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[[Image:SWVanguard.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Space Wolves]] Vanguard Space Marine]]
'''Vanguards''' are [[Primaris Space Marine]]s that are ruthless killers trained in covert operation. They operate behind enemy lines as saboteurs, assassins, and infiltrators.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
Vanguard Space Marines are elite reconnaissance troops trained to operate without support across the deadliest frontiers of the [[galaxy]]. Ranging far ahead of the main battleline, they slip deep into hostile territory and prosecute a full-spectrum campaign against the enemy. Every component of the enemy is sabotaged and dismantled: communications are cut off, supplies are demolished, and morale is sapped by psychological terror strikes. When the enemies are on their knees, the Vanguard Space Marines emerge from the shadows to perform the killing strike. Vanguard Space Marines prove no less devastating when fighting in concert with conventional battleline troops.
First deployed on the designs of [[Roboute Guilliman]] during the [[Indomitus Crusade]], each of the "great" Space Marine [[Chapter]]s now possess their own Vanguard complement. So impressed was Guilliman with the performance of Vanguard troops that he made a number of amendments to the [[Codex Astartes]] to better accommodate them into Space Marine ranks. These new amendments see most of the great Chapters typically operating around 100 Vanguard Space Marines attached to the 10th [[ScoutCompany|10th Scout Company]] Company. These troops fall under the command of a [[Space Marine Captain |Captain]] known as the [[Master of Reconnaissance]], who is in turn supported by two [[Space Marine Lieutenant]]s that have displayed an aptitude for covert operations. Even chapters that are not codex-compliant, such as the [[Space Wolves]] and [[Black Templar]]s, maintain a standing formation of Vanguard Space Marines.{{Fn|2}}
In the years since their introduction, Vanguard Space Marines have proven vital in reclaiming worlds lost within the [[Dark Imperium]].{{Fn|2}}
==Recruitment & Training==
No matter their role, all [[Primaris Space Marine]]s are trained and indoctrinated in Vanguard tactics and can don patterns of [[Mk. X Power Armour]]. In addition, during their time in a Chapter's [[ScoutCompany]] Company, all Space Marines are fully trained in using Vanguard armour variants and associated wargear. Battle-Brothers from a Chapter's reserve companies may be temporarily seconded to the Battle Companies as Vanguard Space Marines, taking on the colours and markings of their new company for the duration of their service.{{Fn|2}}
Due to their extended time behind enemy lines, Vanguard Space Marines are drilled heavily in the art of survival and self-sufficiency and have their own corps of [[Vanguard Helix Adept|medical specialists]] trained by the [[Apothecarion]].
==Vanguard Troops & Vehicles==
[[Image:VanguardHeraldry.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Vanguard Heraldry]]
*Vanguard [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]
*[[Vanguard Lieutenant]]
Vanguard-Librarian.jpg|[[Vanguard Librarian]]
Vanguard-Eliminators.jpg|[[Vanguard Eliminator]]s
VanguardLieutenant.jpg|Vanguard [[Vanguard Lieutenant]]
VanguardMini.jpg|Vanguard Space Marine
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/02/08/8th-feb-lvo-studio-preview-2019-revealed-new-chaos-space-marines-sisters-of-battle-and-moregw-homepage-post-1/ Las Vegas Open Warhammer Preview]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Vanguard Space Marines (8th Edition)]] pg, pgs.2-5**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 8*{{Endn|3}}: [[Shadowspear]] , pg.7*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Space-Marines-Primaris-Incursors-2020/ Games Workshop Webstore] ''(Last accessed on 10 December 2020)''
*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/13/war-zone-nachmund-vigilus-alone-unlocks-a-sneaky-phobos-clad-army-of-renown/ Warhammer Community: War Zone Nachmund: Vigilus Alone Unlocks a Sneaky Phobos-clad Army of Renown (Posted on 13/01/2022)] ''(Last accessed on 13 January 2022)''
*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/08/13/sunday-preview-sneaky-space-marines-and-a-whole-season-of-kill-team/ Sunday Preview – - Sneaky Space Marines and a Whole Season of Kill Team (Posted posted on 13/08/2023)] ''(Last last accessed on (Posted on 13/08/20233rd January 2024)''
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