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==Recruitment & Training==

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}}

Savlar Chem-Dogs excel in fighting in the cramped, noxious battlefields found in [[Armageddon]]'s [[Underhive]]s. They are also notorious thieves, scavengers, anarchists and worst, stopping to strip the dead of their valuables in the midst of battle, while many inhale a type of altered gas which puts them into a hyper-aggressive state. For this reason, Chem-Dog regiments include [[Commissars]] to watch over them. Chem-Dog regiments also make use of [[Ogryns]] and [[Rough Riders]], the latter riding into battle on ungainly '''"[[Chem-Beast]]s"''' beasts native to Savlar and sometimes forming their own regiments of '''Chem-Riders'''.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

==Equipment==

Much of the Chem-Dogs' equipment is more often than not stolen from other Imperial Guard regiments, and many troopers will often carry non-standard gear into battle, ranging from improvised armour and stolen vox-equipment to [[archaeotech]]. The standard Savlar-pattern rebreather is a bulky and awkward device with a four-tube canister and filter mask, though many on Armageddon were able to "acquire" the superior Armageddon-pattern, and most are frequently modified to include [[Chem-inhaler|nitro-chem inhalers]] for the intake of dangerous hyper-aggression chemicals.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}