True Size of a Cadian Regiment [999.M41] 3D Documentary

[@InvictaHistory]

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[@NapoleonAquila]

PA$$ION In particularly when the owner of the channel has the body of a leftist

[@CyberApexQZ5]

True size of adeptus custodes

[@deforesttappan6478]

Is it possible for you to do a similar video for the other fractions in 40K??? On top of that are you willing to do the same for Old World and AOS (Age Of Sigmar)???

[@NoahBrowne-l4j]

You forgot to mention the esteemed representative of the adeptus mechanicus who are attached to regiments in order to maintain their sacred machinery. Typically a company will have 1 engineer or lower ranking machine priest while the overall regiment will have a mechanicus contingent with several tech priests servitors and possibly even a magos. The priesthood of mars will take note of this transgression and may revoke their services to the adeptus invicta branch of the administratum.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

Enginseer actually, but yes.

[@khinzaw77]

@@Cooldude-ko7ps Enginseers are Tech-Priests that specialize in maintenance and repair.

[@Ruzaraneh]

they are "loaned" to the regiment so they techinically aren't part of the cadian regiment and you still have weakness of flesh, to get offended and let "feeling of being recognized" get in your way, for the priesthood of mars always being the important and vital cog in the astra militarum holy war machines whether the effort recognized or not, report to your local magos for additional blessing to rid that weakness of flesh. hail the omnissiah! 01101000011000010110100101101100001000000111010001101000011001010010000001101111011011010110111001101001011100110111001101101001011000010110100000101110

[@streamer9923]

​@@khinzaw77 not really, Engineers are more like missionaries of the machine cult, it's made clear that it's sort of a side grade where tech priests who didn't have a high enough education end up, or those who failed the theological side of the teaching. during comisar Caiphus kains track during the first siege of Perlia, he meats an Engiensear and its made clear that she wasn't elevated into an teck priest because she never got the theological side of the cult and it was made clear that Enginseer is usually a dead end within the priesthood of marse

[@246vili]

I was also waiting for the mention of a Mechanikus contingent who oversee the maintenance of the vehicles and other equipment of the regiment. Imagine my suprise when they weren't even mentioned.

[@ym6294]

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID.

[@alois4503]

@@ym6294 Cadia stands!

[@sijul6483]

For as long as a Son or Daughter of Cadia draws breath, Cadia stands!

[@thefett1600]

World broke before the Guard!

[@Mr_Mist_teller_of_tales]

THE PLATFORM BROKE BEFORE INVIDIA DID

[@r30413]

You where not there...

[@InvictaHistory]

Fear not history fans, we've got a lot more content on the way on (Battle of Plataea part 2, Rise of the Mali Empire, True Size of the Battle of Cannae, and more). Just fell sick the last week so I wasn't able to get these out as soon as intended.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

Just saying but I would love to see a series on the Lizardmen that shows what happened to them after the great catastrophe.

[@beepboop204]

im stoned af, so i took me a minute to wonder why you were doing an episode on "The True Size Of A Canadian Regiment"

[@andreasmagnussengriis6539]

The Tallern has some very very very well done tabels for squads. They are also a totally diffrent culture, with more armor, more flexiblity and less heavy units. Just to really show the diffrence between Guard Cultures, you should do them next. That would be very cool to hold up next to the Cadians.

[@davidhughes8357]

I'm sure this is a very good video for the subject but after studying ancient military history for 50 plus years I am rather partial to real events. You mentioned CANNAE true size. Absolutely cannot wait for it. Seriously. Thank you friend.

[@davidhughes8357]

The True Size of the Byzantine army was absolutely the best!!!!!

[@mitch-v6q]

Love the 40K, Napoleonic, and Roman content!

[@lukitasdeveras]

Bunch of imperial and militar history. Not very human, but you do you. Still, The Emperor protects.

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

All of which are connected to 40K!

[@lukitasdeveras]

@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Indeed brother

[@Mael-vk1it]

Luv me 40k Luv me Napo Luv me Romes Simple as.

[@FelipeFritschF2]

I love the Guard because there is something much more appealing about average men and women fighting for the people beside them and for their love of humankind, often charging into certain death against the unspeakable horrors of an uncaring universe. Those people are brave, not 300 year old 9ft tall emotionally stunted teenagers in power armor. The Astartes know no fear, but bravery is facing your fears.

[@soldatdaniels8738]

Well said sir!!

[@birdstwin1186]

The guard have no fear either, you know what conditioning is? No? Delete your comment.

