Battle Drill Recall
ShootingA unit gains Sustained Hits 1, and if it Remained Stationary its Critical Hits trigger on 5+.
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This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. Confirm the specifics and points against the free Space Marines Faction Pack before a game.
A unit gains Sustained Hits 1, and if it Remained Stationary its Critical Hits trigger on 5+.
Re-roll Wounds against Monsters or Vehicles.
An Infantry unit near an objective doubles its Objective Control but must stay still.
A unit peels 6" out of combat back toward safety, so a gunline caught in melee can Fall Back and keep shooting.
A unit that just lost models to enemy shooting fires back at the attacker.
Worsens incoming AP by 1 to keep an anchor alive.
The bearer's unit ignores cover.
The first time the bearer dies, it can stand back up at full wounds. Gravis model.
A once-per-battle ranged mortal-wound bombardment along a marked line. Captain.
Feel No Pain 6+ while on an objective, and the unit keeps half its Objective Control even while Battle-shocked.
The core carry unit: high-volume AP plasma that, with Architect of War, puts out brutal stationary fire.
See the box: price and offersTheir weapons are already Heavy, so they get the +1-to-Wound half of the rule while stationary.
Anti-tank that can Rapid Ingress into a firing lane; superb with No Threat Too Great.
See the box: price and offersDurable stationary objective-holders and heavy-weapon platforms.
Enhancement carriers that buff and anchor the gunline bricks.
A mobile 1-DP partner can cover the objectives your gunline cannot reach.
How to play Anvil Siege Force in 11th edition — the 2-DP static gunline, its stay-still shooting bonuses, siege stratagems, and when to dig in and hold.
Sprue Sentry strategy commentary for 11th edition, not official rules. Games Workshop updates points and rules regularly; always confirm against the current official rules and latest update before a game.
Anvil Siege Force is the Space Marines static gunline detachment: a 2-Detachment-Point package that rewards staying still and controlling firing lanes. It's the most Imperial-Fists-flavoured, stoic-defender way to play in Warhammer 40,000 11th edition (launched June 2026).
This is SprueSentry strategy commentary, not official rules. The 2-DP cost and role are officially confirmed; the detailed rule and stratagem text comes from the current pack (which reviewers report is a near-verbatim republish), so confirm the specifics and points against the free Space Marines Faction Pack before a game.
Anvil's rule gives all your ranged weapons the Heavy ability — which means +1 to Hit whenever the unit Remained Stationary. Weapons that were already Heavy instead grant +1 to Wound while stationary. The payoff is simple and strong: a gunline that holds its ground shoots more accurately across the board, and your heavy vehicles wound harder. The flip side is the whole bonus evaporates the turn you move, so Anvil is a commitment to positioning over manoeuvre.
Take Anvil when your collection is built around heavy weapons and durable infantry and vehicles, and you want to win by controlling firing lanes and holding home and mid objectives rather than by manoeuvre. It's the go-to over mobile detachments like Gladius or Firestorm when the mission and terrain let you set up strong static positions. Avoid it if your list wants to advance-and-charge — the whole payoff is conditional on staying still.
Sample gameplan: deployment is the game here. Anchor infantry bricks and a vehicle or two with overlapping firing lanes onto the midfield and objectives, and attach Architect of War plus a Lieutenant to your key Hellblasters. Each turn, Remain Stationary for the army-wide +1 to Hit, then spend CP on Battle Drill Recall to fish for crits or No Threat Too Great to delete an enemy tank. Lock objectives with Not One Backwards Step, and on defence lean on Armour of Contempt, Hail of Vengeance and Rigid Discipline.
2 DP. At a 2,000-point (3 DP) game that leaves 1 DP spare for a support detachment; note it wants to stay still, so a mobile 1-DP partner like Fulguris Task Force can cover the objectives your gunline can't reach.
It gives all your ranged weapons the Heavy ability, so you get +1 to Hit whenever a unit Remained Stationary; weapons that were already Heavy instead grant +1 to Wound while stationary. The bonuses only apply when you don't move.
Architect of War, which lets the bearer's unit ignore cover. On a Hellblaster brick — ideally with a Lieutenant for Lethal Hits — it turns your core gun unit into a reliable cover-stripping threat.
No. Its bonuses are conditional on Remaining Stationary and disappear the turn you move, so it rewards a dug-in gunline. If you want mobility and advance-and-charge, look at Gladius, Firestorm Assault Force, or Stormlance instead.
Written by Sprue Sentry, grounded in the cited sources. Original commentary, not Games Workshop rules text.