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At the head of the Legion was its [[Primarch]], seconded by Command structures who oversaw the Legion's organization. Below this were the '''Chapters''' of the Legion, each of which was commanded by a Lord Commander. Each Chapter in turn was divided into a number of '''Battalions''', each of which was further divided into '''Companies'''. The [[Space Marine Company|Company]], itself divided into a number of '''Squads''', was the basic military division of the Legio Astartes. Due to the varying sizes of each Legion, there was no fixed number of how many Chapters, Companies, and Squads a Legion could contain.{{Fn|7b}}
Nominally , the structure of a Legion should have been as follows:{{Fn|7b}} :
*Each chapter should be 2 Battalions strong, with each Battalion composed of 5 companies numbering 100 Legionaries, as well as various specialists and support staff.{{Fn|7b}}*The Ist 1st company was composed of Veterans, the II, III and IV of line companies, and the Vth of specialists troops.{{Fn|7b}}
*Despite the standard template organization, it seems a lot of Legions went against this organizational layout. For instance, a single [[World Eaters]] [[Chapter]] during the [[Battle of Beta-Garmon]] consisted of 5,000 Legionnaires (5x the "standard" size).{{Fn|31}}
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