we'll assume modern military equipment is on par with IG weaponry as I don't wanna get bogged down in "modern tech vs 40k tech" comparisons. Let's go up with a hypothetical situation. One chapter of marines doesn't have the manpower to man checkpoints, to enforce curfews, guard key facilities, all those many boring jobs that an occupying force has to perform if they want to re-establish order after they have defeated the planet's military forces. The flip side of conquest is the re-establishment of order - and you need manpower to do that. They were followed up by the Imperial Army who performed the grubby work of breaking local resistances and re-establishing order. Even the Legions didn't really do this - they acted as shock troops to obliterate the planetery defense forces. They could send the planet back to the stone age - but they wouldn't truly have "conquered" the place. They're an elite commando force that acts as the tip of the spear.Ī Space Marine chapter could cause mass disorder by decapitating the leadership of the planetary government and defence force, cause catastrophic damage to infrastructure through lightning commando raids on key facilities, and just generally make a mess of things. It's pretty well established in the fluff that Space Marines don't do conquest - that's the job of the Imperial Guard.
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