The Saga Of The Tank Crew (All videos are referenced by the watch string after the v=) Our Lads Skipper - Tank Commander Rotten - Main Gunner Gobby - Support Gunner Grumpy - Driver Ears - Communications The Enemy Part Alpha: TAU Lore - 7vjrVuwXhOg Part Beta: THE GREATER GOOD FULL LORE PART 1 - P7SeYzZ2JEY Part Gamma: THE GREATER GOOD PART II - KcoZSotbam8 The Adventure Begins Part 1 : Leman Russ Battle Tank Lore - 7VblG7cWQWg Part 2 : Baneblade Superheavy Tanks - a__btPtnEyw Part 3 : VALKYRIES LORE - fD8Qp03WUZ0 Part 4 : HELLHOUND FIRE TANKS - WCldomsIJwA A New Group Joins The Fray! Part 5: ROUGH RIDERS - CAVALRY OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD - midRQ0zkWJI The Enemy Responds Part 6: TAU RAILGUNS - UM9049mBf4I
"We're familiar with these. At first we thought it was just a minor ailment in our bioforms. The annoying 'Exploding Head' syndrome. Imagine our surprise when we learned it was because of the sea food!" - The Hive Mind
The Tau railgun was one of the first concepts I was introduced to in 40k. While I will forever be a bug boy the giddy grin I had when a friend told me "Tau use Railguns that are so powerful that when they hit enemy tanks they go clean through and then suck the contents out the exit hole as the vacuum behind the round is just that large" is one of the reasons I adore this universe
@@lordfrostdraken Normally, if you make a claim, the burden of proof is upon you. A video with a title "Liquifying suicide bombers in Bagdhad" includes a scene where a tank crewman states that the DU-Sabot-Round used by the M1 (I think they are referring to the M829 there) would liquify crews in a tank so "the inside of the vehicle would have to be hosed out". This would be due to the crew being basically shredded and burned by the superheated mist, spall and fragments of a Round penetrating the armor, more so for a DU round. There are further claims on other websites of the round having the stated effect. The exact physics of how a crew would be liquified and then sucked out of a hole in the tank I have yet to see. But, and this is a kardashian one, this would have made big news if true. I would tend to say thats one of the many military myths, like the one with russian 5.45mm-Rounds being poisoned, 5.56mm killing you even if it just scratches you....
@@dashans6175 yeah it's not the vacuum that kills people inside. It's the uranium slivers that peal off on penetration igniting inside the cabin. Elemental uranium oxidizing into uranium oxide.
8:00 *Baldemort:* They have a weapon I classify as ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC *Dark Eldar:* We feel offended, our civilization dedicated millenia to creating monstrous instruments of war and torment. But a blueberry fire cannon is what you call horrific ? *Tyranid Hive Mind:* Agreed, it doesn't even digest the targets alive or eat their organs from the inside. Where is the penache ?
All in all, even death by nids is less painful than Dark eldar captivity (or even a quick death by dark eldar) But you gotta admit, the theatricality of a railgun projectile penetrating through a tank and less than a second after a pool of blood and gibs flows out like a fountain out of the exit hole, is quite impressive
In a galaxy where the only measure of success is survival, there is no weapon or form of turture more terrifying then one that kills efficiently. The prospect of individual torment or being digested alive can never be as terrifying to an army as their mighty vehicles and war engines being helplessly picked off at a range where they can not even return fire.
@CreedOfHeresy there mounted on ships, do to energy demands and size of barrels. Not recoil. Look up how rails guns work. They do not have explosive for there projectiles, they use magnets to propel the round forward meaning there is no backwards force
@CreedOfHeresy Right. Though I will point out that a catridge doesn't explode, its a combustion cycle, kinda like how a piston engine cycle works. Except the piston is the bullet, and instead of valves opening to release pressure before an explosion occurs, it's the bullet leaving the barrel, allowing the fire and hot gas to exhaust. This is why the gun recoils backward, all the pressure is released out the end of the barrel pushing everything backward. An eplosion occurs when there is no way for the fire and expanding gas to escape, no pressure release.
I think this is inaccurate. A railgun shell has a small diameter so it does not displace a lot of air. it would basically create a vacuum tunnel of the same diameter by pushing all the air out of the way. After equalization, air pressure inside the vehicle slightly, rather then killing the entire crew. Railguns are real weapons, and if they killed any engineers that way, we'd probably have heard of it by now.
Thing is, real world railguns still don't even come close to relativistic speeds. A projectile traveling at a significant fraction of c would absolutely do damage to things it passes near within an atmosphere. You'd need a hell of a projectile to survive the journey too
@@jasonreed1631 Seems the blue berries have issued a challenge to our Krieg friends. I can already hear the gasmask muffled glee and sharpening of bayonetts
"Tank butt stew" was not an image I ever expected to have in my mind. Now it's one which I fear will never leave. This crew is, without doubt, my favourite group of "random bugger" characters.
