I mean, the Krieg are a dime a million if not billion compared to the Space marines. There's always more Krieg, let the marines perform as reserved armored fists and otherwise preserve their precious gene seed
@@CBRN-115 that only works if you have infinite resources like the kriegers do. In real life you need to pursue a combined arms doctrine using valuable units like tanks as a core piece both strategically and tactically. Holding them in reserve only works if you are on the defensive.
i imagine when that space marine saw that explosion from a krieg grenade he simply smiled and thought "a death deserving of a heretic and a death worthy of guardsmen"
@@brentkalmbacher9092 Space marines afaik are not drafted but specifically bred with their geneseed. So brave soldiers can only climb ranks, but not join the astartes.
@@leventevirag1653 Although it would be possible for a young Krieger child to be inducted into the Astartes. Not that I've ever heard of such a thing. It is physically possible in that one case though.
@@brentkalmbacher9092 I think during one of the Uriel Ventris books, a company of space marines train up a regiment of Kriegsmen to essentially the same level as space marines before their augmentations.
Тем временем комиссар Каин: "Не умирать просто так! Вы должны умирать только, чтобы я смог спастись... ой то есть вы должны умерать только ради ИМПЕРАТОРА!!!"
That's actually a fact, imperial commissars assigned to death korps are usually preventing unnecessary expenditure of men rather than enforcing discipline
“We need 1 regiment from your planet” “My lords we have 20 fully armed, trained and equipped regiments. Also each and every commanding officer is requesting the Imperiums most hazardous, toxic, and dangerous combat zones to be deployed to.” That Munitorum official probably had to take a breath and make sure he wasn’t dreaming. Whoever had the idea to request them as a war world probably was promoted on the spot for this.
@@carsoncasmirri3874 It wasn't even requested of them. They had been written off for 500 years and after they put down the last heretics on their world they basically sent the Administratum a message saying "Yo, we got 20 fully locked and loaded regiments to serve the Emperor. Can we go to the worst possible warzones?" with the Administratum going "uh, wtf? Fine, you want to be lunatics we can send you to hell." Then after a couple years "HOLY SHIT, THESE GUYS KICK ASS, hey, Krieg, how many more regiments can we get out of you?" "Depends, can we use artificial wombs to replace our numbers?" "Uh, why?" "Cause if we can we can send you 20 regiments every year." "SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR ARTIFICAL WOMBS!"
Which make sense, they are trying to redeem themselves for refusing to help the Emperor during the Heresy. The funny thing is the Imperium after the heresy, that request for 1 regiment per year was them going "Heh they just experienced a planet-sized civil war with no time to recover. Let's demand a regiment we knew they don't have and use the excuse that they can't afford it to punish them" and the Governor already had 20 to offer.
@@scribblerstudios9895 And loyal enough for the allowance of near-heresy. The use of vitawombs goes against the Empyreal doctrine of "purity of the flesh".
@@pikadragon2783 everyone in the death core of krieg are men girls stay in the factory making guns and weapons tho the normal Imperial guards are mixed.
My favorite line in this is “There’s a thunder in the east, it’s an attack of the deceased.” The reason Kriegers are so effective in war is that they’ve already accepted the fact they’re dead, and knowing either you’re already dead or will be soon means there’s no reason to be afraid, you’re just embracing the inevitable, and it might as well be now instead of later. The moral of the story is that if you fight every day like it’s your last day, you’ll never have a reason to be scared again. I hope this helps someone out there.
You know what’s darkly hilarious about this? It sounds like something Angron, a traitor primarch, once said. “The warrior who fights to live has no defence against the warrior who doesn’t care if he dies. And Khârn, everyone wants to live.”
This song is actually about Russians being hit with chlorine and bromine gas. The effects were horrific and unsurvivable. Nobody knows exactly why but despite their injuries the few soldiers left charged at the Germans. The sight of a hundred Russians charging at them headlong despite dissolving in the hydrochloric acid from the chlorine combining with the moisture in the air and coughing up blood and chunks of their own lungs made the German soldiers panic and flee in terror convinced that they were being attacked by the undead.
People say the Death Korps know no fear, they are wrong. The Death Korps do know fear though for only one thing, they fear that the Emperor will not forgive them. How could whatever monsters lurk within the Warp be more terrifying than that.
@Keelan Walcott over active imagination. God Emperor might is holding 4 Chaos "Gods" back, lighting Astonomicum and keeping Webway closed and demons in it away from Terra. All while Golden Throne is sucking his vitality. But He has no choice, for His Rebirth would send Mankind and Imperium to Dark Ages again. God Emperor don't have tears to shed for Clone, for He barely shed a tear for His Own Blood and Flesh.
@Keelan Walcott by The Emperor I thought I was actually there hearing that in person. You sir deserve, well something delicious since I don't know your favorite is
For those who want a summary of how brutal, fatalistic and grim the Death Korps are: They're the only recorded Guard regiment to have bullied and even executed a *Commissar* for cowardice.
@@__mindflayer__ In the codex revisions for specific Guardsmen Units. For Krieg it mentions that Commissars have several problems. First of which is they have to try and hold back the Kriegers from charging too much. Second of which is a lot of Commissars end up getting killed as their job is to do heroic acts of bravery to improve morale...but how do you out heroic an entire army willing to charge into fortified positions and enter death traps willingly? So they end up killed by trying to out hero the Krieg too. Then there is the fact that Krieg aren't dumb, but will never order a full retreat and did on one occasion kill a Commissar for ordering a retreat. Catachan will kill Commissars for throwing their weight around too much. Cadians and First Born both have outright shot Commissars for trying to change orders their Generals have given. Armageddon Steel Legion has literally driven over a Commissar with a tank. Commissars are not technically inside the rank structure quite the way people think they are.
Not true actually, there's this other regiment, basically the Frenchies from the sixteen hundreds, who are reported to be even braver and more likely to shoot their commissars
Imagine being a Khorne berserker, living hundreds of years, slaying thousands of guardsmen and maybe even one or two loyalist space marines and a 15 year old wearing a gas mask puts himself on your chain sword and suicide bombs you.
@@patrickbicking4933 chaos marine:well you see khorne, there are bunch of really crazy bastards in the imperium, Khorne:are they strong?, seek rivers of blood and eternal war? if they are, they will become my daemons chaos marine:thats would be a problem my lord, their strength is average Khorne: then how they manage to kill you, one of my berserkers? Chaos marine: they charged at me without regard for their lives only wanting to kill me Khorne: so they want endless killing, weak but still would fit nicely with my other daemons Chaos marine: that would be impossible Khorne: why? Chaos marine: their faith in the fake emperor is what make them throw their lives without regard
A Berserker faced with a simple guardsman fighting him one on one would bring him glee and mild confusion. And upon beng sucide bombed a bit disapointed and confused. Then would die to multiple bombing him. And in the afterlife, in front of Khorne, he'd have no answer.
I remember the day my Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, asked me a question about the Kriegsman. It was a mundane question, one he could have even guessed the answer to. The question itself birthed a litany of other questions and a single teared statement. "Why do they wear the masks?" I turned my head to meet his eyes and I wondered at the question, he meant it literally, he didn't know what they were, rare that my Primarch would be ignorant of anything, especially history. "They are the Death Korps of Krieg, they always wear them, their homeworld has a toxic atmosphere." My Primarch nodded, I could still see in his expression that another curiosity lingered, and then he gave words to the emotion. "They never remove them? Why? This atmosphere isn't toxic." Instead of answering I shook my head at the ground, it was a tragic tale, gifting their history any thoughts would bring most to their knees, even Space Marines. "Kriegsman believe that their war, their duty, is everlasting. They think that they need to be ready to fulfill the Emperor's will at any moment. They're not so equipped for war as they are equipped for their own death, to slow their impending doom so they might give the Emperor more use, no matter how miniscule it is, they will give it gladly. It's how their entire planet is." His eyes tracked mine and maybe he saw my internal agony, I had weathered a thousand battles, but I had never relayed the history of Krieg, the history of their heresy. "Their entire planet, is like this? Grim, inhuman, emotionless... soulless? Why?" I wanted to refuse to answer his questions, but I couldn't. "The sons of Krieg are not as you say, not soulless, they live their lives for the Emperor. I once visited Krieg, the planet was a hellscape. A hellscape devoid of the Emperor's grace and beauty, it was a place where the Emperor's Peace would be refused by its populace, they would believe that their own lives were worth less than the mercy of death. Most of these soldiers are children, sons fighting so the war their father's waged might be forgiven." The words did not strike true with the Primarch, there were still questions unanswered, a history he did not understand. So I told him of the beginning, the treachery of Krieg's highlords. The resistance that sprouted from Colonel Jurten, his cry for help that went unheard into the darkness, and then his headlong charge into the jaws of death, his faith in the Emperor alone guiding him. I told him of the war, the brutal unyielding war that never ended. The generational trenches that spread across the entirety of Krieg, the dried ocens that turned into fields of lasgun fire and artillery barrages. The genetically enhanced beasts that carried faithful soldiers into the fray of the heaviest combat, equipped to die, never to survive. "Five hundred years, Krieg fought for five hundred years in unending war. Jurten's own forces were all dead before the end of the first decade but Krieg's sons and daughters bred a new army. An army that marched over the luscious fields that once existed and left war in their wake. They finally won the war after trillions had been killed, returned to the fold, and greeted the Imperium with heavy hearts." My heart was caught in my words, it was agonizing to relay it, to say the truth. "They believe that they are the arch traitors, the betrayers, the worst of heretics, that theirs is a lineage of the unfaithful, their blood is the blood of heathens. The people of Krieg believe it is their duty to atone, for eternity, for their crimes. They produce nothing, they build nothing, but they have their sons. The sons they throw away, because traitors deserve to die. Ever since they returned to the Imperium they have given everything away freely. To them every Krieger, every child soldier they send into the boiling heat of battle, deserves only death. When they die, they only see a number lost, equipment to scavenge, a heretic dead. They will continue to atone for crimes that weren't even their own, and they will do it without question, forever. They can never be forgiven, they *know* this is as a fact. Yet I have heard them in their dying breaths, all of them, begging for the Emperor's forgiveness." I felt the tears roll down my cheeks, the faith of the lowliest Kriegsman could test that of even the hardest Astartes, their souls beget only agony. "That's not true." My Primarch spoke, overcome with grief I had somehow forgotten his presence, turning to him in his pause I could see the only tear to ever be produced by Roboute Guilliman fall from his glistening eyes. "I know my Father's heart well, they were forgiven long ago. They achieved atonement, five hundred years of it."
One of the best stories I read was dead men walking, as each soldier was shot by a necron, he would throw his plasma gun to the next guy to avoid it getting lost to keep fighting. Hard af
That's litterally some 1 rifle for every 5 men shit, like fuck, Soviets ain't got shit on krieg. Hell a solid portion of the krieg guardsmen aren't even 18
The death corps are one of the worst imperial armies you could have to face as an enemy. They have a fanaticism that rivals even space marines. And a fearlessness that rivals the marines as well.
