Yeah I was beside myself when I learned about their khorne unit
But tbh it doesn't seem so funny now - stuff like this really makes you realise that they're just normal people with normal interests that have found themselves in a surreal and terrible situation
It also specifically states this on the Wikipedia page too.
"nonracist pagans may also use this symbol, so one should carefully examine it in context rather than assume that a particular use of the symbol is racist."
And given that Kyivan Rus, the first legitimate state in East Slavic lands (guess what city was its capital), was founded by Varagian Vikings, the association is legitimate too.
Here's what the ADL's hate symbols database has to say about it:
>The Valknot or "knot of the slain" is an old Norse symbol that often represented the afterlife in carvings and designs. It is often considered a symbol of the Norse god Odin. Some white supremacists, particularly racist Odinists, have appropriated the Valknot to use as a racist symbol. Often they use it as a sign that they are willing to give their life to Odin, generally in battle.
***Non-racist pagans may also use this symbol, so one should carefully examine it in context rather than assume that a particular use of the symbol is racist.***
https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/valknot
Minor issue: Kyiv was taken by the Varagians, not actually founded by them. It was founded by the Eastern Polans, (not to be confused with the Poles of Poland) about 200+ years before.
That's the problem with symbols, they can be co-opted. The obvious example is the swastika, used by a bunch of religions and people across Eurasia, but it's now tied to the nazi party of the 20th century.
Actually, they took the hakenkreutz. Which is the same basic shape, but in an ordinal, not cardinal, orientation. And it's honestly probably a really old Indo-European symbol, usually tied to the sun and strength, it has uses in Hinduism and Jain as well as Buddhism.
Nazis also used the iron cross, yet it is still used by german army. Yes swastika got the worst deal because it was the primary symbol of the regime - but that is a bit too extreme case when compared to this
Thats equivalent to saying someone using a pepe meme is a nazi. Or hell, driving a Volkswagen Beetle. Just because nazis used it, dont mean everyone who does is a nazi.
Yea, I've just did some very quick search, and there is both, using both the Khorne logo.Maybe two different groups from the same unit, or one is part of the other I dunno.
It's both. The UAV Strike Company is called Immaterium and uses a symbol of Khorne. On Telegram they are called KhorneImmaterium or something similar. Both are technically correct.
For those not familiar with 40k lore The Immaterium is more commonly known as The Warp, which is where Chaos (the spiritual and physical embodiment of emotions) exists. Khorne is one of the gods of Chaos, representing Conflict, War, Slaughter, Justice, and Honour. Khorne cares not how it happens, they wish for blood to be spilt in their name.If you see people posting in all caps BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD and SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE they are referencing Khorne, who will send warhounds to favoured champions that will collect the skulls of enemies slain in the name of Khorne to add to the throne.
Unless the context is Minecraft, where BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD was somehow co-opted by the late Technoblade, in reference to his PvP skills and ruthlessness. Third party sources hold him to be either servant to the Blood God (who is usually NOT Khorne for some reason) or is the Blood God himself.
Those drone vids are gnarly.
I’ll never forget watching that Russian guy drowning in the river while bleeding out. Like, don’t get me wrong fuck Russia, but holy shit that video was grim.
It’s been a weird conflict to watch. I also watched a Russian die via drone whilst giving his comrade a blowie. I don’t think a weirder war has existed since the War of the Bucket in 1325.
Actually it's more of a mix. It gets an absolutist state with an ideology like Thatcher's but cranked up to eleven (adding the fascist element of the Father of the Nation, again cranked up to eleven) and from there added an organization of the state similar to both the CCCP (the state owns everything, everyone is but a cogwheel in the machine, ...) and fascist states (political police etc etc, which funnily enough later on the CCCP would adopt) with precise elements here and there.
An organization in charge of upkeeping the state religion as is the Inquisition (basically the Catholic Church in fascist regimes), leaders that don't give a shit about their subordinates and rule purely through fear and propaganda as are most of the higher-ups in the AM (with literal portmanteaus like the Commissars), enhanced super-soldiers which aren't but fleshy, killing machines as are the Astartes (this is more of the nazi "no, meth isn't affecting me in the least, why do you ask" playbook), ...
The state owning everything (including the lives of the citizens) is fascism 101. As Mussolini said: "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state"
The Imperium was supposed to be basically all totalitarian governments, IIRC.
