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== Role and Organization ==

Guardsmen fulfill every conceivable role within the Imperial Guard, from tank crewmen to [[Imperial Guard Sniper|snipers]], [[vox]]-operators to medics. As laid out in the [[Tactica Imperium]], the basic organisational unit most Guardsmen will fight under is the [[Imperial Guard Squad|squad]], a number of which will form into a [[Imperial Guard Platoon|platoon]]. Several platoons will make up a [[Imperial Guard Company|company]] which in turn make up a [[regiment]]. While such standards do exist, they are not uniformly followed for any number of reasons, leading to formations of different names, sizes and compositions.{{Fn|5c}}

'''Conscripts''', also known as '''Whiteshields''', are Guardsmen who are quickly conscripted and rushed into service. They typically have little training and only the most basic equipment.{{Fn|5f}}

[[Image:Conscript.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Imperial Guard Conscript]]

==Equipment==

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The only standard piece equipment each Guardsman is guaranteed to receive is the [[Lasgun]], and even then some will go into battle without one. Not even a standard uniform exists within the Guard, each Guardsman equipped according to the traditions and resources available to their parent regiment.{{Fn|5d}} The basic equipment loadout issued by the Departmento Munitorum includes the lasgun with six [[Lasgun#Lasgun Ammunition|power packs]], enough for a minimum of 2000 shots, a [[close combat weapon]], usually a bayonet, [[frag grenade]]s, a [[laspistol]] and basic necessities like four days-[[Combat Ration Pack|ration packs]], toiletry articles and other items used on the trip to the battlefield. All in all, the standard equipment loadout weighs 25kg, not including special issue items unique to some regiments like the [[Vitrian Dragoons|Vitrian]] reflective armour.{{Fn|19}}

==Guardswomen==

Several Guard regiments include female troopers, including the [[Tanith First]], the [[Omicron Rangers]], and the [[Calderon Rifles]]. However, less than 10% of all Guard soldiers are female, and the vast majority of these serve in all-female regiments, such as the [[Valhallan 296th Ice Warriors]]. Mixed-sex regiments, such as the [[Tanith First]] and the [[Valhallan 597th]], are a rarity.{{Fn|8}}

*[[Ohm]] - private of the Third Squadron ([[Sentinel]] operator) of the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Company of the [[Krieg 1st Armoured Regiment]]{{Fn|10}}

*[[Zworkyin]] - private of the Third Squadron ([[Sentinel]] operator) of the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Company of the [[Krieg 1st Armoured Regiment]]{{Fn|10}}

==Sources==

*{{Endn|20}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two]], pg. 94

*{{Endn|21}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Five]], pg. 65

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