The thing is even a titan is better than them Why ? A titan, tho is powerful and all, cant waste all it weaponry on a single soldier, so you can run from it your comrades who gonna kill you would just be wasted by that titan Krieg ? They make sure no enemies can go off their deathlist, you escape the battle and flee ? They will make sure they find you and purge you in the bloodiest way there is, even if they must go through mountains, swim down the deepest ocean, uproot even the strongest fortress out there, they WILL find you and finish you off
Imagine being a 10,000 year old literal bioengineered super warrior that's 8ft tall covered in daemon powered armor and you get blown up by some illiterate vat grown 16 year old armed with the equivalent of a flashlight, and a few M-80s taped together.
Lasguns aren't "flashlights" so much as they are the laser-rifles from "GI Joe..." they look cool and put on a light-show, but there's a lot of "A-Team Firing." Sure, the Astra Militarum don't have the best wargear compared to the Powered Armor of the Adeptus Astartes, the Mad Scientist weapons of the Adeptus Mechanicus, or the sheer religious zeal that manifests as psychic might of the Adeptas Sororitas. They're just regular humans pitted against the Space Elves, the demons and the Alien Locust Swarms... and that's what makes them badass. Especially the Death Korps Of Krieg, the embodiment of "SOLDIER, I DID NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DIE!"
@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 Compared to weaponry, armor and abilities of other races, they could just as well be just flashlights. But enough flashlights pointing in one direction is bound to have some effect sooner or later
On of my favorite Krieg stories that I've heard is a Commissar explaining to the sergeant that yes, the regiment could bayonet charge the tank battalion nearby but they would take too many casualties and we need enough survivors to keep this hill. Any man who tries to charge the tanks will be shot on sight!
“Commissar can we bayonet charge those tanks.” “No because we need to hold this hill and so help me if I see any of you try it I’ll shoot them myself.” *disappointed Krieg noises*
Funny thing is...they're not German based...they're French based. The helmet design and their body armor is all very similar to French WW1 troops. Notice the fin ontop of their helmet, that's entirely French inspried design.
@@luketfer They're homeworld's name is literally The German word for war, They spade everybody like The Russian Sappers, they have cavalrymen like the Polish, And are you telling me they're mainly French? Or WW1 Based?
I would argue them to be a real mishmash off all things WW1. Not really based off just one nation but taking after the entire flair of the first world war. They are more then just space Germans or French , they represent an army of death that marches with deep regret and guilt etched into their souls. The goal is death in the name of the Emperor whether its their own or that of the enemy doesn't matter in the trenches.
HMG: Why do I hear boss music? Rotary cannons: Why do I hear a ammo shortage? A-10: How are they not dead? Bomber: How did you survive a F*** 10000 Lb bomb and still run Kriegs: You fools, I wanted to die anyways
Lets be honest, the Death Korps of Krieg are the two world wars personified. Defensive tenacity of the German and French, steamroller tactics of the Russians, fanaticism of Imperial Japan, production output of America. They are basically the most well known, often times best, parts of each faction combined into one fighting force.
The Death Korps of Krieg are literally the epitome of Warhammer. Not the legendary Astartes, or the forces of Chaos, or even the act of Exterminatus. It is the Death Korps of Krieg, literally a battalion of ordinary humans, so dedicated to the cause, that they will *WILLINGLY* charge into impossible odds. These guys aren’t even genetically modified in any way, they’re literally just us. And yet, unlike so many other Guardsmen regiments, they don’t falter. Even in scenarios that would leave other regiments crying for Astartes support, the Death Korps of Krieg don’t need Astartes support, because their dedication to the God-Emperor of Mankind makes themselves the only support they need to take on the forces of Chaos. The Death Korps of Krieg are in themselves, the most terrifying force in the Warhammer 40k universe. Not even death itself is enough to make them falter, because to them, death is the greatest honor.
Even Chaos thinks twice about going toe to toe with the Death Korps. There is no winning. You loose. Every time. It may take days or centuries, but eventually, the Death Korps will win
@@ежикколючий-о1ц это гвардейцы с планеты "Криг" его Императорского величества. Они славятся своей упорностью, бесстрашием перед лицом смерти и просто невероятной лютости. Их излюбленное оружие - это саперная лопатка.
In 40k most cavalry (horse) regiments are used as skirmishers to just commit to hit and run engagements. The Death Korps Death Riders are different in that they're a straight up assault regiment. They can do that because their horses aren't really "horses". They're genetically modified to the point that you could hardly call them horses. Think of them as the Astartes of the equine world and you get the idea. It is not unheard of for one to take bolter rounds to the chest and neck and still keep going.
Not to mention some units have lances that will explode on contact. I knew a guy that after his horse died he bayonet charged a nurglite demon and was blasted back 10 Terran meters
*_Well, during WWI, certain entrenching tools became one of the Great War's preferred melee weapons, as bayonets had a nasty defect of getting stuck in the enemy's body cavity._*
Any other Guard Corps: Oh no! A Heretic Astartes! Where's *OUR* Astartes reinforcement?! Death Korps: A WORTHY OPPONENT, OUR BATTLE SHALL BE LEGENDARY!
Armageddon Steel Legion: "Only Chaos Astartes? Try an entire Ork invasion, Gargants and all, repeatedly." They are also the Guardsmen that drift with tanks.
@@CountCalcium Tanith and Krieg would find each other to be kindred spirits amid the danger-close artillery. Always at the front of the deadliest conflicts, turning impossible tides, in the name of their dead homeworlds.
@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 "And only the sound of very angry gas mask was in the air after this Beserker had some explaining to do to Khorne..... plottwist.... Khorne fucking loves those madlads with Gasmasks"
The shot from 2:56 until 3:02 shows up makes you realize that soldier is not a unique exception ready to sacrifice himself, I gasped in awe at the numbers of the Death Korps. It's amazing to think about.
Warhammer 40k - Death Korps of Krieg A game like Battlefield 1's opening. When one soldier dies the camera transitions to another on the battlefield and the game continues. You don't even need a story or mission structure. Just have a few maps where this goes on endlessly. Will be the greatest Warhammer 40k game of all time.
It could be glorious. Could even have multiplayer the way Battlefront did multiplayer on PS2. You have a few human players per side, but the majority of the actors on the field are AI controlled squads. Battlefront 2's Hero system (still talking about the PS2 game) can even come into play, earning points to spawn heroes at objectives across the map. Space marines or other characters as appropriate. I would play the shite out of that.
@@250914616672152 Only applies to the Salamanders. Other Astares have god complex and don't really care much about anyone outside their chapter, especially ones they consider "lower life forms".
Oh yes, The Astartes needed to be there. Kriegers were about finished without Astartes and more importantly Titan backup. Actually I think they would have just about snuffed it for good if the Inquisition and the Grey Knights didn't show up. Vraks was a mess.
GW is too much occupied with " trying to give wahmens a better place" and "rowboat girllyman and his xeno love". i hope that one day 40k will return to its gritty and dark side .
@@brotheralaric7177 It still does. Problem though is that they are giving too much attention to the space marines and not the other factions. Some of the stories are also becoming a bit repetitive and rushed. Thank goodness they are actually giving the sisters of battle and slaaneshi factions some attention. But i do hope they update other factions like eldar and imperial gaurdsmen as well.
Everytime i think about the death Korps I Imagine a Scene Like: "The siege on [Insert a random Planet] has come to a halt!" "Really? Lets send the death Korps of Krieg." Cut to a batallion of Krieg soldiers arriving on the Planet and overrunning the enemy lines with No regard for their casualties, leaving the other Units behind and them Just staring after the unyielding Wave of soldiers
You know what I wanna see? The Death Korps of Krieg, the guardsman who literally few casualties as a number, ending up in the same battlefield as the Salamanders, the space marine chapter that's the most dedicated to saving lives.
@@josephcola9662 Battle of Hespher II. The Death Korps Of Krieg and the Voltern Cuirrassiers aided a Salamanders Company under Shoen'lo, but the Captain clashed with the Death Korps on how to deal with the insurgency. Shoen'lo desired punishment and repatriation for all those separatists that could be shown the error of their ways, but the Death Korps had no interest in this. They instead used their firepower to brutally crush the insurgency, but matters came to a head when they destroyed a hab-complex, Shoen'lo was in the middle of clearing separatists from. While the Captain and his Company emerged unscathed from the hab-complex's rubble, Shoen'lo immediately went to confront the Death Korps' commander about the attack. When the Captain later departed, Voltern onlookers bore witness to a sight they had never thought to see - genuine terror amongst the Krieg's officers. Afterwards, the remainder of the campaign to end the insurgency, was done according to the Salamanders' strategic stipulations. However after the separatists are defeated, the Krieg and Shoen'lo's Company parted on mutually frosty terms.
@@josephcola9662 I mean, the most friendly Astartes Chapter was able to break and frighten the will of Krieg officers. That is the freakiest part. It is not known what he said.
2:43 the fact those guys probably knew they would be massacred, yet they still charged on without hesitation truly showed dedication and bravery. Especially since the last guy looked that Berserker in the eyes as both blew up.
@@emeraldhorn738 best part space marines have their fear removed kriegsman have more loyalty than fear and so they will march to their death cause a death in the service of the emperor is most worthy
Death Korps accept the risk in all missions. They will happily risk their own lives in order to complete the mission if need be. Bravery is encouraged within the Death Korps but needlessly dying is disencouraged.
For those unfamiliar w/ the significance of what's going on (Unlikely, considering you're on a 40K vid, but I digress) the Death Korps of Krieg are genuinely a disturbing force even amongst the backdrop of the 40th millenia of Human History. During the Horus Heresy (wherein nearly half of all humanity's armed forces broke away and went rogue in service to dark gods) their world didn't answer the call to aid Earth (Terra in 40K's setting) as they were embroiled in a civil war so severe they basically engulfed their world in nuclear fire to exterminate the dissidents. Despite this, the loyalists were partially chastised and equally felt so disheartened that they couldn't answer in humanity's most dire hour that the Death Korps were formed. Every family is expected to give up their first-born in service to the Imperium's military, if you can't have kids (Which many can't), you will be cloned. The technology to do so is heretical to the nth degree but the level of devotion this planet has given to the imperium is just so jaw-droppingly terrifying that it is allowed. It is considered entirely normal for the Death Korps to be wiped out to the last man or at the very least 90% losses due to them fixing bayonets and charging WW1 western front style into the enemy's defenses or just having absolutely 0 self-preservation. It says a great deal about the Death Korps of Krieg that Commissars attached to them, who in any other regiment would execute traitors and cowards have to deliberately threaten and cajole their wards NOT to throw their lives away in suicidal death charges.
