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The forces present at the [[Third War for Armageddon]] were huge. Millions of [[Orks]] and men fought each other over control of the planet. Here are the list of the armies that fought on Armageddon, many of which were horribly depleted.

==Space Marine Chapters==
At the start of the war, there were an estimated 50,000 [[Space Marines]] deployed across the [[Armageddon Subsector]].{{Fn|4b}} The following [[Chapter|Space Marine Chapters]] contributed forces to the Third War{{Fn|1}}:
*[[Angels of Fire]]: 7 [[Space Marine Company|Companies]]
*[[Angels of Redemption]]: 4 Companies
*[[Angels of Vigilance]]: 6 Companies
*[[Angels Porphyr]]: 8 Companies
*[[Black Dragons]]: 9 Companies
*[[Black Templars]]: 3 [[Black Templars#Crusade Fleets|Crusade]]s
**[[Armageddon Crusade]]
***[[Helsreach Crusade]] - under the command of [[Reclusiarch]] [[Merek Grimaldus]]{{Fn|4c}}
***[[Solemnus Crusade]]{{Fn|5}}{{Fn|6}}
*[[Blood Angels]]: 1 Company
*[[Celebrants]]: 10 Companies
*[[Celestial Lions]]: 10 Companies
*[[Exorcists]]: 12 Companies
*[[Fire Angels]]: at least 6th Company{{Fn|3}}
*[[Flesh Tearers]]: 5 Companies
*[[Howling Griffons]]: at least 2 Companies{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Immortal Hearts]]: at least 2 Companies{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Iron Champions]]: 7 Companies
*[[Iron Knights]]: at least 1 Company{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Marines Malevolent]]: at least 1 Company{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Minotaurs]]: at least 1 Company{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Mortifactors]]: 10 Companies
*[[Omega Marines]]: 9 Companies
*[[Raptors (Chapter)|Raptors]]: 5 Companies
*[[Red Scorpions]]: at least 1 Company{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Relictors]]: 10 Companies{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Salamanders]]: 6 Companies
*[[Silver Skulls]]: 7 Companies
*[[Sons of Guilliman]]: 6 Companies
*[[Space Wolves]]: 3 [[Great Company|Great Companies]]
*[[Storm Giants]]: 5 Companies
*[[Storm Lords]]: 2 Brotherhoods
*[[Subjugators]]: at least 1 Company{{Fn|7b}}
*[[White Scars]]: 3 Brotherhoods
*[[Widowmakers]]: at least 1 Company{{Fn|7b}}

