57 here---Yesterday, I posted a piece about my thoughts what's been going on for the past week and a half or so, and I put in a little piece about something called the Caestus Assault Ram. After giving it some thought, I can say that I really like the Assault Ram. Why? Because for what you get at the amount of points for it, it's well worth it. I'd wager, and do believe, that the C.A.R. (coincidence in the abbreviation?) is a much better choice than the Land Raider.
Let's start with points. The average Land Raider comes out to about 250 points (Land Raider=250 pts; Land Raider Crusader=250 pts; Land Raider Redeemer w/multi-melta=250 pts), while a Caestus Ram comes out to about 235 (245 with frag launchers when carrying terminators). So, yes the Ram is cheaper, but what do you get for those points that make it better than the Land Raider? Good question, keep reading.
Let's talk, for a moment, mobility. The Raider is not a fast tank, therefore it can only move 12 inches max. And, let's face it's a pretty big target, most firepower is going to go in it, if it was more mobile, it would be worth the points, because it could get it's cargo in close combat faster, but it can't. The Ram can move 36 inches a turn, so not only will it disclose it's cargo faster, it will count as obscured and get a 4+ cover save, so it will most likely survive longer in comparison to the Raider. And it will get this save more often rather than the once from smoke launchers. So it's fast and probably more likely to survive.
Speaking of survivability, one thing the Raider is susceptible to is melta weapons. If a melta gun is within 6 inches, they'll have a better chance of damaging the Raider. The Ram is immune to the second melta die, meaning even if it's one inch away from the Ram it will only ever roll one die. And with AV 13, 13, 11, that would be pretty difficult.
Now onto transport capacity. In terms of regular models, the Crusader wins, with 16 normal marines and 8 terminators. The Redeemer is second with 12 normal models, 6 terminators (I prefer the Redeemer version of the Raider). And the normal Raider is last with 10 marines and 5 terminators. The Ram can transport ten models. Now what so special about ten models? Simple, it means ten models. 10 marines, or ten terminators. This is pretty nifty, as ten terminators can be a frightening thing.
So that's my thoughts on the Caestus Assault Ram, if you want to check it out for yourselves, here's the link to the PDF on forge world,
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/c/caestus.pdf
Enjoy,
yours,
57
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