Recon Squad or Scout Squad? - Warhammer Horus Heresy unit review 

Mostly a bit of theory-crafting here, but Recon Marines have a lot of utility for deployment shenanigans in addition to being available as compulsory troops through the Recon Company Rite of War. In particular, they can take a Rhino as a dedicated transport, and in Armoured Spearhead anyone who can take a Rhino can take a Land Raider instead. Their Infiltrate and Scout special rules confer to said dedicated transport, which opens the door for you to deploy and move Troop Slot Land Raiders halfway across no-man's land before the start of the first turn, or have them Outflank. To a lesser degree you can do the same thing with Seeker Squads as well, just without the Scout special rule. Beyond that, Recon and Scout squads with meltabombs are good tank hunters if you can get them into a good ambush spot (entirely dependent on whether you have the points to invest in the former's 3+ save), and while Scout Squads lack the native ability to take Augury Scanners* you're typically shining spotlights on whatever you're shooting at anyway if you give them nemesis bolters. *Techmarines are an amusing way to bypass this, retaining a 2+ save while gaining the Skirmish and Light sub-types and the Scout and Infiltrate special rules.

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I think their nemesis bolters do too much and make them too much of an auto take

Hey Henrik, thanks for the kind words! I too am working on some shotgun dudes too! We actually wanna do an episode on events soon so stay tuned!

I think you are fine if you pay the upgrade costs for the second weapon. It might replace your bolt pistol depending on how the upgrade wording goes. But for instance you can buy a thunderhammer to replace your bolt pistol and the have two weapons that give you an extra attack. (jason)

Agreed they need some limitations

I prefer the tanks. The new plastic infantry looks awful.

In all honesty, Nemesis Bolters are really only a menace on open boards or where they have clear line of sight of the models they're attempting to target (remember, Precision Shot can only be used against models you can see, and must be allocated before you roll to wound), and to add on to that you're also throwing dice on the hopes that you'll plink off an individual model to force a Pinning check (provided that the target unit even cares). In addition, since Nemesis Bolters aren't strong enough to cause Instant Death vs Auxilia (let alone Marines), a targeted unit with Heart of the Legion and/or an apothecary can shrug off the hits more readily than you might think.