[@WhichDoctor1]

@@birdstwin1186 if the guard knew no fear, there would be no need for commissars or summary executions. And there are plenty of both in the guard

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

The average guardsmen fight so that the local comissar doesn't shoot them just because.

[@INWMI]

a hell yeah, that's the most i love from 40k, the whole idea of regular people fighting the true evil in form of entropy and chaos

[@nowhereman6019]

*THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID* *CADIA STANDS*

[@TheArtis4n]

CADIA LIVES ON, BROTHER

[@moffxanatos6376]

Even Cadian Regiments can vary wildly in size, Examples such as the 180th Infantry Regiment which numbers ~360 fighting men, including Commissars, Ogryns and Psykers (but not including the 83 preachers and 101 menials of the ministorum) to the legendary Cadian 8th, which numbers ~8,000 at full strength. Some Regiments are fewer than the Company size listed here, others are almost double the size of the Regiment in this video's example. And then there's the Krieg Regiments where even just their companies dwarf even the largest Regiments of other Guard worlds.

[@leonardomarquesbellini]

A regiment is just a single troop formation founding. It's not an organizational structure at all in 40K. They vary in size because a founding can be llarge or small on demand and context.

[@chrisbeer5685]

I mean really the lore is just wildly inconsistent on these kinds of details.

[@randomdude8202]

@@chrisbeer5685 It is realistic not inconsistent. You cant expect such a big body to have a galactic scale standard on everything, especially on emergencies. It even happens in real life today, they don't always adhere to a strict standard when they need troops fast.

[@Seshins]

Yeah the way formations are described vary so wildly - in some instances a regiment is indeed made up of a few battalions, with supported attachments (and very few of the 40K writers get this right) where as I've seen regiments described at company, battalion, actual regiment, division and even corps size! But @leonardomarquesbellini suggest a fair way to get around it if it's based on founding size and the quirks of that particular planet. But you would assume some sort of consistency in formation size in such a large and experienced armed force.....

[@moffxanatos6376]

@@Seshins 40k exists in a system of space feudalism where any sort of standardization between worlds much less sectors is an exercise in futility. Even if they had real time communications anywhere in the galaxy you'd need such an insanely huge bureaucracy that even the Adeptus Administratum would balk at. That communication is slow and unreliable and travel even worse, means that most of the Imperium is left to its own devices when it comes to the minutiae of governance and especially organization. As long as they pay their tithes and follow the Imperial creed, the Administratum doesn't really care what they do or how they do it. Combine that with millennia of cultural drift from old night or even just since the Horus Heresy, and you can have Imperial Guard "Regiments" that don't resemble any existing or prior military force in earth's history. On top of that many regiments are raised in response to a crisis and trained during the organization (and transit to the planet in question), going through the latter stages of boot camp on board the transport. As it often takes months or even years for the Imperium to respond to an attack that isn't on a major world and Veteran guard regiments are constantly on the move from deployment to deployment.

[@RickDomZeke]

@22:05 I noticed how the Whitesheild's formation is ragged and undisciplined showing how they are new and untrained, while the other veteran companies are in perfect alignment. Well done.

[@jamesmortimer4016]

Cadian born white shields are always enlisted into the guard. Half of them stay on world, the other half are deployed across the stars. Kasrkin are also recruited from the youth army and trained extra hard from their teens, being used as the backbone of the defense of a Kasr and being rarely deployed outwardly. Cadian regiments may also be deployed as organic combined arms formations becoming FAR more complex. Commissars are also generally not attached on the platoon level. Especially not in cadian regiments.

[@TheMagicalWizardPyro]

You should cover the Death Korps if Krieg. They use combined arms 'Siege' regiments.

[@damnationdan5253]

Yeah and their platoons are like 40-60 men

[@CousinJesse1]

No way, surely. If a Cadian platoon is 70 men as illustrated by this video then a Krieg platoon has to be minimum 300+

[@cedricnash725]

@@CousinJesse1 Correction a Thousand to be exact but to compensate they are split into sub platoons for this Issue so technically a battalion but not a battalion at least that is in my headcannon/Opinion

[@CousinJesse1]

@@cedricnash725 a thousand or more for a Krieg platoon wouldn’t surprise me in the least. Krieg is definitely a very unique case, and for them to have the privileges & status that they do must mean that they are producing armies that absolutely dwarf planets that are themselves notorious for their massive populations & huge tithes in soldiers (Necromunda, Vostroya, Mordia, etc etc).

