The Apothecary carries the narthecium to preserve the gene-seed of the fallen, and little else beyond a soldier's kit — a boltgun, a bolt pistol and a chainsword for its own defence. It follows the strike force to harvest and heal, armed just enough to fight its way clear when the raid turns.
The jump pack is always carried — the winged line is defined by it. Its basic weapon is the boltgun alone, for this is a close-assault raider that strikes from above and fades, not a gunline trooper. It takes a bolt, plasma or hand-flamer pistol and a chainsword, lightning claws, power sword or power fist for the descent into contact, with smoke to cover the leap back out.
The shadow-captain takes no heavy weapon; it strikes and fades rather than holding a gunline. It may carry a jump pack, any plate up to the 2+ Terminator mark, and the Chapter's shadow-relics — the Shadowmantle, a camo-cloak, and the Raven's Talons themselves. Lightning claws, a power sword or a power fist arm it in melee, a bolt or plasma pistol and a carbine or boltgun at range, a raider's loadout for the brother who leads every raid from the unseen.
The warsuit's twin mount takes heavy weapons and nothing else. A heavy bolter, a multi-melta, a lascannon — one bolted to each fist. It is the rare siege-answer the shadow-war seldom fields: a wall of armour and heavy fire, kept back for the fight the ambush cannot settle alone.
The Chaplain carries the crozius and a bolt or plasma pistol, the dark conscience of the raid armed to strike at close quarters. It may take a jump pack to lead the assault column from above, or a camo-cloak to walk hidden with the infiltrators — either way, at the heart of the killing blow when the trap closes.
The Dreadnought's armament is fixed to the chassis. A heavy bolter, multi-melta or lascannon rides the twin mount; the great Dreadnought close-combat weapon hangs at its other arm. None of it comes from the shared racks — the interred hero walks to the fight already armed for it.
The Librarian arms as a psyker of the shadow-war: a force weapon and a bolt or plasma pistol, and nothing heavier. It may take Terminator plate for the rare stand-up fight and a camo-cloak to walk hidden with the infiltrators — the witch woven into the ambush rather than anchoring a line.
The Lieutenant takes no heavy weapon, arming instead for the swift raid it leads. It may carry a jump pack, any plate up to Terminator, and a camo-cloak to walk hidden with the second infiltrating column. Lightning claws, a power sword or a power fist serve in melee; a bolt or plasma pistol and a carbine or boltgun at range — the second officer kitted to split the strike into two blades and drive both home.
The infiltrating line carries the Chapter's broadest list. Standard is the bolt-carbine and combat knife, with a camo-cloak and grapnel harness for the silent approach, smoke to cover the fade, and the whisper-blade for the kill. It may buy any bolt basic, the astartes shotgun, a sniper rifle, a flamer or meltagun, and — off its lean — a single Devastator-pattern heavy for the line's fire-support brother. It wears Power or Gravis plate and takes a bolt pistol, power sword or knife in melee.
The Redemptor's armament is fitted to the chassis. A multi-melta, plasma cannon or heavy flamer sits on the great mount; the Redemptor fist closes its other arm. It belongs to the walker, not the shared racks. The largest hunter of the strike force arrives already armed to break what nothing lighter can.
The Scout carries the forward-kill list. In Phobos carapace it takes a sniper rifle or bolt-carbine — the astartes shotgun or boltgun if it must fight closer — with a bolt pistol, combat knife, and the whisper-blade for the sentry that must die in silence. A camo-cloak lets it hold hidden and smoke covers the fade. It is the neophyte's whole art in a handful of gear: reach the ground unseen, take the shot, and be gone.
The Techmarine arms as the strike force's artificer. A meltagun or grav-gun to crack armour. A power fist for the close kill, a boltgun and bolt pistol besides. And the auspex — carried to unmask a hidden foe before the blades are drawn, the eye that finds the enemy first so the raid strikes where it will not be seen coming.