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==Culture and combat doctrine==
[[Image:M1860546 RavenguardOpener.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Raven Guard]]The Raven Guard are known for hitting weak points in enemy defences hard and they perform lightning strike strikes upon locations of tactical importance to cripple their enemy. The Raven Guard disdain the notion of recklessly charging into enemy ranks. This differentiates their tactics from those of the [[Blood Angels]]. The Raven Guard rely heavily on their [[Scouts]] for pinpointing enemy positions and to scout for good drop sites. Because of their hit and run tactics they also make extensive use of [[Assault Squad]]s. The [[Tactical Squad]]s of the Raven Guard are often deployed via [[Thunderhawk]]s or [[Drop Pod]]s. The favorite weapons of the Raven Guard [[Space Marine Commander|Commander]]s are the [[Lightning Claw]]s and it is a common sight that their command squads also come equiped equipped with these weapons in addition to their [[Jump Pack]]s.
Raven Guard Captains are fiercely independent, and it's incredibly rare for the chapter to fight as a whole.
Individual companies are completely autonomous and are quick to lend their aid to imperial Imperial commanders across the galaxy, with or without the sanction of their Chapter Master.
Such behaviour has led to some to question the Raven Guard's soundness, but most recognise that such fluidity of command proves the presence of formidable discipline, not its absence.{{Fn|4a}}
Upon death, where practical, the body of the Raven Guard will be stripped of it's equipment and trappings (including the Corvia), harvested of it's [[gene-seed]] and left for the local carrion birds to feed upon {{Fn|21b}}
===="Wraith-Slipping"====
Described as being a combination of mental discipline and martial art, the process of "wraith-slipping" is to take advantage of one's surroundings to conceal one's presence. This is not a psychic power but rather a collection of disciplines and techniques that the Raven Guard use to conceal their visual and aural presence despite their use of power armour. It is a technique that is described both prior to the outbreak of civil war in the Horus Heresy{{Fn|28a}} and up to the 41st Millennium{{Fn|24a}}.
==Organisation==
**{{Endn|23c}}: pg. 34
*{{Endn|24}}: [[Shadow Captain (Novella)]] by [[David Annandale]]
**{{Endn|24a}}: Chapter 1
*25: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|25a}}: pg. 64
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Index Astartes: Battle Barges]], pg. 4
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Helion Rain (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Vulkan Lives (Novel)Angel Exterminatus]] by [[Graham McNeill]] **{{Endn|28a}}: Book 2, Chapter 10
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