Weapons used by the Deathguard

[misterkho]

With the oncoming prospero box i am finally getting started with the Deathguard.

I already have a list of units i want to add to my army but right now i'm trying to get as much info on their tactics and choice of wargear,

Tac squads with bolters, pistols and chainsword are a given, same as flamers and phosphex, but what other weapons would the deathguard prefer?

Would a heavy weapon squad with volkite, Dreadnoughts with volkite be reasonable? are there any super heavies which are an absolutely must have or not?

Any bits and bobs of info would help;)

 

 

 

[Ishagu]

They used everything. They had numbers dedicated to Plasma /Meltas /Las Cannons and Volkites.

[Old-Four-Arms]

With the oncoming prospero box i am finally getting started with the Deathguard.

I already have a list of units i want to add to my army but right now i'm trying to get as much info on their tactics and choice of wargear,

Tac squads with bolters, pistols and chainsword are a given, same as flamers and phosphex, but what other weapons would the deathguard prefer?

Would a heavy weapon squad with volkite, Dreadnoughts with volkite be reasonable? are there any super heavies which are an absolutely must have or not?

Any bits and bobs of info would help;)

 

The old WD Index Astartes - Death Guard article mentions the bolter, flamer and meltagun as their trinity of weapons.

 

Apart from that, they were heavy proponents of phospex and other bio-alchem weapons.

 

Lexicanum should give a pretty good overview.

 

 

Regards,

 

Old-Four-Arms

[Calas Typhon]

The primary use was the holy trio of bolter, pistol and blade for your bog standard legionary. flamers, melta, plasma and volkite would replace the bolter when situation demanded it or they just preferred to use them.

 

They were pretty solid in all roles for most Legionaries really, one with a bolter could be as effective or near enough with a missile launcher or plas cannon. 

 

There were no weapons I am sure they would not use with exception of  Force weapons and anything un-natural until the downward spiral at the beginning of the trip outside of the Prospero system.

[K3nn3rs]

Check out the latest 'The Imperial Truth' podcast- they cover Deathguard in a reasonable amount of detail.

 

They suggest that a lot of their Super heavies were deliberately manned by Terran born legionnaires who were sent to die on Istvanl III, so super heavies are in relatively short supply.

 

IMO leviathans seem very Deathguard esq...

Check out the latest 'The Imperial Truth' podcast- they cover Deathguard in a reasonable amount of detail.

 

They suggest that a lot of their Super heavies were deliberately manned by Terran born legionnaires who were sent to die on Istvan III, so super heavies are in relatively short supply.

 

IMO leviathans seem very Deathguard esq...

[disease]

as above really,

 

but remember these weapons are merely preferred. By Isstvaan the DG had close to a quarter million troops, and Mortarion had plans for circa 700,000 at max capacity. This isn't some space marine chapter, this is a Legion - nearly everything would be covered to some extent, and certainly enough to work into a list that you can have fun with.

[DuskRaider]

According to their lore in HH Book One, they prefer Melta weaponry to a large degree. Plasma would probably be too unreliable in the environments they tend to campaign in. Most every Legionnaire would have extensive knowledge of pretty much any weapon available to them, as that was Mortarion's doctrine. I'd avoid things like Volkite weaponry unless it's on Terminators (who would be important enough to be given fragile or high tech equipment) or perhaps Veterans who would have used them as line troop weaponry during the Unification Wars.

Flame weaponry would have been used extensively, as they modified their weapons to disperse chemical payloads instead of normal Promethium. Any Bolt weaponry, as it was considered reliable. I could see Missile Launchers being rare, I can only imagine how gummed up they would become in trench / chemical warfare. As said prior, Phosphex-equipped machines would have been popular as well.

Dreadnoughts were quite numerous in the Legion, the entry makes this clear. The Legion also fielded massive amounts of Tactical Dreadnought Armour and preferred Land Raiders, Spartans, Vindicators and Fellblades.

[Calas Typhon]

According to their lore in HH Book One, they prefer Melta weaponry to a large degree. Plasma would probably be too unreliable in the environments they tend to campaign in. Most every Legionnaire would have extensive knowledge of pretty much any weapon available to them, as that was Mortarion's doctrine. I'd avoid things like Volkite weaponry unless it's on Terminators (who would be important enough to be given fragile or high tech equipment) or perhaps Veterans who would have used them as line troop weaponry during the Unification Wars.

Flame weaponry would have been used extensively, as they modified their weapons to disperse chemical payloads instead of normal Promethium. Any Bolt weaponry, as it was considered reliable. I could see Missile Launchers being rare, I can only imagine how gummed up they would become in trench / chemical warfare. As said prior, Phosphex-equipped machines would have been popular as well.

Dreadnoughts were quite numerous in the Legion, the entry makes this clear. The Legion also fielded massive amounts of Tactical Dreadnought Armour and preferred Land Raiders, Spartans, Vindicators and Fellblades.

 

I will say, For the relative size missile launchers would be far easier to clean in those situations than say, a bolter or pistol. In fact, I would say that in trench warfare they would be at their peak of use with tackling bunker emplacements and fortified areas.

 

This post has summed it up though.