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The '''Catachan Jungle Fighters''' sometimes referred to as '''"Baby Ogryns"''' due to their thick slabs of muscle, are the fearsome [[Imperial Guard Regiment]]s from [[Catachan]], the most notorious [[Death World]] in the [[Imperium]]. Because of this, Catachans have a well-deserved reputation as the deadliest jungle-warfare experts in the [[galaxy]].{{Fn|1f1x}}{{Fn|9}}{{Fn|19}}
==Overview==
[[Image:Jungle Fighters Icon.jpeg|thumb|right|Icon of the Catachan Jungle Fighers{{Fn|34b}}]]
Extremely resourceful and uncompromising warriors, they are skilled up close with their [[Catachan Knives|specialised and brutal close combat blades]] or from ambush with their [[lasgun]]s. In jungle terrain they are unsurpassed, with each Catachan being worth ten of any other regiment, and those skills learnt in the jungle are easily adapted to other war zones. Due to generations of being bred on the galaxy's most lethal planet, Catachans are known for being both taller and more powerful than any normal human. Their ranks include some of the deadliest men in the Imperium, including the legendary '''"One Man Army"''' [[Sly Marbo]] and the '''"Stonetooth Devil"''' [[Harker]], a man whose endurance and strength is such that he shrugs off even the most grievous of wounds.{{Fn|1f1x}}{{Fn|9}}{{Fn|19}}
==Recruitment and Training==
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[[Image:Rb4-34-lasgun-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mk.IV Lascarbine{{Fn|45}}]]
The standard Catachan [[Lasgun]] is the '''Mk.IV Lascarbine'''.{{Fn|7f}} Their preferred heavy and special weapons are the [[Flamer]] and [[Heavy Bolter]].{{Fn|1e1x}}
Catachans make use of many [[close combat weapons]] including the [[Catachan fang]], measuring up to 20 inches of gleaming steel, which is the most common weapon. It is also used for settling disputes between Catachans. Another knife is the [[Night Reaper]], which is smaller and blackened, effective in night infiltration and assassinations. They are sometimes poisoned to improve their kill strength, the poisons coming directly from Catachan. The '''Devil's Claw''', named after the [[Catachan Devil|great predator]] on Catachan, is the longest weapon, up to four feet long. It is closer to a sword than a knife and has achieved status among the [[Ork]]s who call it ''''Da Cutta''''. The blade is hollow and half filled with mercury in order to improve swing strength and control, and the design of this weapon has been copied by Catachan regimental officers for use as a power weapon.{{Fn|1}}
==Appearance & Uniform==
[[Image:CatachanArt1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|1g1e}}]]
Catachans are known to wear red bandanas that symbolise a blood oath they take when joining a regiment, also marking them out as having the skill and toughness to survive on one of the worst death worlds in the Imperium.{{Fn|17}} They sport tattoos and commonly dull their regimental badges with soot and soil so as to not reveal their position.{{Fn|7b}} Disdainful of the acquisition of medals by other regiments, tattoos are used as a way of marking battle honours such as the use of skull emblems to mark five years service, daggers to mark a decade of service {{Fn|16}} and the skull and crosshairs to denote a marksman.{{Fn|17}}
|[[Catachan XVII]]
|''Screaming Devils''
|The Catachan 17th, or the 'Screaming Devils'{{Fn|4b}}, is led by [[Imperial Guard Captain|Captain]] [[Thorn (Catachan)|Thorn]] and includes the famous [[Sniper]] [[Dell]], who won the [[Silver Bullet]] seven years in a row.{{Fn|2b2x}}
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|[[Catachan XVIII]]
|'''Catachan LVI'''
|''Sidewinders''
|The Catachan 56th "Sidewinders" fought on the world of [[Cytheria]]. During this campaign, the entire regiment was issued [[rebreathers]] as the deep alien jungles of Cytheria periodically erupted in poisonous sporepod blooms.{{Cite thisCME}}
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|[[Catachan LXIII]]
|'''Catachan CCCXCI'''
|''Coiling Cobras''
|{{cite thisCME}}
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Catachans (3rd Edition)]]{{Cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 3
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 6
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 22
**{{Endn|1d}}: pg. 23
**{{Endn|1e}}: {{Cite This}}Cover**{{Endn|1f1x}}: {{Cite This}}**{{Endn|1gCME}}: Cover
*2: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 1st Codex)]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 7
**{{Endn|2b2x}}: {{Cite ThisCME}}
*3: [[Imperial Armour Volume 1 - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]]:
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 76
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 9
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 30
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (2nd Edition)]], {{Cite ThisCME}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf 286 (US)]] (November 2003), pg. 104
*7: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]]:
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], pgs. 140, 172-173
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]] pg. 21
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Death World (Novel)]], {{Cite ThisCME}}
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Second Edition: Imperial Guard]], pg. 60
*{{Endn|13}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20110211195338/http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m70039a_Strategy_cards_2 Strategy Cards] for [[Planetary Empires]] expansion game, card ''Home Ground - Minor Stratagem"'', ''(saved archive page, dated February 2011, last accessed 6 October 2015)''
**{{Endn|18a}}: pgs. 20-21
**{{Endn|18b}}: pg. 41
*{{Endn|19}}: Regimental Focus: Catachan {{Cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|20}}: [https://regimental-standard.com/2016/11/10/the-abhuman-and-you/ Regimental Standard: The Abhuman and You] ''(last accessed 24th July 2022)''
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Dawn of War 2: Retribution]]
*{{Endn|25}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20030823051036/http://www.armageddon3.com:80/English/Campaign/Troops/catachans.html Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Catachan Jungle Fighters] ''(archived page, dated 23 August 2003, last accessed via Wayback Machine 17 August 2025)''
*{{Endn|26}}: [[White Dwarf 286 (US)]], pgs. 104-106
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Pandorax (Novel)]] {{Cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|28}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/01/sunday-preview-star-lizards-and-start-collecting-boxes/ Warhammer Community: Sunday Preview – Star Lizards and Start Collecting! Boxes (Posted on 01/03/2020)] ''(last accessed 07 March 2020)''
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Killzone: Sector Fronteris Environment Expansion (Sourcebook)]], pg. 4 — ''Deadly Wilds''
