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While poking around the interwebs I came across a throw-away reference to Blood Angel, and Space Wolf, Rhino rushes. This is a tactic I'm very familiar with from back in 3rd edition, but one I didn't think would work in 5th. I'm under the impression that you can't assault from a vehicle that has moved that turn, which would mean this "rush" involves racing your Rhinos forward, then taking a turn of shooting before piling out and assaulting. I believe the Blood Angels had a rule in their 3rd ed codex that let them assault out of a moving vehicle, though I don't have my books handy to check, which made this approach viable way back when. Since there is no such rule in the current BA codex, I'm assuming that they can't pull the same trick now and have been focused on jump armies as a result. I've been doodling up a bunch of Rhino based lists lately with the aim of running a mobile bunker sort of list though I'd much rather keep the assault flavor of the army.
Now I'm wondering if I have it wrong. Fortunately I have my 40k rulebook on hand, plus Ork and BA codices, so I can go check it out. If things work like I think they might then I'll likely lose most of the day in list writing.
Update: Looks like I was right. While BA Rhinos are fast, that doesn't let the unit inside jump out and assault. Trukks will work though being open-topped.
