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40K RUMORS: Imperial Guard Fast & Heavy Info

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Mar 18 2009
Warhammer 40K

Rumors brought to the community by Estalia-Cordoba’s Glandalf sama and Warseer’s Hoarmurel
So folks from Spain are saying they have seen hard copies of the codex and are offering up the following details on the Fast Attack and Heavu Support sections.
Fast Attack:
– Fast Tanks Squadron:
– You may choose any of the following tanks in a 1-3 tank squadron.
– Hellhound: 130 pts. Tank, fast. You can change the heavy bolter by a flamer for free or by a multi-melta by 15 pts. Extra armour 15 pts, searchlight 1 pts, heavy stubborn 10 pts, hunter-killer missile 10 pts, dozer blade 10 pts.
– Banewolf: 130 pts. Tank, fast. You can change the heavy bolter by a flamer for free or by a multi-melta by 15 pts. Extra armour 15 pts, searchlight 1 pts, heavy stubborn 10 pts, hunter-killer missile 10 pts, dozer blade 10 pts.
– Devil Dog: 120 pts. Tank, fast. You can change the heavy bolter by a flamer for free or by a multi-melta by 15 pts. Extra armour 15 pts, searchlight 1 pts, heavy stubborn 10 pts, hunter-killer missile 10 pts, dozer blade 10 pts.

The entire squadron can buy smoke launchers for 5 pts/mini or camo-netting for 20 pts/mini.

– Sentinel Squadron:
– Scout Sentinel: 35 pts, open-topped, scouts, move through cover, multilaser. Auto-cannon 5 pts, heavy flamer 5 pts, missile launcher 10 pts, laser cannon 15 pts. Searchlight 1 pt, hunter-killer missile 10 pts, the entire squadron can buy smoke launcher for 5 pts/mini and/or camo-netting for 10 pts / mini.

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– Valkyrie: 100 pts.. Armour: 12-12-10
Skimmer, fast, scout, may deep strike
Equipment and weapons: extra armour, searchlight, 2 hellstrike missiles, multilaser
Options: change multilaser to laser-cannon +15 pts, change hellstrike missile for 2 multiple rockets pods for +30 pts, heavy bolters for +10 pts.
Can be bought in a 1-3 squadron.
Transport 12 models, they have the “grav chute insertion” (deep strike from the valk)

– Vendetta: 130 pts.. Armour: 12-12-10
Skimmer, fast, scout, may deep strike
Equipment and weapons: extra armour, searchlight, 3 twin-linked las-cannons
Options: change 2 las-cannon for 2 hellfury missiles for free, heavy bolters for +10 pts.
Can be bought in a 1-3 squadron.
Transport 12 models, they have the “grav chute insertion” rule.

Heavy Support:
Lemas Russ Squadron
Composition:vehicle squadron composed of 1-3 Leman Russ or Leman Russ Demolishers in any combination.

– Leman Russ Battle Tank. 150 pts Hull Heavy Bolter. May change it for a lascannon for 15 pts, may have sponsons with: heavy bolters 20 pts, multi-melta 30 pts, plasma cannons 40 pts.
LR may have Heavy stubborn for 10 pts, dozer blade 10 pts, h-k missile 10 pts, extra armour 15 pts. Entire squadron with camo-netting for 20 pts/model. One of the squadron tanks can be the squadron leader for 50 pts.

Same options for the next tanks:

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– Leman Russ Exterminator: 150 pts.
– Leman Russ Vanquiser: 155 pts.
– Leman Russ Eradicator: 160 pts.
– Leman Russ Demolisher: 165 pts.
– Leman Russ Punisher: 180 pts.
– Leman Russ Executioner: 190 pts.

Artillery Squadron, 1-3 models in a squadron. Same options as the LR’s. Can be topped for 15 pts / model, the camo-netting cost 30 pts /model.

– Basilisk: 125 pts.
– Medusa: 135 pts. Can buy siege bombs for 5 pts.
– Colossus: 140 pts.
– Griffon: 75 pts.
– Hydra: 75 pts. Camo-netting cost 20 pts for it.

The following vehicles cannot be bought in a squadron:

– Manticore: 160 pts.
– Deathstrike: 160 pts.

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~Standard caveats apply until the Fly Lords get some eyeballs on the Codex, but these seem very plausible based on all the other info we’ve seen. It would seem the tanks and thier upgrades in general are going up in cost, to go with some of ther new abilities. That Valkyrie/Vendetta is point costed to fly off of shelves. Heck, an IG army that is going heavy Valks may be more mobile than an Eldar force at this rate. I shudder to consider the possibilities of 9 Hellhound/Devildog combos…. The Ork horde may have finally found its match.

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Author: Larry Vela
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