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|Founding Chapter=[[Imperial Fists]] via the [[Executioners]]^{{Fn|3}}

The '''Iron Champions''' are a [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]], successor to the [[Executioners]] of an unknown founding.^{{Fn|3 }} The Chapter participated in the [[Third War for Armageddon]], dispatching seven companies in the [[Hive Volcanus]] region. During the war, the chapter launched a massive drop-pod assault to support the [[Celestial Lions]] and were it not for the two chapters, Hive Volcanus would have remained in Ork hands.^{{Fn|1 ^{}} {{Fn|2}}}

*[[Third War for Armageddon]].^{{Fn|1 }} The '''Iron Champions''' committed 7 companies to the defense of Armageddon.

*^{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Armageddon]], {{Cite This}}*^{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 249 (UK)]] "The Emperor's Shield: Chapters of the Armageddon War," pppgs. 30–33 *^{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two]], ppg. 84[[Category:Armageddon Wars]][[Category:Imperial Fists]]