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{{Ambiguous|subject=the Space Marines close combat weapon|disambiguation=Gladius}}
:{| border="0" cellpadding<gallery mode="3packed" alignheights="center250" style="border-collapse:collapse" valign="top"!colspan=9 ||---->| [[Image:Tylos_Rubio.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[Tylos Rubio]] carrying a [[power sword]] deliberately patterned after an [[Ultramarines]]-pattern Gladius.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}]]| [[Image:Censure-large.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Aeonid Thiel]] carrying a [[Horus Heresy|Heresy]]-era Gladius in his left hand, and an electromagnetic longsword in his right.{{Fn|4}}]]|}</gallery>
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{{Ambiguous|subject=the Space Marines close combat weapon|disambiguation=Gladius}}
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The '''Gladius''' is a type of [[Astartes Combat Knife|combat knife]] used by most [[Space Marines]] as a basic [[close combat]] weapon.{{Fn|1}} They are most frequently used as a sidearm by the [[Ultramarines]] [[Chapter]] as well as the [[Adeptus Custodes]], [[Imperial Fists]]{{Cite This}} and also the [[Deathwatch]] that have its own improved variant of this weapon.{{Fn|4}}
After his recruitment to the [[Knights-Errant]], [[Tylos Rubio]] was forced to divest himself of his Ultramarines livery, including his power armour. However, as a concession to his feelings, [[Nathaniel Garro]] arranged for him to be given a [[power sword]] patterned after a Gladius, reminding Rubio of his former [[Legion]].{{Fn|2}}
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