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Removed "at least during the Great Crusade" note - short story in WD July '19 includes Custodians using an Orion Gunship in M42.
For armament, the Custodes are renowned for carrying [[Guardian Spear]]s, mighty power weapons that have been carried by the Adeptus Custodes since long before the Emperor's confinement. This weapon is closely associated with the Custodes, and is depicted on their banners and badges.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|4a}}{{Fn|5}} Other weapons carried by Custodes include [[Sentinel Blade]]s, [[Power Knife|Power Knives]], and [[Custodes Vexilla]]{{Fn|13}}.
As befitting of their role as the Emperor's guards, the Custodes were given access to the finest and most advanced technologies of the Imperium. This is often reflected in their vehicle designs, which are mostly [[anti-grav]]. The Custodian Guard is known to have used [[Grav-Rhino]]s, [[Caladius]], [[Pallas]], and [[Coronus]] [[Grav-Tank]]s, and '''Paragon Pattern''' [[Jetbike]]s.{{Fn|4}} For aircraft, they used the [[Orion Gunship|Orion]] and [[Ares Gunship|Ares]] gunships at least during the Great Crusade-era.{{Fn|55}}
In the ten thousand years since the Heresy, the Custodes have meticulously maintained and preserved much of their equipment. However, few of their technologically advanced vehicles remain, and they rarely use post-heresy designs.{{Fn|19}} Yet there are rumours that they still posses powerful grav-tanks, and other, even more potent patterns of war machine that date back to the [[Dark Age of Technology|age of wonder]].{{Fn|54}}
*{{Endn|53}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/TBbxxG5O/the-tithes-episode-2-custodes-dont-ask-twice/ The Tithes Episode 2 - Custodes Don't Ask Twice, dated 2 Sep 2024] ''(last accessed 2 Oct 2024)''
*{{Endn|54}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide]], pg.125
*{{Endn|55}}: [[White Dwarf July 2019]], pg. 20
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