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'''Whiteshields''' are young men and women who take part in actual combat as part of their training. They are not considered true Guardsmen until they have proven themselves in battle. Whiteshields are sometimes known as ''cadets'', ''probationers'' or ''gun babies''. | '''Whiteshields''' are young men and women who take part in actual combat as part of their training. They are not considered true Guardsmen until they have proven themselves in battle. Whiteshields are sometimes known as ''cadets'', ''probationers'' or ''gun babies''. | ||
| − | [[Cadian]] Whiteshields are members of their world's | + | [[Cadian]] Whiteshields are members of their world's Youth Armies. |
Imperial Guard Regiments are generally posted to combat zones far from their homeworlds, and it is rarely practical to recruit from the homeworlds to replace casualties. Regiments that are left to garrison a world they have conquered instead gain recruits by drafting the sons of the regiment's Guardsmen when they come of age. Children fathered by Guardsmen are usually brought up within the regiment. They perform menial and support duties which would otherwise eat into the regiment's fighting strength. | Imperial Guard Regiments are generally posted to combat zones far from their homeworlds, and it is rarely practical to recruit from the homeworlds to replace casualties. Regiments that are left to garrison a world they have conquered instead gain recruits by drafting the sons of the regiment's Guardsmen when they come of age. Children fathered by Guardsmen are usually brought up within the regiment. They perform menial and support duties which would otherwise eat into the regiment's fighting strength. | ||
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* [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition)#2nd Codex|Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]] | * [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition)#2nd Codex|Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]] | ||
| − | * [[Compendium]] | + | * [[Warhammer 40,000 Compendium]] |
{{IGInfantry}} | {{IGInfantry}} | ||
[[Category:Imperial Guard and PDFs]] | [[Category:Imperial Guard and PDFs]] | ||
Revision as of 20:29, 23 October 2007
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
Conscripts represent forcibly conscripted men, Penal Legion troops, Whiteshield cadets and otherwise ill-trained troops. They form squads massed together as a single platoon, and are useful mainly for their numbers.
Squad Design
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.
- Equipment
Like most of the rest of the Imperial Guard, Conscripts wear flak armour giving them the most basic defence. Each Conscript is, by standard, armed with a lasgun.
Conscripts may be armed with an upgrade of either a Flamer or a Grenade Launcher, but only one per Platoon has this honour. They may also be armed with an upgrade of either a Heavy Bolter, Missile Launcher, or Autocannon, but only two per Platoon have the honour to form one team.
Famous Regiments
Conscripts are common throughout the Imperium due to their ease of raising and low cost. Some regiments known to employ conscript platoons are:
Whiteshields
Whiteshields are young men and women who take part in actual combat as part of their training. They are not considered true Guardsmen until they have proven themselves in battle. Whiteshields are sometimes known as cadets, probationers or gun babies.
Cadian Whiteshields are members of their world's Youth Armies.
Imperial Guard Regiments are generally posted to combat zones far from their homeworlds, and it is rarely practical to recruit from the homeworlds to replace casualties. Regiments that are left to garrison a world they have conquered instead gain recruits by drafting the sons of the regiment's Guardsmen when they come of age. Children fathered by Guardsmen are usually brought up within the regiment. They perform menial and support duties which would otherwise eat into the regiment's fighting strength.
Promotion from Whiteshield to Guardsman is seen as a changing point in a recruit's life. They are afterwards considered adults and given the right to wear the regimental symbols on their uniform, and often receive ritual scars and tattoos.
Sources
| Imperial Guard Infantry | |
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| Command | Company Command Squad • Platoon Command Squad • Scion Command Squad • Tank Commander • Regimental Advisors • Commissar • Primaris Psyker • Tech-priest Enginseer • Priest • Ogryn Bodyguard |
| Specialists | Master of Ordnance • Breacher • Scout • Medic • Vox-Operator • Weapons Specialist • Sharpshooter • Operator |
| Troops | Infantry Squad • Heavy Weapons Team • Special Weapons Squad • Armoured Fist Squad • Veteran Squad (Spectre Squad) • Engineer Squad • Scions Squad (Kasrkin) • Canids • Penal Legion Troopers • Ogryn Squad • Ratling Squad • Psyker Battle Squad • Rough Rider Squad • Field Ordnance Battery • Jump Trooper • H-Grade Combat Servitor • Cyber-Altered Task • Servo-Sentry |
