Combat Squads
(Rule)Description: A number of ten-man units in the Dark Angels army have the option of breaking down into two five-man units.
The units that can be split into Combat squads are:
+ Company Veteran Squads
+ Scout Squads
+ Tactical Squads
+ Assault Squads
+ Ravenwing Attack Squadrons
+ Devastator Squads
The decision to split the unit into Combat squads, as well as which models go into each squad, must be made when the unit is deployed. Both Combat squads must be deployed at the same time, but may be deployed in separate locations. If you decide to break the unit down then each Combat squad is treated as a separate unit for all game purposes from that point, and counts as a scoring unit if it still has half or more of its starting models, etc. Units held in reserve cannot be split into combat squads and vice versa.
For victory point purposes, each Combat squad is worth a number of victory points equal to half of the points value of the unit.