{{ImageNeededAstraMilitarumPortal}}==Overview==[[Image:Cadian Conscript Codex Imperial Guard 6th Edition.png|thumb|right|A [[Cadian]] conscript (6th edition). Notice the white stripe on the helmet. Cadian conscripts are typically [[Whiteshield]]s.{{Fn|32}}]]A '''ConscriptConscription''' is one in the [[Imperium]] occurs during times of desperation, as barely trained masses of expendable bodies best employed manning fortifications or impeding the most basic infantry unit available and have very little training and use only the most basic equipmentfoe’s movements.^1-p45{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|Note}}

[[Image:Whiteshield Conscript Platoon Codex Imperial Guard 3rd Edition (2nd Codex) pg 23.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Platoon]] of '''Conscripts represent forcibly conscripted men''' (3rd edition).{{Fn|32}}]]Typically all planetary [[governor]]s are nominally obligated to provide ten percent of their [[PDF|world's military]] as recruits to the Imperial Guard. However, in times of great emergency, the [[Penal LegionDepartmento Munitorum]] will demand local [[Governor]] s raise vast quantities of troops for immediate action. Such measures can see entire cities or continents all but emptied and its citizens sent off to fight.{{Fn|3a}} Conscripts represent such hastily gathered troops, whose training is limited.{{Fn|1a}} Some conscripts may be [[Whiteshield]] cadets and otherwise ill-trained troops. They form , organised into several squads massed together as a single [[Imperial Guard Platoon]]{{Fn|2}} or in the example of [[Cadia]] even entire Batallions per [[Imperial Guard]] [[Imperial Guard Regiment|Regimental]] organisation.{{Fn|3a}} The concentrated firepower of a large platoontends to outweigh the relative lack of combat ability of the individual conscripts.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2}}. In the example of the [[Armageddon Steel Legion]], and some of the most notorious [[gangs]] of [[Armageddon]]'s [[underhive]] are useful mainly for conscripted wholesale, their numbersruthless skills honed in gang warfare allowing them to require no additional training at all.^{1-p58{{Fn|1d}} The practice of conscription predates the [[Imperial Guard]] itself, 2-p39}going all the way back to the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] where the '''levy troops''' of the [[Imperialis Militia]] could include various kinds of conscripts drawn from a variety of sources, such as [[Ogryn]] conscripts. Conscription would also be undertaken by the [[Mechanicum]], where unaugmented forge world thralls would undergo rapid augmentation into the [[Skitarii|Tech Guard]].{{Fn|6}}

A Conscript Infantry Platoon squad consists of two a massive squad of anywhere from twenty to five squads fifty conscripts, operating as one unit. Due to their lack of Conscripts wearing [[Flak Armour]]. They have no formal command structure training and fight as a mass combat experience, they are denied access to the arsenal of warriors unlike [[Infantry Platoons]]special weapons the Imperial Guard has to offer. A Instead, the squad is made up issued the basic load out of ten conscripts with [[Lasgunsflak armour]]. One conscript per squad may be armed with a [[Flamer]] or [[Grenade Launcher]], two conscripts per squad may form a heavy weapon team with [[Heavy Bolter]], [[Missile Launcher]] or and [[Autocannonlasgun]]s.^1-p45{{Fn|1c}}

Conscripts are common throughout the [[Imperium]] due to their ease of raising and low cost. Some regiments, such as the [[Cadian Shock Troops]], [[Valhallan Ice Warriors]] and the [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]s employ Conscripts.{{Fn|1b}} ==Note=={{Trivia}}Although the term '''Conscript''' and [[Whiteshield]] are often used interchangably, and many visual depictions of conscripts portray them with the famous white stripe, the informal term "Whiteshield" nominally refers specifically to young [[Whiteshield|Probitors]] or Cadets, children raised in a military lifestyle either on highly militarized worlds (such as the [[Fortress World]] of [[Cadia]]), or as direct descendants of [[Imperial Guard]] men and women whose regiment has earned the [[Right of Settlement]]{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|5}}{{Fn|2}}. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription Conscripts] is a more general term for pressed troops, which can include other sources (such as [[gangers]] of [[underhive]] in the case of [[Armageddon]]), rather than indoctrinated youths.{{Fn|1d}} More varied examples of conscription include the different types of '''levy troops''' of the [[Imperialis Militia]].{{Fn|6}} ==Miniatures==<supgallery heights="170px" widths="300px" mode="packed" caption="">1Conscript.jpg|A [[Cadian]] Conscript [[3rd Edition]]Imperial Conscripts Games Workshop Complete Catalog and Hobby Reference -p582005-2006 Edition pg 137.png| Imperial Conscripts</supgallery>

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