Why do so many people make fun of the leman russ for not having sloped armour? Maybe I am just an idiot, but I don't really see how useful sloped armor is when you are dealing with meltas or plasmas or other non physical projectile based anti armor weaponry. I mean aside from the imperium, tyranids and tau, does any other faction use physical projectile based at weaponry? And the leman russ was designed before the imperium needed to fight the nids or tau.
Leman Russ
Hunter Foster
Chase Roberts
It depends on the models. I love the looks of the Exterminator and Vanquisher, but the other ones look like something is missing from the front half.
Connor Rodriguez
I see. I personally like all variants of the Russ for some reason.
Connor Diaz
Well they have sloped armor on the front. I like using that, and even if they aren't true ballistic projectiles, angles matter, like if a plasma shot went into a flat surface, it would penetrate and melt way easier than it being against a slope, since more of the speed and heat would be dispersed. Not sure about meltas though
Jackson Watson
I see. I still feel like the design is justified in the context of the 40k universe.
Dylan White
>regimental-standard.com/2017/10/25/the-history-of-the-imperium-tanks-of-old-terra/
Everyone read this
Jacob Gray
At the time the Russ was designed, the Imperium's enemies consisted primarily of less advanced alien species, rebel elements, and uncontacted human colonies, all of whom relied substantially on conventional weaponry.
Joshua Jenkins
>regimental-standard.com/2017/10/25/the-history-of-the-imperium-tanks-of-old-terra/
will do
Colton Cook
guess I was wrong then. Or maybe the imperium just believed in drowning them with bodies, and cared more about fire power than survivalibity
Owen Kelly
>aside from the imperium, tyranids and tau, does any other faction use physical projectile based at weaponry?
Orks use physical projectiles. So would Chaos using bolters and such.
Also aren't Eldar Shuriken catapults a physical projectile weapon.