Nurgle tank at 18:06 was painted by MidWinter Minis. *Link to the video of it's creation* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbWohMSKqZytYn0.html I found it on Google and was unaware that it was created by a fellow KZfaqr. Go check out their content as they make some amazing stuff!

You left out the even funnier part of the old rules for ork transports: Any orks that fall off while moving the ork jenga tower are considered to actually have fallen off!

Fun fact, some lore states that the Baneblade was (at the time of the Golden/Dark Age of Technology) a light tank.... wrap your head around that one.

Happy to see your channel growing. You’ve made a noteworthy and engaging mark on the 40k lore community 👍

The bane blade looks like a combination between a m1 Abrams, m36 Jackson, m10 wolverine, t- 72, tiger, maus and panther tanks and then we add wombo size and bombastic grimdark. Truly a beauty.

My favorite is the Basilisk, but that's admittedly only because of the Ciaphas Cain novels.

I have an abiding love for the Hellhound. Crashes into the enemy lines and sets as much as it can on fire before the enemy damages it enough to explode in a fiery conflagration. It is simply glorious.

Commissar Yarrick once got run over by a Baneblade, after 3 weeks, the Baneblade was finally repaired.

Hey Wes, how goes the 'under Terra' research?? Yes, I'm commenting before even watching this week's video. I'm a retired USAF F-15E pilot......you need a fighter sim sponsor, lol!

Ancient baneblade variants like the fellblade, fellglaive and falchion are monstrous as hell

The thing about railguns is that they fire sabots. Metal rods meant to liquify on impact this turning into superheated liquid metal shrapnel When Abrams crews started using them against kamikaze cars in the Middle East, they reported that sabots would penetrate the vehicle (with minimal damage mind you), and since the sabot did what sabots do, they could literally *wash the remains out with a hose* Now apply that to a railgun. A *T’au* railgun. Imagine inspecting the aftermath of a Baneblade, walking through the corridors without finding anything out of the ordinary, until you find the driver’s compartment. A relatively small impact hole is visible in the hull, but the driver is just a red paste

The Caladius and Astraeus Grav-Tanks definitely deserve a spot.

disappointed in the night spinner falcon variant not getting a mention, its an anti infantry tank that sprays a jumbled mess of monofilament wire tearing anything in front of it to pieces, same wire that's used by warp spiders and the harlequin's kiss

Hey wes: *TANKS* for making this!

I love that orks got their own tank list! It fits perfectly as I see my looted russ to be just as deadly as my looted land raider 😂 I love this video bro! Honestly been so excited for this video ever since I saw your post the other day 🙂 keep up the great work

The Macharius heavy tank was always a favorite of mine, and the recently released Rogal Dorn battle tank has really appealed to me. The only problem I have with the Baneblade is the variants are usually no where near as well thought out and designed as the original Baneblade. Look at the original Baneblade - the side weapon turrets and sponsons are all beneath the turret and the turret ring due to the main turret being on part of a slightly raised portion of the hull. Meaning the Baneblade's turret can rotate 360 degrees without issue or anything...Now let's look at the variants of the Baneblade: Banesword: No raised portion of the hull, the turret fits flush to the top of the hull and MASSIVE side turrets prevent the turret from moving outside of only a VERY small frontal arc. Banehammer: One of the worst examples, given the same flush fit to the top of the hull with side-turrets blocking the turret from rotating AND having a massive protruding engine bay and exhaust so tall and large that even if the Banehammer could rotate its turret to facing directly behind it... if it fired it would very likely hit its own engine compartment and blow itself up. Doomhammer: Virtually the same as the Banehammer, only with a different main gun. Hellhammer: *_Actually okay._* Secondary turret placement is a bit... wonky... with them being so far forward on the hull as to get in the way of the secondary turret on the front of the hull, but the main gun can rotate a full 360 degrees with nothing blocking or getting in its way. Shadowsword: Some big issues here. Namely the same turret-flush-fit-with-hull while the side turrets are in the way, but... Also there's gigantic fuel tanks on the rear hull of the tank that go above the top of it. Meaning that even if there were no side/secondary turrets to stop the main turret from rotation... with the main gun being so big, the gun barrel would be smacking into the fuel tanks trying to rotate. Stormblade: Same issues as the Shadowsword, only worse due to the main gun being twin-linked and thus much wider and will actually be stopped sooner from rotating due to the fuel tanks on the rear. Stormhammer: *_Actually pretty good._* Main-turret can rotate freely. The front twin-linked turret is baked into the hull, but still has some left-and-right transverse movement and some limited elevation up and down. Triple-side gun emplacements are spaced far enough from each other not to present a problem other than them not having as much coverage as a dedicated turret, but you do get more gunners. Stormlord: *_[sigh]_* Despite being one of my favorite variants due to the weapons it has and the versatility it has as being a command/troop transport version... It's also the silliest in the terms of layout and design. The twin mega bolter cannons in the turret are placed so far forward and so low that the turret could only realistically turn a few degrees before the gun housing smacks into the armored track housing on the front of the hull. Side turrets also don't allow movement. Rear troop compartment and turrets also don't allow movement. Silly, silly, silly.