[@Holykraut]

​@CousinJesse1 no one really knows. But 60 seems the be the typical amount. Remember that there's nothing that says you can't have 20-30 platoons in a company, or 20-30 companies in a regiment.

[@identity7536]

0:26 i know the person making that shit was a true fan by the statue. The emperor protect you good sir or madame.

[@MidgardMessiah]

Looks based on the models that came with the Assault on Black Reach set (others too? I'm not sure), where the bolter snapped into the chest piece for easy assembling

[@wrathofkorven]

@@MidgardMessiah, looks older than that, more like the 90s style of Space Marine. Black Reach had decent quality minis at the time, the mini shown is too bulky for that era of GW production.

[@watts18269]

Looks like a 2nd edition marine to me. I still have a bunch of them in my blood angels army!

[@averagemumeienjoyer5498]

Looks like the old 2nd ed model but someone didnt thin their paints enough

[@mikeg8564]

After reading Guant's Ghosts (not a Cadian regiment) these numbers seem accurate for what you'd expect within a realistic regiment. Well done, another great video.

[@randomdude8202]

They fit with Cain novels too. They probably use regiments with increased numbers for emergencies or large scale operations.

[@dimas3829]

not what you'd expect from Million world's empire's regiments, each of which would be suitable to take control over failing planet. The realistic regiment of Imperial Guard would be equivalent of Holy Terrra's 2nd Millennium regional theater of 10 million combatants. Warhammer writers significantly underscore what humongous beast Imperial army should be.

[@maddlarkin]

​@@dimas3829 GW really needs to expand the idea of the IG raising multiple regiments from a planet per founding to make up that 10%. The Cain novels touch on the idea but it's never really outlined definitively (the Taniths 3 regiments seem to be an exception as its a first founding), so you end up with most regiments capping out around the 10K mark max and then werid execpetions like the Grundite 50th who were 500,000 strong or the Kreig Seige regiments from Vraks where each company was approaching a normal regiments size. Bigger issue at the moment is how much the Imperial Navy ship crews have balloned, so you could have a ship with a crew of 80,000 transporting a Guard regiment of 2,000...

[@moffxanatos6376]

@@dimas3829 That wouldn't be a regiment, that's not how military organization works. what you're talking about is a Unified Combatant Command. Regiments being in the single digit thousands is fine, it's what a regiment is after all. They are organized at that scale for a reason. Though 4000+ without any battalion subdivisions would probably make it unwieldy. (always strange how the Guard go straight from company to regiment with nothing in between.) Real militaries go from Fire Team to Squad (or Group to Section in the UK I think.) to Platoon, to Company, to Battalion, to Regiment, to Brigade, to Division, to Corps, to Field Army, to Army Group, to Combatant Command or equivalent. That being said, realistically Imperial Guard units should probably indeed be organized for planetary campaigns by UCC or Corps level at minimum, rather than by Regiment.

[@dimas3829]

@@moffxanatos6376 Regiment of 10 million: 10 battalions per 1 million, in one: 10 companies per 100 000, in one: 10 platoons per 10 000, in one 10 sections per 1 000, in one 10 squads per 100, in one 10 teams per 10 soldiers. ‘Ere ya go. Considering absolute majority of human enemies are larger than us, more armored and Imperial guard is usually heavily mechanized, self-sufficient (meaning division between active combatants and logistics being at least approximately 1:1, i.e. fire-teams of 5, squads of 50, etc.) and extremely high casualties - those numbers would do. Realistically, they in their time absolutely should be organized as regional theater in our time, since our one single planetary armies were divided into several of such during the most devastating wars. Regiment of Imperial guard serves the same role as Wermacht did - conquer the planet and they failed at 18,2 milllion man army, while total Allies and Axis forces numbered 127,2 millions (and those numbers were sustainable by our tech, which is significantly less developed that Empire's one, with corpse-starch and shiet). Considering that only one of 10 Planetary Defence Forces recruits gets to become Imperial Guardsmen, the 10 Million Guardsmen per 100 million regular planetary troops seems legit. With additional Regiments coming to help if necessary.

[@Theoxuesu]

I left my homeworld the night it died, and I've been fighting for its memory ever since. We Tanith are a dying breed. There are only about twenty hundred of us left. Gaunt only got away with enough for one regiment. The Tanith First. The First-and-Only. That's what makes us 'Ghosts', you see. The last few unquiet souls of a dead world. And I suppose we'll keep going until we're all done. -Trooper Dermon Caffran, Tanith First and Only

[@wesc6755]

This is fantastic. It is the most non-lazy production on KZbin for this topic. Loved it.

