Imperial Armour! The Valkyrie, Vulture, Vendetta And Sky Talon Gunships! Warhammer 40k Lore 

Every time an Imperial air controller says "Incoming, Flight of Valkyries" the Emperor chuckles at a joke literally only he gets

Funny thing is I’m pretty sure the A-10’s cannon still exists in M41. The Avenger strike aircraft is pretty much the 40k A-10 because the entire aircraft is built around something called the “Avenger Bolt Cannon” which sounds like it turned the GAU-18 into a bolt weapon and I am 1000% here for it

34:48 Remember in 40k Plasteel is a thing; Its light enough that as a steel alloy it can be used instead of aviation aluminium and the Chonky Leeman Russ MBT is only 60 metric tonnes (allegedly). So a Valkyrie/Vulture/Vendetta variant's armor could be MUCH lighter than it would seem for a universal 75mm armor coverage...

I can't wait for "Imperial Armor! The Battleships of the Imperial Navy" and the tiny lore tidbits like the art of thousands of serfs making a giant cog turn by "walking upstairs" for hours and hours

Fun is having 6 Vendetta gunships slap a WARHOUND off the table turn one. Or having a Vendetta harpooned out of the sky. Using Valkyries to reenact Blackhawk Down, but with Geanstealers. There were no survivors.

I sometimes like to imagine Arch giving these talks/lectures to a room full of Imperial Officers still in training at their academy, as well as the absolute befuddlement on their faces as he repeatedly mentions and references events, vehicles and technology from the 20th and 21st Century lol

Do the heavy landers next! Specifically the Tetrarch Heavy Landers. Been building my own for tabletop and very little information on it is readily available.

14:16 I remember back in the day when Hunter-Killer Missiles and Naval Torpedoes used crude and very singleminded AI assisted guidance systems and were some of the only sanctioned uses of AI In the Imperium. I'm fairly certain that this got retconned into "Aggressive Machine Spirits" fairly quickly...

I know you haven't tackle Star Wars stuff in a while, I still like to see a lore video on the Valkyrie SW equivalent, the LAATs.

Vendetta crews to astartes, ah yes my lord you are indeed mighty but do you BRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTT?

"What's a vulture?" This bird that was on earth 20,000 years ago "And it looks like this plane?" I donno

Some times it feels like GW simply has no interest in double checking some of the nubers they put on things like the amount of waight something can lift. And then we get to have fun speculating how that could be so still a win.

In the book Double Eagle by Dan Abbnet the Thunderbolts twin-linked lascannon had a capacity of about 40 shots with a full auto setting as well and it also had quad auto cannons with, if I recall correctly, about 20 seconds of firepower

Not to mention the atypical logistical nature of the munitorum, the typical supply’s would consist primarily of food, in the forms of high protein ration bars which are no larger than your typical snack bar which mostly constitutes of reprocessed human waste, which again can be stuffed into a small box, enough to sustain a platoon for weeks, whilst not weighing too much, as well as things like water and fuel which would take up a considerable amount of space and weight but that’s not forgetting the other important things like spare ammunition which usually comes in the form of lasgun power packs which again, each power pack is more than capable of carrying up to a thousand rounds of ammunition and can be readily recharged via a charging point or via a solar or thermal energy in a pinch. And considering that a crate or even a box of ammunition would house about twenty power packs, would result in an additional twenty thousand rounds of extra ammunition and again this is your typical ammo box, you can shove in over a billion rounds of easily replaceable and rechargeable ammunition

1 idea for a video is how does an astartes become a tactical or devastator or any other type of marine? Do they choose their favourite weapon or is it chosen for them? I know you love logistics and also what happens when a marine does something worthy of promotion but no position is available? Just questions that you have yet to cover about the coolest thing the imperium can send against their enemies.

“Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” gets a gritty sci-fi reboot.

While visually the Punisher cannons are definitely based GAU 8's, I feel tactically they're more akin to the M61 20mm cannon, the poper 40k equivalent of the GAU 8 is the Avenger Bolt Cannon IMO

A Hunter-Killer is the Imperial lingo for self-guiding munitions, specifically what we call fire-and-forget missiles.

The Hunter-Killer Missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.

The UH-1 HUEY, AH-1,AV8B,AH-64,C-130,and AC-130E,H,U,J of 40K.

Vulture with double punishers has been or was my to go vulture set up, literally the answer to question "Where did my infantry go!". Ahh in old days it was twin linked 20 shot, then it became 40 shot now... it doesn't exist anymore exept in legacy rules. Sad times.

