Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Imperial Guard (section)

====Aeronautica Imperialis====

*'''[[Marauder Bomber]] (Forge World):''' 40k's version of the B17 'Flying Fortress' and probably one of the largest flyers in the game (and one of the largest you can actually afford!). Comes with a twin lascannon on the nose and two ball turrets holding twin heavy bolters; it may fire these at full BS regardless of movement thanks to its ''Sky Fortress'' rule. The real kicker, of course, is the bombs - three times a game the Marauder can bomb a unit on the field. Roll dice to stack mortal wounds on the target: 3d6 per vehicle/monster or d6 for every other model - every 4+ causes a mortal wound. For softer targets Hellstorm bombs can be used: they roll for 3s but only get 2d6 vs monsters/vehicles. Against large enough units it's basically a Deathstrike, but you can already see that it's probably unique among the Guard Lords of War in its utter inability to kill anything in one hit: by definition it will never roll enough dice to kill non-vehicle/monster units, and nothing with those keywords has less than three wounds, which you won't roll unless you are very, ''very'' lucky. Not worth the money unless you're a fan of display pieces.
*'''Marauder Destroyer (Forge World):''' While the B17 was never converted to serve as a ground attack gunship, the Marauder ''was,'' and serves the role pretty well in 8th (think a B-25 Mitchell). It keeps the Sky Fortress rule, swaps the twin lascannon for '''six''' Autocannons, swaps one of the heavy bolter ball turrets for a twin assault cannon turret, and most of its bombs for a rack of up to eight Hellstrike missiles, ''which aren't consumed upon firing.'' Rules oversight? Who knows. But the fact remains that this thing can spew out 12 S7 AP-1 D2 shots, 12 S6 AP-1 D1 shots, 6 S5 AP-1 D1 shots, and up to 8 S8 AP-2 Dd6 shots that roll 2d6-take-the-highest for damage...''every turn.'' at 549 points fully loaded, It's a flying blender, no mistake! Oh, and it also gets a bombing run! Tough as a flying fortress should be, at T7 with 20 wounds and a 3+ save, on top of being a flyer. A proud king of the skies.
**Price dropped and costs a jaw droppingly low 405 points fully loaded as of January 2020.