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Pre-Heresy World Eaters Legion Assault Squad member outfitted in Mark II Crusade Power Armour with a Serpha-V Pattern Jump Pack

A Legion Assault Squad was a rapid attack formation of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.

These squads were the penultimate forces used by the Legions for close-quarters fighting and guerrilla warfare.

History[]

The Legion Assault Squad was the precursor of the present Assault Squads of the Adeptus Astartes still utilised in the late 41st Millennium.

During the Great Crusade era, Jump Pack-equipped Legion Assault Squads were rapid attack forces whose wargear was optimised towards close-quarters fighting and hit-and-run tactics.

The use of Jump Packs allowed Legion Assault Squads to move with greater speed across the battlefield and impact the enemy line with savage force, leaping past intervening terrain and open defences to engage their adversaries in bloody melee. The needs of even such limited flight systems, however, precluded the use of heavy weaponry or extensive munitions supplies.

Jump Pack-equipped Assault Squads were not embraced to the same extent by all of the Legions for reasons of combat doctrine, temperament or simple resource difficulties, with the Raven Guard, Night Lords and World Eaters being among their greatest proponents. Even those Legions with whom Assault Squads did not find particular favour, such as the Death Guard and the Iron Hands, could still field a force of these squads when the tactical need arose.

Unit Composition[]

Wargear[]

Optional Wargear[]

Optional Wargear (Sergeant Only)[]

Sources[]

  • Horus Heresy: Collected Visions (Art Book), pp. 32, 58, 70, 73, 76, 124-125, 128, 142, 174-175, 180, 187, 194, 228, 233, 243, 255, 260, 271, 284, 306-307, 309
  • The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 70, 74, 89, 91, 107, 111, 128, 203
  • The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 106, 142
  • The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 62-63, 68, 87-88, 112, 139, 141
  • The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 84
  • The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 96
  • Forge World - Mk III Assault Squad Set
  • Forge World - Mk IV Assault Squad Set

Gallery[]

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