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Warhammer 40,000 Tactica: Assault Troops

January 2007·pp. 76–81

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Alessio Cavatore explains how assault units reach combat through speed, transports, special deployment and careful use of cover, supported by the rest of the army’s firepower. Equipment advice balances grenades, power weapons and hidden power fists against over-investment, and warns that shooting can remove the targets needed for a charge. Contributors then show the principles through faction examples, from summoned Bloodletters to Scarab Swarms and an entire Assault Marine force.

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