kriegsman generally don't get along with other non-krieger guardsman. there are quite a number of reasons why, among them: 1. krieger uniforms are chemically treated to resist chemical weapons, but they also stink as a side effect 2. kriegers are told to treat their equipment as a second skin, so they almost never remove their gas masks, which hides their humanity from other guardsman 3. kriegers frequently berate their fellow guardsman if they see them not performing to their own standards (which are often absurd) 4. kriegers are primarily motivated by shame and penance rather than honor, duty and other such motivations, which makes them a bit of a downer to other guardsman imagine going to work and the guy sitting next to you always wears a balaclava, smells like chlorine all the time, barely ever talks to you and when he does, all he has to say is how little overtime you're putting in and how he has to (and will) work absurd hours because his dad stabbed a guy, so he has to work himself to the bone and put ever cent he makes towards that guy's medical bills or something
The best summery of the Death Korps of Krieg is the way the Imperial Commissars treat them. Usually Commissars have to inspire a willingness to "die for the Emperor". Commissars attached to Krieg units have to keep the Kriegsmen from "dyeing for the Emperor too quickly" and actually act like tacticians. The Marine Chapter there is the Dark Angels. The sword and wings on the left shoulder are their sigil.
@@seanironfist8887 Sometimes DKoK commit a mutiny. Especially when the commisar is a coward and orders his men to retreat (even if it's a good tactical decision). The first problem is that most commisars are not native to the planet of Krieg and therefore the soldiers don't respect them to such an extreme degree as other Astra Militarum regiments. The second problem is the fact that most Krieg soldiers actually believe their most important task in life is to sacrifice themselves for the Emperor of Mankind. So there's that. Combine these two facts and I think now you'll be able to figure out why mutiny is much more common among Krieg units.
Fun fact, those 'spears' are called 'heat lances' and are an anti tank weapon, they act like a shaped charge when impacting on armour, hence why they could bring down a chaos marine.
still giving kudos for him recognizing the color of the salamanders, its just these ones have winged swords (dark angles) instead of the dragons head (salamanders) on their pauldrons
@@bruhbrother4805 or if they are wearing flames on their armor. As the man emperor of mankind once said "is this a space marine chapter or a death metal band?"
-The Green Space Marines were green with silver trim, and had the winged sword as their insignia. That means these were of the Dark Angels Chapter. The Salamanders are green with gold trim, have a drake's head as their insignia, and almost exclusively use incendiary weapons. Easiest way to tell them apart. -The Guard forces were from the Cadian shock troops. You could tell because they had purple eyes. The Cadians got these as a mutation from being born under the Eye of Terror. -The Death Korps of Krieg don't dislike them, but there is definitely a certain machismo going on. They probably thought the Cadians were amateurs because their tanks didn't have any bayonets or something. -The enemy forces were traitor guardsmen. Pretty competent, but lacked extensive military training. -The Traitor (Chaos) Space Marines were from two separate legions. The ones in black were from The Black Legion. These are the descendants of the personal legion of Arch-Traitor Horus Lupercal himself, and are currently sort of the poster boys for the Chaos Marines. The red one in the tunnels was one of the World Eaters, the legion that gave themselves to Khorne, the chaos god of blood and slaughter.
Commissar: "YOUR MEN ARE DYING TOO QUICKLY!!" Krieg home office: "oh, don't worry about that. we can make some more.....i mean...uhh...recruit some more."
Wow... what a horrifying tactical briefing that would be. Standard Imperial Guard Commander: So maybe if we pull back in a feint? His Commissar: "opens mouth and starts to agree, but then.. * Death Korps Commander: *Heavy breathing under gas mask, twitching* Pull... pull... pull ...*sound of knife being drawn* Dark Angel Interrogator Chaplain: *puts a hand on Death Korps shoulder* I've got this... so... Commander.. how much do you know about our enemy? *crackling noises from activating Crozius Arcanum* Follow me, let's talk alone for a while. Commissar, you have command. Dark Angel leaves with other commander, immediate screaming is heard. Commissar: *sweating profusely* So.. we attack and break them.. in the name of the Emperor? Death Korps Commander: *eager nodding, leaves room* Dark Angel Sergeant: *nods in agreement, leaves room*
Shocktrooper commander: we have to retreat, they are mercylessly slaughtering us Death Corps commander: what is this tactic called retreat ? Commisionar : if the death corpse sees you retreating they will rip your guts out and use them as inksacks
"We're the Death Korps of Krieg, son. Did you think that was just a pretty name? We never retreat. We fight and we die, that's the Krieg way." - Lieutenant Konarski, 933rd Death Korp of Krieg
This was also probably the first battle for most of the Death Korps guardsmen present, considering their obscene casualty rates, and they didn't flinch.
From what you said at the beginning of the video, it's not really smack talk. The Krieg are known to be utterly psychotic in their devotion to death for the Emperor and the fact you never see their faces is very unnerving to other regiments. When the Krieg show up, you know it's gonna be nasty. Even astartes sometimes have been like Jesus Christ lol. Their own commissars are there to restrain their zeal in battle, which is the opposite of what they do for everyone else
just adding another comment in: the "spark" that u said at the beginning the Krieg doesn't work very well with the majority of the IG faction, because the Krieg deem everyone else who isn't wholly devoted their entire existence to the Emperor and ready to die by the moment's notice is a weakling. And the Krieg is also very stubborn in their approach of warfare, so much so that the commissars assigned to the Krieg act more like a liason between them and other IG faction, rather than being a political officer as they normally would be. Hell, there are stories of commissars getting executed by the Krieg because the commissars didn't display enough zeal to die for the Emperor. And the Krieg would write up a report as normal and submit that to their superior very nonchalantly, as if they were just squashing a pesky bug. That's how hardcore these guys are, they really don't give a shit about anything else, but Emperor help you if you stand in their way.
@@codshotgunner just so that anyone who's new to 40K don't get the wrong idea the Krieg don't actually just willy nilly execute people for the slightest inconvenient. They're a very disciplined faction that obey a superior's order above all else. All the jokes about them executing others are just that: jokes. It all stemmed from a couple of actual canon lore incidents where they actually execute others because their superior officer's order supersede the guys who told them otherwise. Most famous example of this: During the war on Vrak, Nurgle's chaos forces used a bioweapon so foul and deadly that it corrodes anything it touches. And they pour it all over the trenches of the Krieg, forcing them to retreat (and even then, they only retreated back one trench line). A commissar was seen ordering them to stay, even though the bioweapon cloud is creeping in, the Krieg just straight up shot the commissar and then proceed onward with their retreat.
@@Codex_0613 you probably mean the war for vraks, something like that happened there. On Armageddon there never was a nurgle themed invasion, there was angron and a whole bunch of angry green fungusboys, but no nurgle ... so far ... knowing that planets luck i am fairly certain it's in their future.
The death korps r completely suicidaley loyal to the emperor they have no idea if they’ll be able to take down the chaos space Marines they just know they’re gonna die trying to. Fun fact: commissars in the imperial guard or there to inspire their men and make sure they don’t run away but hey Commissar in charge of the death korps is there to make sure they don’t run headlong in the enemy battle and die Baldermort has a great video on them narrated by many warhammer youtubers U should definitely check out sodaz’s siege video imperial fists vs (one of my fave)iron warriors
One of my favorite things about kreigers is two times they've killed commissars. One time it was for not having enough zeal. The other was because he tried to stop them from retreating from an unwinnable fight (a demonic horde). If they had stayed, they would have all died for nothing. People seem to forget that kreigers aren't suicidal. They won't charge a position if they know there is no chance of them getting through with enough men to make a difference. They are not afraid to die if it means they will win.
