Editing Breacher Siege Squad (section)

===[[Phalanx Warder]]s===
In the [[Imperial Fists]] Legion, breaching and siege units formed a core part of their organisation and training. The VII Legion may have even pioneered the use of Breacher Squads as a regular formation, as [[Horus]] was said to have noted their effectiveness in battle during the early Great Crusade and adopted the practice of arming some of his squads with breacher shields afterwards.

The Phalanx Warders were an elite company of Breacher-trained Astartes who were nominally assigned to the defense of the [[Phalanx]], though they were frequently dispersed to other VII Legion units across the galaxy to keep their skills sharp and to also provide an immovable line of defense. They were most often found in the kind of close-quarters, ship-to-ship boarding actions in which the Imperial Fists excelled. Indeed, the unique Imperial Fist [[Warhammer_40,000/Tactics/Space_Marine_Legion_List_(30k)#VII_Legion:_Imperial_Fists|Rites of War]] frequently feature Phalanx Warders as a core part of their battleforce. Aside from their shields, the Phalanx Warders carried power axes and bolters as standard kit, though they also employed thunder hammers, special weapons such as meltas and flamers, and Solarite power gauntlets.