Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-9026161-20130719005722/@comment-4851119-20140105125510

203.134.114.240 wrote: ...novel Starship Troopers are Tau Crisis Battlesuits on steroids.

I think you're under-estimating the amount of firepower the Mobile Infantry had in the novel, they make the Tau look subtle. Tactical nukes, mortars, and much longer-ranged flame weapons than in 40K, not to mention all the handheld weapons that were implied but weren't named and/or described, and the Marauder suits are much, much stronger than a battlesuit.