There are four Imperial units involved in this skirmish: A Cadian infantry regiment An unidentified armored regiment Two Dark Angel space marines And a Death Riders regiment of Kriegers. One thing about the Guard is that they don't have combined arms units. Mechanized, aviation, jump troopers, artillery, armored and infantry units are purely the previous up to regiment level. Only when multiple regiments are together can the commanders hash out combined arms.
Yeah, people don't get why I rage when they call it a shovel. A shovel is what you have in the shed. The kill was with an Entrenching Tool, a weapon that goes back to WWI where E-tools were among the many improvised close combat weapons employed during the war which included trench made maces, swords, and sundry insanity. What's the difference between a shovel and an entrenching tool? An E-tool is made of metal, has a serrated edge and a sharpened edge, is all metal, folds, is found in a soldier's ruck, makes a great improvised axe, is only moderately useful for actually digging (short handle makes it handy in close use but vs a full handled shovel it is more tiring to use and has less leverage). A shovel on the other hand has a long handle, does not fold for easy storage, is very useful for digging, not really that great as a close combat weapon.
Funny enough, weaponized shovels (proper shovels, not E-tools) are used by the clerics of death in my D&D setting. Sharp edge for slashing apart undead, blunt end for caving in skulls and knocking out people trying to desecrate graveyards.
In some cases when other regiments have worked along side the Death Korps of Krieg, it's actually caused a decrease in morale amongst the ranks because of how intense they are. Commissars (pretty sure I'm spelling it wrong lol) from other regiments have to "motivate" the troops to move forward. Commissars from Krieg have to hold them back so they don't Leroy Jenkins every second
trough the community it is believed that the death corp are not the bravest soldiers in the imperium as to be brave you need to know fear first. as for the e-tool kill, it has been a meme for the longest amount of time in the community that there is almost nothing as dangerous as a krieger with a shovel.
Good guess on the Space Marines, unfortunately it was Dark Angels not Salemanders, but they're both green armored space marines so easy mistake. Also those grenades were literally German anti-tank grenades from WWII.
The Krieg are my favorite kind of Guardsmen just becuase of their inhuman ruthlessness and determination. They're literally the guys who kept bombing an enemy mega city 5 years after it surrendered. They will not only willingly charge into certain death, they want to. To them, dying for the Emperor is the best thing they can ever do. In that last bit were the tank guy is looking at the Kreigsman, you can see in the tanker's eyes that he was shaken and afraid after what he just went through. But when it shows the Kreigsman you see nothing. Just an absence of a soul.
The Cadians Guardsmen (guys in Green) are from the Fortress world which was the gatehouse of the Imperium prior to it's destruction and are regarded as one of the best Imperial Guard formations, but even veteran Guard are creeped out by the Kreig, who not only will sacrifice almost any amount of men to achieve victory, but never take their masks off
Also, my favorite Death Corps story involves a mission where they were fighting alongside the Salamanders. And the Death Corps, having no regard for human lives in pursuit of victory, called in an artillery barrage on a building complex that the Salamanders were clearing out. Afterwards, the Marine Captain walked helmetless into the command vehicle of the Death Corps and they were never that aggressive for the rest of the fight.
The riders use lances with shaped charges triggered by impact fuse. The explosive tip is made so that the blast and fragmentation is directed only at the enemy. Secondary weapons are sabers and laspistols. Also the Krieg steed isn't just a horse. It is pretty much a space marine of horses. Genetically modified, new organs and cybernetica, a weapon bred for war. They are mostly hairless and rippling with muscles and instead of hooves they have claws and aggressive attitude to match. And they have armored gas masks for added protection.
Just to clarify, of the Imperial guardsmen in the video, the Death Korps were the ones wearing the gas masks. The other guardsmen are likely Cadians - very adept tactically and well drilled, but they're not as 'suicidal' as Death Korps guardsmen. Also, the Astartes in green power armour are Dark Angels as seen from their insignia. Had they been Salamanders, the bolters they'd use would also likely have bolts that burst into flame in that they're filled with promethean aka Inferno bolts. Anything fiery is a Salamander favourite.
3:48 Black Legion. Formerly known as Luna Wolves (pre-heresy) and Sons of Horus (mostly heresy period until Abadddon took over). Their primarch was Horus Lupercal.
the DK of Krieg, my favorite IG faction you can think of them like a dark tidal wave, swallowing anything in their path they don't scream battlecry, they just advance and they will take their objective, even if they have to sacrifice themselves to the last man there's no greater honor for them but to die on the battlefield for the Emperor also a quick fact: their uniform is actually a sealed suit that can withstand high level radiation and other harsh conditions, the Krieg themselves are trained to think of their uniform and gas mask as their skin. So it's very rare that they would ever take it off, even to eat or drink. They're specialized in attrition and trench warfare.
These horses dont have hoves,something more like claws and they can take shoot from space marine bolter and keep going, and their riders have lances with explosive tip
krieg entrenchment tool is actually a pretty effective weapons, they are usually sharpened to be used as an axe in close combat, not necessarily the best idea when it come to safety but it make for an actually good melee weapon
This clip always gives me goosebumps. Death korps of krieg are the ultimate badass considered they are not superhuman space Marines. Even with a trench shovel they get the job done.
Feel free to pause as much as you see necessary during your reactions. It gives us the feeling that you immediately pick up on something interesting to you! Nice videos, keep it up man!
if u see spikes on a space marine, it's the chaos space marine the black sm in the movie is of the Black Legion, the red guy at the end is a Khorne Berserker (Khorne is the chaos god of violence and blood)
The green marines here were Dark Angels, my personal favorites. You can tell by the winged sword emblem on the left pauldron, and the swords on the right pauldron which indicate veterancy within the Dark Angels (it's usually represented by a single red sword).
Entrenching Tools are the melee weapon of choice for Kriegers. Sometimes they are used for digging trenches. In the fluff most guardsmen will sharpen their shovel though, turns out it's an effective way of getting someone out of your grill.
Fighting Krieg in a trench is like deciding to fight the Mongol Horde on the open plains. XD As a note I agree. I think Sodaz included the first set to show the difference between Krieg and everyone else.
He's a tank commander looking at cavalry in a sort of 'seriously?' way at the beginning. Then all the tanks get wrecked and the cavalry (literally and figuratively) save the day, so the look at the end is a sort of 'Yes, seriously'.
Kriegsmen really like their shovels. They're super WW1/2-themed and do a lot of trenchyshit, and also shovels are cool, so their close combat weapon tends to just be a shovel. Watching shorter stuff without pauses, then doing the pick-outs sounds pretty good I think. You should try the Emperor Text To Speech series maybe. It's maybe a little in-jokey but it's a pretty solid entry in the 40k fandom. You could also try the 40k Arma videos youtubers like Rimmy put up maybe I guess.
Baldemort has the best narrative of how Krieg became the way it is. Arch has the best description of the structure, units and doctrine of the Death Korp. Including the “horses” the Death Korp ride into battle.
