (Gaunt's Ghosts series and Imperial Armour - Siege of Vraks are great examples).
Guardsmen Dies By Artillery
Another Guardsmen: I Wish I Had Some.
DAmn, didn't realise the Kriegs were rocking TIMBS!
vintage, in the 41st ME
The Kreig motto may as well be "redefining human resources one division at a time"
“Nobody would just stop and charge up your weapon to assault an enemy in cover”
You’re right. A true Krieg would keep advancing as the weapon is charging.
I think you do well with explaining aspects. Really good job : )
"If there is a rout" oh my friend. These ppl don't rout. They'll drown u in their blood before rout even crosses their mind.
The death Korps don’t care about loss of life as long as the goal is accomplished and they win for the emperor
if he attacks, he might take pressure of his flank, while redirecting the reinforcements to stabalize his endangert flank and directing the artillery to prepare for a box barrage to cut of enemy reinforcments.
CBV, "nobody would ever just stop ad try to charge and engage enemies from cover."
Krieg soldiers, "hiding from fire is for the weak."
In life, war. In death, peace. In life, shame. In death, atonement.
firing without cover is a very Krieg thing to do
I bet he hoped his gun overcharged and exploded in his hand
I’d be very interested in seeing you react to Genestealer cults lore, tactical efficacy, and combat tactics, sparse as the information on them is, seeing as they are the 40K partisan/guerrilla faction with a heavy focus on asymmetrical warfare that would probably operate most similarly to the foes you would have seen combat against assuming you served in the Middle East or Vietnam, albeit with some suitably grimdark and ruthless caveats.
That would be really interesting! Have a good lore vid to recommend?
@@CombatVeteranReacts th-cam.com/video/MqfeZGDRI-0/w-d-xo.html that is prety good one and personaly i would love to see reaction to th-cam.com/video/Q4qspMss-Mo/w-d-xo.html this its about the night lords .
th-cam.com/video/MqfeZGDRI-0/w-d-xo.html Baldermort really nails how horrifying Genestealer cults are as well as the nature of their weapons and tactics. Most Tyranid lore videos also mention genestealer cults and their strategic goals but rarely go into the cults themselves on account of how much there is to explain about the Nids.
What you said: "What if there's a rout?"
What I heard: *UNINTELLIGIBLE HERESY*
hahahahaha
I love the seeing a reaction video from someone who actually understands the topic!
the puttees, were not just to stop the water, it was adopted as a more practical and cheaper way to replace the gaiters. They had the added effect of at least helping with the water, but the real reason for them is to support the soldier's weight especially in long marches or long times of standing up. Then also to protect them from all sorts of things on the ground that could injure them, either on the woods, long walks, or when doing the mile cross (assaulting through no man's land). Soldiers of course found other uses for them. like keeping their spoons to eat on the communal pot, pens, silver bullets, small knifes, etc.
Cavalry uses them too, with a similar reason, but while the ones from the foot soldiers were wrapped from the ankle up, the cavalry ones wrapped from the knee down to help while mounted on the chair and due to the way they move, things would not get stuck on them while riding.
puttees are super interesting when you study them, they were originally used by foot soldiers in tribal cultures, the commonwealth adopted them from India and the Himalayas
Thats awesome about the greatcoats, cause my duster serves the exact same purpose. And danger close bombardments arent landing near you position, theyre landing ABOARD your position.
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Combat shovel = Kreigguardsmen's best friend
That weapon the enemy used is called a auto cannon its used for light armoured vehicles and is the closest modern equivalent would be the main gun on a IFV
isn't the whole smaller bullets are designed to wound FUDD lore and they are actually just lighter so you can carry more and less recoil makes it more controllable in rapid fire?
I can't speak to the intent at the time of design, but the Soviets dropped to 5.45 despite having few issues with the 7.62 cartridge for years. And the wound channels they make at lower velocities seem to speak for themselves
@@CombatVeteranReacts There's probably multiple considerations so both are likely true. After all, you are going to have to provide plenty of various reasons if you want to get your military to swap to something different, considering that the military tends to use the "If it ain't broke," mindset.