Small correction. The "every family gives their firstborn" is about Vostroyan Firstborn Regiment. Entirely different planet and tradition Krieg conscripts litteraly every male who can be spared. If your skills are not usefull enough on Krieg itself, you get recruited. Females are left covering all kind of job positions (from menial factory work to highest levels of governence) including raising kids (if you are lucky that your father is skilled enough to remain on Krieg, you may even grow up having both mom and dad). About Death Korps of Krieg itself, over several novels, authors inclined to two views on them. One is the one you mentioned. Kriegs soldiers are almost inhuman. Do not even have use names anymore. They identify each other by their military given ID number and they completely lack self-preservation as long as they can deal damage to enemies of Imperium. Commisars here are there to stop them from wasting their lives too cheaply. But in other novels you can encounter second view - Where Kriegs soldiers are humane. They have their names which they use. They do not want to die. They do not mind going into dangerous fights, but they will keep looking for ways to survive. Small insubordinations are present as long as they are harmless to their cause. All this is underlined by brutal devotion to Imperium. If you are enemy of Imperium, there is nothing they would not do to you. Geneva convention? Not even Geneva suggestions to them. Main job of Commisars in their ranks is to facciliate comunication and cooperation with other non-Krieg regiments deployed around them, because having to deal with Kriegs regiment without any buffer like that leads to decreased morale of everyone else around :-D
@@KePzez Not exactly. As I talked about those two views that different authors have on them, in the first one they do not care about surviving. If they get order to charge straight into MG nest, they will do it without questioning or taking any cover. Even while fully knowing that they will die 100% doing that.. Their loyalty and subordination is to the max. They do not question their own value to imperium. For they know that due to acts of their ancestors, they have no value. Then the second view is where they are thinking, feeling and talking humans that desire to live. Still completely loyal and extremely disciplined, but if they would get order to charge enemy, they would look up first the safest route to do that, and they would interpret that order not as just blindly charging, but as command to destroy them. It is this second view where they go with idea that to earn forgiveness from Emperor they not only need to follow orders obediently, but that they also need to do that for as long as possible.
2:35 captures the Death Corps of Kreig perfectly. Mission Objective: Eliminate the heretic. Method: Any means neccessary. Mission Start: Effective immediately.
@@hellzer6633No I can just about guarantee you the objective was kill the heretic, one of the sub-objectives may have been save the space marine but I'm fairly certain that was lower on the priority list than take as many heretics down with you as possible.
Let's all remember all those braves men of Krieg that, without hesitation, charged into a Chaos Marine of what I imagine Khorn. They were doing the Emperor work, and they got absolution from their sins.
@@tobithelost3263 Not to mention instead of trying to finish off the Marine he had under his boot he ran into the Krieg charging him. Clearly thinking more blood and skulls over anything else, indicative of the lack of tactical thinking typical of Khornate Berserkers.
Seeing the Dark Angels marines in the middle of the Kriegsmen formation, sprint together with the Kriegsmen, and watching them take the glory of purging the Khornate berserker, I think the marines aren't just fighting because it's their mission, they're fighting cause the valor of the Death Korps exceeds theirs, and it shames them.
Remember that space Marines are not 'recruited'... The first step is recruiting... But among normal people rejection of the Gene-Seed is still greater than 80%. It drops to 75% in the case of a world which breeds for a specific Genome, but even then it will still be a 3 to 1 failure to success rate. Cadia, Kreig and the other death worlds have undergone limited mutations to permit them to survive their worlds, which means that even Black Templar Gene-Seed (the most 'forgiving' of all) will have a 99% rejection rate. It is simply not cost effective to waste the limited Genetic material to attempt making an already dedicated killing machine into a marine.
Other than above stated, how about just back down from the power armoured poster boy stool and enjoy normal humans out badassing genetically engineered super soldiers. Now giving the Sisters of Battle level gear would just be embarasingly bad for even eternal failure like Failbaddon the Armless.
@@wolfy5103 Even IF they started recuriting, The Chapters now has only a few hundred gen seeds and they do not want to waste in on already killing machines like DKOK.
You take it wrong, they do not try to deplete enemy ammo. But you can only shoot so much in a direction... they overcome fire rate of enemy weapon enplacements.
Now that is what we want from the Death korps ! A fearless, relentless but professional army of professional soldiers, that fight like real soldiers, but with an utter disregard for their lives. The kind that use suicidal tactics yes, but "Exploding with a grenade in hand" tactics, not "Shoot your own brains" tactics.
Well, with Krieg around, space marines can be assured that they WILL do their job, regardles how suicidal. No matter how uninformed you leave them be. Despite how atrocious your orders may be to local population. Kriegsman will follow those orders. Without questioning, without delay and to the utmost effeciency. And that is why Space Marines like them. None of that whining of "Oh my lord, why do you want us to gas population of that city? Certainly the situation is not that bad". Soldiers of Krieg would at that point already be loading their cannons and bombers and the only question they would ask is if you want the city then glassed to the ground afterward.
Keep in mind Krieg is also one of the very few that are allowed combined arms regiments. Meaning they aren’t only infantry or only armor which gives them a much greater deal of tactical flexibility. They are one of the few allowed to do this because there has NEVER BEEN A REGIMENT OF KRIEG THAT HAS TURNED TRAITOR. Never. Not once. Ever. Well, not since the imperials won the civil war on Krieg but pre-war Krieg doesn’t count.
The armageddon steel legion are also allowed them but only due to technicality since they all fall under "mechanized units" they have mixed regiments much to the departemento munitorum shagrin
technically they did fall to a parasite by the necrons, they lost control of their bodies but they verbally warned their comrades about their loss of control
We can’t forget how the inquisition also flat out said “don’t investigate this place” because of the heretical vitae wombs they use, that they let them keep using because of how effective the krieg are in battle
I always felt that with the recent fervor of belief in the God Emperor, with the galaxy burning and crumbling all around them there is no time for doubt or despair, there can only be victory, victory or death. After a whole entrenched army of Imperial Guard fall under siege by the sudden appearance of Plague Marines, by ugly Nurgle warbands of Chaos. The Initiative lost by an barrage of warp-influenced gas weaponry blinding the defenders. Their gasmasks on the fronts and the ventilation in the fortifications fail. All soldiers are doomed, they fall and drown in the liquids of their former lungs. Skin melt, plaststeel and buttons rust and pretty uniforms colors lost. Another world falls, and one closer step to the fall of Terra itself. But they do not die, no, they are granted a gift, a touch from Nurgle. But they refuse. The temptation bites, the call of Chaos, their destined souls to be snuffed out, they stubbornly refuse. Instead they rise once again their lasguns in the direction of the foe and carry on fighting, eyes alight with a burning vengeful shine as their duty only ends with the death to the enemies of the Imperium of Man and the God Emperor. Their zeal is so strong, every damned soldier fights on till their last undying breath. One by one they can only be put down by the ugly festering hands that sought to corrupt them, an easy victory against these pitiful Guardsmen. With the sworn enemy stuck with ridding themselves their own bewitched creations of the undying Guard that somehow refused the touch, the rest of the planets Loyalist regiments get the crucial time to recover from the surprise attack, bolster defenses and redraw the lines on the maps. Close in and encircle and reorganize, finally rallying and decisively charging to the lost sector to gain back their lost, both land and comrades. The dumbfound legion of the rotting God is slowly pushed back, stuck in the front by their own marching apparitions, taking blows from the sides by cunning Leman Russ crews flanked by the flashlights of Chimeras providing support, and hammered from above by pre-ranged artillery strikes. The tide of battle turns, forcing the rotting enemy to turn tail and fall back. And the undying Guardsmen? They fall, at ease, at peace, the influence of the God of rot leaving the battlefield and their broken bodies. With their duty fulfilled they die in their posts and boots, they die in glory.
Kriegers are truly a force to be reckoned with, normal men with standard weapons in a world of monsters and men who can level cities with their minds. And they never give up, death is the preference to surrender.
This combination of animations definitely suits the feel the Death Kore have. Where 20 soldiers for a single chaos marine is considered a victory, where they care not about gunfire taking their comrades out beside them, where the only mercy they give is the Emperor's Benediction. Well done sir. _Might be a krieg fanatic_
1:06 Here we see a soldier holding his trusted weapon a combination that has brought death to countless Traitors, Heretics, Xenos and Mutants. A soldier so brave even the Chaos God's tremble in Fear when his kind enters the fray. Truly the greatest servants of the Emperor. And behind him we see a Spacemarine and his Bolter.
I have many questions but the most important one is HOW IN HELL DO YOU KILL A GUY WITH A SPOON? LIKE A SHOVEL MAKES SENSE BUT A SPOON? Oh wait they could’ve gouged out the enemies eyes
I know this was showcasing the Krieg but it was also a great example of how powerful a Space Marine is with the Chaos guy just wrecking through everything like a bull.
I do It's about a battle in which Russian soldiers defending a fortress were attacked by German soldiers who used poison gas to kill the Russians. As the Germans approached the fortress, they believed all of the Russians were dead, only for Russians to charge at the Germans, seemingly being an army of dead.
15 year old Death Korps recruit: "TIME TO MOOOVE BOSS!! TIME TO *FIGHT!* GIVE THE ORDER, YEA, THE ORDER! SAY IT, SAY IT! *SAY IT!!!* Commissar: (sighs and blows the whistle)
“The only thing stronger than my hatred of the foes of humanity and my faith in the emperor, is the trench shovel I will chop my enemy’s arms off with. And my faith and hate is incalculable.” -A Krieg soldier moments before he went on a one man murder spree in the enemy trenches
Now that I think about it... I'm watching a German ww1 army charging through dead man's land with the fanaticisms of Imperial Japanese army while listening to a swedish band singing about Russian soldiers. Hmmm love it
@@a_random_scotsman Yeah, the death korps of Krieg is basically WW1-the faction. Few other guardsman regiments embody the horrors of war as Kriegers do.
Man, the mask noise at the end is just... so perfect. Sabaton have a fuck ton of material that goes so well with Warhammer 40k. But this one is special, it's like it was made for the Kriegers. Much love for making this video a reality
At first I thought this was going to be a 40K version of the battle of Osoweic Fortress, then I realized that such a battle would be the standard M.O. for the Death Korps
Did i get into Warhammer for the gameplay? no Did i get into Warhammer for the aesthetic? not really Did i get into Warhammer for the lore? no I got into Warhammer because of amazing fan works like the ones featured in this tribute, and now GW is trying to strangle the creativity of the community to fund WH+
Which is crazy, because the unless told, the majority of WH players don't acknowledge this. And even when told, they had already place GW on a pedestal so they refuse to believe their idol company would do such a thing, or just ignores it. That's why those who are aware have a saying: "Love the game, but hate the company"
It seems like I've picked a bad time to join in on the franchise/fandom. I just played Space Marine 1 and I liked the game. Heard horror stories about the minis prices.
@@jeremybk54 i think he would have been impressed in two ways, wow they really are loyal to the emporium and ohh crap they are bayoneting a chaos marine
@@havoc989 "One of them blew himself up taking that Chaos heretic with him" And Khorne be like "This mortal deserves some form of compersation, he handed me a skull of one of Astartees that served me."
Chaos warrior: my lord we've killed their commissar Daemon commander: good, very good Death korps:(charges with excited gas mask noises) Daemon commander: wait, which guardsmen regiment are they? Warrior: the death korps of Krieg Daemon commander: you fools, you killed the only thing holding them back
Depends on chapter to chapter as I find many other imperial guard regiments as interesting or even more than Kriegans, but that does not drop an inch of the story of them, my respect or sheer sadness towards our every gas masked warriors.