I kinda want a playlist of all the stories, all these tantalizing cliff hangers leaving off between videos makes me want to just hear more of the story.
Ahh, the Tau getting more love I see. I can’t wait for you to explore the battlesuits themselves, as they are the bread and butter of Tau military engagement. Wonderful video as always. For the Greater Good!
@@darkhorse13golfgaming @Dan Riley One last thing about Lasguns is that their power packs can also be "overcharged", a trick used by Imperial Guard veterans, which causes the pack to explode, turning the weapon into a makeshift grenade comparable in power to a Krak grenade.
The tau are often criticized for being naive or underestimating how dangerous the galaxy is but insisting on developing railgun technology so early seems remarkably farsighted.
TAU RAILGUNS Some of the most deadly and vicious weaponry in the entire Warhammer 40K setting. The Tau kinetic rail guns and rifles. RELATED VIDEOS: TAU LORE: ruclips.net/video/7vjrVuwXhOg/видео.html THE GREATER GOOD: ruclips.net/video/P7SeYzZ2JEY/видео.html PART 2: ruclips.net/video/KcoZSotbam8/видео.html ROUGH RIDERS: ruclips.net/video/midRQ0zkWJI/видео.html
I always get a small spark of childlike joy whenever I get a notification for your videos, it's clear you're only getting more and more talented as time goes on, and I'm excited to see what the future holds. Hope you're doing well friend, see you next video.
The real problem is giving the rail rifles to pathfinders. It makes scouts a large target, when you need them to be sneaky. We need rail rifles on regular fire warriors.
The evil xenos are soft and bereft of the emporers grace but by the throne they have some leathal weapons, Oh hello commisioner, I was just talking about how weak the enemes of man are.
Emperor damn you Baldermort. I don't know how long we've waited for this continuation and you put it on hold at this cliffhanger! Really enjoyed it. You Master-orator you.
By the Tau'va and everything else that is holy. We are finally getting Tau narratives. I asked a bit ago and Mr Balders told me he was busy but he would be making a Gue'vesa view of the Tau empire if I reminded him "in about a month". The day of reckoning is upon us, it has been exactly about a month since that faithful interaction with Baldermort. Pretty please, can we get more Tau stories? (Even if we have to lose our navy trying to slow down the Deathguard)
Imperium: aaaah those shooty guns are too powerful and scary and the Tau can't be as peaceful as they claim if they have guns like that! Also the Imperium: let's arm our marines with light auto cannons and walking tank armor and DRIVE ME CLOSER SO I CAN HIT THE DEMON WITH MY CHAIN SWORD!
Love this story arc you're having here! Also, painting my marines just isn't the same without Balder in the background Warhammering. The vids are most welcome!
Interestingly the railgun is in development by several militaries in the real world right now. They are not as good as Tau weapons but hypersonic velocities have been achieved by these weapons. Hypersonic is defined as traveling at least five times faster than the speed of sound.
Awe Baldermort keep the battles interesting with ‘logical counters’* and the determination of committed soldiers. *I have to state logical counters because so many modern story tellers think last minute introductions of new fighting forces are an exciting turn in the battle and not eye rolling. Looking at ‘The rise of Skywalker’
John Ringo's "Posleen War" series, also known as the "Legacy of the Aldenata", uses something called "grav guns", which are like railguns; but, use gravity instead of electricity to propel the round. The rounds travel at .02c and actually generate lightning in their wake, due to the air friction.
Seems like I may be one of the highest ranks in command My man just got a promotion -or several- in the common imperial way... all your superiors got killed I love it that the Tau are forced to shoot the Astartes in the nuts so that they can't make anymore of them bigga humies
Yeah, the tank commander just become my favorite character: snarky with dark sense of humor 😎 And now I can’t wait for Vostroyans... especially after Total Warhammer 3 trailer 😂
Looks at weapons in the chaos, dark Eldar and nid arsenal..... Yeah in terms of nastiness this weapon is practically sending them gift-wrapped puppies and kittens. Instantaneous and painless Loved the rest of the vid though!
