Let’s discuss in regards to the Guard’s new Rogal Dorn heavy tank shouldn’t be a factor.

The Astra Militarium is getting a brand new heavy tank. The Rogal Dorn as they’ve proven up is a main improve to IG tanks. It’s larger and badder than the Leman Russ. It’s additionally a tank that basically shouldn’t exist in any respect. Let’s check out why.

The New Tank

If you haven’t been paying consideration the brand new tank we’re getting is the Rogal Dorn Battle Tank. It’s a giant beefy tank that plods alongside capturing up stuff. It’s received a verity of turret weapons to selected from, together with a number of variations of the battle cannon. There are sponsions. The tank has a hull mounted weapon that may be brutal. It’s additionally received just a few different weapons strapped onto it in trendy GW trend. It’s a cool wanting cumbersome tank, and does match with the Guard. But once you take a look at it, it form of sounds so much like one other tank.

The Tank That Shouldn’t Exist

So… what’s the purpose of this tank? It suits in between the heavy Leman Russ and the Super-Heavy Baneblade. So it’s a medium-heavy tank? It truth there are a variety of Guard tanks, from Forge World, that fill this spot. The Macharius heavy tank and the Malcador are already tanks that sit between the Russ and the Baneblade. So it’s a form of redundant tank within the lore. Moreover… why add a brand new tank, that may little doubt be retconned to have at all times been round. What was wanted was actually a brand new up to date Leman Russ mannequin. In truth wanting on the Rogal Dorn heavy tank you may see the way it in all probability began out as a buffed up Russ. It’s received a really related weapon structure. So why was it made?

Too Many Guns

The Dorn is a transparent results of energy creep within the recreation. I’ve talked just a few instances earlier than about why Guard battle in ninth. One of the key points they’ve confronted is that they’re merely dated. Modern GW tanks are simply lined in weapons. Take a take a look at the Primaris tanks. These guys are studded with weapons and shoot dozens or scores of pictures a flip. Imperial Guard tanks, which as soon as boasted the perfect capturing within the recreation, have fallen behind. Many of their tanks boast a mere two weapons. Even a totally outfitted Leman Russ maxes out at like 5 weapons, and most of them 5 solely a handful of pictures. To make them comparable they’ve been pressured to make the turrets fireplace twice.

So in an effort to carry the Guard as much as the ability stage of the remainder a easy Russ re-sculpt wasn’t going to chop it right here. Making an even bigger mannequin with the identical quantity and kind of weapons simply wouldn’t work. The tank wanted to have extra and higher weapons, and due to that it wanted to be a brand new tank.

Why Not Forge World?

So when you want an even bigger tank than the Russ, why not one of many Forgeworld ones? Both the Malcador and Macharius have fashions and heavier weapons than the Russ. The Malcador particularly has a reasonably related weapon load out to the Dorn. I’d guess there are just a few causes for this. I’ve heard based mostly on the best way Forge World designs are made its about the identical quantity of labor to make a brand new tank as to transform a FW tank to the brand new plastic. Given this, why not make a brand new tank and then you definitely get to have extra tanks.

I additionally marvel if the Rogal Dorn heavy tank wasn’t initially made to be an upgraded Russ mannequin at first. The actual essential weapon distinction is that the Dorn has the 2 extra (elective) decrease hull weapons. These form of look like a tacked on addition. Most of the opposite hull and turret modifications might have simply been up to date fashions. So I’m wondering if sooner or later they made a brand new Russ mannequin, after which modified tracks to make it a brand new tank by including on another weapons. Either method, its a tank we’re are getting, even when its one that basically shouldn’t exist. 

Let us know what you concentrate on this new tank, down within the feedback! 

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