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{{Ambiguous|subject=the Space Marines close combat weapon|disambiguation=Gladius}}
[[Image:Marneus.gif|thumb|500px|right|[[Marneus Augustus Calgar|Marneus Calgar]] flanked by his [[Ultramarines Honour Guard|Honour Guard]], two of them wielding Gladii.]]
The '''Gladius''' is a type of short sword used by most [[Space Marines]] as a basic close combat weapon.<sup>1</sup>
They are most frequently used as a sidearm by the [[Ultramarines]] chapter [[Chapter]], whose skill with the blade in close combat is unsurpassed.<sup>2-21</sup>
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