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The Imperium of Man is ultimately a feudal society, in which most worlds have to supply various resources to the Imperium in tithe. These range from food and ore to | The Imperium of Man is ultimately a feudal society, in which most worlds have to supply various resources to the Imperium in tithe. These range from food and ore to manufactured goods to soldiers for the guard. The quality of these soldiers varies immensely: some worlds have Imperial Guard regiments that are nothing more than screaming mobs with lasguns, while others produce well-trained, well-disciplined and relatively well equiped fighting forces. Uniforms, equipment and military tradition vary immensely from planet to planet. | ||
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Elite Imperial Guard soldiers are known as | Elite Imperial Guard soldiers are known as Stormtroopers, who receive superior equipment including carapace armor and Hellguns. The Guard also employs human offshoot species loyal to the Emperor, such as Ratlings and Ogryns, to supplement the [[Human]] baseline forces as well as [[psionic]] humans. For technical assistance, Techpriests from the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] -- as well as their Servitors -- support the Guard. | ||
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The Imperial Guard is the standing army of the Imperium of Man. It is a massive army with trillions of soldiers.
Equipment
The standard armament of an Imperial Guard infantryman is a lasgun -- a laser-based weapon with firepower rated in the megajoules. Physical protection consists of a flak jacket and helmet capable of handling simple bullets and shell fragments. The Imperial Guard makes heavy use of armored fighting vehicles (such as Leman Russ and Baneblade Tanks and the Chimera APC) and heavy artillery (including Basilisk self-propelled artillery and Bombard heavy mortars). Never the less, in an era of power armored soldiers, superhuman creatures, arcanely advanced technology and psionic and daemonic threats, the Imperial Guard often has to rely on sheer overwhelming numbers to win.
Tactics and Methods
To maintain order and disipline on the field the Imperial Guard makes use of specially trained officers known as Commissars to keep order, these personnel have full authority to execute soldiers in the field.
Organization and Recruitment
The Imperium of Man is ultimately a feudal society, in which most worlds have to supply various resources to the Imperium in tithe. These range from food and ore to manufactured goods to soldiers for the guard. The quality of these soldiers varies immensely: some worlds have Imperial Guard regiments that are nothing more than screaming mobs with lasguns, while others produce well-trained, well-disciplined and relatively well equiped fighting forces. Uniforms, equipment and military tradition vary immensely from planet to planet.
Planets that produce notable Guard Redgements include...
- Cadia
- Kreig
- Catachan
Elite Imperial Guard soldiers are known as Stormtroopers, who receive superior equipment including carapace armor and Hellguns. The Guard also employs human offshoot species loyal to the Emperor, such as Ratlings and Ogryns, to supplement the Human baseline forces as well as psionic humans. For technical assistance, Techpriests from the Adeptus Mechanicus -- as well as their Servitors -- support the Guard.
Imperial Guardsmen of Note
- Commissar Ciaphas Cain
- Commissar Sebastian Yarrick
- Commissar Ibram Gaunt