Humans can't perceive things from below 80ms Even marines and Eldar likely can't experience below 800us.... But a munition traveling at 2% of light speed would pass through a 40cm thick human in about 67ns, instantly liquefying the nerves and brain. Completely painless
I am not nearly as adept with words as you but ill try to convey my thoughts into one comment. I love your videos (both the lore and story aspects) and to hear you talk about my chosen faction and indeed one of its most potent weapons and to hear facts that i was not even aware of is truly a treat. Rail techonlogy of the tau is one of my favourite aspects and im glad with psychic awakening its making its way back a little bit (in recent editions its been somewhat supplanted by ion tech). But more than that its just so gratifying to hear someone talk of the Tau with such gusto, to acknowledge that (while maybe to a lesser extent) they do work in the Grimdark setting of 40k. That while certainly not now maybe in the future they could become a serious threat. And that is what i love about your channel. I can hear the love you have for the entire setting, the respect you have for all factions and the effort you put in to giving each one their due. And aside from that the stories you come up with and how you are able to tell them form the perspectives of the side on the receiving end (even when it is the tau getting pummeled) is truly a treat to listen too. Anyway have waffled on enough. Cant wait for the next video and especially looking forward to whatever you have in store for the Tau.
Thank you Mr Baldermort, showing you have another string on your bow. You do a Cockney accent. Guy Ritchie would be proud. You bring so much life to the story.
The Taus flowery words being resoundingly hollow... Aye, dirty bunch of space smurfs! Still...I wouldn't mind having one of those railguns. Imagine the fun shooting cans off fences!!
The Tau. *Spits* May Morkai take them and their damned weapons! Another excellent video my friend! Thanks for helping me get through another day at work lol
New World Order railguns. For when you just really need infantry that can head shot a tank twice each second on the next moon over. It’s just a deep state to cover it up.
Which then begs the question why the operator and people close to him are not getting killed by the inevitably created radiation and heat that is created. Or simply getting their lungs ripped out of their bodies by the vacuum that the projectile creates. I mean, I can't imagine that every rail gun shot ever fired was fired by someone wearing full body armor, let alone the people in vicinity to the shooter. And even _if..._ said vacuum would suck in even the shooter, no way you fire such a weapon and keep standing. Or lying, doesn't matter.
@@Furzkampfbomber I can bring some explanations to this: 1) Sci fi writers are universally bad with any sort of numbers and maths in their own universe. In this case it’d be one of the rare time where the number is too high rather than too low 2) The Tau developped materials that absorbs radiations as said in the video so it could mitigate the effect 3) I think its fair to say that any person firing this gun is in full body armour. Tau do have full body armour after all, even for their pathfinders.
@@KalashVodka175 Thanks for the explanation. I was just a bit nitpicking anyway, I mean, it's Wh 40k we are talking about, so a lot of things are completely over the top and downright bonkers anyway. Still, I can't imagine that always everyone around a railgun being fired wears body armor. Just imagine a 'we have to protect those civilians from the evil Imperial Guard' scenario in an urban environment. You would almost inevitable fry a lot of civilians.
The hand held yeet canon of 40k....gotta so though, the blueberries may have good tech but their ignorance may cost them in the long run, wait till they encounter chaos hahaha, that’ll be a fun time for them. Also they did do work with the dark eldar before and that hasn’t been going well for them ever since.
Aww now that was nice. Did I detect a bit of jealousy? It is quite alright. T'au freely share our technology whether you join for the T'au Va(Greater Good) or ignorantly stand in our way. Have Fun. Hope to see you across the board.
They’re just mad the Tau won’t engage them in melee even though they have absolutely no incentive to do so. For Chaos, the Loyalist SMs, both kinds of Eldar, and some Imperial Guard regiments melee makes sense. Their melee weapons can shred all but the most rare armor, and their standard weapons can barely penetrate it. Tau have shit for melee weapons and their ranged can penetrate all day, so literally no reason to ever get close.
Not that it's applicable to 40k, but I thought some might be interested in some real developments. Several years back, a couple of companies developed full scale prototypes for the US Navy (that eventually underwent sea trials on one of the Zumwalt class destroyers. They were found to be too fragile for military deployment.) that accomplished some mind blowingly destructive tests. The amusing part is that it was accidentally discovered that there is a fixed upper limit on muzzle velocity for railguns. At around 10,000ft/s (3050m/s) it stops being a railgun and becomes a plasma cannon. The electrical energy imparted during firing combined with friction of traveling through the atmosphere strips all the electrons off and renders the projectile useless from a practical standpoint. It loses both cohesion and stability of flight causing wildly unpredictable ballistics and effects on target.
Ahhh, I miss the days of 72 inch AP "what's an armor save?" . P.S. Baldy has become the voice in my head every time I read a "fluff box" in an old army book.
This story shocked me.... It was so good. The lore took me off my feet. Especially the last part where you talk about the Imperium's future if they don't watch out for the Tau. And I am a Hard core Imperium man myself.
I think eventually in 40k lore, that the imperium has to enter an alliance with the Tau and Eldar to destroy the encroaching threat of the Nids and necrons.
No necron is definitely gonna be part of the alliance because the necron silent king saw massive tyranids forces entering the galaxy. So tyranids is truly a terrible threat and on top of that I personally I'm enjoying the tyranids from Hive fleet Kronos cause they're defeating chaos hardcore so eventually chaos has to be involved in this.