For context, /r/Askhistorians has a few pages on the topic - But the USSR didn't generally just "throw bodies at the problem" as commonly depicted in media in WW2.
The "Asiatic Hordes" narrative was Nazi propaganda and the USSR had a population of 170 million, 1/6th of whom were killed in the war. For context, the US had a population of 145-150 million during the War. It's a larger number but certainly not enough to simply win with human wave offensives of half-equipped folks.
See, people say that and I absolutely agree they have huge fascist ideals and take stuff from fascist countries from history and even today. But I don't think they are directly 1 to 1 going for Nazis like people say. They go for a lot of fucked up ideals from history. From religious radicals and holy wars to the Soviet style industry and bodies over everything else to the Gestapo and SS motifs of the inquisition. I even see a lot of ultra nationalistic patriotism that a lot of countries show when dealing with "others". Nazi Germany had a lot, if not all of these ideals but so did a ton of other countries.
The Imperium is fucked up and absolutely terrible but I don't fully agree when people say "They are *just* space Nazis".
Nail on the head with the "shitty" component. You can find every stripe of humanity in the Imperium, under the banner of a regime that combines all our worst elements: it's rampant and unwieldy dehumanising bureaucracy carried out by a totalitarian state religion rooted firmly in xenophobic dogma that permits unregulated frontier capitalism and brutal political dynasties so long as someone's paying the tithe to prop up its state-owned military industrial complex. That's us in a nutshell.
I think the guard are very WWII in general, but would agree they have more Soviet vibes than anything else. The rest of the Imperium though is much more fashy
Different flavors of Guard satirize different wars. Like the Catechans are just Rambo 2+. The trenches, terrible logistics, and nobility vs commoner stuff is all WW1 parody straight out of Blackadder Goes Forth (and both 40k and Blackadder have their Flashman-expies).
To be fair the guard has so many regiments that just about every flavor of army from has been represented by now. You can find WWI, WWII, vietnam, hell you can even find Attila's raiders.
Note also the Game of Thrones House Bolton symbol on [this Azov Brigade soldier.](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019-03-18T092544Z_1138065230_RC1B09676640_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-ELECTION-WAR-1-scaled-e1582552649485.jpg)
So at least one of them is into fantasy.
I actually don't think Russian guy recognizes it. He just says what it's "like Mad Max"
He also says something like "Eh oocrops (Russian slur for Ukrainian people), fucking fascists"
So… Ukraine has a lot of units of with 40K names All over. It’s became a commonality for them this war. There are ALOT of examples. Khorne unit, immaterium, barbarus, bloodthrister, bloodletter, skarbrand, ALOT of khorne shit. A recon unit called jakhals there’s waaaaaay more
No that’s a repurposed civilian vehicle most likely donated to the UAF, and I mean donated, as a bunch of svus and utes have been donated to or were crowd funded for Ukraine both domestically and abroad. They’ve primarily been using them for logistical or transport roles in less contested areas although have on occasion used them for quick raids when heavier vehicles were unavailable or would have proved impractical.
There’s a video somewhere in r/Ukraine or r/Ukrainianconflict of I think a national guard unit using one to mount an automatic grenade launcher to reposition it so that they could drop a case of grenades on a moskovite position using the power of math.
I am torn between the Russians are orks and Russians are the imperials. Their vehicles say orcs but their tactics say imperium and Prigozhin heresy is just too funny to pass up
What? The military guys who plastered iconography of the most villainous faction in a franchise with a right-leaning fanbase are fascist? Say it ain’t so.
It's a pagan/nazi symbol used by the russian nazis of the Rusich battalion led by war criminals Yan Petrovsky (recently arrested in Finland or Sweden) and Aleksey Milchakov.
I'm unsure but I'd say Ukrainian vehicle, captured by russians. The guy film says something like "(these are / this is the work of) Ukrainian fascists", and specifically calls them "Ukrop" which is a russian slang/slur for Ukrainians.
Plus, the Khorne logo is on stamped on the plates placed under the bars, while the Rusich logo was spray painted over the entire thing (so after the armor was added).