Basically the idea is not to create a futuristic setting from today's world but rather from 1916 Europe's world. You are kind of right about the Bangalore idea however: in this case, not clearing away e.g. barbed wire but clearing away an entire Chaos Space Marine.
You were right about the soldier being new, on his helmet you can see a series of white lines, these are the mark of a Cadian who has just finished basic training, known as White Stripes. In the Anthology "Astra Militarum" there is a story about a battle line which was extremely critical to the crusade effort, and it was only being held by a contingent of White Stripes, lead by the indomitable Ursarker E. Creed.
the round size for something that is held down in the warhammer universe tends to be something like the space marines 75 caliber rounds that are rocket propelled explosive rounds and the krieg with the spade im quite sure is going to be called hanz
5:20 those are Explosive Cavalery lances if you're curious They are essentialy what happens when you put a claymore mine on the tip of a lance. They have explosive shells that explodes forward when activated and hit something. They have high penetration power and are used to pierce Heavy troops armors and Light armored vehicles.
“are you a coward commissar? retreating?” “nope, we’re advancing backwards. plus, we will be advancing backwards with artillery covering us.” “excellent.”
So the lances the Kreig Deathriders carry is a shaped charge which is why they hurt the Astartes, they didn't do off on the humans but still killed them. The mounts are generically engineered to take dozens of hits and keep moving forward, they can ride longer and with less water and food. As for the Bangalore its a 3 foot section of Comp B with a booster to ignite the main charge. What the Kreig guy did was link a bunch of grenades together and ignite them all at once to get through the Astartes armor. Kreig is one of the few Regiments that doesn't run from Chaos Astartes or Demons. They have fear bread out of them as a culture for they believe in the cult of sacrifice for the God Emperor.
Contrary to what others say, the easiest way to tell apart Dark Angels and Salamanders at a glance is the colour of their pauldrons. Dark Angels have green pauldrons, Salamanders have black pauldrons. The trim colour denotes which Company inside the Chapter it is.. according to the Codex Astartes, Silver trim is the First Company Veterans. Then there are the Battle companies, Gold is the 2nd, Red is 3rd, Green is 4th, Black 5th, Orange 6th. The Purple 7th, Grey 8th and Light Blue 9th are either Reserve Companies or more specialised Support Companies, often containing more Heavy Fire Support/Devastator Marines. And the 10th and last officially allowed are the Dark Blue 10th, the Chapters Scout/Training Company. Alltogether, a Codex compliant Chapter has around 1000 combat troops at full strength, Scouts without the signature Space Marine Power Armor included and ONLY counting the actual Marines and Aspirants, not the whole logistical tail like serfs, Spaceship crews and so on. As an actual real life Marine you probably know the phrase about the tooth to tail ratio. ;) That's for Chapters which follow the Codex to the letter though. There are some that make adjustments like the Iron Hands and Raven Guard, some that only follow the Codex as it suites them like the Dark Angels... and then there are some Chapters like the Black Templars and Space Wolves who basically use the Codex as toilet paper. ^^ The Dark Angel Marines in this animation are definitely NOT 1st Company Veterans for example, because with the Dark Angels the 1st Company is called the "Deathwing". They are *completely* outfitted with Terminator Armor and their main colour is bone white. The Dark Angels 2nd Company is the Ravenwing specialised for fast strikes by being outfitted completely with Assault Bikes, or Jump Packs if the Terrain doesn't allow for bikes... their main colour is Black. So you see there's a lot of room for misidentifications. ;)
The Astartes here are Dark Angels, which are green like the Salamanders, but you can generally tell them apart pretty easily because Salamanders tend to have much more fancy or individualistic gear and also light shit on fire wherever they are.
The tension u felt between the death Korps and the others is real. The death Korps will tell every other regiment in existence that they are a bunch of cowards because they won’t happily run across open terrain towards machine gun nests. Most regiments aren’t exactly fans of this
A bangalore is more of a tool to blow up obstacles like chainwire, what the guy who blew up the chaos marine had looked more like a "Geballte Ladung" as we call it in german. It's basically a bunch of stick handgrenades bound together to blow up armored targets. Ah, and also, "Krieg" means war in german. Their whole style is from the trench battles of WW1, long coats, gasmasks, horses, massive artillery pieces and of course shovels.
Either system works my man. Whether you pause to state your reaction or excitement for a scene or go through it afterwards, both systems have their own charm :p The Death Korps are definitely one of my favorite Guard factions, the second being Cadia (especially the Cadian Kasrkin with their hellguns). You will find no other regiment as incorruptible as the Krieg, no regiment as fearless as the Krieg
Yeah, most regiments just don't get along with each other. Often coming just short of open hostility. But that's part of an imperial commander's job, is to figure out what regiments can stand the sight of each other enough to work together, utilize each regiments strength, cover their weaknesses, and all while hoping they don't culture clash enough that they start calling each other heretics. All of that is just dealing with the guard, leaving alone specialty forces like space marine chapters which often do whatever they want, and the sisters of battle who you really don't want anywhere near any of your men lest they start screaming heretic and funeral pyres of your own men start going up.
In know a fun video: (Endless Forge of Warhammer 40k) from rebot. Its a battle including multiple races, daemons and a LOT of shooting. Or a short but amazing 40k animation: Dark Betrayal.
3:03 If only. Dark Angel’s have three color schemes, and can be confused for different chapters pretty easily. The only distinguishing feature is the iconography and marks on the marine, which can be obvious and not so obvious. Greenwing and Salamanders are easy to mix up.
The soldiers in green flak armor and the tank crewman in focus at the start are Cadian Shock Troops; soldiers from the eponymous planet of Cadia whom are themselves among the best of the Imperial Guard as their planet is the first line of defense against the Eye of Terror: The Eye of Terror being a rift or tear in space that leads to the Immaterium, or the Warp, the extradimensional realm the Chaos Gods and demons dwell in, and both in and around it are planets home to the Traitor Legions of Chaos Space Marines. The Space Marines are Dark Angels: Salamanders have a brighter green coloration with gold trim and their sigil is a profile of a skull of a Wyrm-hide; a dragon-like lizard from their home planet Nocturne. Dark Angels in turn have the sword and wings sigil, which reflects on them coming from a feudal planet (that was destroyed) and them having a very knight-like mindset. The black and gold and spiky marines are Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Originally the Legion under command of Horus Lupercal, the Primarch who instigated the eponymous Horus Heresy that pretty much left the Imperium in the stagnant state it is in the storyline so far. Currently under the control of Abaddon the Despoiler who is essentially Horus' successor by right of might. The red one in the bunker was a World Eater, another Legion belonging to the Primarch Angron (now a demon prince) who are loyal to Khorne, the Blood God. They essentially revel in close combat using brutal martial prowess and are implanted with the Butcher's Nails, a type of brain implant that makes them revel in violence and brutality. Whereas the rather ragtag blokes are Chaos Cultists: Humans who've turned to worship the Chaos Gods. These were likely Chaos Undivided, meaning they didn't pay homage to a specific Chaos God, since usually venerating a specific god tends to come with certain aesthetics or outright physiological mutations.