@@wiibrockster if you read the lore of hive fleet Kronos you will quickly realize that hive fleet Kronos is kicking chaos very hard. On top of that they're closing in on the great wrap rift and closing it! So chaos are actually getting nervous about the tyranids threat. 😬 which i find it very amusing 😄
@@richardw2801 ruclips.net/video/XNzpfRL95zQ/видео.html Here it is and remember its hive fleet Kronos that is kicking chaos arse and it specialize in range combat and psychic 🔮 abilities! 🤠
The Saga Of The Tank Crew
(All videos are referenced by the watch string after the v=)
Our Lads
Skipper - Tank Commander
Rotten - Main Gunner
Gobby - Support Gunner
Grumpy - Driver
Ears - Communications
The Enemy
Part Alpha: TAU Lore - 7vjrVuwXhOg
Part Beta: THE GREATER GOOD FULL LORE PART 1 - P7SeYzZ2JEY
Part Gamma: THE GREATER GOOD PART II - KcoZSotbam8
The Adventure Begins
Part 1 : Leman Russ Battle Tank Lore - 7VblG7cWQWg
Part 2 : Baneblade Superheavy Tanks - a__btPtnEyw
Part 3 : VALKYRIES LORE - fD8Qp03WUZ0
Part 4 : HELLHOUND FIRE TANKS - WCldomsIJwA
A New Group Joins The Fray!
Part 5: ROUGH RIDERS - CAVALRY OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD - midRQ0zkWJI
The Enemy Responds
Part 6: TAU RAILGUNS - UM9049mBf4I
"We're familiar with these. At first we thought it was just a minor ailment in our bioforms. The annoying 'Exploding Head' syndrome. Imagine our surprise when we learned it was because of the sea food!"
- The Hive Mind
@CreedOfHeresy "This guy gets it."
- The Hive Mind
"All dem Grey skins are da runtz in all da galaxy! ... But ya gotta admit, they know how to make the flashyist shootaz!"
Some Ork
"the are weak and dishonorable to not fight in melee but the have scary guns" some custodies
@@AlexWithington probably Kitten from TTS
@@nestorgamer9746 that's what I thought of while writing it
@@AlexWithington nice to find a fellow fan
@@nestorgamer9746 you would be surprised where you find us
The Tau railgun was one of the first concepts I was introduced to in 40k. While I will forever be a bug boy the giddy grin I had when a friend told me "Tau use Railguns that are so powerful that when they hit enemy tanks they go clean through and then suck the contents out the exit hole as the vacuum behind the round is just that large" is one of the reasons I adore this universe
Same thing happens when an M1A2 abrams hits an armored vehicle with a Depleted Uranium perpetrator.
@@lordfrostdraken Source?
@@dashans6175 If you care go look it up, I already know the answer cause i looked it up about 7 months ago.
@@lordfrostdraken Normally, if you make a claim, the burden of proof is upon you.
A video with a title "Liquifying suicide bombers in Bagdhad" includes a scene where a tank crewman states that the DU-Sabot-Round used by the M1 (I think they are referring to the M829 there) would liquify crews in a tank so "the inside of the vehicle would have to be hosed out".
This would be due to the crew being basically shredded and burned by the superheated mist, spall and fragments of a Round penetrating the armor, more so for a DU round.
There are further claims on other websites of the round having the stated effect.
The exact physics of how a crew would be liquified and then sucked out of a hole in the tank I have yet to see.
But, and this is a kardashian one, this would have made big news if true. I would tend to say thats one of the many military myths, like the one with russian 5.45mm-Rounds being poisoned, 5.56mm killing you even if it just scratches you....
@@dashans6175 yeah it's not the vacuum that kills people inside. It's the uranium slivers that peal off on penetration igniting inside the cabin. Elemental uranium oxidizing into uranium oxide.
I lost it at "Doggy birds." That's so accurate for Kroot Hounds!
Birb doggos
8:00 *Baldemort:* They have a weapon I classify as ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC
*Dark Eldar:* We feel offended, our civilization dedicated millenia to creating monstrous instruments of war and torment. But a blueberry fire cannon is what you call horrific ?
*Tyranid Hive Mind:* Agreed, it doesn't even digest the targets alive or eat their organs from the inside. Where is the penache ?
All in all, even death by nids is less painful than Dark eldar captivity (or even a quick death by dark eldar)
But you gotta admit, the theatricality of a railgun projectile penetrating through a tank and less than a second after a pool of blood and gibs flows out like a fountain out of the exit hole, is quite impressive
In a galaxy where the only measure of success is survival, there is no weapon or form of turture more terrifying then one that kills efficiently. The prospect of individual torment or being digested alive can never be as terrifying to an army as their mighty vehicles and war engines being helplessly picked off at a range where they can not even return fire.