So I think it's Ukrainian captured by the russians.
the three interlocking triangles is an old germanic symbol often used by neo-nazis because it's not as well known and they can't just straight up wear swastikas.
whoa! weird to have niche heads-up on why a combatant is using specific iconography \[heraldry?\]. Fiction inspires people, it can give them strength. I hope I don't end up in a position where I feel like it is necessary to channel Khorne \[or anything from 40k for that matter!!\]. Ukraine vs Russia, it is non belligerent vs belligerent. the underdog, Ukraine, has my support. Ukraine is being invaded by a country that has less freedom than they do, I will support Ukraine because their victory means more freedom for both countries in the long term. Putin is a merchant of jingoism, not a merchant of prosperity. he is throwing young russian men into a meat grinder. he must be stopped.
This is what not getting MRAPS do to a MF.
Jokes aside, after watching the russian specops turning about 20-30 Ukrainians into a colander because they were driving around in civilian cars… this seems to be a reasonable upgrade.
Funnily enough the actual Russian Orks player I know is pretty firmly anti-Putin and anti-war. A very good friend of mine, honestly having him around did wonders keeping me sane after 2022.
When you live in a dictatorship where speaking out of turn can get you fined or imprisoned, having a circle of friends you can trust is very important. And my Warhammer group is that circle. One of the few places where I can talk freely and honestly about the war and what is happening in general.
The country was like half IT nerds pre invasion; strong warhammer community over there!
Yeah I was beside myself when I learned about their khorne unit But tbh it doesn't seem so funny now - stuff like this really makes you realise that they're just normal people with normal interests that have found themselves in a surreal and terrible situation
That's equally true for military infantry. Turns out they like the war games.
[troof](https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/63a0hw/the_hardest_game_of_40k_ever_played_southeast_of/)
That's the one
And making the best of it. I mean I think it's great.
Oh yea sounds about right. Lots of slavic nations are full with nerds like that lol.
That’s because the Slavs are spiritually autistic.
Can confirm slavic and a bit autistic
“Bit”
Yes! I play plastic toy soldiers ie warhammer. Not my proudest buy
This must be the 'weaponized autism' I keep reading about.
TIL I am Slavic
But why don’t they use the heraldry of one of the *heroic* factions, like uh… um… hmm…
because the russian salt is much saltier that way
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So Ukraine's War is just The siege of Vraks in real life? Man I can not wait for the titans being deployed.
All hail the MIC-hanicus
They are fighting against fascist Empe... Tzar, so chaos is the obvious choice.
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The Valknut is *much* older than nazis, and is not a clear indication that someone is a white supremacist. It is a legit norse-pagan symbol.
It also specifically states this on the Wikipedia page too. "nonracist pagans may also use this symbol, so one should carefully examine it in context rather than assume that a particular use of the symbol is racist."
And given that Kyivan Rus, the first legitimate state in East Slavic lands (guess what city was its capital), was founded by Varagian Vikings, the association is legitimate too. Here's what the ADL's hate symbols database has to say about it: >The Valknot or "knot of the slain" is an old Norse symbol that often represented the afterlife in carvings and designs. It is often considered a symbol of the Norse god Odin. Some white supremacists, particularly racist Odinists, have appropriated the Valknot to use as a racist symbol. Often they use it as a sign that they are willing to give their life to Odin, generally in battle. ***Non-racist pagans may also use this symbol, so one should carefully examine it in context rather than assume that a particular use of the symbol is racist.*** https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/valknot
Minor issue: Kyiv was taken by the Varagians, not actually founded by them. It was founded by the Eastern Polans, (not to be confused with the Poles of Poland) about 200+ years before.
In this context…is it a Nordic volunteer unit or is this all for the purpose public innernet viewing?
That's the problem with symbols, they can be co-opted. The obvious example is the swastika, used by a bunch of religions and people across Eurasia, but it's now tied to the nazi party of the 20th century.
The swastika is also a very old buddhist symbol but the nazis made it what it is now.
Actually, they took the hakenkreutz. Which is the same basic shape, but in an ordinal, not cardinal, orientation. And it's honestly probably a really old Indo-European symbol, usually tied to the sun and strength, it has uses in Hinduism and Jain as well as Buddhism.
Svatiska is also older than nazism, however if i see a flag with a svatiska on it i'ill assume that the owner is a nazi not a buddhist or a jainist.
