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Astra Militarum

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The regiment is the primary unit of the Astra Militarum. Recruited from a single planet at a single raising, it is founded as a complete entity, complete with its own officer, supply, and support cadres. It should be noted however, that like most everything else in the Guard, the precise details of even these essential elements can vary widely from world to world. Whilst the majority of the regiment, even the non-combatant personnel, will come from their founding world, the [[Commissar]]s assigned to it are always off-worlders.{{Fn|3}}
After being raised, the regiment is shipped to its posting; they receive their training during the voyage. Their posting can be directly into the heart of a warzone, or it may be to garrison or outpost duty.{{Cite this}}
An Astra Militarum regiment is essentially a temporary unit, unlike the Space Marine [[chapter]]s. After being formed they normally receive no further reinforcements. It is rarely practical for regiments to receive new recruits from their [[homeworld]]s to replace casualties, mainly due to the immense distances between a regiment's homeworld and its posting. The costs, risks, and time-lag difficulties involved in transporting relatively few soldiers to reinforce their brethren rarely justify themselves, especially when alternate and more efficient means of reinforcement tend to exist. If on garrison or outpost duty, an Astra Militarum regiment may be able to recruit from the local population. If on active combat duty, two or more under-strength regiments may be merged together in order to create a new regiment at full strength.{{Fn|5}} This can result in regiments being bolstered by troopers from their own homeworld, such as in the case of the [[Valhallan 597th Ice Warriors]]{{Fn|6}}, or can result in a true mongrel unit, with the Guardsmen included coming from several different worlds (such as the [[Tanith First and Only]]).{{Fn|7}}
The armoury of the Astra Militarum is vast and covers many aspects of the equipment necessary for the survival of a fighting force in many different environments. It ranges from portable [[Vox-caster]]s, communications units, to medals denoting promotion and excellence in battle.{{Fn|3}}
Despite the technological immensity that the Astra Militarum can deliver to the battlefield, the cold fact of the matter is that the most important resource of the Guard is the seemingly limitless number of bodies it can deploy to contest its objectives. It does not matter the number of casualties it may take to win a battle. The Imperial Guard will devote many thousands of men to overcome a small goal as the Space Marines would devote a few hundred. Obviously, a Guardsman could never possess the battle prowess of a Space Marine, but there are many millions of Guardsmen for just that one Space Marine.{{Cite this}}
==Relics of the Astra Militarum==
Due to the organization of the Astra Militarum various wrolds and regiments have their own heirlooms, comparable to the heirlooms owned by each Space Marine Chapters. Nonetheless there are certain rare relics that ware worn or wielded by several different officers, commissars or other individuals of the Imperial Guard.{{Cite this}}
Famous heirloom are:
*[[Order of the Iron Star of Mordian]] (Mordian)
*[[Pietrov's MK 45]] (Valhalla)
*[[Relic of Lost Cadia]] (Cadia){{Cite this}}
*[[Skull Mask of Acheron]] (Armageddon)
*The [[Standard of the Lost 113th]] (Cadia)
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], {{Cite This}}
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 6
**{{Endn|2c}}: pg. 7
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]{{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Killing Ground (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]], Chapter Twelve
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 Compendium]], pg. 44
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Ciaphas Cain (Novel Series)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]{{Cite This}}*{{Endn|7}}: [[Gaunt's Ghosts (Novel Series)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]{{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Rebel Winter (Novel)]] by [[Steve Parker]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Art of Warhammer 40,000]], pg. 72
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Astra Militarum(6th Edition)]] - ''The Astra Militarum'' 
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