Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War/Space Marines

Template:Uncat Template:Citations missing This is a comprehensive listing of the units in the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series, a series of popular real-time strategy computer games. The first, eponymous Dawn of War game was released on September 20, 2004 as a production of Relic Entertainment. Dawn of War was released to critical acclaim, and due to its popularity, two expansion packs were released; Winter Assault and Dark Crusade, on 2005 and 2006 respectively. A third expansion pack, Soulstorm, is slated for release in June of 2008.

The Dawn of War series was praised as very innovative, as it simplified the traditional resource-gathering stage of real-time strategy games by having only two resources to collect, similar to Starcraft. Unlike Starcraft's system, Dawn of War instead requires that players capture strategic locations for the requisition resource, and build power generators for the power resource. Workers are not tasked to gather resources; rather, a player must build the buildings to generate resources and defend them in order to win the game.

The first game, Dawn of War, featured four races; the Eldar, Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Chaos Space Marines and Orks. The first expansion pack, Winter Assault, introduced the Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000). The second expansion pack, Dark Crusade, introduced the Necrons and Tau. The third pack, Soulstorm, will introduce the Dark Eldar and Sisters of Battle.

Almost all infantry in the series come in squads, which may be 'reinforced'; units are added to the squad to increase its firepower and health. Also, these squads may be upgraded with better weaponry, and sometimes have special abilities, which may be innate, granted by research, or due to the inclusion of a leader unit in the group.

Space Marine units

Infantry
Unit	Unit Type	Description
Scouts	Infantry in Power Armor	These are the basic units of the Space Marine race. Outfitted with light power armor and optical enhancements, they have a superior field of view and are very agile. However, they lack the protection of heavier infantry, and are vulnerable to most other units.
Space Marines	Infantry in Carapace Armor	The backbone of the Space Marine armies, these Tactical Squads are composed of fully-initiated Space Marines. They may be reinforced with more members and given a Sergeant, who is an elite unit that boosts morale in the squad. The average Space Marine is a genetically-engineered, physically perfect being, and is more than a match for an entire squad of Imperial guardsmen; however, due to the rigorous training program of the Space Marines, which usually kills a majority of recruits, they may only field limited numbers of these units. Devastator Squads may receive armor and power upgrades, and may also be upgraded with special weapons.
Assault Space Marines	Infantry in Power Armor with a mounted Jump Pack	These are regular Space Marines who have been given jetpacks and chainswords. They are specialized to be powerful in close combat, and utilize their jetpacks to bridge the gap between them in their enemy before attacking them.
Sergeants	Infantry in Power Armor	These are seasoned Space Marines who are placed in command of Devastator and Assault Squads. They are armed with more sophisticated weaponry than most Space Marines, such as Power Sword and Plasma Rifles, and have tougher armor.
Grey Knights	Heavy Infantry in Power Armor	In the service of the infamous Inquisition, Grey Knights are powerful psyker units, resilient to most conventional attacks and able to dominate lesser minds with their psychic abilities. They also wield deadly force weaponry. These units were introduced in the Dark Crusade expansion.
Terminators	Heavy Infantry in Tactical Dreadnought Armor	Comprised of the most seasoned Space Marines, Terminators are the heaviest infantry in the service of the Emperor of Mankind. They wear the fabled Tactical Dreadnought Armor, which is highly resilient to all damage. They also wield Storm bolters by default, and may be upgraded with heavier weaponry, such as Assault cannons.
Assault Terminators	Heavy Infantry in Tactical Dreadnought Armor	Though they lack jump packs, Assault Terminator squads have much heavier firepower than Assault Space Marines. They wield Power fists, which allow them to terminate most units who engage them in close combat.	Vehicles
Unit	Unit Type	Description
Land Speeder	Hovering fast-attack vehicle	Land Speeders are weakly armored against most heavy assault, but devastate infantry.
Dreadnought	Heavy mecha	Dreadnoughts are armed by default with power fists, bolters and flamers. They are effective against all unit types, but slow-moving; however, they may be delivered to the battlefield by orbital drop pods.
Hellfire Dreadnought	Heavy mecha	This Dreadnought is outfitted with an assault cannon and missile missile launcher, which may be upgraded to a Lascannon. Hellfire Dreadnoughts are mainly used against fortified positions.