I am honestly cool with you pausing during the video I like it when someone can just get there in the moment thoughts across. Also there is another animated video on The Death Korps of Kreig made by absolutely nothing here is the video if you are interested th-cam.com/video/hmv9YA2pS-g/w-d-xo.html
The Death Korps of Krieg are aesthetically based on the WW1 German army. That grenade the last one used to take out the traitor marine is based on an improvised version of the classic "potato masher" grenade meant to be used against tanks.
They are aesthetically based on the WW1 French + bits from other WW1 nations more than the German Army alone. Everything in the uniform down to their Greatcoats and Puttee boots are French designs. The only thing that looks vaguely German is the Stahlhelm design incorporated to the Adrian Fin helm design of the French. The Gasmask design is inspired by WW1 British Gasmasks. Krieg Officers and Death Riders are based on French Cuirassiers, down to their finned helmets, riding boots, tussels and Cuirass. The DKoK Assault Engineers and their body armour are based on the WW1 Italian Arditi Assault Infantry. DKoK Grenadiers use German Stormtrooper inspired trench armour from WW1.
Green can mean Salamanders or Dark Angels. Look at the shoulders and tactics. Dark Angels have a winged symbol on their shoulders and are assault specialists. Salamanders have a dragon's head on their shoulders and will be using mostly flamethrowers.
You should watch the video about Death Korps of Krieg by Arch it is a bit long (75min) but it tells pretty much the back story and whole structure of the Death Korps of Krieg.
I wouldn't say there's smack talk or anything, Kriegsmen are generally more like...feared but respected on the same time, I guess. And the fact they basically never take off their gas mask if avoidable just adds to the unnerving factor. Their "suicidal" reputation can be a little overblown at times though. While they are eager to die as repentance for the sins of their planets people and prove they are people deserving to live in the galaxy still, they'd rather it be a meaningful death that benefits humanity and the Emperor at least somehow rather than just a pointless waste. If they are ordered to advance though then it can be another matter altogether, since obedience is drilled into them so hard that most of them don't even get a name. Just a letter and number designation, unless they manage to survive long enough and rack up some achievements to be worthy of an actual name.
Glad you are enjoying the universe. The guys in green are actually Dark Angels. Salamanders have a slightly lighter green. Given the low light it’s hard to tell the shades though. The give away is the iconography on their left pauldron. Salamanders have a dragon head and the winged sword is Dark Angels. The Chaos boiz looked like they had Iron Warrior or maybe Black Legion markings, I didn’t really see a clear shot. The guy in red is a member of the cult of Khorne, as signified by his right shoulder markings. As for legion markings his left shoulder carries the seal of chaos undivided. This means that he has forsworn loyalty to an individual legion to seek the favor of his patron. Incidentally both the Iron Warriors and Black Legion are generally speaking followers of Chaos Undivided, and individuals that chose to follow their own path but stay with the legion are not uncommon.
In 40k the recoil is pretty much the same. High caliber high recoil. The reason why Space Marines don't feel much recoil, is the power armor with their immense strength. This video shows how willing to sacrifice themselves the Kriegs are. To save one space marine they willingly send 5 or 10 to stall and damage a chaos space marine. Probably killed it too.
If you're really wanting to delve in deep with the death corps then there's a TH-camr called Arch who's done an incredible series on the seige of Vraks, which is the campaign That sort of introduced them to the big screen when forge world created them. Those beasts of burden the death corps were riding aren't strictly really horses anymore 😜
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but those animals that the Kriegsmen are riding aren't anything like an earthborn horse; they've been mutated by the Krieg environment and bred to the point where they can take about a half dozen Bolter rounds to the chest and not drop. Their organs can be pulped before a charge would be halted. So when a Death Rider of Krieg charges, you RUN, preferably in the opposite direction!
The Death Korp are the most fanatical soldiers in the Imperial Guard. They are so suicidal and crazy, that other regiments that work with the Death Korp tend to avoid them.
kriegsman generally don't get along with other non-krieger guardsman. there are quite a number of reasons why, among them:
1. krieger uniforms are chemically treated to resist chemical weapons, but they also stink as a side effect
2. kriegers are told to treat their equipment as a second skin, so they almost never remove their gas masks, which hides their humanity from other guardsman
3. kriegers frequently berate their fellow guardsman if they see them not performing to their own standards (which are often absurd)
4. kriegers are primarily motivated by shame and penance rather than honor, duty and other such motivations, which makes them a bit of a downer to other guardsman
imagine going to work and the guy sitting next to you always wears a balaclava, smells like chlorine all the time, barely ever talks to you and when he does, all he has to say is how little overtime you're putting in and how he has to (and will) work absurd hours because his dad stabbed a guy, so he has to work himself to the bone and put ever cent he makes towards that guy's medical bills or something
And then hits you with a shovel when you disagree.
Best explanation of the Kreig I've ever read
Even Kreigers who aren't assholes are just downright weird.
So they are essentially the ultimate "You must be fun at parties..."-guy... XD
And then the supervisor only comes around not to tell him to work harder, but to slow down and not do overtime.
The best summery of the Death Korps of Krieg is the way the Imperial Commissars treat them. Usually Commissars have to inspire a willingness to "die for the Emperor". Commissars attached to Krieg units have to keep the Kriegsmen from "dyeing for the Emperor too quickly" and actually act like tacticians.
The Marine Chapter there is the Dark Angels. The sword and wings on the left shoulder are their sigil.
Most commissars are tacticians but I get your point
@@lordcommissar7813 I hear they would sometimes execute Commissars, is that true and why?
@@seanironfist8887 Sometimes DKoK commit a mutiny. Especially when the commisar is a coward and orders his men to retreat (even if it's a good tactical decision).
The first problem is that most commisars are not native to the planet of Krieg and therefore the soldiers don't respect them to such an extreme degree as other Astra Militarum regiments.
The second problem is the fact that most Krieg soldiers actually believe their most important task in life is to sacrifice themselves for the Emperor of Mankind. So there's that.
Combine these two facts and I think now you'll be able to figure out why mutiny is much more common among Krieg units.
@@honzabalak3462 I see. Thank you for explaining!
Imperial planetary defense force: "By the emperor, the enemy outnumbers us 20:1 WE ARE DOOMED!!"
Deathkorps of Krieg: Happy gasmask noises.
Fun fact, those 'spears' are called 'heat lances' and are an anti tank weapon, they act like a shaped charge when impacting on armour, hence why they could bring down a chaos marine.
The Japanese, in WWII had a similar anti-tank weapon. It was basically an AT mine on a stick, the user was not expected to survive.
yeah you can see the warhead strapped around the base of the spear blade.
The green space marines were Dark Angels
still giving kudos for him recognizing the color of the salamanders, its just these ones have winged swords (dark angles) instead of the dragons head (salamanders) on their pauldrons
@@cheeseninja1115 salamanders would use flamer weapons too, not always but it is trademark of salamanders after all.
the easy way to differentiate the dark angle from the salamanders is to look for the flamer
@@bruhbrother4805 or if they are wearing flames on their armor. As the man emperor of mankind once said "is this a space marine chapter or a death metal band?"
@@bruhbrother4805 OR look at the shading of the green. They have a bit of a difference admittedly. Not big, but
-The Green Space Marines were green with silver trim, and had the winged sword as their insignia. That means these were of the Dark Angels Chapter. The Salamanders are green with gold trim, have a drake's head as their insignia, and almost exclusively use incendiary weapons. Easiest way to tell them apart.
