Company
From Lexicanum
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A Company is the broadest organizational unit in a Space Marine Chapter, as well as in an Imperial Guard regiment. Both types of company are led by a Captain.
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Space Marine Company
Codex Company
Each standard Astartes Chapter is broken down into ten companies providing structure to the chapter. Each of these companies should be one hundred men strong, making the one thousand strong chapter.
The first company is made up of the veterans of the army. These include Veteran Squads, Terminator Squads and Terminator Assault Squads. Support for the first company is Land Raiders and Dreadnoughts.
The second, third, fourth and fifth companies are known as Battle Companies and are split into six Tactical Squads, two Assault Squads and two Devastator Squads. The Assault Squads can be deployed as Bike Squadrons or Land Speeder Squadrons and often use Rhino or Razorback transports. Each of the main Battle Companies have four Dreadnoughts available to them.
The sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth companies are known as Reserve Companies. The sixth and seventh company is made up entirely of Tactical Squads, the eighth of Assault Squads and the ninth of Devastator Squads. They also make use of Rhinos or Razorback transports though Dreadnoughts are usually only found in the ninth company. The sixth can also be deployed entirely on Bikes and the seventh on Land Speeders. The eighth can use either.
The tenth company, or Scout Company, consists entirely of Scouts and is often not one hundred strong as a steady supply of recruits is not possible. They are the most lightly armoured and usually used as a reconnaissance force. They are sometimes mounted on Bikes but do not use Rhino or Razorback transports.
