A Guardsman of the Truskan Snowhounds outfitted in arctic camouflage Cadian-style Flak Armour.
The Truskan Snowhounds are a Militarum Regimentum of the Astra Militarum who emulate the Cadian Shock Troopers.
The drilled precision and ardent resolve of lost Cadia's regiments have been emulated across countless Imperial worlds, with many Militarum Regimentos receiving training from Cadian infantry and tank officers. Cadian-derived tactics and uniforms are therefore seen upon battlefields throughout the galaxy.
The tribes from which the Snowhounds recruit mastered the art of winter warfare long ago. Aside from being an extremely hardy regiment, the Truskans are renowned for their keen vision.
Snipers and sharp-shooters are common amongst this regiment, their skills honed hunting the white animals of their homeworld, the Ice World of Trusk, across snow-drifts and glaciers.
Regiments of the Truskan Snowhounds are known to have participated in the War of Beasts on the Sentinel World of Vigilus during the Era Indomitus.
Notable Regiments[]
- 132nd Truskan Snowhounds - Aided the Ultramarines in their battle against the Heretic Astartes of the Crimson Slaughter on the Shrine World of Beati Sedna.
- 602nd Truskan Snowhounds - The 602nd Truskan Snowhounds was deployed to the frozen Death World oddly named Death of Bianzeer in the Bianzeer's Hollow System in the Pankallis Sub-sector of the Octarius Sector to maintain a Cordon Impenetra from the attacks of Hive Fleet Leviathan. Five companies of the 602nd Truskan Snowhounds vanished without a trace during the major combat operations on that world against the Tyranids.
Sources[]
- Codex: Astra Militarum (8th Edition), pg. 29
- Death Knell (Novella) by Phil Kelly, pg. 26
- White Dwarf 466 (July 2021), "Flashpoint: Octarius - Blood and Snow", pg. 26