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The Adeptus Astartes is divided into roughly a thousand Chapters. Each constituent Chapter is autonomous and constitutes a complete army, with its own leadership, support and administrative staff, reliant only on its own Chapter members. Each chapter has its own traditions, specialties, its own cult, beliefs and practices.

==Early History==

* [[Vindicator]]s: A Chapter typically fields about 12 Vindicators.{{Fn|12c}} They are mostly used for sieges and in urban warfare, however some Chapters greatly value them for their sheer firepower and field them in great numbers as a frontline battle-tank.{{Fn|13b}}

* [[Land Raider]]s: Due to its nature as an [[STC]]-design, every Space Marine Chapter is capable of producing the components for building Land Raiders.{{Fn|12d}} As an example for their numbers, the [[Red Scorpions]] had 12 Land Raiders by the time of the [[Siege of Helios]].{{Fn|12e}}

===Size of fleet===

*{{Endn|9}}: [[White Dwarf 248 (UK)]], pg. 26

*{{Endn|10}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]], pgs. 15-18

*12: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]]

**{{Endn|12a}}: pgs. 9-10

**{{Endn|15b}}: pg. 23

*{{Endn|16}}: [[Salamander (Novel)]], Ch.3, Parts 1&2

===Uncited===