GW throws them into the setting because they look like guard vehicles, don't bother to give any explanation as to their origins, and hand wave away any questions about them.
IFV/half tracks/etc have existed in the lore forever. The idea that the Guard have infantry transports is so simple that needing more than the most basic of lore blurb for a particular pattern seems autistic.
They've been in the Gaunt's Ghosts books for ages and have appeared in different forms and names all over Guard lore.
Sure, some basic stuff like forge world/etc wouldn't be the worst, but I genuinely can't understand how the existence of an IFV is the straw that broke the camels back for loretubers.
Is he going to bitch and moan about how ground cars don't have established brands in lore? Because those have also existed in lore the entire time. There's been one off, unnamed, or generic vehicles in the Imperium forever.
You can complain that the 'vibe' of the model is off, but caring that they're establishing where/how an IFV is being being fielded by the Guard feels nitpicky just to have something to hand wringe about.
A reminder that Marines are only bleeding hearts for >loyal< citzens, if they are told that an illegal immigrant is a criminal, and thus a traitor to their Emperor's mandated duty, them they would rip them apart with their bare hands.
The Salamander's 3rd Brotherhood would incinerate a thousand illegals before they lift a finger against an Enforcer.
What's funny is that there were already Imperial IFVs in 40K. The Crassus, Razorback, and Repulsor to name a few.
The Land Raider could be considered an IFV as well.
IFV/half tracks/etc have existed in the lore forever. The idea that the Guard have infantry transports is so simple that needing more than the most basic of lore blurb for a particular pattern seems autistic.
They've been in the Gaunt's Ghosts books for ages and have appeared in different forms and names all over Guard lore.
Sure, some basic stuff like forge world/etc wouldn't be the worst, but I genuinely can't understand how the existence of an IFV is the straw that broke the camels back for loretubers.
Is he going to bitch and moan about how ground cars don't have established brands in lore? Because those have also existed in lore the entire time. There's been one off, unnamed, or generic vehicles in the Imperium forever.
You can complain that the 'vibe' of the model is off, but caring that they're establishing where/how an IFV is being being fielded by the Guard feels nitpicky just to have something to hand wringe about.
Random vehicles were added to specialist games like Epic (probably dozens of examples here alone) and mentioned in books, its also just a basic scout car and light transport similar to the also special snowflake Centaur, Gorgon et al the Kriegers use, I suppose those had the flair and fluff of an entire FW campaign to wank them off but out of all the things to complain about nu-40k lore, getting angry that the Briton Jews at GW are just selling you an upscaled/downscaled WW2 half-track and Scout Car is kinda precious
On one hand a two sentence blurb would at least be nice, even if it would just be 'the guard use half tracks in motorized infantry units'. Where they get them from isn't even worth bringing up.
If the Guard get a new mainline tank or other 'large' vehicle, then sure give us some background.
But the fucking PDF have half tracks in the lore, they just don't get specific names the same way 'the ammo was transported in a truck to the front' doesn't merit a deep dive.
The IFV could use a blurb or technical block just for speed/armament/etc but I genuinely assume that's a thing that exists just as part of the rules of the unit or will be mentioned whenever the next edition codex comes out.