Tbh I’m kind of surprised that the plague burst crawler isn’t on this list because if it’s in range of the tau or the shock troop there is pretty much no survival but I do agree with you

Don’t forget: just one baneblade is the same price as a full combat patrol box.

I just recently learned about a fan-made alternate history called the Dornian Heresy where basically the Loyalist Primarchs turned to chaos instead led by Rogal Dorn and the Traitor Primarchs stayed loyal led by Horus. I'd love to see your take on this or make when a top list of cool fan-made Warhammer lore like this.

Besides the Baneblade, which is my favorite and my idea of how a big tank should look (was love at first sight the first time I watched and used it in Dawn of War), the Hellhound is another favorite of me. I love the idea of a crew of arsonist laughing like maniacs when setting the enemy on fire and getting more and more crazy by the mixed smell of burnt flesh and flaming promethium. And while not technically a tank but an artillery weapon, the Basilisk is an amazing design too.

Glad to see your channel has been growing, your shorts coming up randomly is what got me into warhammer earlier this year, I’d never heard of it before and I’m obsessed with the lore now.

My favourite thing is that apparently the Baneblade was one a light tank in the dark age of technology.

The baneblades will always hold a special place in my heart. Not only for the fact that well, "it's a baneblade" but because I will always have burned into my memory when I bought 2 of the original baneblades from forge world many years ago. These tanks were so lazily made and shipped that it literally took me a month each to just assemble them, let alone paint. From each having bent cannons that I needed to straighten, to the fact that each road wheel still had a piece of mold resin attached to it that was literally the size of the wheel itself forcing me to cut and sand each one so that it was somewhat rounded. By the end of the cutting and shaping of both, I had enough left over resin, that a third baneblade could have been made. But to this day, I still have them both, and they still take pride of place in my vast collection.

I'm so happy you decided to do deep lore videos. Keep up the good work, these videos are so good they keep me up at night watching lol

love the effort and time put into ur videos homie!! i don’t think i’ll ever delve into the 40k universe on my own but these videos are still really interesting!!

For people interested in seeing the Leman Russ on the tabletop, there's a video on this channel called Dicecheck where four players play an FFA. One of them uses six tanks (three of which I believe are Lemans) which he uses to utterly tear apart his opponents with so, so, so much gunfire.

I got a Magnetized Baneblade that transforms into all 8 variants.

I feel like an honorable mention would be the Dark Eldar raider platform. They are quite customizable as they can be open air transports, gunships, or even be retrofitted into a highly durable command platform. The equipment is nothing to scoff at either, using a multi-role weapon called a disintegrater or even a dark lance to make a coffin out of most tanks. The chains and other equipment help it fullfill their various roles such as slave snares. Then....there is their speed. Last I saw, they were the lynch pin for one of the fastest assault vehicle as the quickness allowed the passengers to leap out at high speeds and get up close and personal with their prey.

Don't forget the best tank, the ork tank, and not a metal tank, but a bunch of orcs huddled together chanting "I'm a tank! I'm a tank! I'm a tank! I'm a tank! I'm a tank! I'm a tank!"

18:05 I was hoping to see Midwinter Mini's Nurgle Land raider and here it is. What a beautiful and poetic sight. Could have shown the anus-doors tho.

Love your videos, you really put a lot of work into them. I love looted wagons btw, created two looted Leman Ruses when I was 16.

I love watching your content, I've never played 40k but I still know so much about it's interesting universe because of your vids! Thank you for this awesome content

I love how the lemun Russ is literally just a tank that you could put in modern day and I’d be like yeah that makes sense

Remember folks, during the Dark Age of technology, the Leman Russ was considered a light scout tank.