There is an elegance to railguns. It’s high tech and futuristic weapon but yet it is just brute force.
Indeed sir
Futuristic but used today. USS Dewey. Pretty crazy
"So you know bullet go fast, but what if bullet go really, REALLY fast!"
@CreedOfHeresy there mounted on ships, do to energy demands and size of barrels. Not recoil. Look up how rails guns work. They do not have explosive for there projectiles, they use magnets to propel the round forward meaning there is no backwards force
@CreedOfHeresy Right. Though I will point out that a catridge doesn't explode, its a combustion cycle, kinda like how a piston engine cycle works. Except the piston is the bullet, and instead of valves opening to release pressure before an explosion occurs, it's the bullet leaving the barrel, allowing the fire and hot gas to exhaust. This is why the gun recoils backward, all the pressure is released out the end of the barrel pushing everything backward. An eplosion occurs when there is no way for the fire and expanding gas to escape, no pressure release.
i never thought about the vacuum force created by a railgun, thats horrible, great work!
It doesn’t exist.
I would think the shockwave that would follow would absolutely be insane as well.
@@zarektheinsane6656 Shockwaves following projectiles is a common misconception. The bullet will not harm what it misses.
I think this is inaccurate. A railgun shell has a small diameter so it does not displace a lot of air.
it would basically create a vacuum tunnel of the same diameter by pushing all the air out of the way.
After equalization, air pressure inside the vehicle slightly, rather then killing the entire crew.
Railguns are real weapons, and if they killed any engineers that way, we'd probably have heard of it by now.
Thing is, real world railguns still don't even come close to relativistic speeds. A projectile traveling at a significant fraction of c would absolutely do damage to things it passes near within an atmosphere. You'd need a hell of a projectile to survive the journey too
I know you smiled to yourself when you read “ like they was little painted figures” nice fourth wall moment
I couldn’t help myself. I always put in an in joke if I can.
It wasn't cheesy though, it was such a powerful description, and appropriate.
Yea we suck at melee. Too bad you'll never get into melee range. - Tau player creed
Bold words for someone in Exterminatus range.
Laughs in deep strike*
@@jasonreed1631 Seems the blue berries have issued a challenge to our Krieg friends. I can already hear the gasmask muffled glee and sharpening of bayonetts
@@Kar4ever3 bayonets are for fighting worthy foes. The Tau are only there to test the quality and durability of shovels
Bold word for someone in vindicare,basilisk,and warp fuckery range
"Tank butt stew" was not an image I ever expected to have in my mind. Now it's one which I fear will never leave.
This crew is, without doubt, my favourite group of "random bugger" characters.
I kinda want a playlist of all the stories, all these tantalizing cliff hangers leaving off between videos makes me want to just hear more of the story.
Fully agree I just started looking for the playlist when I heard "Continued from..."
The railgun, maximising the fear of the YEET.
At the speed of hate
By the Emperor that tank commander, he has risen to be one of my favorite characters bye his humor and word play alone
Ahh, the Tau getting more love I see. I can’t wait for you to explore the battlesuits themselves, as they are the bread and butter of Tau military engagement.
Wonderful video as always.
For the Greater Good!
"I say the whole world must learn of our peaceful ways... BY FORCE!" ~ Bender
You know, as a former line grunt I have to say that the Tau scare the crap out of me.
Coward one rail gun can do nothing against thousands of lasguns
@@guardsmangaming3775 judging by your lack of sense I will assume you're from Krieg and call it good 🤷♂️
@@darkhorse13golfgaming
@Dan Riley
One last thing about Lasguns is that their power packs can also be "overcharged", a trick used by Imperial Guard veterans, which causes the pack to explode, turning the weapon into a makeshift grenade comparable in power to a Krak grenade.
Turning tanks into gibbet fountains, one tungsten rod at a time.
How are you this good at making stories?
Honestly i think your stories is some of the best i have listen too
They sound better than they read. Trust me. Lol. ;).
Yeah, Baldermort and Arch are two of the best Warhammer storytellers!
The tau are often criticized for being naive or underestimating how dangerous the galaxy is but insisting on developing railgun technology so early seems remarkably farsighted.
You ever watch Arnold Schwarzenegger the eraser in the movie he use railguns to kill some dudes.
Farsighted... Eh? Eh? Get it?
@@viktordickinson7844 👆👉
Haven’t been able to listen for a while. I’m glad to see you’re still at it, Baldie. Keep chasing the dream.
Thanks brother Rich. Hope you are well.
@@baldermort Better than I deserve and unwilling to give any of it up. Same to you.
TAU RAILGUNS
Some of the most deadly and vicious weaponry in the entire Warhammer 40K setting.
The Tau kinetic rail guns and rifles.