Nazis also used the iron cross, yet it is still used by german army. Yes swastika got the worst deal because it was the primary symbol of the regime - but that is a bit too extreme case when compared to this
Its been used in old norse carvings and paintings and such. So its a bit confusing what its actually meaning in this context.
Thats equivalent to saying someone using a pepe meme is a nazi. Or hell, driving a Volkswagen Beetle. Just because nazis used it, dont mean everyone who does is a nazi.
They have a unit called khorne and I believe immaterium.
There was even video of ukrainian commander being interviewed and he starts talking how much he likes warhammer
It's the same in Russia. I remember the glorious medieval 2 total war mod for warhammer fantasy was totally made in Russia
It's won't go fast, it's not red
UA group called "Khorne", they dropping some compilations of drone strikes and the like. Lucky they ain't Slaaneshi.
if I'm not mistaken the Ukrainian unit using the Khorne symbol is actually called "Immaterium". That's waht they call themselves at least.
Could be, but always saw their videos posted under "Khorne" so was going based of that.
Yea, I've just did some very quick search, and there is both, using both the Khorne logo.Maybe two different groups from the same unit, or one is part of the other I dunno.
Could be two different warbands
maybe, the dark gods works in mysterious ways
Or they could just be the alpha legion
It's both. The UAV Strike Company is called Immaterium and uses a symbol of Khorne. On Telegram they are called KhorneImmaterium or something similar. Both are technically correct.
For those not familiar with 40k lore The Immaterium is more commonly known as The Warp, which is where Chaos (the spiritual and physical embodiment of emotions) exists. Khorne is one of the gods of Chaos, representing Conflict, War, Slaughter, Justice, and Honour. Khorne cares not how it happens, they wish for blood to be spilt in their name.If you see people posting in all caps BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD and SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE they are referencing Khorne, who will send warhounds to favoured champions that will collect the skulls of enemies slain in the name of Khorne to add to the throne.
Dude you're in grimdank, not NCD, no need to explain, lol. Common mistake it seems, these days.
Khorne has had no positive side since he split clearly from how WHFB version in the early 90s.
Unless the context is Minecraft, where BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD was somehow co-opted by the late Technoblade, in reference to his PvP skills and ruthlessness. Third party sources hold him to be either servant to the Blood God (who is usually NOT Khorne for some reason) or is the Blood God himself.
AND MILK FOR THE KHORNFAKES
As long as they fuck up the russian troops Im good with that.
I've seen a video of a Ukrainian drone dropping a dildo on a Russian position so I wouldn't put it out of the question
Those drone vids are gnarly. I’ll never forget watching that Russian guy drowning in the river while bleeding out. Like, don’t get me wrong fuck Russia, but holy shit that video was grim. It’s been a weird conflict to watch. I also watched a Russian die via drone whilst giving his comrade a blowie. I don’t think a weirder war has existed since the War of the Bucket in 1325.
Out of all the Chaos gods Khorne seems like the worst choice of mascot for a drone operator unit.
I can't tell which side the jeep is on so Ukraine are getting aid from khorne Russia are getting so desperate they are turning to the ruinous powers
The jeep is Ukrainian. The people in the video speak Russian and they talk about it being the work of "Ukrops" (Russian slur for Ukrainians)
So there’s enough 40k Ukrainian fans to start a Khornate unit, and there’s enough 40k Russian fans to recognize the insignia.
Warhammer 40k is very popular in the former USSR, so this was bound to happen.
Makes sense. The Imperium is basically the Soviet Union. And they have the same strategy of just throwing bodies at the problem.
Actually it's more of a mix. It gets an absolutist state with an ideology like Thatcher's but cranked up to eleven (adding the fascist element of the Father of the Nation, again cranked up to eleven) and from there added an organization of the state similar to both the CCCP (the state owns everything, everyone is but a cogwheel in the machine, ...) and fascist states (political police etc etc, which funnily enough later on the CCCP would adopt) with precise elements here and there. An organization in charge of upkeeping the state religion as is the Inquisition (basically the Catholic Church in fascist regimes), leaders that don't give a shit about their subordinates and rule purely through fear and propaganda as are most of the higher-ups in the AM (with literal portmanteaus like the Commissars), enhanced super-soldiers which aren't but fleshy, killing machines as are the Astartes (this is more of the nazi "no, meth isn't affecting me in the least, why do you ask" playbook), ...
