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Also known as These special squads of [[Hardened Veteran squads, these units ]]s are not so much a formal squad unit type as they are the result of attrition. As regiments fight grueling campaigns that last for years on endOften the only survivors of their parent company or even regiment, eventually they will shrink are usually attached to other, newly-formed, regiments in size as order to pass on their hard-won skills to the number of casualties risesnew recruits. In many cases an entire company will be reduced They are given greater freedom of operation than other squads and access to a single squad wider array of the most battle-testedequipment as well, hardcore Guardsmen blessed along with whatever they can loot from the strength and will battlefield or otherwise "borrow" from other friendly units.{{Fn|1d}} Compared to normal infantry squads they tend to survive the nightmarish battlefields carry a greater number of the squad support weapon including [[grenade launcher]]s, [[flamer]]s, [[sniper rifle]]s, [[plasma gun]]s, [[meltagun]]s and even a [[M41|41st MillenniumHeavy Flamer]]. They Some are experts in all aspects of warfare, from marksmanship to demolition workorganised as [[grenadier]]s and wear [[carapace armour]] for additional protection, while others operate as forward sentries and carry a variety of nonequip themselves with [[camo-standard weapons cloak]]s and equipmentsnare mines. Some regiments may have whole companies Still others specialise in demolition and carry a disturbing amount of battle-born killers, having survived explosives in the grim realities form of warfare relatively unscathed. In many cases however these lone squads of hardened survivors will be attached to other regiments, often newly-formed ones, in the hope that their skills will be assimilated by their new parent unit. They are also allowed greater freedom than other squads so that they may best put their experience to use[[melta bomb]]s and [[demolition charge]]s.{{Fn|1d1e}}