-The Guard forces were from the Cadian shock troops. You could tell because they had purple eyes. The Cadians got these as a mutation from being born under the Eye of Terror.
-The Death Korps of Krieg don't dislike them, but there is definitely a certain machismo going on. They probably thought the Cadians were amateurs because their tanks didn't have any bayonets or something.
-The enemy forces were traitor guardsmen. Pretty competent, but lacked extensive military training.
-The Traitor (Chaos) Space Marines were from two separate legions. The ones in black were from The Black Legion. These are the descendants of the personal legion of Arch-Traitor Horus Lupercal himself, and are currently sort of the poster boys for the Chaos Marines. The red one in the tunnels was one of the World Eaters, the legion that gave themselves to Khorne, the chaos god of blood and slaughter.
Much blood was spilled that day
@@TheHandofDestiny Lorgar?! What are you doing here?! Don't have a certain bird boy to worry about? ;)
@@ShadowNetWeaver1 Why is everyone so surprised, don't you know that I now lead my forces myself ever since the opening of the great rift
@@TheHandofDestiny God I can't wait for Corvax to find your altar boy loving ass.
@@Chandler9345 And I can't wait for when the raven guard get their ass whooped by the tau again
Commissar: "YOUR MEN ARE DYING TOO QUICKLY!!"
Krieg home office: "oh, don't worry about that. we can make some more.....i mean...uhh...recruit some more."
Well they were given vita-womb tech by the High Lords, so I doubt anyone with any sense in their head would start to much of stink about it.
I mean they do both
Last time I was this early Krieg was a paradise world
lol
Sad
The horror...
Ye Sodaz is legit, my favourite is the "Siege" video.
got that one on my list :)
Wow... what a horrifying tactical briefing that would be.
Standard Imperial Guard Commander: So maybe if we pull back in a feint?
His Commissar: "opens mouth and starts to agree, but then.. *
Death Korps Commander: *Heavy breathing under gas mask, twitching* Pull... pull... pull ...*sound of knife being drawn*
Dark Angel Interrogator Chaplain: *puts a hand on Death Korps shoulder* I've got this... so... Commander.. how much do you know about our enemy? *crackling noises from activating Crozius Arcanum* Follow me, let's talk alone for a while. Commissar, you have command.
Dark Angel leaves with other commander, immediate screaming is heard.
Commissar: *sweating profusely* So.. we attack and break them.. in the name of the Emperor?
Death Korps Commander: *eager nodding, leaves room*
Dark Angel Sergeant: *nods in agreement, leaves room*
Probably some time later:
Lord Commander: So why did you lose the entire Hive World?
Commissar: That's a long story...
Shocktrooper commander: we have to retreat, they are mercylessly slaughtering us
Death Corps commander: what is this tactic called retreat ?
Commisionar : if the death corpse sees you retreating they will rip your guts out and use them as inksacks
Never use trench warfare against Kriegers, you can't out-trench them
Jokes on you. They're into that shit.
"We're the Death Korps of Krieg, son. Did you think that was just a pretty name? We never retreat. We fight and we die, that's the Krieg way." - Lieutenant Konarski, 933rd Death Korp of Krieg
Wait how’d he get a name
@@logandelaharpe6362 "Warriors of Ultramar", Graham NcNeill, 2003
This was also probably the first battle for most of the Death Korps guardsmen present, considering their obscene casualty rates, and they didn't flinch.
tbf the casuality rates could also be attributed to fighting marines lol
The Death Korps of Kreig only goes in one direction: Forward.
Unless the enemy gets behind them. :)
@@lotuswraith No, because then they turn around and go forward in the other direction.
Sometimes down, because they have specialist tunnelling units for siege mining
In deathcorps reatreat means proceed you want, the comissar isnt arrount
From what you said at the beginning of the video, it's not really smack talk. The Krieg are known to be utterly psychotic in their devotion to death for the Emperor and the fact you never see their faces is very unnerving to other regiments. When the Krieg show up, you know it's gonna be nasty. Even astartes sometimes have been like Jesus Christ lol. Their own commissars are there to restrain their zeal in battle, which is the opposite of what they do for everyone else
just adding another comment in: the "spark" that u said at the beginning
the Krieg doesn't work very well with the majority of the IG faction, because the Krieg deem everyone else who isn't wholly devoted their entire existence to the Emperor and ready to die by the moment's notice is a weakling. And the Krieg is also very stubborn in their approach of warfare, so much so that the commissars assigned to the Krieg act more like a liason between them and other IG faction, rather than being a political officer as they normally would be.
Hell, there are stories of commissars getting executed by the Krieg because the commissars didn't display enough zeal to die for the Emperor. And the Krieg would write up a report as normal and submit that to their superior very nonchalantly, as if they were just squashing a pesky bug. That's how hardcore these guys are, they really don't give a shit about anything else, but Emperor help you if you stand in their way.
"The commisar was telling us to take cover. It sounds like an excuse to not advance, so I shot the commisar"
@@codshotgunner just so that anyone who's new to 40K don't get the wrong idea
the Krieg don't actually just willy nilly execute people for the slightest inconvenient. They're a very disciplined faction that obey a superior's order above all else. All the jokes about them executing others are just that: jokes. It all stemmed from a couple of actual canon lore incidents where they actually execute others because their superior officer's order supersede the guys who told them otherwise.
Most famous example of this: During the war on Vrak, Nurgle's chaos forces used a bioweapon so foul and deadly that it corrodes anything it touches. And they pour it all over the trenches of the Krieg, forcing them to retreat (and even then, they only retreated back one trench line). A commissar was seen ordering them to stay, even though the bioweapon cloud is creeping in, the Krieg just straight up shot the commissar and then proceed onward with their retreat.
@@Codex_0613 you probably mean the war for vraks, something like that happened there. On Armageddon there never was a nurgle themed invasion, there was angron and a whole bunch of angry green fungusboys, but no nurgle ... so far ... knowing that planets luck i am fairly certain it's in their future.
@@Codex_0613 Wait so they actually shot the Commisars because retreating would be smarter?
@@sumpfe3340 yea i got that mixed up, tks for the correction
The death korps r completely suicidaley loyal to the emperor they have no idea if they’ll be able to take down the chaos space Marines they just know they’re gonna die trying to. Fun fact: commissars in the imperial guard or there to inspire their men and make sure they don’t run away but hey Commissar in charge of the death korps is there to make sure they don’t run headlong in the enemy battle and die
Baldermort has a great video on them narrated by many warhammer youtubers
U should definitely check out sodaz’s siege video imperial fists vs (one of my fave)iron warriors
Also their weapon of choice is a shovel
Arch video about krieg is good too with bit hilarious tone.
@Hunter excited to see more of his work :)
One of my favorite things about kreigers is two times they've killed commissars. One time it was for not having enough zeal. The other was because he tried to stop them from retreating from an unwinnable fight (a demonic horde). If they had stayed, they would have all died for nothing. People seem to forget that kreigers aren't suicidal. They won't charge a position if they know there is no chance of them getting through with enough men to make a difference. They are not afraid to die if it means they will win.
There are four Imperial units involved in this skirmish:
A Cadian infantry regiment
An unidentified armored regiment
Two Dark Angel space marines
And a Death Riders regiment of Kriegers.
