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==Overview==
The Munitorum is financed by [[tithes]] of men, money and material, and all Imperial planets able to support the Imperial military forces in a sector are regularly called on to do so. To make sure the tithes are provided as and when required, representatives of the Departmento Munitorum are present on almost every Imperial planet. Representatives of the organisation are also present on all [[Imperial Navy]] ships, and wherever Imperial guard forces are stationed.{{Cite This}} The Munitorum was founded shortly before the end of the [[Great Crusade]], being . It was created from the Corps Logisticae, a division of naval administration, shortly before the [[Ullanor Crusade]].{{Fn|6}}
The Munitorum is organised to allow each level of the organisation to respond effectively to threats, regardless of size and location. The local departments of the organisation can raise tithes from worlds close to a war zone without needing a response from the higher levels of the Departmento Munitorum. As the level of a threat increases and more local departments of the munitorum become involved, the amount tithed, and the amount of planets tithed from, increases. At this point higher levels of the Departmento Munitorum will also become involved, and may funnel additional resources from other parts of the Imperium in to a war zone. The local Departmento Munitorum presence in a subsector has the ability to impose instant tithes, without forewarning, as and when required. Because of this, central command is not needed, due to the functional autonomy of each level of the organisation.{{Cite This}}