RELATED VIDEOS:
TAU LORE: ruclips.net/video/7vjrVuwXhOg/видео.html
THE GREATER GOOD: ruclips.net/video/P7SeYzZ2JEY/видео.html
PART 2: ruclips.net/video/KcoZSotbam8/видео.html
ROUGH RIDERS: ruclips.net/video/midRQ0zkWJI/видео.html
Many a landraider of mine has died to this.
A Interaction helps the Almighty Algorithm =)
Another stonking chapter. There's no need to say that, of course, but the Dread God Algosummat demands it!
Oy, Baldermort you've once again outshined the competition. Long days, pleasant nights.
how do you write a script and record it all in only a few days
When you REALLY want to play the ultimate game of frisbee.
I always get a small spark of childlike joy whenever I get a notification for your videos, it's clear you're only getting more and more talented as time goes on, and I'm excited to see what the future holds.
Hope you're doing well friend, see you next video.
The real problem is giving the rail rifles to pathfinders. It makes scouts a large target, when you need them to be sneaky. We need rail rifles on regular fire warriors.
Love your work sir! Popping Ogs and Neigh-neighs sounds like a guardsman's marching song, the kind that gives the Commissar an itchy trigger finger
the second i heard they were the faction with mechs and railguns i knew it was the faction for me, i *fucking* love railguns
Some Tau love. THANK YOU!!!
The evil xenos are soft and bereft of the emporers grace but by the throne they have some leathal weapons,
Oh hello commisioner, I was just talking about how weak the enemes of man are.
"Kroot bird doggie things"
Nice to see my favourite faction getting some love (and without snide, begrudging comments form the narrator for once).
Yeah, I try to represent the factions fairly.
Emperor damn you Baldermort. I don't know how long we've waited for this continuation and you put it on hold at this cliffhanger!
Really enjoyed it. You Master-orator you.
By the Tau'va and everything else that is holy. We are finally getting Tau narratives. I asked a bit ago and Mr Balders told me he was busy but he would be making a Gue'vesa view of the Tau empire if I reminded him "in about a month". The day of reckoning is upon us, it has been exactly about a month since that faithful interaction with Baldermort.
Pretty please, can we get more Tau stories? (Even if we have to lose our navy trying to slow down the Deathguard)
One of my favourite weapons for sure, recently started some Tau and anyone that can have a railgun is going to!
Imperium: aaaah those shooty guns are too powerful and scary and the Tau can't be as peaceful as they claim if they have guns like that!
Also the Imperium: let's arm our marines with light auto cannons and walking tank armor and DRIVE ME CLOSER SO I CAN HIT THE DEMON WITH MY CHAIN SWORD!
If anything, Tau railguns are a more "merciful" weapon. Get hit with one and you're mush before you even know you've been hit.
@@randlebrowne2048 in the 41st millennium, there is no room for mercy. There is only WAR...and splats
Love this story arc you're having here!
Also, painting my marines just isn't the same without Balder in the background Warhammering.
The vids are most welcome!
Don’t forget to like and comment to appease the almighty algorithm 😁👍🏼
A Interaction helps the Almighty Algorithm =)
I've been so looking forward to more Tau videos
Same here
That was a damn good story I look forward to seeing how this progresses! ALways fun to learn more about the Tau as well, very well done Balder!
Interestingly the railgun is in development by several militaries in the real world right now. They are not as good as Tau weapons but hypersonic velocities have been achieved by these weapons. Hypersonic is defined as traveling at least five times faster than the speed of sound.
@Message Posted Strength always give birth to jealousy :P
That's why humans are greatest species that ever existed.
@Message Posted Strength always give birth to jealousy :P
That's why humans are greatest species that ever existed.
Awe Baldermort keep the battles interesting with ‘logical counters’* and the determination of committed soldiers.
*I have to state logical counters because so many modern story tellers think last minute introductions of new fighting forces are an exciting turn in the battle and not eye rolling. Looking at ‘The rise of Skywalker’
An excellent take on being one to experience the tau way of war.
John Ringo's "Posleen War" series, also known as the "Legacy of the Aldenata", uses something called "grav guns", which are like railguns; but, use gravity instead of electricity to propel the round. The rounds travel at .02c and actually generate lightning in their wake, due to the air friction.
tau gunner aiming at an imperial tank: yeetus deletus
imperial tank: f u c k
Oh what I'd give to own a replica of one of these rifles! I've never played Tau but I love their weaponry
Your talk about xenociding Tau made me so happy.
I say it's one sided and should be ignored.......For the good of the ver's of course.
This is probably one of my top 5 entries you have done so far! Keep up the good work!
You crank out quality entertainment like a Titan, thank you so much 👍👏❤️
Gotta love the power of these weapons.
glad you covered the Railguns, they are one of my favorite rifles out there in the franchise.