@@FrostWolfPack Oh don't get me wrong, i just meant the standard marines vs Kreigs, obviously, there are far more interesting individuals or chapters. for example, I read a bit of a story concerning the Salamanders and just the way the chapter leader spoke to the parents of their newborn and how he lead his men was very moving. It reminded me of how I viewed the Krieg, honorable and sacrificial to the very end. i'm very new to the series so hopefully i said enough for you to get what i'm referring to lol
I would honestly say it depends on the chapter you decide to do the comparison with. Ultramarines, definitely not as cool (maybe 30k Ultras but not 40k). Most Imperial Fist lineage chapters, definetly. Black Dragons, absolutely. I could go on and on but that should show my point.
Normal Guardsmen: "Let the Astartes take point and protect us!"
Death Korps: "Don't worry, my lord, we will protect you. Stay in the back."
I mean, the Krieg are a dime a million if not billion compared to the Space marines. There's always more Krieg, let the marines perform as reserved armored fists and otherwise preserve their precious gene seed
And it's more strategically sound. Preserving more valuable asset at the cost of a more cheap manpower
@@CBRN-115 that only works if you have infinite resources like the kriegers do. In real life you need to pursue a combined arms doctrine using valuable units like tanks as a core piece both strategically and tactically. Holding them in reserve only works if you are on the defensive.
they will HELP the space marines UP FROUNT taking point to defend the Astartes
May the emperor bless the guardsmen of kreig.
i imagine when that space marine saw that explosion from a krieg grenade he simply smiled and thought "a death deserving of a heretic and a death worthy of guardsmen"
“Brother, you have brought yourself honour and purged heretics at the same time”
I wonder though do guardsmen from Krieg ever get drafted to an Astartes for bravery or are they too genetic locked.
@@brentkalmbacher9092 Space marines afaik are not drafted but specifically bred with their geneseed. So brave soldiers can only climb ranks, but not join the astartes.
@@leventevirag1653 Although it would be possible for a young Krieger child to be inducted into the Astartes. Not that I've ever heard of such a thing. It is physically possible in that one case though.
@@brentkalmbacher9092 I think during one of the Uriel Ventris books, a company of space marines train up a regiment of Kriegsmen to essentially the same level as space marines before their augmentations.
Other Commissar: "Forward, you cowards!"
Krieg's Commissar: *"Slow down, you bastards!"*
Тем временем комиссар Каин: "Не умирать просто так! Вы должны умирать только, чтобы я смог спастись... ой то есть вы должны умерать только ради ИМПЕРАТОРА!!!"
krieg commmissar ends up being executed for cowardice
That's actually a fact, imperial commissars assigned to death korps are usually preventing unnecessary expenditure of men rather than enforcing discipline
@@Mourdraug arent they also despised by the krieg soldiers?
@@albertlofling7310 aye and sometimes a commissar gets "hit by an enemy round" and they get to charge in
I love how when the Imperium found and began recruiting the Krieg, they asked for a regiment and the governor of Krieg was like "Here's 20, go nuts".
Xd, se mamo.
“We need 1 regiment from your planet” “My lords we have 20 fully armed, trained and equipped regiments. Also each and every commanding officer is requesting the Imperiums most hazardous, toxic, and dangerous combat zones to be deployed to.” That Munitorum official probably had to take a breath and make sure he wasn’t dreaming. Whoever had the idea to request them as a war world probably was promoted on the spot for this.
@@carsoncasmirri3874 It wasn't even requested of them. They had been written off for 500 years and after they put down the last heretics on their world they basically sent the Administratum a message saying "Yo, we got 20 fully locked and loaded regiments to serve the Emperor. Can we go to the worst possible warzones?" with the Administratum going "uh, wtf? Fine, you want to be lunatics we can send you to hell." Then after a couple years "HOLY SHIT, THESE GUYS KICK ASS, hey, Krieg, how many more regiments can we get out of you?"
"Depends, can we use artificial wombs to replace our numbers?"
"Uh, why?"
"Cause if we can we can send you 20 regiments every year."
"SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR ARTIFICAL WOMBS!"
Which make sense, they are trying to redeem themselves for refusing to help the Emperor during the Heresy. The funny thing is the Imperium after the heresy, that request for 1 regiment per year was them going "Heh they just experienced a planet-sized civil war with no time to recover. Let's demand a regiment we knew they don't have and use the excuse that they can't afford it to punish them" and the Governor already had 20 to offer.
The one faction of guards men that are loyal and crazy enough to rush a chaos marine head on with melee and bayonets affixed AND WIN
They did kill Chaos marine scums with shovels once
And one of few considered loyal enough to be permitted combined arms regiments
@@scribblerstudios9895 And loyal enough for the allowance of near-heresy. The use of vitawombs goes against the Empyreal doctrine of "purity of the flesh".
@@MyCheese123456789 helps their training regimens ferret out the weak and abnormally mutant.
Their the ones the chaos marines don’t want to go into melee with
Girls: "Why do men live less?"
*Whistle*
Men: "CHARGEEEEEE!"
In life Shame.
In death glory for the emperor.
Because we fight for the emperor girls are scared to fight
@@haydenwatts2573 The Sisters of Battle and the Sisters of Silence would like to have a word with you, Imperial Citizen.
@@haydenwatts2573 pretty sure most corps of the Astra Militarum are mixed. Not that it matters under Trenchcoats and gasmasks of Krieg.
@@pikadragon2783 everyone in the death core of krieg are men girls stay in the factory making guns and weapons tho the normal Imperial guards are mixed.
Imperial citizen: Is 4 a lot?
Krieg soldier: Depends on context. Heretics yes. Suicidal charges, no.
soldiers attacking a power armored ennemy and be enough to destroy him ?: no but actually yes
if a guardsman can be seen by a citizen, the planet has fallen
By definition you can only do 1 suicidal charge.
-suicidal- Glorious charges for the Emperor
Commisar: (sighs) unfortunately four heretics being many is the less correct one.
My favorite line in this is “There’s a thunder in the east, it’s an attack of the deceased.”
The reason Kriegers are so effective in war is that they’ve already accepted the fact they’re dead, and knowing either you’re already dead or will be soon means there’s no reason to be afraid, you’re just embracing the inevitable, and it might as well be now instead of later.
The moral of the story is that if you fight every day like it’s your last day, you’ll never have a reason to be scared again. I hope this helps someone out there.
You know what’s darkly hilarious about this?
It sounds like something Angron, a traitor primarch, once said.
“The warrior who fights to live has no defence against the warrior who doesn’t care if he dies. And Khârn, everyone wants to live.”
The power of humanity is when they have accepted the inevitable…
This song is actually about Russians being hit with chlorine and bromine gas. The effects were horrific and unsurvivable. Nobody knows exactly why but despite their injuries the few soldiers left charged at the Germans. The sight of a hundred Russians charging at them headlong despite dissolving in the hydrochloric acid from the chlorine combining with the moisture in the air and coughing up blood and chunks of their own lungs made the German soldiers panic and flee in terror convinced that they were being attacked by the undead.
like slayers from fantasy but with guns and VERY german
@@danieljones7843the Russians knew they were dead anyway so they were like one final charge
People say the Death Korps know no fear, they are wrong. The Death Korps do know fear though for only one thing, they fear that the Emperor will not forgive them. How could whatever monsters lurk within the Warp be more terrifying than that.
They fear the Emperor will no longer require their service
@Keelan Walcott I must say, that was absolutely wonderful, and heartwarming.
@Keelan Walcott over active imagination. God Emperor might is holding 4 Chaos "Gods" back, lighting Astonomicum and keeping Webway closed and demons in it away from Terra. All while Golden Throne is sucking his vitality. But He has no choice, for His Rebirth would send Mankind and Imperium to Dark Ages again. God Emperor don't have tears to shed for Clone, for He barely shed a tear for His Own Blood and Flesh.
@Keelan Walcott by The Emperor I thought I was actually there hearing that in person. You sir deserve, well something delicious since I don't know your favorite is
Please the most terrifying think a death korps guardsman can do is take a vacation
At this point I am 99.9% certain that the Death Korps of Krieg is the fan-favorite regiment.
Just maybe
The planet broke before the Cadian guard did
The Cadian guard is certainly usually the first you think when you hear Imperial Guardsman, however Krieg pulls a damn close second
It certainly is for me.
@@scribblerstudios9895 For sure.
That one Kriegsman at the end definitely didn't "lose" his rifle on purpose so he could shovel some heretic in the face.
Well the heretic did hit his lasrifle with a chainaxe
@@blackvial that Kriegsman has "soldier from tf2" in him
'i brought this shovel to the fight, I'M FUCKING USING IT!'
@@drewaperture6017 proceeds to dig a new trech in the facr
They could all shoot and move as well. They choose to charge and get as many bayonet kills as possible.
For those who want a summary of how brutal, fatalistic and grim the Death Korps are:
They're the only recorded Guard regiment to have bullied and even executed a *Commissar* for cowardice.
His own fault for ordering the retreat.
Why do people always say this but I can’t find a moment where they have done it.
@@__mindflayer__ In the codex revisions for specific Guardsmen Units. For Krieg it mentions that Commissars have several problems. First of which is they have to try and hold back the Kriegers from charging too much. Second of which is a lot of Commissars end up getting killed as their job is to do heroic acts of bravery to improve morale...but how do you out heroic an entire army willing to charge into fortified positions and enter death traps willingly? So they end up killed by trying to out hero the Krieg too. Then there is the fact that Krieg aren't dumb, but will never order a full retreat and did on one occasion kill a Commissar for ordering a retreat.
Catachan will kill Commissars for throwing their weight around too much. Cadians and First Born both have outright shot Commissars for trying to change orders their Generals have given. Armageddon Steel Legion has literally driven over a Commissar with a tank.
Commissars are not technically inside the rank structure quite the way people think they are.
Not true actually, there's this other regiment, basically the Frenchies from the sixteen hundreds, who are reported to be even braver and more likely to shoot their commissars
@@Nempo13😅
Imagine being a Khorne berserker, living hundreds of years, slaying thousands of guardsmen and maybe even one or two loyalist space marines and a 15 year old wearing a gas mask puts himself on your chain sword and suicide bombs you.
And then having to explain that to Khorne.
@@patrickbicking4933 chaos marine:well you see khorne, there are bunch of really crazy bastards in the imperium,
Khorne:are they strong?, seek rivers of blood and eternal war? if they are, they will become my daemons
chaos marine:thats would be a problem my lord, their strength is average
Khorne: then how they manage to kill you, one of my berserkers?
Chaos marine: they charged at me without regard for their lives only wanting to kill me
Khorne: so they want endless killing, weak but still would fit nicely with my other daemons
Chaos marine: that would be impossible
Khorne: why?
Chaos marine: their faith in the fake emperor is what make them throw their lives without regard
Kriegs guardsmen: In life, I atone...in death, I serve. *Detonates charges*
A Berserker faced with a simple guardsman fighting him one on one would bring him glee and mild confusion. And upon beng sucide bombed a bit disapointed and confused. Then would die to multiple bombing him. And in the afterlife, in front of Khorne, he'd have no answer.
The disrespect tho 💀💀💀
The trooper with the stick grenade went out like a boss.
