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'''Storm Troopers''' are highly-trained shock troops forming the elite force that is a Storm Trooper regiment. They are trained to carry out special operations such as deep strike assaults, reconnaissance, and infiltration beyond enemy lines. Storm Troopers are the very best soldiers the [[Imperial Guard ]] has to offer, being trained to the peak of human perfection, their combat skills are unmatched within the ranks of the Imperial Guard.⁵

==Organisation==[[Image:IGStormies.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Storm Troopers with hotshot lasguns]]Storm Trooper Troopers form a single regiment, which is unique in that it is a permanent unit, receiving a constant influx of new recruits are chosen to keep it up to full strength. By virtue of its members having been recruited from the progena of the [[Schola Progenium]], where they have been raised and educatedthe regiment made up of soldiers from worlds throughout the Imperium. With up to ten thousand men under arms at any one time, and molded into loyal and dedicated servants of the [[Emperor]]regiment is also larger than most other regiments. They However this huge force does not fight at a single place; individual companies or battalions are then taught superior battle tactics instead sent to war zones, and from there, individual Storm Trooper squads are spread among the use of more advanced equipment than the average Guardsmenother regiments as required. ^{5, 6}

While The Storm Troopers are organized into their own Storm Troop regiments, the regiments are not deployed as Trooper unit assigned to a warzone provides a whole. Units (most often single companies) core of Storm Troopers elite squads, which are attached entrusted to other Imperial Guard regiments for a specific campaign, to provide an elite specialist core entrusted with carrying carry out important missions requiring more training and initiative than possessed by the average Guardsman. Storm Troopers Trooper squads are effective at spearheading assaults into heavily fortified positions, infiltrating behind enemy lines and sowing confusion and panic. They are often dropped into the thick of combat from [[Valkyrie|Valkyrie Assault Carriers]], guns blazing before they even touch the ground.

Regular Guardsmen often regard Storm Trooper recruits are chosen from the progena of the inimitably dedicated [[Schola Progenium]], where they have been raised and better equipped Storm Troopers with a certain amount of animosityeducated, referring to them by such names as 'Big Toy Soldiers' and 'Glory Boys'molded into loyal and dedicated servants of the [[Emperor]]. Regardless of They are then taught superior battle tactics and the opinion use of more advanced equipment than the average Guardsman, none who witness Storm Troopers in action can deny they are worthy of such titlesGuardsmen.⁵

The regiments to which the Storm Troopers Troop squads are deployed throughout attached often regard the Imperial Guardinimitably dedicated and better equipped Storm Troopers with a certain amount of animosity, referring to them by such names as 'Glory Boys' and 'Big Toy Soldiers'. Regiments that commonly employ Regardless of the opinion of the average Guardsman, none who witness Storm Troopers include:in action can deny they are worthy of such titles.⁵

[[Image:IGStormies.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Several regiments commonly employ Storm Troopers with hotshot lasguns]], such as:

More recently, hellguns are being replaced with [[Hotshot Lasgun|hotshot lasgunslasgun]]s, a type of modified lasgun with a supercharged magazine with high armour-piercing capabilities.⁵

{{Cite}}*⁶:[[Codex: Imperial Guard (2nd Edition)]], p. 21