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[[Image:HowlingGriffonsVsGenesealerCult.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Marines of the Howling Griffons fighting [[Genestealer]]s ([[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)|Space Marines]] [[8th Edition]] codex art).{{Fn|26}}]]
*'''939.[[M41]]:''' [[Hive Fleet Leviathan|Leviathan Maimed]] — [[Battle Barges]] from the Howling Griffons and [[Aurora Chapter]] under the command of [[Chaplain]] [[Cassius]] onboard the [[Ultramarines]] [[Strike Cruiser]] ''[[Vengeance of Macragge]]'' track a tendril of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Leviathan]]. As the tendril passes an [[asteroid belt]] near the [[Jomm System]], they destroy the moon of [[Vendorak]]. The resulting shockwave causes asteroids to crash into the planet, depleting the hive fleet so it can't reach the planets of Jomm.{{Fn|48}}
*'''951.[[M41]]:''' The [[Amar (World)|Amar]] secession was brought to a swift end by the rapid strikes of the Howling Griffons.{{Fn|6b}} The Howling Griffons' tactical use of [[Land Speeder Storm]]s allowed them to take the outer bastion of the Regent's palace and use his artillery against the inner palace.{{Fn|6c}}