[@nakenmil]

I suspect that's what not mentioned here are a bunch of regular trucks and truckers for the logistics train. The overall campaign logistics will probably be handled by Munitorum personnel, but a regiment likely has the ability to truck around water, food, fuel, spare parts, ammunition and men over its own designated operational area. Unfortunately, lightly armored, non-combat vehicles isn't really anything GW ever focuses on, so we don't really know what they look like or how prevalent they are. It just... makes contextual sense for them to exist. Not everything can be carried in an APC, and not everything SHOULD be carried in one either, especially if there's a nice, paved road available where you can drive over 30-40 km/h, lol.

[@200Rats_in_a_Trench_Coat]

GW does generally do a bad job of fleshing out logistics, but they do actually make a model for the "Cargo-8" trucks mentioned in some books. It's in the Necromunda line and takes standard Imperial shipping containers on its flatbed.

[@nakenmil]

@@200Rats_in_a_Trench_Coat Oh yeah, that's true!

[@Nobu91094]

7:11 look at those young padawan preparing to fight chaos

[@lumine501]

This could not have come out at a better time, literally just started working on guard regiments for my space marine chapters system

[@MrMatklug]

you forgot the maintenance stuff (well..... even GW most of the time), the tech priest, servitors, workers and skitari troops to guard the tech priests. Because no way the combat personnel will be able to repair their equipment. That will mostly double or triple the support stuff of a regiment

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

Maybe they have specialized maintenanance and supply regiments?

[@fisheyefilms2512]

0:16 When I paint my minis.

[@xJ0LLYR0GERx]

Also at 7:50 the "Child Soldier" is literally a youngling from star wars wearing Jedi Youngling robes LOL

[@lunerbator]

You and I brother

[@dtw8446]

One thing to consider is that the Imperial Guard regiment is a force designed for space lift. The logistics tail is presumably going to be supplied by the Navy or the local government when they arrive in-theater. Transporting regiments to their theater of operations isn't fast or cheap. So IG regiments would be heavier on combat power and lighter on support than their PDF cousins.

[@riptide1ful]

I love the Imperial Guard, the average men and women who hold the line against those who have extra help or are generally better by genetics.

[@christianschulz1443]

average men*

[@LookHereMars]

"FOR WE ARE THE CADIAN 8TH, THE MOST FEARSOME, TENACIOUS, BLOODY MEN AND WOMEN TO EVER CROSS THE STARS."

[@soldatdaniels8738]

Still not used to commentary rules. I like that Invicta is displaying this. Cadians. Their my favourite. No enhancements, minimal if any, just a lot of armor, a lot of tanks, guns, artillery and everything nice. They pissed off a high ranking demon into shattering their home planet. Whoever wasn't dead still fought hard. THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF CADIA LIVE ON!!! THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!!!

[@mediumsurmoon6283]

Abaddon is not a demon

[@clintonoh3108]

@@mediumsurmoon6283 Ackchyually

[@outburst1245]

Amazing video! I love how it completely changes my perspective. When they describe the number of a regiment, it's hard to fully grasp when you only hear the numbers, but seeing it visually makes it so much clearer.

[@josefuentes5496]

Just found this series today and I'm pleasantly surprised to get a 40k version.

[@JuanJohnSmith]

This was truly an amazing video. I look forward to your next faction. Keep up the good work. "He who scoff at the Las gun, has not run through a field of a thousand of them." The Emperor Protects.

[@The_Lunch_Man]

Subbed, I ran into this channel right as this vid dropped. I love visual videos like these. They really do 40k justice is visualizing the scale of the universe. The Imperial Guard really is an enigma, when I first play Dawn of War Winter Assault, I couldn't understand how the lone 412th Cadian could invade a planet alone. But years later, knowing that regiments could in theory be whole divisions or armies from our Earth, it suddenly puts it all into perspective. Awesome work.

[@MrPinballWizzard]

this is unironically a very good documented video. thank you very much, best 28 minutes spent today honestly. well done. im subscribing :D

[@benjamindavey4782]

Such a handy and concise video! I've been prepping my homebrew regiment (Karusian 22nd Line Infantry), and this is very helpful indeed for deciding lore and composition! Thanks man!

[@rileyernst9086]

Cadian Sergeants can also get tommy guns with dum mags. And yes, the model is a tommy gun with a perferted shield over the top of the barrel. Because tommy guns are the best, even in the 41st millenium.