Never was a big fan of the flying boxes, but the vulture with that central turbine has to be one of the sexiest aircraft in james workshop's arsenal.

Arch, I think you're forgetting that the lase batteries could be recharged via the engine heat.

It's surprising to me that the tech-priests allow self-guided missiles to be destroyed through firing them, but I only know the lore through this channel.

Arch’s giggle when talking about the GAU-8,… near adorable.

With the transition from talking about hell strike missile to the "manned by 2 crew", I was sure he was going to say the missile was manned by two crew..... I mean it wouldn't be the worst thing the imperium has done ;)

I was organising my Audible books last night. I have bought 15 this year since I fell into this universe in the cold winter. I didn't realise there was life outside “The Culture” and “The Lord of the Rings”. I have been hearing about gunships etc in “Eisenhorn” and “Ravenor”. You have expanded my knowledge. Thank you Kind Soul :)

I always think the Valkyries as being like Russians helicopters transport. Being able to get troops there and support them.

I still believe the biggest advantage Valkyrie has over the Blackhawk is in doctrin department. When a massage of " Blackhawk down" comes through the good day of the officer in charge of the AO ever so rapidly turns into a cluster fuck while a massage of "Valkyrie down" arriving at regimental HQ will hardly even register by the CP personnel...

So do the Aeronautica units operate under the Guard or Navy command? Either makes sense and like the last video having dedicated Air Cavalry units would probably be limited to developed Imperium worlds with well developed militarys like Cadia (formerly), Elysia, Armageddon and possibly Catachan where air transport is probably the safest option to move troops. Honestly I always figured the best way to divide Guard and Navy assets was "designed to operate on a planet" and everything else.

Wow, more lore! You've been spoiling us lately, Arch! Thank you! =)

"...as a special needs aircraft." so it's the short bus for Ogryn?

I always thought it was strange that there is no chinook/heavy lift analog among the valkyrie variants, something able to not only carry a large amount of troops and supplies internally, but also stow a container or field gun and carry in slung beneath. I think maybe Forgeworld would of released eventually, but then they got highjacked by GW to make nothing but new Marine models so we'll never know if it was planned or not

The heavy bolters aren't removed. They are on a hinged arm that swings back so the door can shut.

I wonder if a flight sim game in which you're a pilot of one of these things would be fun. Think about flying across massive battlefields with a mission to drop troops off under fire. Or provide CAS. Would be fun

Even in the grim darkness of the far future, flying spinny gun go BRRR

Love these Imperial Armor videos with the detail and depth you give them.

Warhammer lore this is exactly what I needed right now thanks.🤘

Skytalon is putting even the Chinook to shame. 33k lbs vehicle to lift only 10k looks paltry compared to that.

You forgot the Spectre class valkyrie armoured assault carrier. 4 engines nose mounted autocannon. 4 door heavy bolter's. 4 hard points for rocket pod's ect. can carry a chimera 10 troops or 20 troops.

“TRAITORS DON’T SURF!”

Arch. When are we going to make an OGRYN lore video. U made ratlings... Those little pestlike fekers, so why cant u make the bestest of boys lore vid yet

The Valkyrie, hope for the forces on man, and bane for their enemies. It's so simple in concept, and terrifying deadly in practice. Flight of the Valkyries is the only song that accurately describes how effective these birds are in battle.

"A valkyrie D. Shas´o, what is an imperial gunship doing here?!"

1 The gau-8 is not mounted the plane is built around it 2 9 thousand pounds recoil / 25 round bursts 3 and 16 thousand pounds on 11 external ord hardpoints yes thats right 8 2thousand pound smartbombs. or whatever else you can put on there.

An 85ft container can be maxed out at 12K pounds and a Sky Talon can carry 28K tons! Nice!

It should weigh twice that looking at its stats and those of Chimera comparing it to IRL things as they are simply BMP1/2 and Mi-24 but with even better armor.

The Hunter Killer missile's machine spirit knows where it is because it knows where it isnt.

Thanks for the video, Arch, always love watching

I don’t think there would be many friendly fire accidents when most of the “people” humans are fighting in 40k are huge and green, or giant bugs, or otherwise very easy to distinguish

What's more likely with the Vendetta is it has capacitors/battery packs for the lascannons and it uses the power generated by the engines to recharge them while not in use. If that sounds ridiculous, I can assure you it isn't. Modern aircraft already use the power of the main engines to use on electronic systems. (In fact, power generation is the limiting factor for jamming pods on aircraft. Some pods also have their own. Some pods like the ALQ-99 have their own propeller/ram air turbine for power generation to meet demand.) And these engines clearly generate far more power than anything flying today.