Literally just every authoritarian regime mixed up in a parody.
\^ This. Then there's the layers parodying freemarket capitalism and among rogue traders and hive-lords, etc. It's one big mirror.
The state owning everything (including the lives of the citizens) is fascism 101. As Mussolini said: "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state"
See this is why I want to start a guard army and use the Red Army as my color scheme
Vostroyans?
Valhallans would be better.
Vostroyans for the Tšar era, valhalla for the soviet times.
I'd love to do a guard v guard battle with the opposing sides being White Army Vostroyans, and Red Army Valhallans
The Imperium was supposed to be basically all totalitarian governments, IIRC. For context, /r/Askhistorians has a few pages on the topic - But the USSR didn't generally just "throw bodies at the problem" as commonly depicted in media in WW2. The "Asiatic Hordes" narrative was Nazi propaganda and the USSR had a population of 170 million, 1/6th of whom were killed in the war. For context, the US had a population of 145-150 million during the War. It's a larger number but certainly not enough to simply win with human wave offensives of half-equipped folks.
Bruh, the Imperium overall is clearly mostly satirizing the Nazis and other fascists. The Guard though absolutely have USSR vibes lol
See, people say that and I absolutely agree they have huge fascist ideals and take stuff from fascist countries from history and even today. But I don't think they are directly 1 to 1 going for Nazis like people say. They go for a lot of fucked up ideals from history. From religious radicals and holy wars to the Soviet style industry and bodies over everything else to the Gestapo and SS motifs of the inquisition. I even see a lot of ultra nationalistic patriotism that a lot of countries show when dealing with "others". Nazi Germany had a lot, if not all of these ideals but so did a ton of other countries. The Imperium is fucked up and absolutely terrible but I don't fully agree when people say "They are *just* space Nazis".
The Imperium is basically every shitty human regime crammed into a single faction.
Nail on the head with the "shitty" component. You can find every stripe of humanity in the Imperium, under the banner of a regime that combines all our worst elements: it's rampant and unwieldy dehumanising bureaucracy carried out by a totalitarian state religion rooted firmly in xenophobic dogma that permits unregulated frontier capitalism and brutal political dynasties so long as someone's paying the tithe to prop up its state-owned military industrial complex. That's us in a nutshell.
Commisar seems more Soviet inspired tbh. Political officers overseeing military operations was a major part of the USSR
I think the guard are very WWII in general, but would agree they have more Soviet vibes than anything else. The rest of the Imperium though is much more fashy
Different flavors of Guard satirize different wars. Like the Catechans are just Rambo 2+. The trenches, terrible logistics, and nobility vs commoner stuff is all WW1 parody straight out of Blackadder Goes Forth (and both 40k and Blackadder have their Flashman-expies).
To be fair the guard has so many regiments that just about every flavor of army from has been represented by now. You can find WWI, WWII, vietnam, hell you can even find Attila's raiders.
True, it does make them a fun faction to collect I'm sure (provided you hate financial stability)
Same with nazi Germany. They had political officers (of the SS) overseeing and meddling in Wehrmacht operations, especially later in the war.
There is Russian "Anime squad" so ya know im waiting for furies squad
Space wolves?
Soldiers tend to like warhammer https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/63a0hw/the_hardest_game_of_40k_ever_played_southeast_of/?rdt=55833
Note also the Game of Thrones House Bolton symbol on [this Azov Brigade soldier.](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019-03-18T092544Z_1138065230_RC1B09676640_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-ELECTION-WAR-1-scaled-e1582552649485.jpg) So at least one of them is into fantasy.
I actually don't think Russian guy recognizes it. He just says what it's "like Mad Max" He also says something like "Eh oocrops (Russian slur for Ukrainian people), fucking fascists"
Ah okay thank you for this information.
Khorne pledges 15 Bloodthirsters to Ukraine
Russian soldier: khorne please help us Khorne: now fam they seem cooler
Khorne cares not from where the blood flows, only that it does.
There's a UA group that often posts drone footage with the Korne logo.
I hope this gets more likes than the post
What do you mean it looked like it caused a comment war
Its for Ford HD truck.
It’s a Ford Superduty pickup
Khorne cares not from where the blood flows, only that it flows.
Indeed
There is a Khorne themed Ukrainian unit.