[@MrKirbanator]

I always thought the idea of tommy guns was dumb for them so in my army I modeled them so they have normal lasguns. I like the look much better

[@rileyernst9086]

@@MrKirbanator Logistically it makes little sense either, you are introducing a completely new weapon with it's own ammo etc. Although I give my guardsmen autoguns, so it is less an issue. You could kitbash up a Las SAW to represent the weapon. That could be neat.

[@moffxanatos6376]

I haven't seen the lore or rules for that model but reasonably sure it's just an Autogun pattern designed to resemble a Thompson, like how some patterns of Autogun resemble AK-47s or FNFALs.

[@rileyernst9086]

@@moffxanatos6376 I have seen the model, it is an M1 Thompson Submachinegun (the type most used by the US military throughout the war)but it has a drum magazine rather than the M1's 30 round box magazine, and the model also has a single perforated plate over the barrel above the front hand grip.

[@moffxanatos6376]

@@rileyernst9086 Rules wise it's referred to as a "Drum-fed Autogun" It's just that this pattern used is more on the nose with the resemblance to a Thompson (albeit noticeably larger relative to the soldier). While the Agrippina/Vraks and Graia/Columnus pattern Autogun's resemblance to the FAL and AK respectively are more vague. Think of it kinda like an M249 SAW or drum mag M60 redesigned to look like a Thompson and firing high tech caseless ammo.

[@willowyknight7645]

Thank you so much for making this invicta! Remember, the Emperor protects

[@skipgiblets]

I love the pie chart near the end. You all do great work.

[@bobflemmet7454]

IDK why I enjoy watching these so much but I do! Thank you for doing what you do!

[@timnesbitt5562]

The only small notes I can add (to an otherwise excellent video) is that it feels unlikely that any unit would have a company level medical unit. That's more a battalion level thing? And in a world without Battalions or Divisions (damn you 40k writers) the Regiment would likely have a separate Medical Platoon/Company under its own medical officer. ALSO, as someone else pointed out, there's no technical staff mentioned! The Omnissiah is deeply displeased. Priests and scribes are taken into account, but not the armourers, communications specialists, etc? All of those Chimeras and Sentinels need maintenance. There would most likely be a Maintenance and Material Platoon/Company, along with a Communications Platoon/Company. But, truly, its obvious this video is made with love. As someone who has spent HOURS in my own time crunching the numbers and doing the hard maths (down to how many laspistols vs lasguns a squad of Guardsmen would be carrying) this was great.

[@InvictaHistory]

Thanks for the feedback. I struggled a bit with modeling what is explicitly called out in the lore vs what we could have speculated should be there based on modern militaries. We definitely could have at least mentioned the mechanicus but my thinking was they were not really part of the Cadian Regiment. Agreed that we could have at least called that out.

[@Joseph-yb6ep]

Big Fan of Warhammer 40,000. I had just gotten my first Cadia Troops and I am ready to explore more "for the empire" men.

[@АлексКраснов-ш7б]

Kasrkin from the Cadian language translates as "He who protects his Kasr well"

[@rileyernst9086]

That's about the force I settled on for my regiment. Although organised as having 2x combat battalions and a support battalion, along with administration(logistics). Call me a traditionalist but I believe trucks are superior to chimeras, for performing the role of supply chain behind the front lines, as they do not eat into their own supply as much, and they are easier to maintain and drive than tracked vehicles.

[@KalashVodka175]

Most militaries IRL still use trucks for logistical roles when behind the frontlines so this checks out.

[@rileyernst9086]

@@KalashVodka175 Armoured vehicles are heavy, and tracks create drag which means they burn more fuel, even if you have a super energy dense fuel, that is weight in supplies you can carry. On roads vehicles with tires are much more efficient and are easier to maintain. It's better if your supply vehicles are weighed down with supplies rather than with armour, which is redundant on a vehicle that is operating behind the lines. The Chimeras can of course help distribute supplies to forward positions, like armoured carriers have always been used for. Of course you also have specialised carriers, the DKO Kreig for instance may find tracked carriers more suitable to carry supplies over muddy roads(although with their penchant for lengthly battles of attrition I imagine they would be more 'light gauge rail guys' with the amount of shells and soldiers they go through) and Valhallans might certainly use tracked carriers similar to snowcats for operating in deep snow. As tracked carriers, or wheeled ones might prove completely inadequate.

