Editing The Crusaders (section)

==Legion Tactics==
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Once they became the Crusaders, their tactics changed drastically. No longer a Legion of slow-moving mixed assault formations, the new Crusaders were an army of rapid mechanized assaults. Using Land Raiders and tanks on the ground and Thunderhawks and Fire Raptors in the air, they used speed, shock and surprise to break through enemy lines. Once this has been achieved, mobile forces raced deeper into enemy territory, disrupting the rear areas and threatening the front lines with encirclement.

The infantry tactics of the Crusaders are to continuously gain ground and to push the enemy back. They are known for their use of massed Land Raiders or Rhinos, each containing 10 marines, forming a single "troop". Each company would comprise at least ten troops if not more. The Land Raider would advance towards an enemy position supported by artillery or gunship fire. Once it has reached its objective, the Land Raider will disgorge the Space Marines and fight alongside them.  As this is happening, other Land Raiders will continue on to their own objectives in a leap frog tactic.  This allows the Crusaders to cover tremendous amounts of ground and completed multiple objective simultaneously.  Once a "troop" completes its objective it will return to the Land Raider and move on to other objectives.  This maintains a very rapid and disorientating assault

If the enemy does not give ground or manages a counter-attack, a Crusaders troops is perfectly capable of digging in their heels and calling in support.  The same rapid manoeuvres that deliver attacking troops can also bring up reserves, or fire support via artillery or Thunderhawks. The Crusaders are a fast-moving, multi-pronged spear.  Their tactics, and the difficulty to dislodge them from any position, has earned the Legion an unofficial nickname; "The Barbs."