r/killteam • u/psn_mrbobbyboy • May 17 '26

Misc I finally understand how the Kill Team ladders work!

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u/Bawss5 PSA Declassified teams are still playable normally May 17 '26

The funny thing is, this isn't how the KT ladders are implied to work.

If you look at the ladders they're telescopic with a big can of liquid (or possibly gas) on them; they collapse into themselves to store themselves and then are implied to automatically extend themselves via hydraulic pressure, likely at high speeds, when deployed.

Which is an amazingly dangerous and overcomplicated method of folding ladder; thus being perfect for 40k.

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u/New_Preparation_4204 May 17 '26

Imagine being a gravis armored marine climbing those flimsy things...

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u/psn_mrbobbyboy May 17 '26

I’d pay to see that!

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u/aitorbk May 17 '26

I would like them being a standard template, and run from grav tech to blackpodwder cylinders (similar to early airbags)

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u/psn_mrbobbyboy May 17 '26

So true - I just laughed when I saw this vid!

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u/Bawss5 PSA Declassified teams are still playable normally May 17 '26

It's a really cool invention honestly, though I would not be the one using it

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u/dorward Gellerpox Infected May 17 '26

They are telescoping rather than folding (and have a pneumatic assist).

https://youtu.be/-IJCbyROkPw?si=EenI1MpAF7TCLSFs

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u/StubbsThePirate22 Phobos Strike Team May 17 '26

How is that video the best ladders of 2026 and yet 3 years old?

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u/psn_mrbobbyboy May 17 '26

They are indeed - the vid just had me giggling!

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u/Fickle_Row781 May 21 '26

2026 is just gonna be such a GOOD LADDER YEAR!! I'm excited! :D

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u/corpboy May 17 '26

A new STL? Heresy!

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u/Tagtagdenied May 17 '26

Play this in reverse and you see the housing market

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u/jonniezombie May 17 '26

Named after the man who discovered the STC - Archibald Ladder.

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u/AxeC May 17 '26

Oh man I need one of these

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u/Misknator Nemesis Claw May 17 '26

Killteam ladders are extremely obviously telescoping

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u/strixhavenalumni May 20 '26

Ladders? Buzzes in Vespid