Another good video....I like your style,your dedication to Warhammer...keep up the good work!!! Your reels /shorts were awesome,the long vid's are even better..thanx for the hard work,I appreciate it👍🤘

I know its not a tank, but my favorite armored vehicle from warhammer 40k has got to be the Basilisk. it may just be the fact that I love artillery but I would rather trade a single bane blade for its worth in Basilisks just so I can bomb the enemy that much harder from that much farther away. I REALLY love artillery....

The orc tank of orcs shouting “ima tank” repeatedly is the best tank in 40k

Love the content! There is one thing I think would be cool to tack on to the land raiders versatility: when battle barges need extra firepower they drive the land raiders out onto the surface of the ship and use their las cannons to supplement the ship firepower.

Wes, keep up the good work man! I love weapons of 40K videos! Would be interested in Xenos melee and firearms!

I love that the Russ's cannon is about the same size as most modern main battle tanks. The current iteration of the M1 Abrams uses a 120mm as well.

Always hyped to see a new LONG video from you👍👍👍 keep em coming

You forgot one of the best fact about the Leman Russ: the STC that makes the Leman Russ was originally for an agricultural Farming vehicle that was modified to be a battle tank

Great video man, love the long form. Nice to see Guy's (Midwinter Minis) nurgal land raider in there.

Great Vid mate!

What makes the baneblade even more interesting is that it was listed as a LIGHT tank on its stc which means there could be even bigger stuff we just don’t know about yet

i really love the Hammerhead and Doomsday ark, the hammerhead reminds me of AAT from star wars. Im fascinated with Necrons and Tau, their vehicles and their tech is something i just love looking at.

Random thought: Orks are quite simple minded, yet they have that special psychic manipulation. 1: You either hit, or you don't, so by ork logic firing two bullets means one should always hit. 2: Accuracy by volume (sound). Ork sniper: never misses, is incredibly loud (to the point of exploding).

Thanks for the shoutout to fix the bad rules for the necron doomsday cannon.

You should do a deep dive on the Orks I love your content and I’d love to see what you have to say about them

This was a great video soon do you reckon can do a video on the terminator space marine.

These lists are great, More please!

First and foremost I love your content! Keep up the good work. Great video although as a death guard player myself of course I would have loved to see something about the plagueburst crawler.

Epic sponsorship. Brilliant video as always bro. Glad to have you on KZfaq

You know other than Bricky u r another one of my favourite WH40k lore ytubers nice to see ur channel going keep it up bro

Snakes in tanks on a plane, Pirates and tank commanders if the Caribbean, Friday the tank-teenth..... Now that you mentioned it, adding tanks really does seem to make everything better

I simultaneously love and hate your videos…. Your passion and knowledge makes me love every unit, model and army you speak about… and then I’m reminded that I don’t have the funds to buy every unit/model/army.

About the Bane Blade, 10-12 crews for a tank that size can be consider high tech for the imperium. I remember you need like half that amount for Leman.

Great video as always and congrats on leveling up your nerd space

out of every single being in the 40k universe i would want to be an ork engineer. being able to throw together any old trash and make a functioning weapon sounds like so much fun

Love all this lore and what you are doing!

Idk why but this "WRONG !!! D6 Damage, Fix this GamesWorkshop" made me laugh so hard lmao. And Awesome Video as always, in term of English speaking Lore Channels you are my Top 1, always excited to see the next vid you are going to upload.

Can't believe there was all this talk about the Baneblade and its variants, without so much as a mention of its Titan-killing sister, the Shadowsword!

Wes, on starting the video with a segment on the Rhino and its variants, giving descriptions of variants and researched opinions and funny herknes dragonblade references Me, and the singular thought rattling around in my head for the entire duration of the Rhino segment: METAL BAWKSES METAL BAWKSES METAL BAWKSES METAL BAWKSES META-

Amazing video, but The aeldari falcon has 4 variants; wave serpent (transport) night spinner (anti infantry using weapons like the warp spiders's) falcon (standard tank) or fire prisim (with prisim cannon, which is the largest crystal cannons you saw)

Man I wish there was more lore around the Legio Custodes tanks

For me my favourite tank is the Storm Lord, being able to fire 15 shots and carry transport as well. My favourite transport vehicle is the Taurox Prime, its so cute and versatile and a variety of weapons that it can be armed with.

