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The '''Long Fangs''' take are the long-ranged heavy weapons specialists of the role usually performed by [[Devastator SquadSpace Wolves]]s within , equivalent to the [[Space WolvesDevastator Squad]] s of other [[Space Marine Chapter]]s.{{Fn|1a}}

They consist In a typical [[Codex Chapter]], [[Space Marines]] are first assigned to a [[Devastator Squad]] after completing their initial service with the [[Scout Company]]. Only after mastering both aspects of war are such Marines eligible for promotion to a [[Tactical Squad]].{{Fn|2}} Among the older members [[Space Wolves]], only the most senior and experienced Marines may be promoted to the ranks of the Long Fangs. The teachings of [[Russ]] hold that only warriors such as these can be entrusted with the chapter's long-ranged heavy weapons, each of which is a companyrelic in and of itself, incredibly rare and sometimes irreplaceable.{{Fn|1a}} Likewise, only warriors who have served their time in the furious close-combat assaults of the [[Blood Claws]] and the more deliberate actions of the [[Grey Hunters]], are wise enough in the ways of battle to know exactly how to deploy this kind of firepower to assist their yearsbrothers.{{Fn|1a}} By the time of his promotion to the Long Fangs, a Space Wolf has served and long in fought for centuries, and the [[Canis Helix]] - the fang (hence unique component of the name)Wolves' [[geneseed]] - has taken its final changes, and the Wolf's elongated canines have grown to their fullest length, strong enough to dent [[plasteel]]. It is left {{Fn|1a}} == Wargear ==Long Fangs have access to them normally the standard range of weaponry available to discern where their heavy weapons fire is most neededa Space Marine [[Devastator Squad]], including [[Heavy Bolter]]s, [[Missile launcher]]s, [[Multi-melta]]s, and a squad can split it'[[Plasma cannon]]s fire power between several targets. {{Fn|1b}}

{{Main | Predator}}The origin of the [[Predator Annihilator#Predator Annihilator|Predator Annhilator]] is an invention of the Long Fangs. The origin of the Annihilator was borne out of necessity, during the [[Skarath Crusade]] in [[M36]]. A [[Space Wolves]] [[Great Company]] found themselves surrounded by [[Chaos Space Marine | Traitor Legion]] forces, unable to bring their [[Lascannon | Lascannons]] s to bear on superior numbers of tanks and [[Chaos Dreadnought | Chaos Dreadnoughts]]s, not without suffering considerable damage from the hail of fire the enemy was able to lay down. To counter this, the Long Fangs and [[Iron Priest]]s ripped the [[Autocannon | Autocannons]] s out of their [[Predator]] tanks, and replaced them with the Long FangFangs's Lascannons. The protection afforded to them by the tanks' armoured hulls enabled the Long Fangs to get within range of the enemy armour, and to eventually destroy them.^1a{{Fn|3a}}

The [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] was dismayed that their precious [[STC]] tanks had been modified, but has since approved of the modifications^1b{{Fn|3b}}, and other chapters started following suit not long after, retro-fitting some of their [[Predator Destructor | Predator Destructors']] s' armament with Lascannons. Thus the Annihilator variant had come to pass, and it continues to serve as the main [[Space Marine | Space Marine]] anti-vehicle tank.

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