>>5209425I think our strength should indeed be to try and destroy the enemy from range where possible. However the Mitu I think have learned not to fight the Orks at close. That is inefficient at best suicide at worst. Mitu ships have a lot of fire power and shields too, so their numerical superiority plays to their advantage in the dakka phase. I'd say the difference between us and the Tau is that when push comes to shove, we are still capable of close quarters fighting. We excel at range, but we still have the armor, the weight, and the manpower of the imperium and the acillians to perform in melee where they are options to us. The bayonet to our plasma guns, where the Tau have none.
It's just that right now, we are are not fighting at our most ideal but with what we have. The ideal of our warfare I think should be one that any techpriest can agree with, technological and matériel superiority. To outproduce your foes, to make one or two or five ships for every one of his and for every dead servitor or tech thrall 10 more to replace them,.
As one of our brother Perturabo's son so well put it:
>"The greatest warrior of a Legion cannot shoot if his bolter is without ammunition. The deadliest super-heavy tank cannot crush the enemy beneath its tracks without oceans of fuel, and the heaviest artillery cannot pound fortifications without a constant supply of shells. The duty of an Iron Warrior is to win any war as quickly and efficiently as possible"Or as Akurduana of the Emperor's Children spoke about the Iron Hands, who also understand this principle:
>"Superior armour. Superior firepower. Superior numbers. Sometimes I wonder how you Ironhands would cope with the odds stacked against you" 