Close Support Squad

The icon worn by Space Marines who serve in one of the types of Close Support Squads.

A Close Support Squad is a tactical designation applied to Space Marine combat squads. Close support squads are the clenched fist, the killing blow of an Astartes formation, and represent its melee and heavy assault units.

A well-coordinated and perfectly timed close combat assault can break the back of any foe, cracking open their lines and sending the survivors fleeing. Such decisive strikes are the responsibility of these swift, aggressive, hard-hitting warriors.

The designation began to be used in the wake of the reforms made to the Codex Astartes and the Adeptus Astartes themselves in the Era Indomitus after the resurrection of the Primarch Roboute Guilliman and the introduction of the Primaris Space Marines.

Types

Space Marine squads that are designated as Close Support Squads include:

• Assault Squad

• Assault Intercessor Squad

• Jump Pack Intercessor Squad

• Inceptor Squad

• Reiver Squad

• Incursor Squad

• Bike Squad

• Centurion Assault Squad

• Outrider Squad

Sources

• Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition, Revised Codex), pg. 70
• Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pp. 141, 165
• Warhammer Community - NOVA Open Previews – Jump Packs Send Captains and Assault Intercessors Soaring Into the Sky