And a smile.
“My god smiles at me heretic. Can you say the same?”
tru
He was a Subspecies human know as a giga cahad
They all did. Thanks to the rest distracting the enemy so that he could get close enough
Kriegsmen be like: "that guy just downed our space marine? *He will fall as well* "
"Fix bayonets! CHARGE!"
@@rafengamer6296 *Stabs khorn berserker with bayonet*
I don't think the Space marine is down. He might just be knocked out
Kreigsmen: for when Space Marines just aren't tough enough. O.o
@@ventiasandco1711 but the loyalist aint dead. Even if he's only out for a minute, the other one can kill the kohrnate
I remember the day my Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, asked me a question about the Kriegsman. It was a mundane question, one he could have even guessed the answer to. The question itself birthed a litany of other questions and a single teared statement. "Why do they wear the masks?" I turned my head to meet his eyes and I wondered at the question, he meant it literally, he didn't know what they were, rare that my Primarch would be ignorant of anything, especially history. "They are the Death Korps of Krieg, they always wear them, their homeworld has a toxic atmosphere." My Primarch nodded, I could still see in his expression that another curiosity lingered, and then he gave words to the emotion. "They never remove them? Why? This atmosphere isn't toxic." Instead of answering I shook my head at the ground, it was a tragic tale, gifting their history any thoughts would bring most to their knees, even Space Marines. "Kriegsman believe that their war, their duty, is everlasting. They think that they need to be ready to fulfill the Emperor's will at any moment. They're not so equipped for war as they are equipped for their own death, to slow their impending doom so they might give the Emperor more use, no matter how miniscule it is, they will give it gladly. It's how their entire planet is." His eyes tracked mine and maybe he saw my internal agony, I had weathered a thousand battles, but I had never relayed the history of Krieg, the history of their heresy. "Their entire planet, is like this? Grim, inhuman, emotionless... soulless? Why?" I wanted to refuse to answer his questions, but I couldn't. "The sons of Krieg are not as you say, not soulless, they live their lives for the Emperor. I once visited Krieg, the planet was a hellscape. A hellscape devoid of the Emperor's grace and beauty, it was a place where the Emperor's Peace would be refused by its populace, they would believe that their own lives were worth less than the mercy of death. Most of these soldiers are children, sons fighting so the war their father's waged might be forgiven." The words did not strike true with the Primarch, there were still questions unanswered, a history he did not understand. So I told him of the beginning, the treachery of Krieg's highlords. The resistance that sprouted from Colonel Jurten, his cry for help that went unheard into the darkness, and then his headlong charge into the jaws of death, his faith in the Emperor alone guiding him. I told him of the war, the brutal unyielding war that never ended. The generational trenches that spread across the entirety of Krieg, the dried ocens that turned into fields of lasgun fire and artillery barrages. The genetically enhanced beasts that carried faithful soldiers into the fray of the heaviest combat, equipped to die, never to survive. "Five hundred years, Krieg fought for five hundred years in unending war. Jurten's own forces were all dead before the end of the first decade but Krieg's sons and daughters bred a new army. An army that marched over the luscious fields that once existed and left war in their wake. They finally won the war after trillions had been killed, returned to the fold, and greeted the Imperium with heavy hearts." My heart was caught in my words, it was agonizing to relay it, to say the truth. "They believe that they are the arch traitors, the betrayers, the worst of heretics, that theirs is a lineage of the unfaithful, their blood is the blood of heathens. The people of Krieg believe it is their duty to atone, for eternity, for their crimes. They produce nothing, they build nothing, but they have their sons. The sons they throw away, because traitors deserve to die. Ever since they returned to the Imperium they have given everything away freely. To them every Krieger, every child soldier they send into the boiling heat of battle, deserves only death. When they die, they only see a number lost, equipment to scavenge, a heretic dead. They will continue to atone for crimes that weren't even their own, and they will do it without question, forever. They can never be forgiven, they *know* this is as a fact. Yet I have heard them in their dying breaths, all of them, begging for the Emperor's forgiveness." I felt the tears roll down my cheeks, the faith of the lowliest Kriegsman could test that of even the hardest Astartes, their souls beget only agony. "That's not true." My Primarch spoke, overcome with grief I had somehow forgotten his presence, turning to him in his pause I could see the only tear to ever be produced by Roboute Guilliman fall from his glistening eyes. "I know my Father's heart well, they were forgiven long ago. They achieved atonement, five hundred years of it."
Ave yes
Sad story :(
The death corps of krieg the best regiment
Nobody cared who they were till they put on the masks.
Fuck that's deep
Officers need to inspire the guardsmen before they charge the enemy. But when it comes to the death corps...nothing else but a whistle.
Even an artillery barrage is enough
The commissars for the Kreigsmen have to convince them not to charge.
@@cerberosbellator1230 yeah, thats what they are there for
They would charge a Titan with a shovel.
Casual whistling has led to countles unintended charges by Kriegsmen in the history of the empire.
One of the best stories I read was dead men walking, as each soldier was shot by a necron, he would throw his plasma gun to the next guy to avoid it getting lost to keep fighting. Hard af
I am really looking forward to that! When I am done reading the Ahriman Omnibus I'll go to dkok stories.
That's litterally some 1 rifle for every 5 men shit, like fuck, Soviets ain't got shit on krieg. Hell a solid portion of the krieg guardsmen aren't even 18
Is that a book?
"Melta-gun"
@@SmokeDrake I believe it's a story inside "Honour Imperialis" which is a collection of Guard stories
The Death Korps of Krieg - one of the most badass-looking regiments 40k.
They are also the ultimate introverts.
You know the rule. Don't mess whit the quayet people.
Not really introverts more along the line of badges mutes. We can give off anything we need by our presence and posture
Until it comes to vraks
@@kedarraman6690 *vibe check intensifies*
@@deathkorpswatchmaster2414 yes
"In life, war. In death, peace. In life, shame. In death, atonement."
The death corps are one of the worst imperial armies you could have to face as an enemy. They have a fanaticism that rivals even space marines. And a fearlessness that rivals the marines as well.
The thing is even a titan is better than them
Why ? A titan, tho is powerful and all, cant waste all it weaponry on a single soldier, so you can run from it your comrades who gonna kill you would just be wasted by that titan
Krieg ? They make sure no enemies can go off their deathlist, you escape the battle and flee ? They will make sure they find you and purge you in the bloodiest way there is, even if they must go through mountains, swim down the deepest ocean, uproot even the strongest fortress out there, they WILL find you and finish you off
@@henrycooper3431 Give that man a medal now that's an order!
@@commissarr.j.phieffer7509 send him to the next wave.
We need soldiers not smart people.
Smart people make your home world a death world.
@@samfire3067 I thought chaos does that. But Okay he's going next wave as an Combat Engineer.
@@commissarr.j.phieffer7509 never stop atacking.
Imagine being a 10,000 year old literal bioengineered super warrior that's 8ft tall covered in daemon powered armor and you get blown up by some illiterate vat grown 16 year old armed with the equivalent of a flashlight, and a few M-80s taped together.
*12*
Lasguns aren't "flashlights" so much as they are the laser-rifles from "GI Joe..." they look cool and put on a light-show, but there's a lot of "A-Team Firing."
Sure, the Astra Militarum don't have the best wargear compared to the Powered Armor of the Adeptus Astartes, the Mad Scientist weapons of the Adeptus Mechanicus, or the sheer religious zeal that manifests as psychic might of the Adeptas Sororitas. They're just regular humans pitted against the Space Elves, the demons and the Alien Locust Swarms... and that's what makes them badass.
Especially the Death Korps Of Krieg, the embodiment of "SOLDIER, I DID NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO DIE!"
@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 Compared to weaponry, armor and abilities of other races, they could just as well be just flashlights. But enough flashlights pointing in one direction is bound to have some effect sooner or later
They would be literate but only so they can read written orders and such
@@iglidor no weapon yet in the mass army’s of xeno can ever compare to a krieg with a shovel
It feels weird that I recognize all of the animations. Probably because I fought in most of the battles
And you haven't died for the Emperor yet? Poor thing...
@@lexsamreeth8724 yea im always in the last wave :(
Watchmaster,
Hello there
@@deathkorpswatchmaster2414 on the bright side you get to serve your Emperor more.
so your telling me your survived more than 3 deployments. I dunno seems kinda heritical to me.
On of my favorite Krieg stories that I've heard is a Commissar explaining to the sergeant that yes, the regiment could bayonet charge the tank battalion nearby but they would take too many casualties and we need enough survivors to keep this hill. Any man who tries to charge the tanks will be shot on sight!
“Commissar can we bayonet charge those tanks.” “No because we need to hold this hill and so help me if I see any of you try it I’ll shoot them myself.” *disappointed Krieg noises*
Commisar in other regiments: "Charge or i will shoot you myself!"
Commisar in death korp regiment: "Don't charge just yet or i will shoot you myself!"
_1
Wait What?!?!?!!? Bayonet charge a tank battalion. These guys are seriously considering charging tanks with bayonetts.
HOW is that even POSSIBLE?!?!?!
@@HA-wd2pu Welcome to the forty thousandth millennium! Where any weapon would make the death star tremble!
Watching a German Based Guardsmen Regiment, while listening a song about Russians, by a Swedish Metal Band.
Mr. World Wide
Funny thing is...they're not German based...they're French based. The helmet design and their body armor is all very similar to French WW1 troops. Notice the fin ontop of their helmet, that's entirely French inspried design.
@@luketfer They're homeworld's name is literally The German word for war, They spade everybody like The Russian Sappers, they have cavalrymen like the Polish, And are you telling me they're mainly French? Or WW1 Based?
I would argue them to be a real mishmash off all things WW1. Not really based off just one nation but taking after the entire flair of the first world war.
They are more then just space Germans or French , they represent an army of death that marches with deep regret and guilt etched into their souls. The goal is death in the name of the Emperor whether its their own or that of the enemy doesn't matter in the trenches.
They are in fact actually WW1 as incarnated as a species
HMG: Why do I hear boss music?
Rotary cannons: Why do I hear a ammo shortage?
A-10: How are they not dead?
Bomber: How did you survive a F*** 10000 Lb bomb and still run
Kriegs: You fools, I wanted to die anyways
"We have more men than your ammunition."
THEY CANT STOP ALL OF US, BITCHES!
Shovels never run out of Ammo :D
"we have more bodies and guilt than you have bullets."
A company of (probably underaged) Death Korps gleefully charging a Khornate Chaos Marine is so descriptive of the mentality of those mad lads.
Probably is too much of an understatement mate
Questioning the age of the Emperor's hammer?
HERESY!
*BLAM*
Actually, they're only shipped off planet as adults. They spend their childhood training on Krieg.
@@inquisitorkobold6037 That's totally incorrect. Kriegers see their first taste of combat around the age of 15.
@@NorthernNorthdude91749 So you mean they start training at 15? Because their training is basically their first taste of combat.
Did you know Sabaton just starts playing when ever the Death Korps charge not even the Emperor is sure where it comes from, but he approves
Lets be honest, the Death Korps of Krieg are the two world wars personified. Defensive tenacity of the German and French, steamroller tactics of the Russians, fanaticism of Imperial Japan, production output of America. They are basically the most well known, often times best, parts of each faction combined into one fighting force.