I've always imagined the Baneblade to be bigger and heavier. According to fandom it's "only" 13,5m long and 6,3m high. This is why it came as a suprise when you said it weighted only 316 tonnes. Maybe I was a bit too much influenced by the P1000 Landkreuzer Ratte. Which ironically shows that even the over the top cranked to 11 style of the 40k universe isn't too far away from what lunatics thought of actually building in the second world war.

You forgot the main reason why Space Marines hate the Hammerhead. The decompression effect of a railgun hit renders the progenoid glands unusable, even if they didn't suffer a direct hit. It's a shot that destroys their future as well.

Great video!

Love the Videos man! Could you do one on the Dornian Heresy, a fiction of a fiction?

I married my sister this Friday and she loves warhammer too! 🥰❤️ We enjoy watching your channel and cuddling, warhammer is so interesting universe and you make it more enjoyable to watch!

That world of tanks ad was the first ad that made me have to download a game. Well done

love it bro keep it up..

I think the death guard plaugeburst crawler should be included because of it’s sheer firepower and because it is a chaos exclusive tank. However it was a very good list. Keep up the great videos

The astra militarum has reminded me of how much of a big fan I am of tanks, especially the baneblade and the leman russ.

Oh man I remember the orc pile on rule. One of our group loved orcs, and we saw that a lot. lol

Perfect video as I'm building my Kratos for my Iron Warriors. Keep up the awesome job

This is how the different species make their tanks. Humanity: use materials mined from the ground to make tanks Orks: literally anything they find nearby Eldar: *sings*

18:06 isn't that MidWinter Minis Nurgle tank?

I hope that when they update the imperial guard they update the leman Russ like how they did with the sentinel

Imma be honest I never got into warhammer and for a long time I thought it was kind of cringe, then KZfaq recommended me one of your short vids and now I am really getting into warhammer thanks to you ! I never expected such deep lore and I love the dark and grim twist that separates it so much from other franchises

Very disappointed that there was no mention of the eldar super heavies such as the Cobra and the voidspinner, the cobra's D-Cannon can sheer large portions of even the largest titans off into the warp and can suck entire enemy tanks into the immaterium. Or the Voidspinner wich coats monofilament webs 🕸 with a super bacteria that eats organic and inorganic matter for the duration of its short lived lifespan eating the dirt beneath the enemy's feat into the bedrock.

Loved it, I do have to ask where the Plauge burst crawler is? It's one of the best tanks in 40K, especially that Mortar

Reee no PBC!!!!.... jking, Great video man, keep rocking it!!

someone: so who's the winner Wes:* in low deep mechanical voice * *TIS THE BAIN BLADE!!!*

Brilliant video

Your gameplay sums up my world of tanks experience

I mean, I have a personal bias for any troop transports, and the idea of an Ork tower on the tabletop makes me smile, but the Taurox Prime is still my favorite. Sure, the regular Taurox isn't the best, but the Prime just hits different

A video like this on aircraft or knights/titans would be amazing

That shirt is fire.... got the same one. Actually I got the whole catalog. Good stuff

"we need the tank repaired asap!" "i sing as fast as i can!!!" gotta love 40k 🤣

The tau are really cool I think, to bad they didn’t have a few thousand more years to expand before all the other stuff like tyranids and necrons showed up

Ork tanks remind me of the trucks I used to draw in the first grade. Two wheels (gotta appreciate perspective right?) and then just spikes with guns on top covered in spikes. Maybe some spikes on the bullets too.

Tank you for educating all of us on this amazing rpg

Loving the channel dood. Some of the best lore out here man. Do you have a Twitter account to follow

Yes Wes, fxcking awesome video once again 🤙

I love how the baneblade is so loved and ancient that the kit has barely been altered besides additional sprues to add the forge world variants to the table. Although...i wouldnt have it any way. is it the oldest kit still in production? It has to be up there. I own like 10 of them XD Woe is the day when the baneblade chassis is reworked into a significantly different kit.

I love war thunder that got me into tanks , always wanted a video like this to learn what war hammer tanks were like.

i would love there to be 1 orc that was "born" with higher intelligence that falls in love with creating guns and machines but like in the proper way then slowly comes to the understanding of orc's powers

Nice Into The AM shirt bro!!