Seems like I may be one of the highest ranks in command
My man just got a promotion -or several- in the common imperial way... all your superiors got killed
I love it that the Tau are forced to shoot the Astartes in the nuts so that they can't make anymore of them bigga humies
The most entertaining 40k channel out there and I learn things too 😊
Just amazing. I truly love your contact!
Yeah, the tank commander just become my favorite character: snarky with dark sense of humor 😎
And now I can’t wait for Vostroyans... especially after Total Warhammer 3 trailer 😂
No matter how many times I hear it I absolutely love your outro!
Looks at weapons in the chaos, dark Eldar and nid arsenal.....
Yeah in terms of nastiness this weapon is practically sending them gift-wrapped puppies and kittens. Instantaneous and painless
Loved the rest of the vid though!
Painless (well, maybe not for like 0.001 second, where you’ll feel enormous pain) but still so theatrical
Humans can't perceive things from below 80ms
Even marines and Eldar likely can't experience below 800us....
But a munition traveling at 2% of light speed would pass through a 40cm thick human in about 67ns, instantly liquefying the nerves and brain.
Completely painless
Oh boy class is in session.
I am not nearly as adept with words as you but ill try to convey my thoughts into one comment. I love your videos (both the lore and story aspects) and to hear you talk about my chosen faction and indeed one of its most potent weapons and to hear facts that i was not even aware of is truly a treat. Rail techonlogy of the tau is one of my favourite aspects and im glad with psychic awakening its making its way back a little bit (in recent editions its been somewhat supplanted by ion tech). But more than that its just so gratifying to hear someone talk of the Tau with such gusto, to acknowledge that (while maybe to a lesser extent) they do work in the Grimdark setting of 40k. That while certainly not now maybe in the future they could become a serious threat. And that is what i love about your channel. I can hear the love you have for the entire setting, the respect you have for all factions and the effort you put in to giving each one their due. And aside from that the stories you come up with and how you are able to tell them form the perspectives of the side on the receiving end (even when it is the tau getting pummeled) is truly a treat to listen too.
Anyway have waffled on enough. Cant wait for the next video and especially looking forward to whatever you have in store for the Tau.
Thank you Mr Baldermort, showing you have another string on your bow. You do a Cockney accent. Guy Ritchie would be proud. You bring so much life to the story.
3 pathfinders with these and a few gun drones are all you need to make your friends stop playing Kill Team forever.
Throw in a stealth suit and a recon drone
For Emperor, and the algorithm!
I lost it at “grox with the squits”
"The Tau will eventually ran out of ammunition. But we, we will never ran out of bayonnet.
*AFFIXED BAYONNET!*
This is the fest video I've seen of yours your voice is butter to my ears so smoth and outstanding
"Floaty-fishy-tanky-things"
The Taus flowery words being resoundingly hollow... Aye, dirty bunch of space smurfs! Still...I wouldn't mind having one of those railguns. Imagine the fun shooting cans off fences!!
Some 3 new pieces in a week's time? Truly the Emperor watches over us
"like they were little painted figures" I GET IT!!! :P
:)
Once again you grace us with your glorious storytelling.
Loving each and every one of these tau videos you do they get me pumped and ready for my battles as I make my lists keep up the amazing work!
The Tau. *Spits* May Morkai take them and their damned weapons!
Another excellent video my friend! Thanks for helping me get through another day at work lol
Tau railguns, for when you just really need infantry that can headshot a tank on the next moon over.
New World Order railguns. For when you just really need infantry that can head shot a tank twice each second on the next moon over.
It’s just a deep state to cover it up.
0.2c is 20% of the speed of light. Not 2%. That is terrifying and horrible and so very awesome.
Which then begs the question why the operator and people close to him are not getting killed by the inevitably created radiation and heat that is created. Or simply getting their lungs ripped out of their bodies by the vacuum that the projectile creates. I mean, I can't imagine that every rail gun shot ever fired was fired by someone wearing full body armor, let alone the people in vicinity to the shooter. And even _if..._ said vacuum would suck in even the shooter, no way you fire such a weapon and keep standing. Or lying, doesn't matter.
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I can bring some explanations to this:
1) Sci fi writers are universally bad with any sort of numbers and maths in their own universe. In this case it’d be one of the rare time where the number is too high rather than too low
2) The Tau developped materials that absorbs radiations as said in the video so it could mitigate the effect
3) I think its fair to say that any person firing this gun is in full body armour. Tau do have full body armour after all, even for their pathfinders.
@@KalashVodka175 Thanks for the explanation. I was just a bit nitpicking anyway, I mean, it's Wh 40k we are talking about, so a lot of things are completely over the top and downright bonkers anyway.
Still, I can't imagine that always everyone around a railgun being fired wears body armor. Just imagine a 'we have to protect those civilians from the evil Imperial Guard' scenario in an urban environment. You would almost inevitable fry a lot of civilians.