[@xJ0LLYR0GERx]

7:50 the "Child Soldier" is literally a youngling from star wars wearing Jedi Youngling robes LOL

[@InvictaHistory]

Dang, you've spotted our reused asset haha

[@95DarkFire]

I like your regimental struture. At the size of a full modern brigade, the unit is absurdly large by modern standards. But it is still realistic, unlike the "regiments" of some sources, which have 10.000-20.000 troops under colonel. Keep it up!

[@Nerdy4Life]

Some Siege Regiments are well over 100K strong, but this depends on their role and the circumstances of their founding. In the IoM, a "Regiment" isn't a fixed unit size but rather an organisational structure within the Astra Militarum. Larger regiments (10k+ troops) aren't really unrealistic; it's just that the definition of a regiment in 40k differs from what we typically see in contemporary military forces. Within the context of Galaxy spanning military bigger unit sizes probably make more sense, especially since the Guard normally rely on mass to achieve victory.

[@MollymaukT]

The 597th Vahallan infantry Regiment (which Ciaphas Cain serves) was also kinda more the size of a real regiment with around 1000 troops mounted on 120 Chimeras

[@TheHaighus]

​@@MollymaukT The 597th seems to have been understrength then (which makes some sense as the merged survivors of two horrifically mauled regiments). In a later book (chronologically) the 597th is described more like 4000, more in line with most infantry regiments. I forget which book.

[@johndane9754]

Just noticed that there's a lot of support staff missing from the regiment. Where is the intelligence company, the quartermaster company, engineers, communications, service, ordance, etc.?

[@JakeBaldwin1]

@@johndane9754 isn’t that the domain of the administratium? As in an organization outside of the imperial guard.

[@johndane9754]

@@JakeBaldwin1 No, the administraum's domain is *civil* administration. A regiment that has little in the way of staff to ensure the troops are paid, get their issued equipment, and maintain vehicles (if any) and weapons. Collect and organize battlefield intelligence. Ensure comm lines are set between regimental units at least. And so on. If everyone in a regiment is for combat then there's no one to handle internal regimental logistics and thus quickly degrades the regiment's combat capabilities. Even in the grim darkness of the far future, the imperium of man understands this.

[@comlitbeta7532]

Logistics don't exist in 40k, it's stupid but a primary pillar of the setting, space magic exist and logistic requirements don't

[@johndane9754]

@@comlitbeta7532 Then there shouldn't be a munitions department, tithes, quota's, traders, or a civil administration in the first place.

[@johndane9754]

@@comlitbeta7532 Then there shouldnt be a department munitorum, adminisortum, tithes, forge world quotas, consortiums, commerce traders, etc.

[@oscarhernan8949]

Cadia Stands

[@kilianortmann9979]

Cadia stands!

[@FreyjaValkyr]

With all this 40k content, id be curious if you ever do one one the Sisters of Battle.

[@thanhsonlam6350]

Know, after we got a feeling of how big a regiment is, remeber the storys where millions and millions of troops are getting send to the deadly demise. What kind of awe such a spektacle would present

[@ksfirewolf1530]

One thing of note is that Cadians are one of a select few who are allowed combined arms regiments. Cadian shock troops deployed off world (ESPECIALLY in more recent lore) often are combined arms groups, or are more mechanized than others due to the fact that Cadia can (or could) produce the equipment required for it. You notice a lot of exceptions to the whole “one specialty” rule are dedicated to one thing. War. And produce literally hundreds of these regiments. So it’s not a big deal if one or two regiments fall to Chaos here because there are usually two on either side who will have no problem smacking a heretic upside the head with their own tanks and artillery. Cadians are also very commonly assisted by direct support from the Imperial Navy, with what could be described as JTACs attached at Company levels which adds a whole other headache to deal with when describing a “standard” Cadian regiment. (Not including our favorite Techpriest Enginseers who help run every vehicle and weapon in the regiment.)

[@Angayasse]

Nothing cooler than seeing a WH 40K docu on Invicta. The God Emperr approves!

[@Slender_Man_186]

Angron: "that's cute" **yeets a blackstone fortress at the planet**

[@Ultraelectromagnetic]

Love both the military history and military sci-fi content. 40K is a goldmine of cool stuff to talk about and visualize. Hope we get a video or videos on the many different Imperial Guard regiments (Armageddon Steel Legion please lol)

[@jamesmaxwell7221]

And again this remain the greatest channel I've ever found. Blisss. Once I get my employment back. IM SOOOO membering. 😂 Y'all are the sht

[@iloveplayingpr]

I love it, so high quality of a video!