One thing about the Guard is that they don't have combined arms units. Mechanized, aviation, jump troopers, artillery, armored and infantry units are purely the previous up to regiment level. Only when multiple regiments are together can the commanders hash out combined arms.
“In Life, War.
In Death, Peace.
In Life, Shame.
In Death, Atonement.”
this guy: the death korps of krieg. they are something else.
me: laughing in the siege of vraks. you have no idea.
Was Vraks their first siege for the Imperium?
@@Wyrmshadow Don't think so, after liberating Krieg, they immediately sent out ten regiments where they made their reputation
Wyrmshadow it was their most well known because it lasted 12 years if I recall correctly or was it 18, not important
Yeah, people don't get why I rage when they call it a shovel. A shovel is what you have in the shed. The kill was with an Entrenching Tool, a weapon that goes back to WWI where E-tools were among the many improvised close combat weapons employed during the war which included trench made maces, swords, and sundry insanity. What's the difference between a shovel and an entrenching tool? An E-tool is made of metal, has a serrated edge and a sharpened edge, is all metal, folds, is found in a soldier's ruck, makes a great improvised axe, is only moderately useful for actually digging (short handle makes it handy in close use but vs a full handled shovel it is more tiring to use and has less leverage). A shovel on the other hand has a long handle, does not fold for easy storage, is very useful for digging, not really that great as a close combat weapon.
It's still metal and last time I checked bone doesn't stand up that well to metal
Funny enough, weaponized shovels (proper shovels, not E-tools) are used by the clerics of death in my D&D setting. Sharp edge for slashing apart undead, blunt end for caving in skulls and knocking out people trying to desecrate graveyards.
its a fucking shovel dude.
In some cases when other regiments have worked along side the Death Korps of Krieg, it's actually caused a decrease in morale amongst the ranks because of how intense they are. Commissars (pretty sure I'm spelling it wrong lol) from other regiments have to "motivate" the troops to move forward. Commissars from Krieg have to hold them back so they don't Leroy Jenkins every second
trough the community it is believed that the death corp are not the bravest soldiers in the imperium as to be brave you need to know fear first. as for the e-tool kill, it has been a meme for the longest amount of time in the community that there is almost nothing as dangerous as a krieger with a shovel.
Good guess on the Space Marines, unfortunately it was Dark Angels not Salemanders, but they're both green armored space marines so easy mistake. Also those grenades were literally German anti-tank grenades from WWII.
The Krieg are my favorite kind of Guardsmen just becuase of their inhuman ruthlessness and determination. They're literally the guys who kept bombing an enemy mega city 5 years after it surrendered. They will not only willingly charge into certain death, they want to. To them, dying for the Emperor is the best thing they can ever do.
In that last bit were the tank guy is looking at the Kreigsman, you can see in the tanker's eyes that he was shaken and afraid after what he just went through. But when it shows the Kreigsman you see nothing. Just an absence of a soul.
In the grim dark future there are still horse charges
The kriegs march sfm's pretty much sums up a kreigsman army.
This is the first wave, do you have enough ammunition for all of us?
The Cadians Guardsmen (guys in Green) are from the Fortress world which was the gatehouse of the Imperium prior to it's destruction and are regarded as one of the best Imperial Guard formations, but even veteran Guard are creeped out by the Kreig, who not only will sacrifice almost any amount of men to achieve victory, but never take their masks off
Also, my favorite Death Corps story involves a mission where they were fighting alongside the Salamanders. And the Death Corps, having no regard for human lives in pursuit of victory, called in an artillery barrage on a building complex that the Salamanders were clearing out. Afterwards, the Marine Captain walked helmetless into the command vehicle of the Death Corps and they were never that aggressive for the rest of the fight.
Wait. What?
Gotta say you nailed 50cal comparison was spot on.
The riders use lances with shaped charges triggered by impact fuse. The explosive tip is made so that the blast and fragmentation is directed only at the enemy.
Secondary weapons are sabers and laspistols.
Also the Krieg steed isn't just a horse. It is pretty much a space marine of horses. Genetically modified, new organs and cybernetica, a weapon bred for war.
They are mostly hairless and rippling with muscles and instead of hooves they have claws and aggressive attitude to match.
And they have armored gas masks for added protection.
I'd never seen that animation before. Good to see an old fashioned cavalry charge too.
Glad you reacted to this. I had mentioned it and loved your reaction. The short is so good and I am glad you liked it.
:)
Just to clarify, of the Imperial guardsmen in the video, the Death Korps were the ones wearing the gas masks. The other guardsmen are likely Cadians - very adept tactically and well drilled, but they're not as 'suicidal' as Death Korps guardsmen. Also, the Astartes in green power armour are Dark Angels as seen from their insignia. Had they been Salamanders, the bolters they'd use would also likely have bolts that burst into flame in that they're filled with promethean aka Inferno bolts. Anything fiery is a Salamander favourite.
3:48 Black Legion. Formerly known as Luna Wolves (pre-heresy) and Sons of Horus (mostly heresy period until Abadddon took over). Their primarch was Horus Lupercal.
The multi heads grenade is an historic WW II anti tank German grenade. Start to middle war, before panzer-faust/schreck and magnetic mines.
the DK of Krieg, my favorite IG faction
you can think of them like a dark tidal wave, swallowing anything in their path
they don't scream battlecry, they just advance and they will take their objective, even if they have to sacrifice themselves to the last man
there's no greater honor for them but to die on the battlefield for the Emperor
also a quick fact: their uniform is actually a sealed suit that can withstand high level radiation and other harsh conditions, the Krieg themselves are trained to think of their uniform and gas mask as their skin. So it's very rare that they would ever take it off, even to eat or drink. They're specialized in attrition and trench warfare.
I can’t wait for Scp 4812 Wrath part 1 and
Scp 4840 part 2 by the exploring series love you’re videos ❤️❤️
Chaos Space Marine: most people would usually take cover.
Krieg Guardsmen: a Chaos Space Marine---LETS GET HIM!!!!!
These horses dont have hoves,something more like claws and they can take shoot from space marine bolter and keep going, and their riders have lances with explosive tip
krieg entrenchment tool is actually a pretty effective weapons, they are usually sharpened to be used as an axe in close combat, not necessarily the best idea when it come to safety but it make for an actually good melee weapon
This clip always gives me goosebumps. Death korps of krieg are the ultimate badass considered they are not superhuman space Marines. Even with a trench shovel they get the job done.
Feel free to pause as much as you see necessary during your reactions. It gives us the feeling that you immediately pick up on something interesting to you!
Nice videos, keep it up man!
These were dark angels In the green armor. The guys in black and gold were black Legion. The guys in red and gold were world eaters.
if u see spikes on a space marine, it's the chaos space marine
the black sm in the movie is of the Black Legion, the red guy at the end is a Khorne Berserker (Khorne is the chaos god of violence and blood)
Black dragons will remember this slight
The green marines here were Dark Angels, my personal favorites. You can tell by the winged sword emblem on the left pauldron, and the swords on the right pauldron which indicate veterancy within the Dark Angels (it's usually represented by a single red sword).
