Each of these Legionaries is armed with a Phobos-pattern bolter and bolt pistol, and can also be equipped with a chainsword for melee fighting, while up to two Legionaries can be outfitted with a back-mounted Legion vexilla. This multipart plastic kit builds 20 Space Marine Legionaries, which can be fielded in games of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy as a Legion Tactical Squad of 20 models, or two units of 10 models.

As such, many Legions display a marked preference for this pattern, even when newer iterations of power armour are available. Its thick frontal plating and reinforced construction makes it ideal for combat in ship-to-ship boarding actions, grinding siege operations, and cramped underground or urban fighting, where manoeuvrability and speed matter less than sheer durability.

Mark III 'Iron Armour' was originally developed for heavy assault in close quarters. All 18 Legions make heavy use of Tactical Squads in different ways – it is by the fighting power of thousands of superhuman warriors such as these, armed with deadly bolters and armoured for battle in the harshest of war zones, that the Imperium has beat a bloody path across the galaxy at the head of the Great Crusade. Tactical Squads are the mainstay of the Space Marine Legions, highly versatile infantry units that can attack or defend at will, assault heavily fortified positions, and take and hold strategic objectives – or simply slaughter the enemy – in almost any terrain or situation.

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