Death Korps of Krieg

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I felt this deserved is own Thread
 I would like to hear every ones back stories and fluff on their Death Korps armies.
 I also figured we could use this thread for questions and answers about the Death Korps.
 
Ill start with my armies fluff,
Though I have gone with a less creative route I have chosen the 11th Assault Korps as my army.
11th Assault Korps consist of the 66th and 61st Krieg Tank Regiments, the 101st Krieg Siege Korps, and the 497th Siege Artillery Regiment. The 11th Assault Korps was created in the making of the 88th Siege Army, for the Famous Siege of Vraks. The 11th Assault Korps lead two Offensives on Vraks and played a vital role in the retaking of the planet. 
The 1st assault of the two was a failed attack to counter the Chaos and Vraksian renegade attack on the left flank of the Death Korps Lines.
The 2nd assault was the breakthrough of the final line of defense between the Imperiums army and the Citadel. Even though the 11th assault Korps took heavy casualties in both armour and men, the 11th Assault Korps survived the Siege of Vraks and now they are training, refitting, and awaiting redeployment.
I know there isnt much, but ill add more as I play campaigns in the future.
 Tony A

[judcottrell]

Only just noticed this. Would be good to see what other people have come up with.

My offering are the 317th Seige Regiment, Arrow company also known as "Marius' Mules."

They are led by the pertanacious Marius Konstantin. Konstantin was honoured with a name after he personally
put a champion of the ruinous powers to the sword. Even by Krieg standards he is cold and laconic.
Konstantin took command on the world of Phosphous, after his predecessor colonel 12 was bludgeoned by a
chaos cultist.
Fighting along side the Krieg were a number of Catachan regiments. The Catachans looked on in disbelief as
rank after rank of Kriegsmen marched shoulder to shoulder towards the enemy. It was seen as near
suicidal by the light infantry of Catachan. As the campaign progressed the Catachan soldiers began to
respect, if not understand the Krieg mentality. The Krieg had been given a new nickname by thier allies,
they were referred to as "mules". This was so because they marched to war with all the equipment they would
need for the entire campaign on their backs. Also it was said that the lasguns used by the Krieg were said
to "kick like a mule." Even after the hostilities the nickname had stuck and arrow company would forever be
"Marius' Mules."
After the offensive on Phosphous, the remnants of the Krieg forces were combined into a reformed 317th and
Marius' Mules had an influx of reinforcements. The new regiment was charged with attacking a hill top
stronghold garrisoned by Iron Warriors Chaos Spacemarines. After six abandoned assaults it was arrow
company's turn. A creaping barrage was called in with the lead grenadiers voxing co-ordinates to artillery
HQ. The company advanced into the smoke, after three hours the call came in, the attack had succeeded and the
enemy force had been destroyed. The slaughter had been horrific, pieces of infantry men scattered everywhere.
It looked as though it was a pyrrhic victory at best.
Though this was the way they were trained to fight. These were men of the Death Korps of Krieg and there would
always be more bodies, more men ready to lay down thier lives, in the sevice of the Emperor.

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judcottrell
I love it, great job with the backround story!, like i said mine isnt as creative, but i love siege of Vraks so much! im going to try to start posting some picks of my army soon!
How long have you been playing Death Korps of Krieg??
Tony A.

[judcottrell]

Cheers! I've been building my Krieg force slowly over a few years. Very rewarding army both visually
and tactically. I came back to the hobby in 5th and I'm still going. My army is in the picture post
section. Looking forward to seeing your army.

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judcottrell
Ive posted a link to dakkadakka in the pic forum, I couldnt figure out how to get pics up on this site.
Tony A