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==Overview==

Often derided as a worthless anachronism on the battlefield, Rough Riders still find usage in the Guard, deployed due to their steeds abilities to navigate over rough terrain, far faster than [[Imperial Guard Squad|foot infantry]],{{Fn|9}} and their ability to live off the land.{{Fn|10a}} Rough Riders are most often recruited from technological backwards planets like [[feral world]]s and [[feudal world]]s,{{Fn|9}} where the horse is the most important type of transportation.{{Fn|10a}} Some, like the [[Death Riders of Krieg]], hail from more developed worlds.{{Fn|41}} Newly recruited Rough Rider formations are provided stablings and accommodations onboard [[Transport Vessel|Imperial transport spaceship]], where they are trained in extensive training areas during transit to their destination.{{Fn|16a}}

Rough Riders are deployed on the battlefield as scouts, patrol units and for quick hit-and-run attacks; living mounts allow Rough Riders to function far from [[Imperial]] supply lines, in terrain unsuitable for mechanized warfare, and avoid detection.{{Fn|1a}} They can rapidly cross terrain broken by heavy bombardment with ease, gallop along narrow ravines and even climb steep slopes.{{Fn|16a}} Other roles include skirmishing and guerrilla warfare. Rough Riders are drilled in close-range tactics and experts at fieldcraft, able to reasonable live off the land in nearly all planetary environments.{{Fn|13b}} Though armoured no better than the average [[Guardsman]], their speed and maneuverability is their true asset on the battlefield, able to charge into the enemy's flanks for devastating effect.{{Fn|1a}} [[Imperial Guard Regiment#Rough Rider Regiment|Rough Rider Regiments]] are sometimes deployed as a concise unit, but are more often spread all over the battlefield, being divided and allocated to the foot infantry as support units.{{Fn|10a}}

==Famous Rough Rider Squadrons==

*[[Attilan Rough Riders]]{{Fn|14}}

*[[Death Riders of Krieg]]{{Fn|4}}

Attilans9th.jpg|9th Edition [[Attilan Rough Riders]]{{Fn|3}}

DeathRiders10th.jpg|10th Edition [[Death Riders of Krieg]]{{Fn|8}}

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