Dwarf Warriors

"Hi ho hi, it's off to war we go..."

- Dwarf Marching Song

Dwarf Warriors are the most basic front-line infantry, and forms the overall bulk of most Dwarf armies. Contrary to popular beliefs, these Dwarfs do not occupy a full-time war professions but are actually simple militia that were brought up to bolster the more experienced soldiers on the battlefield. In times of war, each Clan within a stronghold is required to muster all Dwarfs old enough to fight and form them into dedicated regiments of solid infantry. Most of these volunteers are simple youths previously working as craftsmen or stone masons within the stronghold. However, once these Dwarfs don their well-forged mail, put on their steel helm and heft an axe in hand, these Dwarfs instantly become fearsome warriors.

Dwarfs make formidable fighters -- they are strong and extremely resilient, broad of shoulders and wide of girth. Although they are by no means quick, they are physically robust and can maintain a steady plodding pace, marching for days on end despite being loaded down by burdens and heavily mail. When they charge into battle, the momentum generated by their wide, armor-clad bodies is remarkable, hitting the foe with a resounding impact. It is almost common knowledge that a Dwarf Warrior almost a match for even the elite troops of many other armies. Grim and determined fighters, these Warriors are stubborn to the last, slow to break and unwilling to retreat.

When in combat, these troops would fight in a tight-formation and fight in a shield-wall formation. Protected by high-quality armor and weapons, these Dwarfs are almost as solid as rock. Able to endure even the most demoralizing punishments that would cause other races to break and flee, the enemy army would tire from their long excursion long before the Dwarfs would ever think of retreating. With the enemy charge spend, the Dwarfs would then push the enemy back in a slowly and foreboding pace. Tired and broken, the enemy would have no choice but to retreat, and granting the Dwarfs victory.

Source

 * Warhammer Armies: Dwarfs (8th Edition) -- pg. 38