Both the 40k Wiki and Lexicanum (for lack of a direct source, it's honestly one of those things I absorbed through exposure rather than finding a direct quote) seem to agree that Power Armour uses plasteel and ceramite, I admit that Carapace itself more often uses armaplas and I merely confused the two materials.
>I've never seen power armour having adamantium
I honestly can't remember the source on this one and concede that it may not be true. Though considering the vast use of the material in many areas it doesn't seem particularly unreasonable for it to be found within some more advanced forms of Power Armour, including Legion-grade.
>But M1 is special because it's plates of other materials, but more advanced. Somehow.
It's a little bit more than that. The actual construction of the ceramic tiles and metal matrix, alongside a different plate and several layers of an elastic nature are classified to the civilian population, but even that is only a primary, used alongside or replaced by M1A2 depleted uranium mesh-reinforced composite armor. Generally speaking when a vehicle like this is engineered with more kinds of materials, it means the overall effectiveness is better than if fewer of the materials were used.
>Still far from the "WW1 tank in space" people always claim when talking about the Russ.
Oh yeah, and I was never contesting that. Just pointing out some ways in which the Abrams is better than the Russ on a calculable level (obviously not taking the writer's mood or needs of the narrative into account), the latter possessing a few design inefficiencies and a few hilarious flaws. Still made of incredibly tough stuff and with some really nice tech in it, though.
Luke Nelson
>Volkites were almost the Space Marine standard weapon before the bolter was deemed sufficient and cheaper. Bolters are also more adaptable with the library of specialist shells. Volkite (Discounting the vehicle scale ones) are fairly shit against anything that isn't a tightly packed horde of lightly armored enemies. Basically, Volkite was boss against orks and sucked shit against other Astartes.
Hudson Bailey
It's "conventional steel" and "plasteel". One could argue plasteel to be the conventional steel of 40k, since it's used in pretty much everything.
Jose Scott
My point is that the Lemen Russ is so common, and the variations between different planets so great, that it's more than likely that both are true.
Easton Adams
We don't know how the plasteel and ceramite are worked into armour, what materials are used in the making of plasteel and ceramite, etc. It's not very fair to just assume they're overlapping plates riveted together with no design effort put into it what so ever.
Do remember, Russes date back to the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, when Admech knew some shit and designed new stuff from the ground up left and right.
Thomas Diaz
Apparently amorphous steel is probably a good idea of what plasteel is. Amorphous steel being basically a glass made of steel instead of silicon oxide.
200mm of amorphous steel armour would be about 1000mm of RHA. That's a lot of armour but may still be able to be penetrated by the best SABOT rounds today at close range. The US M829A3 DU penetrator coming out of a Rheinmetall 120mm can punch through 765mm RHA at 2km range.
Jose Cox
No. The best power armor is MK VIII, followed by MK VII. MK IV just has better sensors but was logistically unfeasible. MK III is specialist gear meant for boarding and tunnel fighting.
Lincoln Thompson
Ok, going by the old WD SM armour article, what I remember from HH and shit like that: >MkI was just basic powered armour with only the upper body having enhanced mobility and serving as the suit the Emperor's forces used to unit Earth and the system. It wasn't named the MkI until the MkII came along. >MkII was purpose designed for the Great Crusade with all the contingencies they could think of in mind. And some Marines still consider it the best. >MkIII was a MkII with updated hardware for stuff like void operations and heavy armour plating on the front. Best protected of them all, but cumbersome for the user. >MkIV used whole slew of new technologies and materials to improve on lessons learned from the previous marks. It replaced the segmented armour with solid plates, which reduced mobility but made it much easier to manufacture and maintain. Cabling was reduced under the plating, new sensory systems, etc. Horus even aimed to equip all legions loyal to him with MkIVs before the Heresy. >MkV quickly designed suit to fill in the ranks. Basic principle is MkIV style solid plate armour that aims to use as much of the more common MkII and III components and technologies as possible to ensure any shop can make them. Lack of materials leads to inferior armour that has to be boosted with extra plating bolted on, putting a strain on the servos and power supply. MkIV parts were used when possible, such as cabling and helmets. >MkVI was in prototype phase before the Heresy. It took the advanced sensory of the MkIV to a new level and was a test bed for a whole new idea of a modular and easy to maintain and manufacture power armour. It could use replace its parts with simpler ones in a pinch. It lacked in protection and some legions wanted it to fail. It used MkV style studded plating in some parts, but after the Heresy, one more advanced materials were more available, it got new armour.
Oliver Adams
>MkVII completed the concept the MkVI started, but the VI continued to serve since it wasn't a terrible suit either. >MkVIII fixed the few problems the MkVII had, but the extra resources to make these fixes was not considered worth it over the benefits and MkVIII serves in low numbers.
Logan Hernandez
Quick fluff correction, the Mk V and VI Dalek studs were apparently "Molecular bonding studs" that themselves function as cheap but somewhat heavy ablative armor. They're not just connectors to bolt on more armor.