[@ibepraising9817]

This is some absolutely amazing content right here.

[@Allofmynamestaken]

Great vid, love these types of breakdowns. One thing I would add here is that the line regiment feels like it should have a lot more non combat related vehicles. A single chimera per platoon seems rather pointless if everyone else is just on foot. I suspect there ought to be cars or trucks assigned to every squad and every command squad should have a jeep like vehicle. I also think there could be a string of much more junior officers in training serving under the command staffs of every command staff.

[@Stanislav292]

11:10 you forgot hand-auspex for every squad as an equipment 11:35 or they can have one special weapon and one heavy-weapon(heavy bolter, auto canon, Las canon etc.) The past summary info was amazing, thank you very much for your work

[@daringdarius5686]

Finally had time to watch the full video. This was awesome, but now you have me wanting more! Can we have a follow up video with a Cadian Armored Regiment? I want to see Baneblades (and/or their variants) and their scale when encompassed as a whole!

[@The_Foil]

Was waiting for this video, need inspirationto paint my 5k points of Astra miliarum

[@TiltedFeatherHobbies]

A true size video on a chapter of a space marine legion during the Horus Heresy would be really cool. The Dark Angels or Iron Warriors would be interesting because they build differently from Ultramarines.

[@MiniPaintAdventurer]

Would love to see you tackle a Xenos break down. A Tau Cadre, Dhrukari Raiding party, Ork Waagh. So many options!

[@tristan3947]

I miss hearing your voice in the vids. I remember your total war gameplay vids from wayyy back, back when I was just a little kid haha! I find it unique to your channel and I can hear the passion on the topics you speak about.

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

Please show in comparison Catachans, Mordians, Deathcorps and all the others - big, big thank you. This video was awesome.

[@GhostMaker00]

I love that you went with the OG setup.

[@user-gi3xn9nz7z]

Just Imagine like 200000 of those Regiments used to defend a few sectors or something. To supply all this equipment and ammunition, entire forge worlds will be needed, and hive worlds will be needed to supply people. That's why Warhammer is a universe where there is only war. The Imperium is a military machine of colossal size

[@Norlamon]

The Cadian 101st featured in the Cadian series from the Black Library has 9 companies. They even include Chimaeras APCs and Leman Russ MBTs

[@jonlueckenotte1673]

wow loved the 3d optics that was so good!!

[@Bell-et1lg]

Good thing this video has M41 in the title because Cadians aren’t getting replaced. I was extremely surprised to see them in space marine 2 because it was pretty lore inaccurate.

[@robbabcock_]

Great video! It's awesome to see WH40k having this moment in the sun.🔥⚔😎

[@kilometers162]

Would absolutely love to see you guys cover the size of a necron tomb world! I think that would be amazing.

[@arguss311]

Yay! Loving these dives into Warhammer.

[@Peter-683]

another great video! loving all of the 40k stuff so far! would love to see what it would look like for a slumbering Necron tomb world to awaken and what happens to the PDF on that planet!

[@MrLense]

Wooo thanks Invicta!

[@ldsjim]

This is a fantastic breakdown!!

[@REgamesplayer]

There are also some representational things. Small things which I noticed. I believe that I saw 9 Ogryns, but in the table there are 10. Likewise, presentation of heavy weapon squads was unrealistic. They work in teams of two or three. However, only heavy bolter team was somewhat realistic. However, who is carrying rocket squad ammunition? Why mortar guy has to manage entire mortar by itself while spotter sits and looks at pretty sights all day long? Small things like that are not well refined. And I was kinda amiss why regiment has loose Chimeras around. It is not like they can fill up squads more than they already have. If they need armored punch, they need more heavily armored vehicle. Maybe Lemon Russ tanks instead? Sure, it can't be an armored regiment, but Imperium makes exceptions for combat performance and small, practical cases are routinely overlooked. Likewise, command squad of company was kinda light on chimeras and heavy on medics. This is where those transports should had went. Also, there are kinda too few conscripts considering that Cadians are using them to replenish ranks of regiments as they get their right of passage.

[@Delta285]

I've been waiting for this one

[@SashankRana]

Great work and much love to your work . Please keep it up🎉🎉🎉

[@tacitronin4970]

Loving this content. 40k all day. 30K would be even better!

[@CousinJesse1]

That was fantastic. Well done.