A truly fine and fascinating entry. The ending commentary alone would make the Imperium QUAKE.
The hand held yeet canon of 40k....gotta so though, the blueberries may have good tech but their ignorance may cost them in the long run, wait till they encounter chaos hahaha, that’ll be a fun time for them. Also they did do work with the dark eldar before and that hasn’t been going well for them ever since.
We already have seen the result of the tau seeing chaos. The Farsight Enclaves
Aww now that was nice. Did I detect a bit of jealousy? It is quite alright. T'au freely share our technology whether you join for the T'au Va(Greater Good) or ignorantly stand in our way.
Have Fun. Hope to see you across the board.
When the Imperium is crying non-stop about the fact that tau are cowards but they only use actual tactics.
They're just mad they forgot how to shoot tungsten rods
@@PoolNoodleGundam Not just Tungsten rods, but LOTS of tungsten rods.
They’re just mad the Tau won’t engage them in melee even though they have absolutely no incentive to do so. For Chaos, the Loyalist SMs, both kinds of Eldar, and some Imperial Guard regiments melee makes sense. Their melee weapons can shred all but the most rare armor, and their standard weapons can barely penetrate it. Tau have shit for melee weapons and their ranged can penetrate all day, so literally no reason to ever get close.
What's this, a new Baldermort?! Hoooray
This is such an amazing story I love it so much
Oh I was hoping this would tie in to the rough riders. Keep em coming and thanks as always
When baldemorts writing is so good that you feel like your talking to an old friend about them little blue xenos
I do look forward to the video on the vostroyan firstborn's.
Ah yes the single weapon that makes every KT player sweat constantly
2 - 3 of them accompanied by a Recon Drone, and you still have more than half of your points to do just whatever you want.
Even the Tau can appriecate the need for unnecessarily destructive big ass guns.
Thanks Baldermort for great listening while getting my new paints prepped 🙂
I really like the new intro it’s a nice touch.
Sh*t the actual bed, i needed to hear Iterator Baldy today! Much gratitude!!!
Not that it's applicable to 40k, but I thought some might be interested in some real developments. Several years back, a couple of companies developed full scale prototypes for the US Navy (that eventually underwent sea trials on one of the Zumwalt class destroyers. They were found to be too fragile for military deployment.) that accomplished some mind blowingly destructive tests.
The amusing part is that it was accidentally discovered that there is a fixed upper limit on muzzle velocity for railguns. At around 10,000ft/s (3050m/s) it stops being a railgun and becomes a plasma cannon. The electrical energy imparted during firing combined with friction of traveling through the atmosphere strips all the electrons off and renders the projectile useless from a practical standpoint. It loses both cohesion and stability of flight causing wildly unpredictable ballistics and effects on target.
Tau Railguns, they are as powerful as Doom 2016’s Railgun
What can I say other than, loved it!
Good ole boneless Bill 😂 brilliant
And to think he used to be "bonus bill".
I love your tau stories. They are truly awesome!
Thanks Baldermort!
Awesome stuff man
Ahhh, I miss the days of 72 inch AP "what's an armor save?" .
P.S. Baldy has become the voice in my head every time I read a "fluff box" in an old army book.
All hail the algorithm! May it’s blessings rain down upon you!
You sir are one of the best things in existence right now.
The line "splashed with dead Ogs like they were little painted figures, all sprayed red from the front" was fabulous!
This story shocked me.... It was so good. The lore took me off my feet. Especially the last part where you talk about the Imperium's future if they don't watch out for the Tau. And I am a Hard core Imperium man myself.
I think eventually in 40k lore, that the imperium has to enter an alliance with the Tau and Eldar to destroy the encroaching threat of the Nids and necrons.
No necron is definitely gonna be part of the alliance because the necron silent king saw massive tyranids forces entering the galaxy. So tyranids is truly a terrible threat and on top of that I personally I'm enjoying the tyranids from Hive fleet Kronos cause they're defeating chaos hardcore so eventually chaos has to be involved in this.
It's highly unlikley but imagine all the Imperium,Asuryani,Drukhari,Tau and Chaos putting their differences aside to destroy the Tyranids
@@messageinthebottle1673 oh dang, any links on tyranids taking on chaos?
@@wiibrockster if you read the lore of hive fleet Kronos you will quickly realize that hive fleet Kronos is kicking chaos very hard. On top of that they're closing in on the great wrap rift and closing it! So chaos are actually getting nervous about the tyranids threat. 😬 which i find it very amusing 😄
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Here it is and remember its hive fleet Kronos that is kicking chaos arse and it specialize in range combat and psychic 🔮 abilities! 🤠
Great video as always 👌 Been listening to some of these as I do some chores, quality.