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'''Commissars''' are special [[Imperial]] officers assigned to [[Imperial Guard]] regiments and [[Imperial Navy]] ships, whose purpose is to enforce discipline and devotion to the [[Emperor of Mankind]]. Independent of the conventional [[Imperial Guard Hierarchy]], Commissars are instead attached to the [[Departmento Munitorum]]'s [[Commissariat]] and are formally part of the [[Militarum Tempestus]].{{Fn|6}}

Commissars are invariably stern and uncompromising individuals, able to keep even the most anarchic regiments in line through fear, strength and power. Every regiment has one or more attached Commissars who remain with the regiment throughout its duties. Commissars are assigned to regiments by the [[Departmento Munitorum]]'s [[Commissariat]] department, which provides high-ranking commanders to Imperial Guard armies. They have authority over both the soldiers and regimental officers. Commissars have both the right and duty to immediately execute any Imperial guardsman or officer who shows cowardice or incompetence in battle. They must also ensure the regiment does not harbor the likes of [[Genestealer Cult]]ists, [[Chaos]] heretics, spies, or [[mutant]]s.{{Fn|18}}{{Fn|1a}}

[[Image:Commissar Tank 10th Edition.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Tank Commander#Commissar Tank Commander|Commissar Tank Commander]]]]

''Main article:'' [[Tank Commander#Commissar Tank Commander|Commissar Tank Commander]]<br>

==PDF Commissars==

**{{Endn|13c}}: Chapter Twenty One

*{{Endn|14}}: [[Death or Glory (Novel)]] - [[Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus)]], ''Editorial Note after Chapter 10'', pg. 116, fn. 1

**{{Endn|15a}}: Chapter 23, pg. 449, fn. 1

**{{Endn|15b}}: Chapter 5

*{{Endn|24}}: [[White Dwarf 352 (UK)]], pg. 32

*{{Endn|25}}: [[White Dwarf 203 (UK)]], pg. 67

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