==Imperial Guard and PDF==
At the start of the war, there were an estimated 1,500,000 [[Guardsmen]] deployed across the [[Armageddon Subsector]].{{Fn|4b}} The following [[Imperial Guard]] units contributed forces to the Third War:
*[[13th Penal Legion]]{{Fn|2}}
*[[Armageddon Ash Wash militia]]: 5 [[Regiment]]s{{Fn|1}}
*[[Armageddon Command Guard]]: 5 [[Imperial Guard Company|Companies]]{{Fn|1}}
*[[Armageddon Hive Militia]]: 120 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
*[[Armageddon Ork Hunters]]: 5 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
*[[Armageddon Steel Legion]]: 25 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
**[[Steel Legion 7th Artillery|7th Artillery Regiment]]{{Fn|8b}}
**[[14/21st Steel Legion|14/21st Regiment]]{{Fn|16}}
**[[22nd Armageddon Steel Legion|22nd Armoured Regiment]]{{Fn|15}}
**[[27th Steel Legion|27th Regiment]]{{Fn|8a}}
**[[Armageddon 34th Steel Legion|34th Regiment]]{{Fn|9d}}
**[[34th Armoured (Armageddon)|34th Armoured Regiment]]{{Fn|9d}}
**[[Armageddon Steel Legion 41st Reg.|41st  Regiment]]{{Fn|10}}
**[[Armageddon 47th Steel Legion|47th Regiment]]{{Fn|11}}
**[[Armageddon 51st Steel Legion|51st Regiment]]{{Fn|9d}}
**[[Armageddon 61st Steel Legion|61st Regiment]]{{Fn|9c}}
**[[Armageddon 68th Steel Legion|68th Regiment]]{{Fn|9c}}
**[[Armageddon 91st Steel Legion|91st Regiment]]{{Fn|9b}}
**[[93rd Armageddon Steel Legion|93rd Regiment]]{{Fn|12}}
**[[Armageddon 101st Steel Legion|101st Regiment]]{{Fn|9c}}
**[[Armageddon 121st Steel Legion|121st Regiment]]{{Fn|9c}}
**[[Armageddon 141st Steel Legion|141st  Regiment]]{{Fn|13}}
**[[Armageddon 273rd Steel Legion|271st Regiment]]{{Fn|9a}}
**[[339th Armageddon Steel Legion|339th Regiment]]{{Fn|14}}
*[[Arphista Penal Legion]]: 11 Legions{{Fn|1}}
*[[Asgardian Rangers]]: 2 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
**[[Asgardian 89th Rangers|89th Regiment]]{{Fn|16}}
*[[Cadian Shock Troops]]: 15 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
**[[271st Cadian|271st Regiment]]{{Fn|16}}
*[[Catachan Jungle Fighters]]: 3 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
*[[Death Korps of Krieg]]: 5 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
**[[Krieg 143rd Infantry Regiment|143rd Regiment]]{{Fn|22}}
*[[Elysian Drop Troops]]: 14 Squadrons{{Fn|1}}
**[[12th Elysian|12th Regiment]]{{Fn|16}}
*[[Jopall Indentured Squadrons]]: 17 Battalions{{Fn|1}}
*[[Krourk Ogryn Auxilia]]: 2 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
*[[Minervan Tank Legions]]: 3 Legions{{Fn|1}}
**[[10th Minervan Tank Legion|10th Legion]]
*[[Monglor Ogryn Auxilia]]: 1 Regiment{{Fn|1}}
*[[Mordian Iron Guard]]: 6 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
**[[24th Mordian|24th Regiment]]{{Fn|17}}
*[[Noctan Strike Forces]]:6 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
**[[29th Noctan Strike Forces|29th Regiment]]{{Fn|18}}
**[[32nd Noctan Strike Forces|32nd Regiment]]{{Fn|19}}
**[[37th Noctan Strike Forces|37th Regiment]]{{Fn|18}}
**[[84th Noctan Strike Forces|84th Regiment]]{{Fn|18}}
*[[Ocanon Phalanx Troops]]: 11 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
*[[Pyran Dragoons]]: 10 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
*[[Savlar Chem Dogs|Savlar Chem-Dogs]]: 6 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
**[[XIVth Chem-Dogs|14th Regiment]]{{Fn|20}}
*[[Savlar Chem-Riders]]: 2 Regiments{{Fn|1}}
*[[Semtexian Bombardiers]]: 9 Batteries{{Fn|1}}
**[[3rd Semtexians|3rd Regiment]]{{Fn|21}}
*[[Storm Troopers]]: 18 Companies{{Fn|1}}
*[[Zouvan Skirmishers]]: 4 Brigades{{Fn|1}}

==Adepta Sororitas==
The [[Adepta Sororitas]] contributed the following forces to the Third War{{Fn|1}}:
*[[Order of Our Martyred Lady]]: Equivalent 3 Companies
*[[Order of the Argent Shroud]]: Equivalent 7 Companies

==Adeptus Mechanicus==
The [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] contributed the following forces to the Third War{{Fn|1}}:
*[[Centurio Ordinatus]]: 4 [[Ordinatus]]
*[[Legio Crucius]]: [[Demi-Legio]]
*[[Legio Ignatum]]: Legio
*[[Legio Invigilata]]: Legio
*[[Legio Magma]]: Quatro-Legio
*[[Legio Metalica]]: Demi-Legio
*[[Legio Tempestor]]: Legio
*[[Legio Victorum]]: Legio
*[[Skitarii]]: 14 Regiments

==Departmento Munitorum==
The [[Departmento Munitorum]] contributed the following forces to the Third War{{Fn|1}}:
*'''Engineer Corps''': 2
*'''Pioneer Corps''': 1

==Adeptus Arbites==
The [[Adeptus Arbites]] contributed the following forces to the Third War{{Fn|1}}:
*'''Precincts''': 20
*'''Punitive Battalions''': 12

==[[Officio Assassinorum]]==
*'''Agents''': CLASSIFIED{{Fn|1}}

==[[Officio Sabatorum]]==
*'''Agents''': 34{{Fn|1}}

==[[Ordo Xenos]]==
*[[Deathwatch]] [[Kill-Team]]s: 2{{Fn|1}}

==[[Templars Psykologis]]==
*'''Disruption Squads''': 15{{Fn|1}}

==Fleet Elements==
===[[Imperial Navy]]===
The [[Imperial Navy]] contributed the following Deep Space Support forces to the Third War{{Fn|1}}:
*''[[His Will]]'' - [[Apocalypse Class Battleship]]
*''[[Triumph]]'' - Apocalypse Class Battleship
*''[[Insomine Veritas]]'' - [[Emperor Class Battleship]]
*''[[Green Lake]]'' - [[Oberon Class Battleship]]
*First-Line [[Cruiser]] Squadrons: 6
*Second-Line Cruiser Squadrons: 9
*Light Cruiser Squadrons: 12
*[[Escort]] Squadrons: 36
*[[Starhawk]] Bomber Strike Wings: 43
*[[Fury Interceptor]] Strike Wings: 67

