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The '''Savlar Chem-Dogs''' are a [[Penal Legion]] of the [[Imperial Guard]], 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.
==Recruitment & Training==
[[Image:Chem Dog 01.jpg|thumb|right|A Savlar Chem-Dog Trooper]]
The Chem-Dogs were conscripted into the Imperial Guard ''en 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}}
Vehicles used by the Chem-Dogs include [[Sentinel]]s, [[Hellhound]]s, and [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]]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}}
==Notable Campaigns==
*[[998.M41]] - [[Third War for Armageddon]]: Six regiments of the Savlar Chem-Dogs are deployed in the Imperial defence of [[Armageddon]], where they were charged by [[General]] [[Kurov]] with defending the planet's [[Underhive]]s. Amongst the regiments deployed was the XIVth Chem-Dogs.{{Fn|6}}
==Notable Regiments==
*The '''Savlar 14th Chem-Dogs''' served - Served in the [[Third War for Armageddon]] in Warzone [[Hive Infernus|Warzone Infernus]].{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|6}}*The '''Savlar 29th Chem-Dogs''' - Known as the ''Lucidites''{{Fn|5}}*The '''Savlar 71st Chem-Dogs''' took - Took part in the ill-fated campaign in the chloride-swamps of [[Goru]].{{Fn|3}}*The '''Savlar 122nd Chem-Dogs''' disappeared - Disappeared on [[Donoria Prime]], alongside regiments of [[Kanak Skull Takers]] and [[Vitrian Dragoons]], under mysterious circumstances after they were ordered there to wipe out an infestation of [[Donorian Fiends]] and close a [[Webway]] breach.{{Fn|4}}
==Images==
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]], pg. 64
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan]], pg. 37
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum (8th Edition)]] , pg.27*{{Endn|6}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030620192615/http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/chem_dogs.html Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Savlar Chem-Dogs] ''(archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 2nd July 2020)''
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