Russos, acho que alemães pois ele sim era uns verdadeiros rolos compressores mas a analogia e verídica, são soldados insanos
Good point.
yea they just don't surrender so france is no longer in the equation
@@kingofthehanged8630 WW1 France never surrendered and literally pushed the Germans back to the border of France before the trench warfare settled in.
@@TankHunter678 also France literally won more battles than any other current country
Krieg commisar: Guardsmen what is your profession?!
DKK guardsmen: *shovel noise intensifies*
"Death."
"angry Shovel noises"
I'm reminded of Pyro noises from Team Fortress 2 sooo: MmmmHmmm!
The Death Korps of Krieg are literally the epitome of Warhammer. Not the legendary Astartes, or the forces of Chaos, or even the act of Exterminatus. It is the Death Korps of Krieg, literally a battalion of ordinary humans, so dedicated to the cause, that they will *WILLINGLY* charge into impossible odds. These guys aren’t even genetically modified in any way, they’re literally just us.
And yet, unlike so many other Guardsmen regiments, they don’t falter. Even in scenarios that would leave other regiments crying for Astartes support, the Death Korps of Krieg don’t need Astartes support, because their dedication to the God-Emperor of Mankind makes themselves the only support they need to take on the forces of Chaos.
The Death Korps of Krieg are in themselves, the most terrifying force in the Warhammer 40k universe. Not even death itself is enough to make them falter, because to them, death is the greatest honor.
The Krieg don't need Astartes support, the Astartes need Krieg support
Even Chaos thinks twice about going toe to toe with the Death Korps. There is no winning. You loose. Every time. It may take days or centuries, but eventually, the Death Korps will win
Survival is the cowards wish and death is what we choose
*death is the greatest atonement.
They feel that they are unworthy of honor due to their history and only wish for big E’s forgiveness.
Death Korps are the epitome of Japanese kamikaze pilots, willing to die for their people even if it costs them their life
2:10 gotta love how the Kriegsmen are in front of the Astartes like they’re escorting him
They know their worth and the one of the other Units, and they will Always sacrifice themselves for the more important ones
They’re Kriegers. They’ll sacrifice themselves for the hell of it
"You ain't dying before me Space Marine! FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!"
Theres one story about the Krieg Officer saying he’ll put his men infront of an astartes vehicle because their lives are worth less than the vehicle
Krieg guardsman: strong
Krieg guardsman with a rifle: stronger
Krieg guardsman with a shovel: THE STRONGEST
Yes
Krieg guardsmen will artillery: prey to your gods because you’ll be meeting them soon
Well Krieg guardsman are known for their tenacity and any equipment that you give them will be useful as a weapon.
Кто такие криги
@@ежикколючий-о1ц это гвардейцы с планеты "Криг" его Императорского величества. Они славятся своей упорностью, бесстрашием перед лицом смерти и просто невероятной лютости. Их излюбленное оружие - это саперная лопатка.
In 40k most cavalry (horse) regiments are used as skirmishers to just commit to hit and run engagements. The Death Korps Death Riders are different in that they're a straight up assault regiment. They can do that because their horses aren't really "horses". They're genetically modified to the point that you could hardly call them horses. Think of them as the Astartes of the equine world and you get the idea. It is not unheard of for one to take bolter rounds to the chest and neck and still keep going.
Well you just made my day, that's super cool
One of a number of reasons I absolutely love the Death Kore of Krieg
Not to mention some units have lances that will explode on contact. I knew a guy that after his horse died he bayonet charged a nurglite demon and was blasted back 10 Terran meters
@@deathkorpswatchmaster2414 some measurements are just universal, like meters, kinda the point of it really.
Now all I can imagine is a Kriegs man piggyback on a Space Marine with his shovel out, pointed at the enemy
2:34
Just remember everyone. It was a Guardsman who gave his life to save the Emperor from Horus.
I love how canonically we never told the Death Korps have and use shovels but we can all just agree that they do lol
During the Korean war the entrenching shovel was the most used weapon in hand to hand combat.
Well they are based in WW1 armies and it was in WW1 that soldiers figured out that a sharpenned entrenching tool makes for a rather effective axe
according last time war actions, we all know, that shovels are still ultimate weapon
They're mentioned in The Siege of Vraks.
Like, three times in a three-volume series. But they're mentioned.
*_Well, during WWI, certain entrenching tools became one of the Great War's preferred melee weapons, as bayonets had a nasty defect of getting stuck in the enemy's body cavity._*
Any other Guard Corps: Oh no! A Heretic Astartes! Where's *OUR* Astartes reinforcement?!
Death Korps: A WORTHY OPPONENT, OUR BATTLE SHALL BE LEGENDARY!
Tanith First and Only have dealt with a fair few Astartes
Время достать лопату.
Armageddon Steel Legion: "Only Chaos Astartes? Try an entire Ork invasion, Gargants and all, repeatedly."
They are also the Guardsmen that drift with tanks.
@@CountCalcium Tanith and Krieg would find each other to be kindred spirits amid the danger-close artillery. Always at the front of the deadliest conflicts, turning impossible tides, in the name of their dead homeworlds.
"Anything past the trenchline will be slaughtered! How can you lot still charge into such certain death?"
"We're Kriegers, sir. We're already dead."
That’s pretty true, but damn, that goes deep bro.
basically the nac mac feegles of guardsman lol
Khorne berserker: *charges*
Guardsmen: *CHARGES BACK*
Khorne berserker: *confused screaming*
"You werent supposed to that"
"No. This isn't how you're supposed to play the game."
Guardsman: uno inverse card
"BLOOD FOR THE... wait, these wretches are still charging? I MIGHT have made a mistaaaaake..."
@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 "And only the sound of very angry gas mask was in the air after this Beserker had some explaining to do to Khorne..... plottwist.... Khorne fucking loves those madlads with Gasmasks"
The shot from 2:56 until 3:02 shows up makes you realize that soldier is not a unique exception ready to sacrifice himself, I gasped in awe at the numbers of the Death Korps. It's amazing to think about.
It's why they never lose
Warhammer 40k - Death Korps of Krieg
A game like Battlefield 1's opening. When one soldier dies the camera transitions to another on the battlefield and the game continues. You don't even need a story or mission structure. Just have a few maps where this goes on endlessly.
Will be the greatest Warhammer 40k game of all time.
"Shut up and take my money!"
It could be glorious.
Could even have multiplayer the way Battlefront did multiplayer on PS2. You have a few human players per side, but the majority of the actors on the field are AI controlled squads. Battlefront 2's Hero system (still talking about the PS2 game) can even come into play, earning points to spawn heroes at objectives across the map. Space marines or other characters as appropriate.
I would play the shite out of that.
Gimme
It would fit well with Warhammer’s themes
The camera would transition every second in charges
our generals will say "hold the line" and we will answer, "WE ARE THE LINE"
Commisar have you gotten the reinforcements like I asked?
Wait, does that mean…. Handholding?!?
@@redoneteron5933 H E R E S Y
The irony is the Krieg soldiers are raised with the one thing the Russian soldiers needed most: the gas masks
Their the Russians with their weakness removed
Russians have no weakness
@@justsomebodyontheinternet9089 tell that to Finland
@@namelessking4146 if they were prepared more they could have less casualties tho
@@namelessking4146 mostly because of dumb general thinking there playing chess with a 2 year old
Astartes with Guardsmen : "I am the tip of the spear"
Astartes with Kriegers : "Do I really need to be here?"
someone from the administratum: yes, to prevent those bastards from overdying and overkilling
@@250914616672152 Only applies to the Salamanders. Other Astares have god complex and don't really care much about anyone outside their chapter, especially ones they consider "lower life forms".
@@theotv5522 Plenty of marines would fight with the Guard. Imperial Fists, Ultramarines, Red Scorpions, Blood Ravens.
Oh yes, The Astartes needed to be there. Kriegers were about finished without Astartes and more importantly Titan backup. Actually I think they would have just about snuffed it for good if the Inquisition and the Grey Knights didn't show up. Vraks was a mess.
You never know you need it, until you see it.
Too bad that GW dosen't give them enough -screen- shovel time.
Just like Illian
GW is too much occupied with " trying to give wahmens a better place" and "rowboat girllyman and his xeno love".
i hope that one day 40k will return to its gritty and dark side .
@@brotheralaric7177 i cant get enough laugh out of this statement
@@brotheralaric7177 It still does. Problem though is that they are giving too much attention to the space marines and not the other factions. Some of the stories are also becoming a bit repetitive and rushed. Thank goodness they are actually giving the sisters of battle and slaaneshi factions some attention. But i do hope they update other factions like eldar and imperial gaurdsmen as well.
Rumors are rising
40K years later. Tranche warfare's deadliest weapon is still the shovel.
Shovel knight may have been onto some ahead of his time.
Sorry it was something not just some?
As my they say in my D&D universe. "Never underestimate a man with faith, a shovel, and no fear of death."
Smack or hack somebody to bits and then bury the body with only a single tool. Adventuring made easy.
Are you confirming that Shovel Knight is a Kreigsman descendant?
@@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s ancestor.
When the guardsmen need help they call Space Marines
When the Space Marines need help they call the Death Korps
Everytime i think about the death Korps I Imagine a Scene Like: "The siege on [Insert a random Planet] has come to a halt!"
"Really? Lets send the death Korps of Krieg."
Cut to a batallion of Krieg soldiers arriving on the Planet and overrunning the enemy lines with No regard for their casualties, leaving the other Units behind and them Just staring after the unyielding Wave of soldiers
This is easily the most badass thing I've seen all day
You know what I wanna see? The Death Korps of Krieg, the guardsman who literally few casualties as a number, ending up in the same battlefield as the Salamanders, the space marine chapter that's the most dedicated to saving lives.
They did once. And oh boy.. did that not go well.
@@spartanmusic2883 what happened?
@@josephcola9662 Battle of Hespher II.
The Death Korps Of Krieg and the Voltern Cuirrassiers aided a Salamanders Company under Shoen'lo, but the Captain clashed with the Death Korps on how to deal with the insurgency. Shoen'lo desired punishment and repatriation for all those separatists that could be shown the error of their ways, but the Death Korps had no interest in this. They instead used their firepower to brutally crush the insurgency, but matters came to a head when they destroyed a hab-complex, Shoen'lo was in the middle of clearing separatists from. While the Captain and his Company emerged unscathed from the hab-complex's rubble, Shoen'lo immediately went to confront the Death Korps' commander about the attack. When the Captain later departed, Voltern onlookers bore witness to a sight they had never thought to see - genuine terror amongst the Krieg's officers. Afterwards, the remainder of the campaign to end the insurgency, was done according to the Salamanders' strategic stipulations. However after the separatists are defeated, the Krieg and Shoen'lo's Company parted on mutually frosty terms.
@@spartanmusic2883 damn. That's nuts
@@josephcola9662 I mean, the most friendly Astartes Chapter was able to break and frighten the will of Krieg officers. That is the freakiest part. It is not known what he said.