I'm pretty sure he threw the smoke to make them think it was a grenade and get their heads down before they jumped in the trench. Desired effect achieved if you ask me
Hell, knowing the Krieg, I wouldn't be surprised if that grenade was a chemical agent of some sort.
Kriegsman soldier were fanatics and trench warfare specialists, the fact that this situation for them is considered basic training and boot camp graduation
I appreciate the animator showing the bayonet twist as opposed to just a quick stab which lots of people seem to think would be enough
In all fairness the Commanding officer did order an increase in earthshaker rounds. Maybe that's what the "incoming" was for.
Fair point
“… or they are so *hard-bitten* that they simply ignore casualties… “
Man "I know you just got here and aren't even from this division, now get on that fucking line" is the most krieg shit ever.
"staying in a bunker the entire time is not effective against infantry"
Germany at Omaha beach: "well about that"
When you said incoming those are chaos they are completely insane
There is one more thing i thought of about smoke nade - if You come close enough to trenches to throw one in You might do it just in case You will fall for sake of following comrades as smoke in trenches will make impossible to see them.
The DSKhA looks more like a Bofors twin 20mm to me
"Glory to the first man to die!" An unnamed commisar.
The funny thing about the Korp and the Commissariat, is that only certain commisars are dispatched to the krieg'ers. And only to act as tactical officers with an emphasis on swaying the suicidal fools away from wasteful maneuvers. Sadly, a Kriegsman's perspective will always be:
"We must perform a tactical retreat, to regroup with a larger element and push the enemy back!" C
"What is a tactical retreat?" K
"To abandon a position for more favorable lines and manpower in order to-" C
"So heresy with extra steps?" K, priming lasgun
8:05 “If there’s a rout…”
Oh, you definitely don’t understand the Death Korps.
well the thing is. the order wasn't just to take as much land as possible. it was to take the enemy line and then anything else in addition that they could take.
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that's the idea, lol. Either he gets the shot off and bags another notch on his plasmagun, or he gets turned into a wet splatter on the mud.
Now just imagine, if Abaddon came to the aid of krieg during the civil war. And gave them a helping hand when the imperium turned it's back on them.
Just imagine the entire krieg army now turning to chaos I think the imperium would be boned.
Probably
@@CombatVeteranReacts i mean i know it would never happen, even back then kriegsmen were loyal to the imperium, though i guess if he gave aid to the rebellious hive lords they would accept his help.
So is it possible for tanks to drive over the trenches like that? I wouldn't think that wood boarding would be able to support a whole tank.
Yes. In fact, that's one of the main reasons Britain pioneered the tanks. The Mark V and IV had that distinct design solely to overcome trenches and leading assaults on fortified position, hopefully ending the stalemate usually found in trench warfare.
As an addendum, check out any MBT overcoming ditches videos, it's amazing such heavy machines plow through it like it's nothing. And even should they not be able or deem safe to do so, their engineering corps erect makeshift bridges able to sustain the blessed Machine's displacement.
@@Milk192 that's actually really cool (also admech best faction)
Yes. If you want to see some live action of that, search TH-cam for the old Czechoslovak movie "Tankova brigada" from 1955, taking place during WWII. A full version with English subtitles is available. They used actual soldiers and real WWII tanks, airplanes, weapons and all. There were plenty available by then. No Shermans or T-34's posing as German tanks. There are real German Panzer IV's in the movie.
There is a fantastic scene with T-34 tanks carrying teams of Czechoslovak storm troopers armed with SMG's, dismounting just after crossing trenches full of their own troops during an all-out assault. This was a drill trained thoroughly in our army back then.
You can also search for "Last days of war" by Mauzer. It is a compilation of some of the coolest moments from the movie, with some very cool music.
Yep! Adeptus Mechanicus got it right!
Any other imperial regiment when they are told by a commissar to fix bayonets:
- Oh fuck Why? We have have ranged weapons too you know?
Death core of Krieg:
-This is what I was birth for
(from the artificial machine wombs)
"Nobody stands still when firing or charging up a weapon like that"
You don't know much about the Death Korps of Krieg do you?
I don't know much about Warhammer, but I do know one thing:
A trench assault by Kriegs isn't going to fail