Re: [Epic] Guard Stands

From: Scott Shupe <shupes_at_...>
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 11:20:17 -0400

Mark A Shieh wrote:
>
> AFAIK, IG aren't real men and therefore are too weak to carry
> heavy weapons now. Necromundan heavies are given special injections to
> reduce their carrying capacity. Instead, all of their heavy weapons
> are mounted on small platforms manned by a gunner and a loader. The
> advantage of this is that the loader can take over (dropping his
> lasgun) at no penalty if the gunner dies, so the weapon only has to be
> paid for once.
> To the best of my knowledge, the biggest thing a guardsman can
> carry these days is a special weapon, such as a plasma gun or a
> flamer. My only sources of information are a brief flipping through
> of the IG Codex and the WD, which I read regularly.

        Some of the 40k guardsmen carry HWs - I think the tallarn
desert raiders have a missile launcher guy that is carrying the
launcher on his shoulder.

Scott
shupes_at_...
Received on Tue May 27 1997 - 15:20:17 UTC