2:43 the fact those guys probably knew they would be massacred, yet they still charged on without hesitation truly showed dedication and bravery. Especially since the last guy looked that Berserker in the eyes as both blew up.
Yeah that’s kinda the whole point of the death korps, they aren’t afraid of death most have had fear completely removed from their being
@@emeraldhorn738 best part space marines have their fear removed kriegsman have more loyalty than fear and so they will march to their death cause a death in the service of the emperor is most worthy
@@emeraldhorn738 The Death Korps don’t actually have their fear removed.
Death Korps accept the risk in all missions. They will happily risk their own lives in order to complete the mission if need be. Bravery is encouraged within the Death Korps but needlessly dying is disencouraged.
Berzerker: You think blindly charging at me will stop me?
Korpsman: Think again f×cker (detonates the melta charge)
For those unfamiliar w/ the significance of what's going on (Unlikely, considering you're on a 40K vid, but I digress) the Death Korps of Krieg are genuinely a disturbing force even amongst the backdrop of the 40th millenia of Human History. During the Horus Heresy (wherein nearly half of all humanity's armed forces broke away and went rogue in service to dark gods) their world didn't answer the call to aid Earth (Terra in 40K's setting) as they were embroiled in a civil war so severe they basically engulfed their world in nuclear fire to exterminate the dissidents.
Despite this, the loyalists were partially chastised and equally felt so disheartened that they couldn't answer in humanity's most dire hour that the Death Korps were formed. Every family is expected to give up their first-born in service to the Imperium's military, if you can't have kids (Which many can't), you will be cloned. The technology to do so is heretical to the nth degree but the level of devotion this planet has given to the imperium is just so jaw-droppingly terrifying that it is allowed. It is considered entirely normal for the Death Korps to be wiped out to the last man or at the very least 90% losses due to them fixing bayonets and charging WW1 western front style into the enemy's defenses or just having absolutely 0 self-preservation.
It says a great deal about the Death Korps of Krieg that Commissars attached to them, who in any other regiment would execute traitors and cowards have to deliberately threaten and cajole their wards NOT to throw their lives away in suicidal death charges.
Small correction. The "every family gives their firstborn" is about Vostroyan Firstborn Regiment. Entirely different planet and tradition
Krieg conscripts litteraly every male who can be spared. If your skills are not usefull enough on Krieg itself, you get recruited.
Females are left covering all kind of job positions (from menial factory work to highest levels of governence) including raising kids (if you are lucky that your father is skilled enough to remain on Krieg, you may even grow up having both mom and dad).
About Death Korps of Krieg itself, over several novels, authors inclined to two views on them.
One is the one you mentioned. Kriegs soldiers are almost inhuman. Do not even have use names anymore. They identify each other by their military given ID number and they completely lack self-preservation as long as they can deal damage to enemies of Imperium. Commisars here are there to stop them from wasting their lives too cheaply.
But in other novels you can encounter second view - Where Kriegs soldiers are humane. They have their names which they use. They do not want to die. They do not mind going into dangerous fights, but they will keep looking for ways to survive. Small insubordinations are present as long as they are harmless to their cause. All this is underlined by brutal devotion to Imperium. If you are enemy of Imperium, there is nothing they would not do to you. Geneva convention? Not even Geneva suggestions to them. Main job of Commisars in their ranks is to facciliate comunication and cooperation with other non-Krieg regiments deployed around them, because having to deal with Kriegs regiment without any buffer like that leads to decreased morale of everyone else around :-D
@@iglidor of course they would like to survive as long as possible in the front, the longer they lived the longer they shall serve
@@KePzez Not exactly. As I talked about those two views that different authors have on them, in the first one they do not care about surviving.
If they get order to charge straight into MG nest, they will do it without questioning or taking any cover. Even while fully knowing that they will die 100% doing that.. Their loyalty and subordination is to the max. They do not question their own value to imperium. For they know that due to acts of their ancestors, they have no value.
Then the second view is where they are thinking, feeling and talking humans that desire to live. Still completely loyal and extremely disciplined, but if they would get order to charge enemy, they would look up first the safest route to do that, and they would interpret that order not as just blindly charging, but as command to destroy them. It is this second view where they go with idea that to earn forgiveness from Emperor they not only need to follow orders obediently, but that they also need to do that for as long as possible.
Makes me think the Third Reich fell 1945, and hydra rose from it's ashes, only to realize they rose a little too late(40th millennium).
I remember reading somewhere that even the Astartes respect the death korps
2:35 captures the Death Corps of Kreig perfectly.
Mission Objective: Eliminate the heretic.
Method: Any means neccessary.
Mission Start: Effective immediately.
I think mission objective was: save the space Marine
@@hellzer6633No I can just about guarantee you the objective was kill the heretic, one of the sub-objectives may have been save the space marine but I'm fairly certain that was lower on the priority list than take as many heretics down with you as possible.
“Whilst most planets have an army, the Death Korps has a planet”
A Soldier of Krieg knows not Surrender, Retreat, nor Fear only to Advance and fight until Victory is Won or he Dies.
And if advance is not an option
GLORIOUS DEATH VIA GRENADA!!!
Let's all remember all those braves men of Krieg that, without hesitation, charged into a Chaos Marine of what I imagine Khorn. They were doing the Emperor work, and they got absolution from their sins.
We will newer be absolved from our sins not until every heretic is dead
Also, none of those Krieg soldiers was any older than 17 at the oldest.
@@NorthernNorthdude91749 Right....easy to forget that detail...
it was indeed a Khornate Chaos marine as the vile Mark of Khorne can be seen painted on one of the traitors shoulder pads.
@@tobithelost3263 Not to mention instead of trying to finish off the Marine he had under his boot he ran into the Krieg charging him. Clearly thinking more blood and skulls over anything else, indicative of the lack of tactical thinking typical of Khornate Berserkers.
Seeing the Dark Angels marines in the middle of the Kriegsmen formation, sprint together with the Kriegsmen, and watching them take the glory of purging the Khornate berserker, I think the marines aren't just fighting because it's their mission, they're fighting cause the valor of the Death Korps exceeds theirs, and it shames them.
Out done by the craziest 16 year olds ever found
I mean, the Dark Angels are _always_ ashamed. The Fallen are no laughing matter to them.
@@LordCrate-du8zmironic now that the Lion is redeeming the Fallen 😂
Just imagine if a space marine chapter started recruiting from Krieg.
Remember that space Marines are not 'recruited'... The first step is recruiting... But among normal people rejection of the Gene-Seed is still greater than 80%. It drops to 75% in the case of a world which breeds for a specific Genome, but even then it will still be a 3 to 1 failure to success rate. Cadia, Kreig and the other death worlds have undergone limited mutations to permit them to survive their worlds, which means that even Black Templar Gene-Seed (the most 'forgiving' of all) will have a 99% rejection rate. It is simply not cost effective to waste the limited Genetic material to attempt making an already dedicated killing machine into a marine.
Other than above stated, how about just back down from the power armoured poster boy stool and enjoy normal humans out badassing genetically engineered super soldiers. Now giving the Sisters of Battle level gear would just be embarasingly bad for even eternal failure like Failbaddon the Armless.
Better plan: just give them adapted power armor and bolters like those from adeptus sororitas 😆
@@leechowning2712 pleeeeennnnnntttty of killing machines to do trials on though. Failure? Have another batch of a million for you ready in a few.
@@wolfy5103 Even IF they started recuriting, The Chapters now has only a few hundred gen seeds and they do not want to waste in on already killing machines like DKOK.
"If we throw enough people at the bullets eventually the enemy will run out of bullets"
The death korps in a single phrase.
You take it wrong, they do not try to deplete enemy ammo. But you can only shoot so much in a direction...
they overcome fire rate of enemy weapon enplacements.
Now that is what we want from the Death korps ! A fearless, relentless but professional army of professional soldiers, that fight like real soldiers, but with an utter disregard for their lives.
The kind that use suicidal tactics yes, but "Exploding with a grenade in hand" tactics, not "Shoot your own brains" tactics.
Yeah. They may not fear death, but they do remember that “lives are the Emperor’s currency, spend them wisely.”
An enemy who doesn't even fear death is not scary, an enemy who fights seeking death, that's what's scariest.
Deathseekers are truely one of the worst to face as a foe. On par with those ones who never seem to stay down.
This song is the official theme song for the Death Korps. Also love the gas mask breathing at the very end.
ruclips.net/video/D7GsdsuSXfw/видео.html
@@revoltedgopnik9903 let me rephrase that. It CAN BE USED as their official theme song.
Chaos Marine: Stop fighting and I wont kill you! Ill let you live!
Confused Kriegers: And why would we want that?
proceeds to spit through gasmask into chaos marine's face.
Most of the space marine chapters loved working side-by-side with the death korps, and it's obvious why.
if i remember right Uriel Ventris was amazed about the Kriegsmen defending the Capital of Tarsis Ultra against the Tyranids.
Yup, they're amazing.. and btw is this canon?
Well, with Krieg around, space marines can be assured that they WILL do their job, regardles how suicidal. No matter how uninformed you leave them be. Despite how atrocious your orders may be to local population. Kriegsman will follow those orders. Without questioning, without delay and to the utmost effeciency.
And that is why Space Marines like them. None of that whining of "Oh my lord, why do you want us to gas population of that city? Certainly the situation is not that bad". Soldiers of Krieg would at that point already be loading their cannons and bombers and the only question they would ask is if you want the city then glassed to the ground afterward.
Keep in mind Krieg is also one of the very few that are allowed combined arms regiments. Meaning they aren’t only infantry or only armor which gives them a much greater deal of tactical flexibility. They are one of the few allowed to do this because there has NEVER BEEN A REGIMENT OF KRIEG THAT HAS TURNED TRAITOR. Never. Not once. Ever. Well, not since the imperials won the civil war on Krieg but pre-war Krieg doesn’t count.
Post and pre war krieg are two entirely different planets
The armageddon steel legion are also allowed them but only due to technicality since they all fall under "mechanized units" they have mixed regiments much to the departemento munitorum shagrin
technically they did fall to a parasite by the necrons, they lost control of their bodies but they verbally warned their comrades about their loss of control
We can’t forget how the inquisition also flat out said “don’t investigate this place” because of the heretical vitae wombs they use, that they let them keep using because of how effective the krieg are in battle
I always felt that with the recent fervor of belief in the God Emperor, with the galaxy burning and crumbling all around them there is no time for doubt or despair, there can only be victory, victory or death.
After a whole entrenched army of Imperial Guard fall under siege by the sudden appearance of Plague Marines, by ugly Nurgle warbands of Chaos. The Initiative lost by an barrage of warp-influenced gas weaponry blinding the defenders. Their gasmasks on the fronts and the ventilation in the fortifications fail. All soldiers are doomed, they fall and drown in the liquids of their former lungs. Skin melt, plaststeel and buttons rust and pretty uniforms colors lost.
Another world falls, and one closer step to the fall of Terra itself.
But they do not die, no, they are granted a gift, a touch from Nurgle.
