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==Organization==
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;==Battle Style==Savlar Chem-Dogs excel in fighting in the cramped, noxious battlefields, such as those found in [[Armageddon]]'s [[Underhive]]s. They are also notorious thieves, scavengers, anarchists and worst, stopping to strip the dead of their valuables in the midst of battle, while many inhale a type of altered gas which puts them into a hyperagressive state. For this reason Chem-Dog regiments include [[Commissars]] to watch over them. Chem-Dog regiments also make use of [[Ogryns]] and [[Rough Riders]], the latter riding into battle on ungainly beasts native to Savlar and sometimes forming their own regiments of Chem-Riders.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
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[[Image:Chem Dog 01.jpgââ|thumb|right|A Savlar Chem-Dog Trooper]]
The Chem-Dogs were conscripted into the Imperial Guard en mass in order to meet the Imperium's desperate need for troops during the [[Third War for Armageddon]]. Originally founded by [[Judge]] Callistar to put down an armed uprising on their homeworld, he realised the Chem-Dogs could be made into an effective fighting force with the right motivation. Therefore the Chem-Dogs were given the following directives: they could keep any war loot they took off the enemy, but if they broke the law they would be sent back to Savlar.{{Fn|1}}
Much of the Chem-Dogs' equipment is more often than not stolen from other Imperial Guard regiments, and many troopers will often carry non-standard gear into battle, ranging from improvised armour and stolen vox-equipment to [[archeotech]]. The standard Savlar-pattern rebreather is a bulky and awkward device with a four-tube canister and filter mask, though many on Armageddon were able to "acquire" the superior Armageddon-pattern, and most are frequently modified to include [[Chem-inhaler|nitro-chem inhalers]] for the intake of dangerous hyperagressive chemicals.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
