- ROBERTO jh
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I wrote a lengthy post outlining the pros and cons of both sides, but because the computer's being retarded, I somehow ended up on Google without actually even clicking Google.
Basically, I said that in a fist fight, the Space Marines win hands down, most likely the same as if it were a large battle. But I wrote that, when it comes to pretty much every other type of warfare, the Spartans have the advantage in training diversity. SM are pros at the whole large battle thing. I'd take a SM over a Spartan any day to besiege a fortress. But if I want a quick, silent and brutal kill, or want an army to disappear without a trace, the Spartans have it.
I've said this a thousand times, but SM just don't hold a candle to stealthy enemies, which is part of the Spartan training, to be a stealthy operative. It's just that from what I've seen, the SM are no where near the invincible gods of war the fans crack them up to be, not when they fall by the dozens in every battle. They WIN said battles, but at high costs.
So things like this: I doubt a Halo rocket launcher would, because that's basically what Space Marines fire at each other, and they can survive multiple hits from their own weapons are utter BS. Bolts are not 102mm rounds, they are overly large explosive bullets, and even at that point, a single round fired from a deamon-possessed Space Marine from the novel Horus Rising killed two fully armored Space Marines in one shot each to the chest from a standard Bolter, and critically wounded a third.
So if you're asking whose a better warrior, relative to their universe, the Spartans are much more effective. But who'd win in a fight? Impossible to tell without knowing the circumstances. Lasguns, standard issue Imperial Guard rifles, can penetrate a SM's armor if fired at the weaker joints, according to the Lexicanum. Lasguns are about as powerful as your standard plasma rifle.
Spartan lasers one shot tanks; try doing that with a Lasgun.
So suffice it to say, a Splaser, M99 Stanchion or rocket launcher would obliterate a SM, or a well aimed sniper round to the joint would wound him.
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Posted by: Fin5434p
Bolt pistols do not fire 120mm Anti-Tank warheads, come on now...
This made me lol, but i think that actualy there is such a pistol.
This would make the standard factory made Lemun Russ battle tank pointless. Don't they fire 120mm sabot shells? Having a pistol that could do that would contradict the need for tanks.
[Edited on 01.06.2012 7:09 PM PST]