Cue very suspicious but definitely not Heretical murmering amoung the dark angels and then going and doing something before leaving
Entrenching Tools are the melee weapon of choice for Kriegers. Sometimes they are used for digging trenches. In the fluff most guardsmen will sharpen their shovel though, turns out it's an effective way of getting someone out of your grill.
One of the rare moments on the Imperial Guard, most will hesitate if not absolutely flee while facing literal demons. Kreig? Its a Tuesday.
Kriegers : oh, its just these guys again
GUARDSMEN (2018) is a awesome live short.
Ill check it out :)
Loving the reaction videos bud!!! Can't wait to see more!!
Thanks :)
Fighting Krieg in a trench is like deciding to fight the Mongol Horde on the open plains. XD
As a note I agree. I think Sodaz included the first set to show the difference between Krieg and everyone else.
He's a tank commander looking at cavalry in a sort of 'seriously?' way at the beginning. Then all the tanks get wrecked and the cavalry (literally and figuratively) save the day, so the look at the end is a sort of 'Yes, seriously'.
Kriegsmen really like their shovels. They're super WW1/2-themed and do a lot of trenchyshit, and also shovels are cool, so their close combat weapon tends to just be a shovel.
Watching shorter stuff without pauses, then doing the pick-outs sounds pretty good I think.
You should try the Emperor Text To Speech series maybe. It's maybe a little in-jokey but it's a pretty solid entry in the 40k fandom. You could also try the 40k Arma videos youtubers like Rimmy put up maybe I guess.
The DKK is pretty much WW1 themed entirely, a combo of the British, French, and Germans all in one. I think. Someone fact check me!
The "rough riders " the Calvary have a shaped explosive charge behind the spear point
Baldemort has the best narrative of how Krieg became the way it is.
Arch has the best description of the structure, units and doctrine of the Death Korp. Including the “horses” the Death Korp ride into battle.
Rule of thumbs for 40k is spiky bits and blades on everything= chaos
Basically the idea is not to create a futuristic setting from today's world but rather from 1916 Europe's world. You are kind of right about the Bangalore idea however: in this case, not clearing away e.g. barbed wire but clearing away an entire Chaos Space Marine.
Helsreach is a great 40k fan film, It follows a unit of Black Templars space marines defending a giant hive city from a massive Ork invasion.
You were right about the soldier being new, on his helmet you can see a series of white lines, these are the mark of a Cadian who has just finished basic training, known as White Stripes. In the Anthology "Astra Militarum" there is a story about a battle line which was extremely critical to the crusade effort, and it was only being held by a contingent of White Stripes, lead by the indomitable Ursarker E. Creed.
the round size for something that is held down in the warhammer universe tends to be something like the space marines 75 caliber rounds that are rocket propelled explosive rounds and the krieg with the spade im quite sure is going to be called hanz
bro you know damn well your SOI instructor was hyping himself up XD
5:20 those are Explosive Cavalery lances if you're curious
They are essentialy what happens when you put a claymore mine on the tip of a lance.
They have explosive shells that explodes forward when activated and hit something.
They have high penetration power and are used to pierce Heavy troops armors and Light armored vehicles.
Can't wait for more !
“are you a coward commissar? retreating?”
“nope, we’re advancing backwards. plus, we will be advancing backwards with artillery covering us.”
“excellent.”
When you're so eager to charge, you outpace the Space Marine...
So the lances the Kreig Deathriders carry is a shaped charge which is why they hurt the Astartes, they didn't do off on the humans but still killed them. The mounts are generically engineered to take dozens of hits and keep moving forward, they can ride longer and with less water and food. As for the Bangalore its a 3 foot section of Comp B with a booster to ignite the main charge. What the Kreig guy did was link a bunch of grenades together and ignite them all at once to get through the Astartes armor. Kreig is one of the few Regiments that doesn't run from Chaos Astartes or Demons. They have fear bread out of them as a culture for they believe in the cult of sacrifice for the God Emperor.
Arch warhammer has the best lore Krieg. The lad goes into serious detail.
Contrary to what others say, the easiest way to tell apart Dark Angels and Salamanders at a glance is the colour of their pauldrons. Dark Angels have green pauldrons, Salamanders have black pauldrons.
The trim colour denotes which Company inside the Chapter it is.. according to the Codex Astartes, Silver trim is the First Company Veterans. Then there are the Battle companies, Gold is the 2nd, Red is 3rd, Green is 4th, Black 5th, Orange 6th.
The Purple 7th, Grey 8th and Light Blue 9th are either Reserve Companies or more specialised Support Companies, often containing more Heavy Fire Support/Devastator Marines. And the 10th and last officially allowed are the Dark Blue 10th, the Chapters Scout/Training Company. Alltogether, a Codex compliant Chapter has around 1000 combat troops at full strength, Scouts without the signature Space Marine Power Armor included and ONLY counting the actual Marines and Aspirants, not the whole logistical tail like serfs, Spaceship crews and so on. As an actual real life Marine you probably know the phrase about the tooth to tail ratio. ;)
That's for Chapters which follow the Codex to the letter though. There are some that make adjustments like the Iron Hands and Raven Guard, some that only follow the Codex as it suites them like the Dark Angels... and then there are some Chapters like the Black Templars and Space Wolves who basically use the Codex as toilet paper. ^^
The Dark Angel Marines in this animation are definitely NOT 1st Company Veterans for example, because with the Dark Angels the 1st Company is called the "Deathwing". They are *completely* outfitted with Terminator Armor and their main colour is bone white. The Dark Angels 2nd Company is the Ravenwing specialised for fast strikes by being outfitted completely with Assault Bikes, or Jump Packs if the Terrain doesn't allow for bikes... their main colour is Black.
So you see there's a lot of room for misidentifications. ;)
The Astartes here are Dark Angels, which are green like the Salamanders, but you can generally tell them apart pretty easily because Salamanders tend to have much more fancy or individualistic gear and also light shit on fire wherever they are.
great work as always
The tension u felt between the death Korps and the others is real. The death Korps will tell every other regiment in existence that they are a bunch of cowards because they won’t happily run across open terrain towards machine gun nests. Most regiments aren’t exactly fans of this
A bangalore is more of a tool to blow up obstacles like chainwire, what the guy who blew up the chaos marine had looked more like a "Geballte Ladung" as we call it in german. It's basically a bunch of stick handgrenades bound together to blow up armored targets.
Ah, and also, "Krieg" means war in german. Their whole style is from the trench battles of WW1, long coats, gasmasks, horses, massive artillery pieces and of course shovels.
Either system works my man. Whether you pause to state your reaction or excitement for a scene or go through it afterwards, both systems have their own charm :p
The Death Korps are definitely one of my favorite Guard factions, the second being Cadia (especially the Cadian Kasrkin with their hellguns). You will find no other regiment as incorruptible as the Krieg, no regiment as fearless as the Krieg
now this is a proper reaction
Yeah, most regiments just don't get along with each other. Often coming just short of open hostility. But that's part of an imperial commander's job, is to figure out what regiments can stand the sight of each other enough to work together, utilize each regiments strength, cover their weaknesses, and all while hoping they don't culture clash enough that they start calling each other heretics.
All of that is just dealing with the guard, leaving alone specialty forces like space marine chapters which often do whatever they want, and the sisters of battle who you really don't want anywhere near any of your men lest they start screaming heretic and funeral pyres of your own men start going up.
In know a fun video: (Endless Forge of Warhammer 40k) from rebot.