So… Ukraine has a lot of units of with 40K names All over. It’s became a commonality for them this war. There are ALOT of examples. Khorne unit, immaterium, barbarus, bloodthrister, bloodletter, skarbrand, ALOT of khorne shit. A recon unit called jakhals there’s waaaaaay more
Khorne cares not from where the blood flows only that it flows
So the Norse gods are a part of chaos now?
In old Fantasy, yes. Khorne was the Odin figure of the Norscans, with a valkyrie and everything.
of course a british company would make the vikings chaos related smh
Overthinking things I think
They're called Khorne Group. Notorious for strapping anti tank warheads onto FPV suicide drones and demolishing Russian artillery
Wonderful
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!! VICTORY TO UKRAINE!!!!
MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES!!
#BUTTER FOR THE POPKHORNE
There is an actual Ukrainian Army company called “Khorne Company” and their insignia is Khornate insignia
Non crediable defense
I had to double check which sub I was on. This is peek r/noncredibledefense
Theres so much cross contamination these days it’s awesome.
Credible?
**BOLTED DOWN AND READY**
IT STILL RUNS
Nothing to see just khorne group larping
That's the military aid from the UK
No that’s a repurposed civilian vehicle most likely donated to the UAF, and I mean donated, as a bunch of svus and utes have been donated to or were crowd funded for Ukraine both domestically and abroad. They’ve primarily been using them for logistical or transport roles in less contested areas although have on occasion used them for quick raids when heavier vehicles were unavailable or would have proved impractical. There’s a video somewhere in r/Ukraine or r/Ukrainianconflict of I think a national guard unit using one to mount an automatic grenade launcher to reposition it so that they could drop a case of grenades on a moskovite position using the power of math.
Buddy…i mean the chaos insignia, since Games Workshop is from England
I keep forgetting which sub is the one filled with vatnik shills. Probably neither of those.
I put Khorne on a truck, BERSERKER Do you want to get blown up? BERSERKER
IS THIS REAL!!!! WTF 😂
Yep
The Ukrainians also call the Russians Orks, so this seems appropriate.
pretty sad tbh, Orks just want a skrap and are always ready to fight, while most russian soldiers are forced to fight
Considering most Orks are gretchin forced to be used as cannon fodder or literal ammunition, the designation checks out.
The vehicles check ou as well, barely working outdated scrap heaps on wheels with random shit welded on
That’s more to do with LotR than 40k. They see themselves as Gondor stopping the orcish hordes.
Gonna single-handedly do to Warhammer symbology what alt-right turds did to the Punisher symbol.
Pretty sure I saw a couple of pics of Russian tanks with an Imperial Aquila decal months ago
There is a Russian nationalist organisation that uses a slightly modified aquila as its symbol. Google "коалиция небо охлобыстин".
Given the current state of Russia it's not surprising
I am torn between the Russians are orks and Russians are the imperials. Their vehicles say orcs but their tactics say imperium and Prigozhin heresy is just too funny to pass up
Holy shit the Prigozhin Heresy lmfao
The Khorne unit are really taking their LARP to the next level by claiming skulls for the skull throne.
Hanz, are we the baddies?
Next thing you know, Ukrainian’s going teleport strike terminators into Russian trenches
Are the Khornates Ukrainian?
Yep, but this video is of a vehicle captured by the Russians.
Кров за Бога крові! Черепа для Черепного Трону!
When life gives you ~~lemons~~ orks, BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
ahhh hell nah. Ukraine getting the Heresy Update!
Just old Slavic tradition…kill each other
Imagine you're a Russian grunt and suddenly you're attacked by a bunch of frenzied Uktainians shouting "Blood for the Blood God!!!"
That's why the Ukrainians are doing so well in the war, they have been blessed by Khorne.
Those 3 triangles is consider a far right nazi sign by the Defamation league. https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/valknot
can i just say how much i hate nazis for stealing norse symbols?
Same here man.
Good to know man 👍
What? The military guys who plastered iconography of the most villainous faction in a franchise with a right-leaning fanbase are fascist? Say it ain’t so.
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FYI I've seen sigils of Khorne and Chaos on Russian equipment too. Guess Warhammer 40K is popular in Eastern Europe.
Chaos Technical
No, it's chaos Bubba
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
Guardsmen…fix bayonets!!!
What's the symbol on the back door?