===Combined Space Marine Fleet===
The Space Marines' combined fleet at Armageddon was under the command of [[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Helbrecht]] of the [[Black Templars]] [[Chapter]].{{Fn|4b}}
*Space Marine [[Battle Barge]]s: 14{{Fn|1}}
**''[[Eternal Crusader]]''{{Fn|4b}}
**''[[Night's Vigil]]''{{Fn|4a}}
*Space Marine [[Strike Cruiser]]s: 103{{Fn|1}}
**''[[Laudator]]''
**''[[Majesty (Strike Cruiser)|Majesty]]''{{Fn|4a}}
*[[Thunderhawk Gunships]]: Unknown number.{{Fn|1}}

==Season of Blood{{Fn|7b}}==
*{{Main|Season of Blood}}
These are the forces that took part in the event on Armageddon known as the [[Season of Blood]].{{Fn|7b}}

*[[Space Marine]]s
**[[Space Wolves]] - Commanded by [[Wolf Lord]] [[Logan Grimnar]] and [[Rune Priest]] [[Njal Stormcaller]]
***[[Champions of Fenris]] - 21 [[Wolf Guard]], 83 [[Battle-Brother]]s, and 14 armoured vehicles under [[Battle Leader]] [[Styrbjorn Flinteye]]
***[[The Blackmanes]] - 4 Wolf Guard, 15 Battle-Brothers, and 2 armoured vehicles under Battle Leader [[Sigvi Bearheart]]
***[[Deathwolves|The Deathwolves]] - 3 Wolf Guard and 10 Battle Brothers 
***Fleet - [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Allfather's Honour]]'', 3 [[Gladius Class Frigate]]s, 2 [[Nova Class Frigate]]s, and 4 [[Hunter Class Destroyer]]s
**[[Black Templars]] - commanded by [[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Helbrecht]], [[Chaplain|High Chaplain]] [[Grimaldus]], and [[Castellan (Black Templars)|Castellan]] [[Holzer]]
***'''[[Helbrecht Crusade]]''' - 56 [[Sword Brother]]s, 123 Battle-Brothers, 84 [[Neophyte]]s, and 53 armoured vehicles
***Fleet - [[Gloriana Class Battleship]] ''[[Eternal Crusader]]'', 7 [[Gladius Class Frigate]]s, 15 [[Hunter Class Destroyer]]s.
**[[Grey Knight]]s 
***[[Grey Knights 5th Brotherhood|5th Brotherhood]] and [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Bright Sword]]'' under [[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Rothwyr Morvans]] and [[Brother-Captain]] [[Tauros Hendron]]
***Elements of the [[Grey Knights 3rd Brotherhood|3rd Brotherhood]] under Grand Master [[Aldrik Voldus]] and Brother-Captain [[Arvann Stern]] aboard the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''[[Adamastor]]''
**[[Raptors (Chapter)|Raptors]] - Strike Force Garron
**[[Sons of the Phoenix]] - Combat Unit Kemenor
**[[Hammers of Dorn]] - Strike Force Dekker
**[[Mortifactors]] - Strike Force Vangello
**[[Salamanders]] - Strike Force Vu'khal
**[[Silver Skulls]] - Strike Force Dominor

*[[Imperial Guard]] and [[PDF]]
**[[Armageddon Steel Legion]] - 42 [[regiment]]s
***[[473rd Armageddon Steel Legion]]{{Fn|7a}}
**[[Armageddon Ork Hunters]] - 14 Regiments
**[[Armageddon]] PDF
***[[Infernus Defence Unit]]s - 45 ad-hoc brigades
***[[Tarantine Scorpions]] - 77 pickets
***[[Volcanus Militia]] - 81 regiments
***'''Phoenician''' [[Penal Legion]] - 12 regiments
***[[Jopall Indentured]] - 7 regiments
***[[Acheron Armoured Corps]] - 12 regiments
***[[Golgoth Artillery]] - 23 reserve battalions
***[[Hadean Exiles]] - 350 volunteer battalions
**[[Death Korps of Krieg]] - 45 Line Korps
**[[Vostroyan Firstborn]] - 23 regiments
**[[Ignos Lancers]] - 13 regiments
**[[Ursani Voidsharks]] - 19 regiments
**[[Tallarn Desert Raiders]] - 24 regiments
**[[Catachan Jungle Fighters]] - 45 regiments
**[[Miasman Redcowls]] - 61 Regiments
**[[Savlar Chem-Dogs]]

