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Revision as of 14:52, 4 June 2007

Template:IGStub A Conscript Infantry Platoon is an Imperial Guard troops choice. They are the most basic infantry units with very little training and only basic equipment. A soldier is known as a Conscript while the unit is known as a Conscript Infantry Platoon.

Background

A Conscript is the most basic soldier the Imperial Guard employ. Often they are forced into service by any means, including subversion, and simply placed on the front lines and used as cannon fodder. They are a new addition to Codex: Imperial Guard (4th Edition) and come in vast swarms of soldiers.

Squad Design

Construction

A Conscript Infantry Platoon consists of at least two squads of ten Conscripts. This number may be increased to five squads of ten Conscripts. They do not make use of any form of Sergeant.

Armour

Like most of the rest of the Imperial Guard, Conscripts wear flak armour giving them the most basic defence.

Standard Weaponry

Each Conscript is, by standard, armed with a lasgun.

Optional Weapons Upgrades

Conscripts may be armed with one:

This is only one per infantry unit. They may also form a heavy weapons team with:

Famous Regiments

Conscripts are common throughout the Imperium due to their ease of raising and low cost maintenance. Some regiments known to employ conscript platoons are:

Sources


Imperial Guard Infantry
Command Company Command SquadPlatoon Command SquadScion Command SquadTank CommanderRegimental AdvisorsCommissarPrimaris PsykerTech-priest EnginseerPriestOgryn Bodyguard
Specialists Master of OrdnanceBreacherScoutMedicVox-OperatorWeapons SpecialistSharpshooterOperator
Troops Infantry SquadHeavy Weapons TeamSpecial Weapons SquadArmoured Fist SquadVeteran Squad (Spectre Squad) • Engineer SquadScions Squad (Kasrkin) • CanidsPenal Legion TroopersOgryn SquadRatling SquadPsyker Battle SquadRough Rider SquadField Ordnance BatteryJump TrooperH-Grade Combat ServitorCyber-Altered TaskServo-Sentry