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The '''Savlar Chem-Dogs''' are a [[Penal Legion]] in of the [[Imperial Guard]], being composed of some of the most hardened criminals and desperadoes in the [[Imperium]]. Recruits are drawn from the prisons on the planet [[Savlar]] by the promise to allow them to keep anything they take from the battlefield, as well as the chance to get away from Savlar's highly toxic environment.

The Chem-Dogs were conscripted into the Imperial Guard ''en mass masse'' 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}}

Savlar Chem-Dogs excel in fighting in the cramped, noxious battlefields 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 hyper-aggressive 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}}

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 [[archeotecharchaeotech]]. 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 hyper-aggression chemicals.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

Vehicles used by the Chem-Dogs include [[Sentinel]]s, [[Hellhound]]s, and [[Leman Russ Battle TanksTank]]s, including the [[Leman Russ Demolisher‎|Demolisher]], [[Leman Russ Vanquisher‎|Vanquisher]] and [[Leman Russ Exterminator|Exterminator]] variants. For artillery the Chem-Dogs make use of [[Griffon]]s and [[Basilisk]]s, and prefer [[Flamer]]s and [[Heavy Bolter]]s.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

===*The '''Savlar 14th Chem-Dogs===Served ''' served in the [[Third War for Armageddon]] in Warzone [[Infernus]].{{Fn|2}} ===*The '''Savlar 71st Chem-Dogs===This regiment ''' took part in the ill-fated campaign in the cholridechloride-swamps of [[Goru]].{{Fn|3}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]], Pgpg. 60*{{Endn|2}}: [[Chapter Approved 2003]], Pgpgs. 25-26*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]], Pgpg. 64

==Related Articles==*[[Regiments of the Imperial GuardCategory:Armageddon Wars]]