There really isn't to my knowledge. Rhinos are neither fast enough nor resilient enough to safely transport your men to the enemy.Reclusiarch Issach said:
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Regarding neophytes, I think you've got one of the ideas. Either keep them well in the minority so that the lowered armor save and WS doesn't hurt you and just use them to scrape off a few points, or use them for a massive 15-20 man squad. Honestly, I don't know how I feel about the huge squads. I've only tried them once and while they worked well, I also was able to march up the field in cover the entire time until I got into CC. I guess I'm just a bad BT player. 
I've tried using sword brethren just for the infiltration skill, however I'm still learning how to use infiltration so I can't tell you much of anything useful there. I just equipped them like they were a standard tactical squad though.
You don't need to run -everything- in a drop pod if you choose to use them. However, you do need to make sure you can support them. Ideally, the rest of your army is fast moving... so you can drop near the enemy and still be close to the rest of your army. If not, you'll have to make sure you won't be overwhelmed, even if that means podding with the rest of your army and footslogging the rest of the way.
Rhinos can work as long as you're clever about it. Make sure you have plenty of other armor on the table, which isn't too difficult since all of the BT heavy support is armor. As long as you have the chance to pop smoke before you get shot at, you should be in fairly good shape. An infiltrating Sword Brethren squad or two can help apply pressure early on to help your Rhinos get in. Since the Rhinos are low armor, there's a decent chance your opponents good anti-marine weaponry and anti-Rhino weaponry are the same.
I've tried using sword brethren just for the infiltration skill, however I'm still learning how to use infiltration so I can't tell you much of anything useful there. I just equipped them like they were a standard tactical squad though.
You don't need to run -everything- in a drop pod if you choose to use them. However, you do need to make sure you can support them. Ideally, the rest of your army is fast moving... so you can drop near the enemy and still be close to the rest of your army. If not, you'll have to make sure you won't be overwhelmed, even if that means podding with the rest of your army and footslogging the rest of the way.
Rhinos can work as long as you're clever about it. Make sure you have plenty of other armor on the table, which isn't too difficult since all of the BT heavy support is armor. As long as you have the chance to pop smoke before you get shot at, you should be in fairly good shape. An infiltrating Sword Brethren squad or two can help apply pressure early on to help your Rhinos get in. Since the Rhinos are low armor, there's a decent chance your opponents good anti-marine weaponry and anti-Rhino weaponry are the same.
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