Forgive me if this has already been answered. I’m looking in the Rogue Trader store at SM Mark II armor and the Phobos pattern bolter which I believe fires a 70mm round. Isn’t the current bolter firing a 75mm round. And what will be the starting armor type and weapons be? I guess what I’m asking is should I spend trader point on older weapons and armor?
Wrong units. The bolter fires 0.75 caliber, which IIRC translates into a 0.75 inch diameter at the widest point. That's 19.05mm, so it's just a hair smaller than a 20mm (such as the round fired by many fighters' nose guns). 75mm would be the AP gun on early M4 Sherman models, 76mm would be the long-barreled AP gun on the Sherman Firefly.
I think Mk VII will be starting armor, since the devs mentioned players will have VII available and be able to upgrade to VIII. Think it was Steven
Rasczak thanks for the correction. I should have known that. I have held a 105mm practice sabot round for the Abrams tank and that is a huge round. And a 30mm round is what is used in the main Gatling gun of the A10 warthog. LOL 75mm would be too large perhaps even for a Space Marine. So what standard is used for SM mm or caliber.
Thank you brother Kaldor-Draigo. What would the advantages of the Mk II be other than autistics? Do you think it would be as Brother Prince Damien suggested as cosmetic only to signify a founder with the same protection as a MkVII.
Caliber is usually what's cited for Space Marines because like the US, the UK is reluctant to use metric.
Basically Mk II Crusade Armour was segmented, like Roman Lorica Segmentata, affording a wider range of movement. For more on Space Marine power armour, look here: http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/thr...a-history-of-space-marine-power-armour.21501/ There is one problem though. From the armour's design I would say it is Mk III Iron Armour (Armorum Ferrum), which has extra armour to the front covering the torso from neck to groin. Mk II has visible, segmented armour covering the lower Torso between waist and chest. The actual Chest armour on this Mk II is a single solid piece and just the upper chest and shoulders.