*[[Adeptus Mechanicus]]
**[[Legio Crucius]] - 5 [[Titan]]s (3 [[Warlord Titan|Warlord]], 1 [[Warbringer Titan|Warbringer]], 1 [[Warhound Titan|Warhound]]) commanded by [[Princeps]] [[Matteus Kalonice]]
*[[Mars|Martian]] [[Skitarii]] and other war macroclades under [[Magos Dominus]] [[Pagoth Sekth]]

*[[Imperial Navy]] - [[Battlefleet Armageddon]] under [[Rear Admiral]] [[Gaeriel Rothe]]
**1 [[Battleship]]
**1 [[Battleship|Carrier]]
**8 [[Cruiser]]s
**16 [[Frigate]]s
**8 [[Destroyer]]s
**16 [[Escort|Corvettes]]

*Additional Elements:
**[[Adeptus Arbites]] [[Exaction Squad]]s
**[[Rogue Trader]] [[Kyprian Tellanarosea]] and 3 companies of [[Voidsmen]]
**[[Frateris Militia]]
**[[Kin|Squat]] [[mercenaries]]

==See also==
*[[Armageddon Ork Forces]]

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition)]], pg. 32
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Annihilation Squad (Novel)]], {{Cite Marker End}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]], pg. 54
*4: [[Helsreach (Novel)]] - [[Armageddon (Anthology)]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter I
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter II
**{{Endn|4c}}: Chapter III
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Relic (Short Story)]] - [[Legends of the Space Marines (Anthology)]]
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Crusade for Armageddon (Novel)]], Chapter 20
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Crusade: Armageddon]]
**{{Endn|7a}}, pgs. 14-15
**{{Endn|7b}}, pg. 16
*8: [[Epic Armageddon Rulebook]]
**{{Endn|8a}}: ''5.2.1 Imperial Guard Units'', pg. 91
**{{Endn|8b}}: ''5.2.1 Imperial Guard Units'', pg. 96
**{{Endn|8c}}: ''6.6 Scenarios'', pg. 145
*9: [[Helsreach (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|9a}}: Chapter VI
**{{Endn|9b}}: Chapter IX
**{{Endn|9c}}: Chapter XVII
**{{Endn|9d}}: Chapter XXI
*{{Endn|10}}: [[White Dwarf 249 (AU)]], pgs. 23-27
*{{Endn|11}}: [[White Dwarf 264 (UK)]], pg. 69
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Angron's Monolith (Novella)]], ''Between Chapters Three and Four'', pg. 33
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Fanatic Magazine Issue 6]] - ''Scenario: Defence of Palonious'', pgs. 38-39 {{FE}}
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]. pg. 19
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Sarcophagus (Short Story)]] — [[Yarrick: The Omnibus]],  pg. 590
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]], pgs. 64-65
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Citadel Journal 48]] — ''Last Stand at Asch Creek'', pgs. 20-21 {{FE}}
*{{Endn|18}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20030523192104/http://www.armageddon3.com:80/English/Campaign/Troops/noctan.html Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Noctan Strike Forces] ''(archived from [http://www.armageddon3.com:80/English/Campaign/Troops/noctan.html the original] on 23 May 2003, last accessed 15 April 2026)''
*{{Endn|19}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20030823050722/http://www.armageddon3.com:80/English/Campaign/Troops/monglor.html Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Monglor Ogryn Auxilia] ''(archived from [http://www.armageddon3.com:80/English/Campaign/Troops/monglor.html the original] on 23 August 2003, last accessed 15 April 2026)''
*{{Endn|20}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030620192615/http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/chem_dogs.html Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Savlar Chem-Dogs]''(archived from [http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/chem_dogs.html the original] on 20 June 2003, last accessed 15 April 2026)''
*{{Endn|21}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030620195722/http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/semtexian.html Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: The Semtexian Bombardiers] ''(archived from [http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/semtexian.html the original] on 20 June 2003, last accessed 15 April 2026)''
*{{Endn|22}}: [[White Dwarf 509]] —  ''The Regiments of Krieg'', pgs. 59-67

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