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:{| border="0" cellpadding="3" align="center" style<gallery mode="border-collapse:collapsepacked" valignheights="top150">!colspan=9 ||----| [[Image:DevastatorSquad.jpg|thumb|center|300px|A [[Blood Angels]] Devastator Squad armed with a [[Missile launcher]], two [[Plasma Cannon]]s, and a [[Multi-melta]].{{Fn|5}}]]| [[Image:Devastators7th.jpg|thumb|center|220px|[[Ultramarines]] Devastator Squad (7th Edition)]]| [[Image:EpicDevastator.jpg|thumb|center|[[Epic]] Scale Devastators]]|}</gallery>
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'''''Let the Devastator squad be thy blazing wrath, bringing the light of the Emperor's justice to the darkest corners of the battlefield. Wherever he stands, that shall be his fortress of righteousness. He shall hold in his gift the fate of all who pass before his unblinking gaze.'''''
'''''All shall fear him, and he shall fear no one.'''''<br>|source=''[[Roboute Guilliman]], quoted in the [[Apocrypha of Skaros]].{{Fn|1a}}
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[[Image:DevastatorSquad7th.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Salamanders]] Devastator Squad]]
'''Devastator Squads''' are specialised [[Space Marine]] squads tasked with long-range fire support, entrusted with the [[Chapter]]’s rarest heavy weaponry.{{Fn|1a}} In a typical [[Codex Chapter]], two Devastator Squads are assigned to each of the four [[Battle Companies]], while the entirety of the 9th [[Reserve Company]] is composed of Devastators.{{Fn|1b}}
==Training and Deployment==
Most Devastator Squads are composed of Space Marines who have recently been promoted from [[Scout Squad]]s. Though veterans of dozens, even hundreds, of campaigns, service in a Devastator Squad will be their first experience in [[power armour]] as part of the main Space Marine army.{{Fn|1a}} Those newly-appointed to a Squad, armed only with basic gear, are given the primary duty of providing close support and calling out targets for their more experienced battle-brothers. These Space Marines are armed with the squad's four heavy weapons, an honour earned only after the Marine has proven himself steady and dependable in the heat of battle.{{Fn|1a}}
[[File:DA Devastator.jpg|thumb|right|205px|[[Dark Angels]] Devastators.{{Fn|2}}]]
The Devastator Squad is made up of between four to nine Devastator Marines and a [[Space Marine Sergeant]]. The type and use of these heavy weapons can vary greatly, depending on the mission or nature of the [[Chapter]] itself.{{Fn|1a}}
After completing tours of service in the Devastators, Marines are typically assigned to [[Assault Squad|Assault]] or [[Tactical Squad]]s.{{Fn|1d}}
==Chapter Variants==
*The [[Dark Angels]]' combat doctrines favour the usage of devastating amounts of firepower over furious close combat assaults.{{Cite This}}
*Within the [[Space Wolves]] [[Chapter]], Devastator Squads are known as [[Long Fangs]]. Unlike their counterparts in the Codex Chapters, the Long Fangs are the most experienced of the Chapter's warriors, having completed lengthy tours of duty as [[Blood Claws]] and then [[Grey Hunter]]s.{{Fn|3}}
*Likewise, the [[Blood Angels]] chapter assigns only older and more experienced Marines to the Devastator Squads (mostly after they have worked out their aggression amid the ranks of the Assault Squads){{Fn|6}}, since most Blood Angels have a marked preference for close quarters battle.{{Fn|4}}
==Equipment==
In addition to their [[power armour]], Devastator Marines are armed with [[bolt pistol]]s, [[boltgun]]s, [[frag grenade|frag]] and [[krak grenade]]s. The Sergeant also carries a [[Signum]] and may be equipped with [[melta bomb]]s as well. The Sergeant can also replace his boltgun and/or pistol for a [[chainsword]], [[combi weapon]], [[plasma pistol]], [[Grav-pistol]], [[power weapon]], and [[power fist]]. For transportation the Squad can be carried into battle in a [[Drop Pod]], [[Rhino]] or [[Razorback]]{{Fn|1c}}.
Four of the Devastators replace their boltguns for any combination of the following:
*[[Heavy Bolter]]
*[[Missile Launcher]]
*[[Lascannon]]
*[[Multi-melta]]
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