Each of the varied Warhammer 40,000 armies has a certain set of units that the rest of the army is built around. This is commonly refered to as the "core" of an army. The core of the army generally represents a solid block of Troops choices from the codex along with the army general, a big gun, and a cool character or two like medics and psykers. Every time the army drops into a war zone, most of this "core army" is inevitably present. Presented below is what an Ultramarines "core army", without too much wargear, generally consists of.

	Unit Name	Points	Unit Wargear	Points	Notes	Total
	Space Marine Master	75	Bolt pistol Power weapon	1 15	HQ Choice Rites of Battle	91
	Dreadnought	105	Assault cannon Power fist Storm bolter Venerable	0 0 0 20	Elites	125
	Tactical Squad Marines (9) Sergeant (1)	150	Bolters Flamer Heavy bolter	0 6 5	Troops	161
	Tactical Squad Marines (9) Sergeant (1)	150	Bolters Meltagun Missile launcher	0 10 10	Troops	170
					Total points:	547

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