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[[Image:Squat_Exo-armor_squad_by_Fleshtuxedo.jpg|thumb|right|Squat Exo-armor squad]]
'''Exo-armour''' is a type of heavy armour, comparable to [[Terminator Armour]], that was used by the [[Squat]]s. It was is built by the Squat Engineers Guild.
==Construction==
Exo-armour is a form of powered armour. The extensive protection it provided was provides is especially useful when fighting in confined spaces where movement was is restricted and it was is difficult to avoid concentrated enemy fire. Exo-armour was is thus greatly valued by Squats, who often find themselves in combat in subterranean tunnels.
Exo-armour also served serves as an all-enclosing hostile environment suit. The development of Exo armour was spurred by the inhospitable nature common to the Squat homeworlds.
Exo-armour incorporated incorporates an integrated [[Power Weapon|power axe]] and [[boltgun]]. Squat armourers were are adept at forging magnificent exo armour, embellished with the visage of a Squat Ancestor Spirit. The armour was is handed down from father to son and was is probably the proudest symbols of status of the Squat military aristocracy.
The standard weapons fitted into suits of exo-armour were are often upgraded to heavy or [[combi-weapon]]s by wealthy Squat warriors.
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