Its a battle including multiple races, daemons and a LOT of shooting.
Or a short but amazing 40k animation: Dark Betrayal.
Ill add them to my list :)
In most regiments the Commissars are there to keep the soldiers from breaking and running. In Krieg regiments they're there to hold them back.
green armor and on fire: Salamanders
green armor and (mostly not on fire): Dark Angels (exept their death wing special unit, it is bone white)
The Death Korp is pretty much the only group of guardsman crazy enough to charge into battle IN FRONT of the space marines.
3:03 If only. Dark Angel’s have three color schemes, and can be confused for different chapters pretty easily. The only distinguishing feature is the iconography and marks on the marine, which can be obvious and not so obvious. Greenwing and Salamanders are easy to mix up.
The soldiers in green flak armor and the tank crewman in focus at the start are Cadian Shock Troops; soldiers from the eponymous planet of Cadia whom are themselves among the best of the Imperial Guard as their planet is the first line of defense against the Eye of Terror: The Eye of Terror being a rift or tear in space that leads to the Immaterium, or the Warp, the extradimensional realm the Chaos Gods and demons dwell in, and both in and around it are planets home to the Traitor Legions of Chaos Space Marines.
The Space Marines are Dark Angels: Salamanders have a brighter green coloration with gold trim and their sigil is a profile of a skull of a Wyrm-hide; a dragon-like lizard from their home planet Nocturne. Dark Angels in turn have the sword and wings sigil, which reflects on them coming from a feudal planet (that was destroyed) and them having a very knight-like mindset.
The black and gold and spiky marines are Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Originally the Legion under command of Horus Lupercal, the Primarch who instigated the eponymous Horus Heresy that pretty much left the Imperium in the stagnant state it is in the storyline so far. Currently under the control of Abaddon the Despoiler who is essentially Horus' successor by right of might. The red one in the bunker was a World Eater, another Legion belonging to the Primarch Angron (now a demon prince) who are loyal to Khorne, the Blood God. They essentially revel in close combat using brutal martial prowess and are implanted with the Butcher's Nails, a type of brain implant that makes them revel in violence and brutality.
Whereas the rather ragtag blokes are Chaos Cultists: Humans who've turned to worship the Chaos Gods. These were likely Chaos Undivided, meaning they didn't pay homage to a specific Chaos God, since usually venerating a specific god tends to come with certain aesthetics or outright physiological mutations.
Krieg horse don't necessarily have hooves.
It's more like claws
I am honestly cool with you pausing during the video I like it when someone can just get there in the moment thoughts across. Also there is another animated video on The Death Korps of Kreig made by absolutely nothing here is the video if you are interested th-cam.com/video/hmv9YA2pS-g/w-d-xo.html
Already on my list :)
here is another short ▪ [워해머,Warhammer40K]Black Templar
The Death Korps of Krieg are aesthetically based on the WW1 German army. That grenade the last one used to take out the traitor marine is based on an improvised version of the classic "potato masher" grenade meant to be used against tanks.
They are aesthetically based on the WW1 French + bits from other WW1 nations more than the German Army alone. Everything in the uniform down to their Greatcoats and Puttee boots are French designs. The only thing that looks vaguely German is the Stahlhelm design incorporated to the Adrian Fin helm design of the French. The Gasmask design is inspired by WW1 British Gasmasks.
Krieg Officers and Death Riders are based on French Cuirassiers, down to their finned helmets, riding boots, tussels and Cuirass. The DKoK Assault Engineers and their body armour are based on the WW1 Italian Arditi Assault Infantry. DKoK Grenadiers use German Stormtrooper inspired trench armour from WW1.
Chaos marines Black legion : Dark angles ( the symbol on the shoulder is a sword with wings )
Green can mean Salamanders or Dark Angels. Look at the shoulders and tactics. Dark Angels have a winged symbol on their shoulders and are assault specialists. Salamanders have a dragon's head on their shoulders and will be using mostly flamethrowers.
That grenade is actually based on a real weapon used by the Wehrmacht during WWII (an improvised bundle grenade based on the M24 Stielhandgranate).
You should watch the video about Death Korps of Krieg by Arch it is a bit long (75min) but it tells pretty much the back story and whole structure of the Death Korps of Krieg.
already on my list and will be in 2 parts :)
I wouldn't say there's smack talk or anything, Kriegsmen are generally more like...feared but respected on the same time, I guess. And the fact they basically never take off their gas mask if avoidable just adds to the unnerving factor.
Their "suicidal" reputation can be a little overblown at times though. While they are eager to die as repentance for the sins of their planets people and prove they are people deserving to live in the galaxy still, they'd rather it be a meaningful death that benefits humanity and the Emperor at least somehow rather than just a pointless waste. If they are ordered to advance though then it can be another matter altogether, since obedience is drilled into them so hard that most of them don't even get a name. Just a letter and number designation, unless they manage to survive long enough and rack up some achievements to be worthy of an actual name.
Death Korps grenades are like German Stick bombs from WWII.
Ah yes, the potato mashers. Or in this case, bundle grenades- well. I mean gift baskets.
Kriegers see a mission where success will destroy the enemy force but will cost them 60% casualties, and say "Excellent trade, let's do it."
Glad you are enjoying the universe. The guys in green are actually Dark Angels. Salamanders have a slightly lighter green. Given the low light it’s hard to tell the shades though. The give away is the iconography on their left pauldron. Salamanders have a dragon head and the winged sword is Dark Angels. The Chaos boiz looked like they had Iron Warrior or maybe Black Legion markings, I didn’t really see a clear shot. The guy in red is a member of the cult of Khorne, as signified by his right shoulder markings. As for legion markings his left shoulder carries the seal of chaos undivided. This means that he has forsworn loyalty to an individual legion to seek the favor of his patron. Incidentally both the Iron Warriors and Black Legion are generally speaking followers of Chaos Undivided, and individuals that chose to follow their own path but stay with the legion are not uncommon.
Dark Angels, actually. Asmodai, this Marine has conspired with the Fallen! Do your duty.
In 40k the recoil is pretty much the same. High caliber high recoil. The reason why Space Marines don't feel much recoil, is the power armor with their immense strength.
This video shows how willing to sacrifice themselves the Kriegs are. To save one space marine they willingly send 5 or 10 to stall and damage a chaos space marine. Probably killed it too.
If you're really wanting to delve in deep with the death corps then there's a TH-camr called Arch who's done an incredible series on the seige of Vraks, which is the campaign That sort of introduced them to the big screen when forge world created them.
Those beasts of burden the death corps were riding aren't strictly really horses anymore 😜
Loving the warhammer content
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but those animals that the Kriegsmen are riding aren't anything like an earthborn horse; they've been mutated by the Krieg environment and bred to the point where they can take about a half dozen Bolter rounds to the chest and not drop. Their organs can be pulped before a charge would be halted. So when a Death Rider of Krieg charges, you RUN, preferably in the opposite direction!
Last time I was this early all of Krieg was still loyal to the Imperium
The Death Korp are the most fanatical soldiers in the Imperial Guard. They are so suicidal and crazy, that other regiments that work with the Death Korp tend to avoid them.
Basically the average age of a krieger would be 15 to 20 doing a bayonet charge at chaos forces.
Depends if they could survive into their 30's.