It's a pagan/nazi symbol used by the russian nazis of the Rusich battalion led by war criminals Yan Petrovsky (recently arrested in Finland or Sweden) and Aleksey Milchakov.
I thought I had them clocked. Is this a Ukrainian vehicle or captured russian?
I'm unsure but I'd say Ukrainian vehicle, captured by russians. The guy film says something like "(these are / this is the work of) Ukrainian fascists", and specifically calls them "Ukrop" which is a russian slang/slur for Ukrainians. Plus, the Khorne logo is on stamped on the plates placed under the bars, while the Rusich logo was spray painted over the entire thing (so after the armor was added). So I think it's Ukrainian captured by the russians.
I don't know about yall, but I think the armor strapped onto the truck would be put to better use on someone's torso.
Ukrainian Bubba
40k has always been very popular in Ukraine and Russia
Those plates remind me of the body armor from AliExpress....
Yeah, it's body armor jury rigged to make an armored truck. Because you can Bubba anything if you have enough plates.
Same thing we did in Iraq when we didn’t have armor. You adapt
Improvise adapt over come.- The whole human race
Кров для Бога крові!
Nerds are at war
A chaos unit fighting against invading Nazi dictatorship hell-bent on restoring their ”former glory”, sounds about right.
Wars are getting weird lol
Oh, look! Chaos symbol! Cool! Haha! Knorne! Blood for the blood god! Haha, what’s that other one…a valknut…oh…dear
the three interlocking triangles is an old germanic symbol often used by neo-nazis because it's not as well known and they can't just straight up wear swastikas.
Grand father Putin will suffer
This is so yesterday. Latest Nurgle DLC just dropped with 8 cases of Anthrax in Ruzzia.
There were Bubonic Plague cases in Virginia iirc just a couple years ago. Nurgle loves us all equally.
Russians get ground support from James Workshop's lawyers.
That triangle thing is often used by nazis
Yeah, it appears the jeep belonged to the Khorne Battalion but has been captured by the russians
Zelenski's heresy, lmao.
whoa! weird to have niche heads-up on why a combatant is using specific iconography \[heraldry?\]. Fiction inspires people, it can give them strength. I hope I don't end up in a position where I feel like it is necessary to channel Khorne \[or anything from 40k for that matter!!\]. Ukraine vs Russia, it is non belligerent vs belligerent. the underdog, Ukraine, has my support. Ukraine is being invaded by a country that has less freedom than they do, I will support Ukraine because their victory means more freedom for both countries in the long term. Putin is a merchant of jingoism, not a merchant of prosperity. he is throwing young russian men into a meat grinder. he must be stopped.
That’s heresy.
Tzeentch must’ve been involved with that whole Wagner group coup/mutiny earlier
Khorne liked the blood they spill
yes,hello? Inquisition? yeah it's happening again
Praying to the only gods who will listen for aid against an unjust totalitarian power…. I feel like ive heard this before
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/YEEAAOSwH4xjN4ZI/s-l1600.jpg Theres a unit of British volunteers called the Dark Angels too.
i thought this was r/NCD given the chest plate scale armor so many layers
Sanest and least radical Ukrainian soldier's equipment
For the hot-rodders out there, the new saying is, "Build Ford tough with Ukrainian stuff." Go Blue OVAL!!!
I've also seen Khorns symbol on some bombardment recordings
That's one incuisterster
Ngl if I went to war and the enemy vehicles were emblazoned with Khornate symbols I'd shit myself harder than I already had
This is what not getting MRAPS do to a MF. Jokes aside, after watching the russian specops turning about 20-30 Ukrainians into a colander because they were driving around in civilian cars… this seems to be a reasonable upgrade.
Vatniks are orks
Funnily enough the actual Russian Orks player I know is pretty firmly anti-Putin and anti-war. A very good friend of mine, honestly having him around did wonders keeping me sane after 2022. When you live in a dictatorship where speaking out of turn can get you fined or imprisoned, having a circle of friends you can trust is very important. And my Warhammer group is that circle. One of the few places where I can talk freely and honestly about the war and what is happening in general.
I’ve seen a couple of Western fans joke that 40k is popular in Russia because they already live in the Imperium. :( Stay safe out there, friend.
Oh come on. Don't insult orks. Orks are more civilised.
Oof, that white supremacy logo though