Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141206200938/@comment-86.190.171.142-20141231203706

What you seem to miss totally, probably as you have never, will never and could never (unlike people you are talking to) undergone military/police training is that both a sniper and a tank driver knows how to strip a weapon, knows how to break cover, progress or fall back (pepper potting) a firing line, dig a slip trench etc etc as those things are taught in basic training. Driving a tank or Sniping are additional qualifications/skills for specialists. A basic chapter e.g. all but the grey knights really still know the rest of the art of war in enough detail conduct a campaign.

A techmarine still can fight with alongside his battle brothers, even lead them, knowing enough of the standard order of battle not to give totally stupid commands which the battle brothers go "erm, that's daft". How do you think the Deathwatch manage to function? They don't just guess and do their own thing, they use common marine training, additional familiarity training pre-mission and been elite, professionals, they are able to both adapt and use natural talents as they present.

Using your frankly idiotic example of a sniper and tank driver, say been ambushed, then the tank driver isn't just going to jump into the nearest vehicle and try to shoot the baddies, weapons fitted or not! they are going to fall back into their generic, basic training - go to ground, locate threat, develop response, neutralise threat.

Your ignorance is staggering. Your patronising remarks were disrespective and your writing style is...tricky.