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==Overview==
They are favoured by armoured and support [[regiment]]s,{{Fn|2}} and regiments tasked to defend a strategic location, where they are issued to [[Heavy Weapons Platoon]]s in place of their normal load-out.{{Fn|1}} Two [[Guardsmen]] are needed to crew the platform, which features dual heavy-weapon mounts able to be fitted with standard Imperial Guard weapons for ease of supply and maintenance. Common mountings include [[twin-linked]] [[Heavy Bolters]] for anti-personnel duty, twin-linked [[Lascannon]]s for anti-armor firepower, and either twin-linked [[Autocannon]]s or quad-mounted [[Heavy Stubber]]s for air defence.{{Fn|2}} The platform itself is gyroscopic and can only be moved after being broken down.{{Fn|5}} In place of weaponry some Sabre platforms will instead mount a massive [[Searchlight]] for illuminating targets in darkness.{{Fn|1}}
Before moving to another position the platform needs to be fully broken down. This is more difficult when under fire or in other combat circumstances. Instead, Sabres placed around the key objectives and often their operators find themselves forming last line of defence of any failing campaign; not surprising that many Guardsmen rightly consider assignment to a battery of Sabres as a death warrant.{{Fn|4}}
*{{Endn|3}}: https://web.archive.org/web/20140207101558/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Cadian_Shock_Troops/IMPERIAL-GUARD-SABRE-DEFENCE-PLATFORM-WITH-HEAVY-STUBBERS.html ''(saved archive page, dated February 2014, last accessed 04 February 2016)''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Second Edition: Imperial Guard]], pg. 205
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Aeronautica]], pg. 26
[[Category:Weapons (Astra Militarum)]]
