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|Content2 =[[Terra]]
|Title3 =Leader
|Content3 =[[Master of the AdministratumLord Commander Militant]](titular head){{Fn|17b}}<br>[[Lord Commander MilitantMaster of the Administratum]]<br>[[Chancellor of the Estate Imperium]]
|Title4 =Armed Forces
|Content4 =[[Imperial Guard]]<br>[[Militarum Tempestus]]
==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 , themselves often recruited from the [[Schola Progenium]]{{Fn|17b}}, are also present on all [[Imperial Navy]] ships, and wherever Imperial Guard forces are stationed. This allows the Departmento to manage the many fronts of the Imperial Guard, organizing not only their logistics but also their interstellar transportation. The [[Officio Prefectus]], better known as the Commissariat, is an arm of the Departmento Munitorum which ensures the loyalty that serve within the Astra Militarum.{{Cite ThisFn|7s}} The Munitorum was founded shortly before the end of the [[Great Crusade]]. It was created from the Corps Logisticae, a division of naval administration, shortly before the [[Ullanor Crusade]].{{Fn|6}} Within a few short months of its establishment, the Departmento Munitorum no longer restricted its activities to the mere task of resupply and maintenance, but also became enmeshed in the mire of politics surrounding the great fleets and their military leaders. They were tasked with ensuring adherence to central strategy within the [[Expeditionary Fleet]]s and with bringing the more wayward elements of the Imperial military back in line. This led to mistrust and unrest amongst the fleets themselves, as many within the military saw this as bureaucrats trying to take over and run the war effort - a view shared by several very notable individuals who resisted the interference of the Departmento Munitorum as much as they could without directly refusing to comply.{{Fn|8}}
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}}
When deciding to respond to a request for aid from a world the agents of the Departmento Munitorum must undertake the grim work of balancing available assets such as nearby recruiting worlds, localized Warp travel conditions, and importance of the planet to the greater Imperium. Most of all, they must balance these factors with the status of campaigns already being waged elsewhere.{{Fn|17a}}
==Organizational structure==
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Double Eagle (Novel)]], Day 266 — ''Western District Theda, 07.26''
*{{Endn|16}}: [[The Sum of Its Parts (Short Story)]] — [[Galaxy of Horrors (Anthology)]]
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Codex: Astra Militaurm (10th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|17a}}: pg. 9
**{{Endn|17b}}: pg. 16
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