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Prior to their re-organisation into the 81st-1st Recon, the Tanith were divided into numbered platoons. Each of these platoons was led by a squad-leader, usually a [[Sergeant (Imperial Guard)|sergeant]], though higher-ranking men like [[Colonel]] [[Colm Corbec|Corbec]] and [[Major]] [[Elim Rawne|Rawne]] had their own platoons as well. Each squad-leader had their own numerical call-sign, though this did not always match the number of their platoon. (For example, [[Agun Soric]]'s call-sign was 20 even though he was leader of five platoon.){{Fn|6}} This was possibly due to the fact that men kept their call-signs even after promotion, something Major Rawne disliked when he continued to be referred to as 'three' in battle even after he became the regiment's second-in-command after the death of Colonel Corbec.{{Fn|8}}
When the [[Tanith Regiments]] were consolidated into the First and Only, the regiment consisted of approximately 3,500 [[Guardsmen]].{{Fn|2b}} Following the [[Fortis Binary]] campaign, the regiment numbered 40 platoons, totalling roughly 2,000 men.{{Fn|1g}} After the influx of new [[Verghast]]ite recruits in the aftermath of the [[Siege of Vervunhive]], the regiment's numbers increased to roughly 2,500.{{Fn|4c}}
Known platoons and leaders are as follows:
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter One
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter Five
**{{Endn|4c}}: Chapter Six
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*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Guns of Tanith (Novel)]]
