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A '''Chapter''' is a self-contained [[Space Marine]] army usually made up of roughly a thousand or so Space Marines, as well as a large number of specialists and administrative and /functionary personnel.{{Fn|19}}
The Adeptus Astartes is divided into roughly a thousand Chapters.{{Fn|19}} 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.