[@theilluminati214]

Now this is it, would really love a Krieg Regiments Video as well

[@cliffdavidson5096]

I like the interpretation of the imperial borders in these videos. Because when you think about it a million worlds are not a lot in the grand scheme of the galaxy which would have trillions of stars with trillions of worlds.

[@Ty_your_shoes]

Man, I would wanna see a size comparison of the Grey Knights or the Black Templars.

[@liamm9962]

In the time it took to watch this video, the entire regiment died in service to the Imperium. The Emperor protects.

[@allosaurus_0079]

Formidable viedeo however i think in mim 1:20 you made a lot of enemys XD 👍

[@ZackAttack005]

I’m not gonna lie this made my Friday fr.

[@nakenmil]

Well, it stands to reason that you can use this opportunity to look into the Imperial Navy. Maybe try and suss out the crew complement of a cruiser or something, describe its internal layout, its weaponry, the grueling cost of construction, how they're deployed, etc.

[@natheria4933]

If you do a drop trooper regiment, PLEASE DO THE HARAKONI WARHAWKS! They are one of the only regiments to specialize in small unit tactics, and are one of the most well trained and funded/experienced regimental worlds in the imperium. Even being better then the more known elysians. They have a higher rate of scions compared to any other regiment as well.

[@randomthoughts9276]

Hoping you guys do one on Kreig and how they don't raise regiments. They raise armies. And combined-arms ones at that!

[@KalashVodka175]

I think this video really puts into perspective how the IG holds the line and not only that but oftentimes wins even offensive wars against enemies as horrifying as the Orks, Necrons or Chaos. It's not just soldiers with lasguns. It's a network of interconnected units supporting eachothers in such a fashion that even the most fearsome, well armoured, supposedly invincible foes of the Imperium CANNOT consider themselves invulnerable against even a basic infantry regiment. Because sure, a lasgun will do diddly nothing against terminator plate. But the plasma gun or melta gun of the squad specialist? It'll do a diddly lot, same for any other anti-armour weapons deployed on the frontline, and thats not counting support from heavy weapons teams (a heavy Bolter can fuck up your day easily, and these are the most common support weapons in the IG arsenal aside from lascannons, which can also fuck up your day) and most importantly, from Tanks. Oh and from abhuman auxiliaries. And from Stormtroopers. Sure the lasgun might lack armour penetration capabilities against medium and heavy armour... But it will still kill most of the enemies of mankind in droves. And when the IG needs something beefier, it's always available, it's just a matter of ensuring that its where it needs to be. Oh and of course the sheer number of guardsmen is enough to overwhelm pretty much any other factions save for the Tyrannids and (maybe, not always a clear cut) the Orks on any given battlefield.

[@zombiesallday2423]

i love going from ancient rome to 40k

[@avlaus2629]

I really like this format

[@tonlito22]

Don't forget vehicle crews: each Chimera needs a driver, co-driver/gunner, and commander (there might also be a specific turret gunner) and each Sentinel has a pilot.

[@robsealsey5052]

The other thing GW usually overlooks is the company and platoons will actually have more members who are HQ and specialty soldiers. Clerks, mechanics, cooks, all the support soldiers who make sure the combat troops don't starve, sicken, run out of fuel and ammo etc.

[@woohobars]

My dyslexic ass thought this was a video of the Canadian army 🥲🥲🥲

[@DaveFrags]

This is brilliant! Being a cadian fan and hoarder 😂 Death korps would be a good watch to 🍺

[@ragnarokivae6136]

Amazing video!

[@patrykzielinski640]

ANOTHER BANGER LETS GO !!! 😤😤😤

[@jinlau3395]

Nice video on infantry regiment. Hope there will be cadian armoured regiment or 40k imperial knight video ❤.

[@LBVidiot]

Damned useful for anyone running an Only War campaign

[@INWMI]

the guard is the reason i love 40k, SM are send when no normal man can deal with the situation, but even in this situation ,regular humans sometimes shows why the empire is the strongest military force in the galaxy, unbreakable human spirit

[@Greenlidminiatures]

I always find guard numbers interesting. Novels talk about the size of 40k warfare (and the fairly obvious numbers needed for a planetary assault - scale up numbers seen in warfare currently). Yet a full regiment is realistically not much larger than a modern day Battalion. I'd argue that everything should be scaled up x9 as a minimum to keep within command ratios but more realistic, or rename them to battalions (still needs upscaling though)

[@charleshutton84]

Great video!!!

[@AsarKeziah1]

Great video, thanks.