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The '''Red Butchers''' was a specialized [[World Eaters]] infantry formation during the [[Horus Heresy]]. During the [[Battle of Isstvan III]] many World Eaters had gone completely berserk with rage and bloodlust and only left the battlefield in chains. The [[Techmarine]]s of the World Eaters later made customized suits of [[Terminator Armour]] to serve as both wargear and a means of confinement. These suits were in effect mechanical prison cells that could be immobilized with the press of a button.{{Fn|1}}
The Red Butchers were unleashed for the first time during the [[Dropsite Massacre]]. Few survived the engagement, but they nonetheless ripped through loyalist formations. Moreover World Eaters that went completely mad in later battles could be imprisoned within recovered suits.{{Fn|1}}
The Red Butchers were adorned in Cataphractii pattern Terminator armour and armed with twin power axes. The squad leader, known as '''The Devoured''' often had two chainfists.{{Fn|2}}
==Gallery==
[[Image:RedButchersMini.jpg|thumb|center|275px|Red Butchers{{Fn|2}}]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]] pg.116
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Legiones_Astartes/World_Eaters/WORLD_EATERS_LEGION_RED_BUTCHERS.html Forge World] ''(last accessed 23 May 2015)''
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