Always a good day when you upload a new video

Arch definately does loves his logistics.

Can we get a lore video on Cadian Shock Troops and Kasrkin at some point?

Thanks Arch Keep up the great work Love fly units

The hunter killer missile knows where it is, because it knows where it isn't…

IIRC someone put the Valkyrie model in a wind tunnel. Apparently it had negative lift, similar to an F1 racecar. Apparently the Heldrake had pretty good lift characteristics.

Well there are jump pack troops that can have sustained flight with their bavkpacks so the engine power makes sense

Now I want Fire raptor and storm eagle Lore, but I already know there's basically nothing. Not to mention, All astartes gunships must be capable to effectively engage air/space targets.

The Vendetta Gunship; Six Lascannons all in one place!

["Favored Scion" blaring over the Valkyrie's loudspeakers] Door gunner: Anyone who runs is a heretic! Anyone who stands still is a _well-disciplined_ heretic!

I like all of these flyers, the bad part is the models are XBOX HUGE. Seriously, I needed a separate box just to carry all my Valkyries/Vendettas for my old stormtrooper guard build. Damn if it wasn't cool though.

Arch you sweet summer child, Vendettas' conversion kit is no longer offered on Forge World.

You said a while ago you like to explore alternative outcomes in history of warhammer, do a video on ‘If the emperor finished the webway project’

Despite its limitations the valk when used correctly an be a devastating weapons platform and whilst ten troopers might not sound like a lot, ten stormtroopers or ten Elysian drop troopers or even for heavy weapons teams can be a game changer

Valkyrie pilots when they are ordered to reinforce allied troops, destroy a tank column, and fully deliver supplies within a time frame of 6-12 hours "ah shit here we go again"

75mm of armour. There are many WWII light WARSHIPS with that or less.

Did I just hear that a gun is equivalent to a GAU8 Avenger... and that somebody decided it would be a good idea to put TWO of these on one aircraft? Yeah, this is 40k alright.

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

Lovin the imperial air force vids, goes well with second breakfast

Really enjoyed this one 😊

An F16 is 12 tons with equipment. GW probably didn't think the 16 ton Valkyre through...

Arch is on fire lately.

LOL...'Special Needs Logistic Vehicle'...aka Short Bus

Great video arch

Dam that's 66.6 shots a second you are a puddle afterwards

I like to think the missile is driven by servitor brain.

Arch, is there any Imperial Guard Regiments that use exoskeletons for combat operations? If so, would you consider doing a presentation on them? If there are none, why do you think that is so? Thank you for spreading the knowledge of the Grim Dark universe.

Punisher cannon go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

So, if an enemy tries to reenforce a position by airborne troop transports and your Airforce is able to bind their escorts, Vendettas are a viable option to attack the Transports?

YES! MORE IMPERIAL ARMOR!

Laz Cannon...packs recharged from jet wash exhaust heat...no problem.

Do more Imperial Armor! It's been too long since last time!

30mm at 4000 rounds/minute is basically the same that the Gau-8 gun in the A-10 is shooting. Nothing futuristic about that, Arch.

The Sky Talon's profile reminds me a little of an S-64 Skycrane.

So it's the Blackhawk of Warhammer 40k.

Loved the book Double Eagle, I recommend it

You can't correlate thickness with 21st century tonnage. We didn't/don't have plascrete and ceramite and such.

Elysians, then valkyries...is this a honey pot working up to scions?

Of course Arch rants about logistics again

24:11 arch advocates the bombing of alcoholics anonymous meetings😅

IMPERIAL ARMOUR IS BACK BABY YAAAAAAAAAAAY

75mm is the maximum thickness of an M4 Sherman. MAXIMUM. 75mm universal is insane.

The amount of time Arch spends on the topic of friendly fire involving Valkyries makes me think he watches the same Arma 3 RU-vid videos I do.

Wait, the vendetta is 9 to 13 tons? So a bit less than the vtol f35b's empty weight of 14.5 tons? That must be some really light armour 😮

Imperial armor is the best of Arch's "series" imho.

Wouldn't the Vendeta Gunship be able to shift extra power from the engines when not needed to help recharge the battery on the lascannons?

The guard, fuck yeah.

If you haven’t already, could you please do videos on the Lightning and Thunderbolt?

Arch please turn the music volume down as it is difficult to hear/understand what you are saying sometimes. Love your work!