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===Ratlings in the Imperial Guard===
Although Ratlings make generally poor warriors, the [[Imperium]] still has a use for them, and they are often recruited into the Imperial Guard as snipers, one of the battlefield roles in which they excel.{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|7}} Their role extends to infiltrators, who can traverse the war zone in relatable discretion.{{Fn|1}} In those roles they operate independently of the rest of the Imperial Guard force, and are equipped with [[sniper rifle]]s and [[flak armour]].{{Fn|7}} Teams of ratlings sharpshooters are often divided into smaller units placed directly under a command of regimental officers, each put in widespread array of strategical locations providing a commanding field of covering fire. They are known to be disparaged against by the majority of the baseline human regimens, although many of them could attribute their own survival to the cover fire of ratling regimensregiments.{{Fn|1}}
Ratlings are also well known for their culinary abilities and often serve as cooks off the battlefield. Some Ratlings take advantage of their position as company cooks to acquire extra supplies to sate their voracious appetites. Others extend these benefits to their foster regiments for a price, their kitchens serving as fronts for their illegal activities. Their abilities as fences, thieves and black marketeers find them acceptance from the men they serve alongside, as they offer a wide range of goods, from extra rations, to drugs and alcohol, and even non-standard issue weapons common among veteran soldiers.{{Fn|1}} Conversely it is documented that guardsmen who give too much grief in their immense prejudice towards ratlings find themselves mysteriously short of ammunition on the battlefield, preyed upon not only by the enemy finding an opening but also by the mocking eyes of their diminutive tormentors, watching through telescopic lenses some place far away.{{Fn|8}}{{Fn|9b}}