But they refuse. The temptation bites, the call of Chaos, their destined souls to be snuffed out, they stubbornly refuse. Instead they rise once again their lasguns in the direction of the foe and carry on fighting, eyes alight with a burning vengeful shine as their duty only ends with the death to the enemies of the Imperium of Man and the God Emperor. Their zeal is so strong, every damned soldier fights on till their last undying breath. One by one they can only be put down by the ugly festering hands that sought to corrupt them, an easy victory against these pitiful Guardsmen.
With the sworn enemy stuck with ridding themselves their own bewitched creations of the undying Guard that somehow refused the touch, the rest of the planets Loyalist regiments get the crucial time to recover from the surprise attack, bolster defenses and redraw the lines on the maps. Close in and encircle and reorganize, finally rallying and decisively charging to the lost sector to gain back their lost, both land and comrades.
The dumbfound legion of the rotting God is slowly pushed back, stuck in the front by their own marching apparitions, taking blows from the sides by cunning Leman Russ crews flanked by the flashlights of Chimeras providing support, and hammered from above by pre-ranged artillery strikes. The tide of battle turns, forcing the rotting enemy to turn tail and fall back.
And the undying Guardsmen? They fall, at ease, at peace, the influence of the God of rot leaving the battlefield and their broken bodies. With their duty fulfilled they die in their posts and boots, they die in glory.
Bloody damn poetry
Amen bud
That was metal AF
What in the hell did i stumbke across
@@rixivalentria.6658 art
Kriegers are truly a force to be reckoned with, normal men with standard weapons in a world of monsters and men who can level cities with their minds. And they never give up, death is the preference to surrender.
Well if they're retreat they'll still got killed though. Applies to imperial guard in general.
@@SetuwoKecik they aren't scared of death, it pretty much guarantees they won't retreat
@@Ricky-ce3jo well since both options are dead anyway, ofc they won't scared of it anymore.
@@SetuwoKecik it's better than going back to Krieg
Death is their ultimate reward, but they have to earn it by taking as many heretic lives
This combination of animations definitely suits the feel the Death Kore have. Where 20 soldiers for a single chaos marine is considered a victory, where they care not about gunfire taking their comrades out beside them, where the only mercy they give is the Emperor's Benediction. Well done sir. _Might be a krieg fanatic_
i feel a sudden urge to charge directly into a horde of orks shouting 'FOR THE EMPEROR, FOR KRIEG'
also the thing that really feels off is that these guys actively seek death as an honour and reparation for the rebellion of krieg
Death korps : DITCH YOUR RIFLES FOR YOUR SHOVEL !
French foreign Legion : I'm so proud of them, they learned.
1:06
Here we see a soldier holding his trusted weapon a combination that has brought death to countless Traitors, Heretics, Xenos and Mutants. A soldier so brave even the Chaos God's tremble in Fear when his kind enters the fray. Truly the greatest servants of the Emperor.
And behind him we see a Spacemarine and his Bolter.
I think that is a Salamander behind the soldier with his trusted weapon.
@@TheMemeLord700
He is a Dark Angel, you can see it at 2:19 or even better in the full Animation.
This is really good
LIke Especially good
I dont think i can say how good it is
seriously.
You say .
Especially good.
Fun fact: in the US military there is 1 confirmed kill with a MRE spoon
That man was the equivalent of the average Korps soldier
Каждый солдат корпуса Крига этой ложкой уничтожил бы как минимум 1 танк
I have many questions but the most important one is HOW IN HELL DO YOU KILL A GUY WITH A SPOON? LIKE A SHOVEL MAKES SENSE BUT A SPOON? Oh wait they could’ve gouged out the enemies eyes
@@IdkWhatToWrite1945 Did you forget? John killed 4 men with a pencil! A fuc#in pencil!! ;)
@@Slayer398 oh yeah I forgot
@@IdkWhatToWrite1945 Why did he use a spoon? Because it hurts more......
The 8 people who disliked this clearly have not been given their gas masks yet because the gas in their eyes made them miss the like button.
They heretic's
or they took a few to many shovel hits during training
@@ИльяНедбаев-у3н In need of a good shoveling
@@mikeb5063 VERY YES
So those Russians in the osowiec fortress???
I know this was showcasing the Krieg but it was also a great example of how powerful a Space Marine is with the Chaos guy just wrecking through everything like a bull.
Idk looked like he got killed by fodder
Why does it smell of heresy here?
And later on a guy with a horse and a boom spear kills one near the end of the vid
@@regalblade8171 i mean that spear is supposed to be used on tanks
@@shadowlord1418 didn't the Japanese use it in the Pacific theatre? A landmine on a long stick
I wonder how many people know about the insane real world history this song is about?
Eh... i know it
But then this song is really good and match with the Krieg well too
Just about every sabaton fan in existence I would hope
The battle of Osowiets. Yes most of us do know. This is still cool on its own
I do
It's about a battle in which Russian soldiers defending a fortress were attacked by German soldiers who used poison gas to kill the Russians.
As the Germans approached the fortress, they believed all of the Russians were dead, only for Russians to charge at the Germans, seemingly being an army of dead.
@@AngelDust6969 no shit my dude
15 year old Death Korps recruit:
"TIME TO MOOOVE BOSS!! TIME TO *FIGHT!* GIVE THE ORDER, YEA, THE ORDER! SAY IT, SAY IT! *SAY IT!!!*
Commissar: (sighs and blows the whistle)
"Horses don't belong on the front lines in modern combat!"
Kriegsmen: Funny I didn't ask
@Ultra marine Still a joke then
@Ultra marine Oh, thank you
@Ultra marine And you as well
love this little intercourse between the two of you. and i agree, have a great day!
The Death Korps are so damn bloody minded that it’s impossible not to be impressed by their mettle.
I truly love how this song has basically become the theme song for the Death Korps of Krieg.
“The only thing stronger than my hatred of the foes of humanity and my faith in the emperor, is the trench shovel I will chop my enemy’s arms off with. And my faith and hate is incalculable.”
-A Krieg soldier moments before he went on a one man murder spree in the enemy trenches
Beautiful arrangement, everything fits perfectly, enjoyed watching it, we definitely need more of this
Poor wittle chaos, you thought you had zealots, HA!
Wherever the children of Krieg go, death follows.
@@thecommentguy9380 there are the reaper,the pestilence,the war and the famine
only men of krieg can outzeal zealots
@Seth Deavers thanks
My favorite part about the kriegers is that the commissioner is actively trying to stop them from charging the enemy with there shovels
Ok can we just agree how absolutely hard that scene where he is running out of the trench and the chorus is playing goes.
Edit: At 0:55
It goes hard as a rock
Now that I think about it... I'm watching a German ww1 army charging through dead man's land with the fanaticisms of Imperial Japanese army while listening to a swedish band singing about Russian soldiers.
Hmmm love it
With the mercy of a Canadian in ww1.
@@house_lifeownerstuka6890 oof
@@house_lifeownerstuka6890 and their outfits are French and British uniforms put together and German stuff is labelled and slapped onto it
@@a_random_scotsman Yeah, the death korps of Krieg is basically WW1-the faction. Few other guardsman regiments embody the horrors of war as Kriegers do.
@@psychee1 yep
Astartes: we're most dangerous power in space
Death Korps with shovel: hold my lasgun
Normal Guardsmen: We’re just footsoldiers.
Death Korps: WE ARE A HUMAN WALL CREATED TO FILL THE TRENCHES WITH OUR DEAD SO OUR COMRADES CAN CROSS THEM.
Abaddon; I have an entire chaos army.
Guardsman; we have a well adjusted Kriegsman battalion.
Guardsman: we have a whole planet having 50 million soldiers made per year
Man, the mask noise at the end is just... so perfect. Sabaton have a fuck ton of material that goes so well with Warhammer 40k. But this one is special, it's like it was made for the Kriegers. Much love for making this video a reality
At first I thought this was going to be a 40K version of the battle of Osoweic Fortress, then I realized that such a battle would be the standard M.O. for the Death Korps
Did i get into Warhammer for the gameplay?
no
Did i get into Warhammer for the aesthetic?
not really
Did i get into Warhammer for the lore?
no
I got into Warhammer because of amazing fan works like the ones featured in this tribute, and now GW is trying to strangle the creativity of the community to fund WH+
100% agree with every point.
I don't play, I just love the Krieg.
Which is crazy, because the unless told, the majority of WH players don't acknowledge this. And even when told, they had already place GW on a pedestal so they refuse to believe their idol company would do such a thing, or just ignores it.
That's why those who are aware have a saying: "Love the game, but hate the company"
It seems like I've picked a bad time to join in on the franchise/fandom. I just played Space Marine 1 and I liked the game. Heard horror stories about the minis prices.
As someone with rather limited Warhammer experience, this was a joy to watch.
The space marine is probably thinking how suicidal are these men to run at a space marine to bayonet him.
i'd like to think that part of him was actually impressed by their actions
@@jeremybk54 i think he would have been impressed in two ways, wow they really are loyal to the emporium and ohh crap they are bayoneting a chaos marine
@@havoc989 "One of them blew himself up taking that Chaos heretic with him"
And Khorne be like "This mortal deserves some form of compersation, he handed me a skull of one of Astartees that served me."
@@f.e.areproduce5298two skulls for the price of one
The last thing to go through that heretics head (besides the bayonets) was "These pricks think they can kill a space mari-oh fuck they're from Krieg"
Colonel Jurten was one hell of a man
Who else thinks that he should be played by christoph waltz?
Chaos warrior: my lord we've killed their commissar
Daemon commander: good, very good
Death korps:(charges with excited gas mask noises)
Daemon commander: wait, which guardsmen regiment are they?
Warrior: the death korps of Krieg
Daemon commander: you fools, you killed the only thing holding them back
killed the off switch
"what a fool you are, trying to fight an Astarte"
"You're the bigger fool, letting a suicide bomber get this close"
"It is not enough to shoot a Death Korps Guardsman. You must also push him over." --Unknown Chaos Lord
Sometimes more than once
I award you the highest honor I can bestow, a save to my important playlist (this is partly a joke, but I am saving this, the editing is phenomenal)
Is it just me or do the Krieg just seem more interesting than the Space Marines?
They certainly are.
Depends on chapter to chapter as I find many other imperial guard regiments as interesting or even more than Kriegans, but that does not drop an inch of the story of them, my respect or sheer sadness towards our every gas masked warriors.
@@FrostWolfPack Oh don't get me wrong, i just meant the standard marines vs Kreigs, obviously, there are far more interesting individuals or chapters. for example, I read a bit of a story concerning the Salamanders and just the way the chapter leader spoke to the parents of their newborn and how he lead his men was very moving. It reminded me of how I viewed the Krieg, honorable and sacrificial to the very end. i'm very new to the series so hopefully i said enough for you to get what i'm referring to lol
@@chowrites6179 NA no offence taken and no offence ment. I am just happy that there is influx of interested people to the story and lore of 40k.
I would honestly say it depends on the chapter you decide to do the comparison with.
Ultramarines, definitely not as cool (maybe 30k Ultras but not 40k).
Most Imperial Fist lineage chapters, definetly.
Black Dragons, absolutely.
I could go on and on but that should show my point.
The way the music combines with the video is soooo damn good!!!