Index Astartes: Raptors (Warhammer 40,000 Lore)

The only thing more fun than the existence of the Raptors is the immediate recognition and selection by Guilliman as soon as he kicks off Indomitus. "Oh, cool, normal Astartes who do normal things! Bring the chapter master here, I need to speak with him in person."

Space Marines fighting like a military force instead of acting like fantasy knights are a rarity in this setting.

In a universe of screaming battle cries and gnashing chainsaws together, one chapter dares to ask, "what if we didn't do that?"

The answer to "What if Space Marines fought like real life Marines?"

Raptor: "The enemy are dug in, use suppressive fire advance cover to cover" Black Templars: "Charge the gun line!!!!"

Logical, tactical, reasonable, pragmatic. Yeah, these guys are that good. One of my favorite chapters in 40k. The canon Reasonable Marines, and are perfect chapter to represent that fan chapter.

“Is an understatement almost worthy of summary execution” I don’t know why that made me laugh out loud 😂

The Raptors, the most Marine like Space Marines

Hit-and-run tactics and long range marksmanship make a great deal of sense considering the numerical limitations of an Astartes Chapter as opposed to the former Legions.

"To say the 19th legion, Ravenguard, suffered during the years of the Horus heresy, is an understatement almost worthy of summary execution" Such an awesome line, and as always amazing work with the narration and lore detail ❤

Raptors, one of the best chapters ever

I've read about the Raptors before, but something in your juxtaposition of their character and their tactics - their disinterest in personal glory and renown leading them to develop an emphasis on marksmanship - really struck me. Your deeper dives into Chaos have advanced the idea that swords cut daemons better because of the power that they have symbolically, that stories fight stories better than bullets do. I wonder how the Raptors fare against Chaos. Not just its adherents, but against those touched by or made or the Warp. If they struggle, I'd suggest it isn't because they use guns, but because they have chosen to develop their chapter into soldiers, instead of warriors. It would take a truly spectacular marksman to build a legend of himself in a shooting war, and it would take an audience cognizant and caring of whose gun was winning the day to give that legend breath. Their limited-deployment, team-coordinated tactics could hinder them in the 40k universe against the Archenemy, while they would still excel at warfare against creatures of the materium.

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I love the Raptors. Every Phobos squad I have in my Deathwatch army is painted in Raptors colours, as they'd be the premiere experts of stealth warfare.

Must’ve been busy on Balam Industries sponsored field trips in the Warp.

As a fan of the other green guerilla warfare chapter, the Mantis Warriors, I'm envious. But as a fan of good content I'm just glad to see a new Oculus video. Makes my Friday just a bit sweeter.

I like they get along with the Black Templars. Raptors do all the sneaky stuff, BTs do all the frontal assault!

Yes! Really want more Index Astartes videos going over the slightly lesser known chapters.

Wow this came at exactly the right time! Working on mapping out my raptors army now!

The slow zoom out on the picture of the raptor sniper using the corpse of the chaos space marine he just shanked in the neck as a rest for his bolter always brings a smile to my face.