Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24505078-20140427055850/@comment-6078851-20140428003322

i also question arbites having melta weponry: as far as i know they have mauls, shotguns, and grenade launchers - basically police gear. melta weaponry is high-end military equipment, so not exactly the sort of stuff handed out to a police force.

plus arbites are trained to deal with civilians and are relatively very few per-planet so would be way out of their depth with any sort of invasion.

i'm not trying to take anything away from the arbites, personally i think they're kick-ass, but they're maybe able to thwart small-scale, amateur rebels and uphold the law (most of the time), but they're just not numerous, trained, or equipped enough to deal with serious invasions or major cultist/rebel situations.