Warhammer 40K Fluff Discussion XV: You Must Be THIS Tall To Witness The Grimdark

[The Glyphstone]

Wait. So the order of experience is:

Initiate/Scout --> Assault --> Devastator --> Tactical --> Terminator?

Kind of explains why Thaddeus was the youngster in DoW2

Actually, I got it backwards - it's Initiate/Scout ---> Devastator ---> Assault ---> Tactical ----> Terminator.

Now, each of those phases lasts for years to decades on average, but that's the order of training they're supposed to go through. On the other hand, it means literally every non-Scout Marine in a Codex chapter will have training+experience in the usage of heavy weapons.