Warhammer 40k Lore - The Imperial Guard, Combat Doctrine

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In this video of the Imperial Guard series, I go over the Imperial Guard chain of command, some organization details and their relationship with the Departamento Munitorum. Enjoy!!!
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[@Zestylemons03]

"On charges of cowardice, you are sentenced to DEATH!" - Every Commissar in the Imperium ever.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Ibram Gaunt wasn't so bad.

[@readyskull0083]

don't forget commissar yarrick

[@RocketHarry865]

every commissar who later died under mysterious circumstance kilometers away from the front lines

[@trevorwoolson3860]

Readyskull00 No guardsmen would ever turn tail if the old man was fighting alongside them.

[@readyskull0083]

exactly yarrick is an exception to that

[@VectorGhost]

you are clearly a man of the emperor. he'd be most pleased of your work

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

We all have to do our part :)

[@CousinJesse1]

I think quite often when people talk about the Astra Militarum that the wrong metaphor is used, in my opinion. To me, at least, the Imperial Guard is more akin to a chisel or file that slowly chips away at the enemy until there is nothing left. Attrition. Some regiments more than others, of course. But overall, they are the metal file which slowly sheers away at the enemy.

[@SusCalvin]

Most of the time, the troops fighting in a battlezone will be "locals". Imperial guard units conscrpted from the local planetary population or militia itself, those shipped from neighbouring worlds a relatively short warp-trip away, and from the local sector. The worlds of a sector have ties with eachother, nearby marine chapters, forge worlds etc. After that there's segmentum command and the greater Imperium. The regiment is a nice building block for putting task forces together. Regiments are very rarely used alone, they deploy in corps level with several other regiments complimenting eachother. Some regiments routinely get split up with companies or even single tanks detached and placed in supporting roles for other regiments. Regiments can have pretty specialized roles in Only War. There's regiments who do recce and just drive up in light terrain vehicles to map weird alien worlds. Regiments of engineers who go in to direct the construction of advanced field structures or direct where all the prefabs go.

[@mikeboy101]

keep it up man good channel!

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks.

[@TYRANIDEATH]

I love the dawn of war music intro/outro

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Yeah I would've liked to keep using Dawn of War tracks but i was afraid I would get flagged. So I switched to stuff provided by a generous supporter/composer.

[@TYRANIDEATH]

@@GrimDarkNarrator good thinking, but my heart disagrees

[@AmericanUnionState1824]

Awesome video.👍🏻

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Thanks 👍

[@AmericanUnionState1824]

@@GrimDarkNarrator what can I say except your welcome.😉

[@axelNodvon2047]

Don't they just TENNO HEIKA BANZAI at the enemies

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

A few of them have a bit more sense than that. Or least they FIX BAYONETS first.

[@jankostrhun8725]

Yeah especially Catachans are known for that.

[@CornPop-cz2eo]

Only if you wish to lose a battle, or you're a Catachan Jungle Fighter. Because the pectorals on a jungle fighter count a D+10 Armor.

[@Galejro]

That's basically the job of the Death Coprs of Krieg and Penal Legions... Only Penal Commisar's job is to keep exectuting to keep them charging at the enemy, while Krieg Commisars have to keep executing to keep them from charging too early lol

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

SEND IN THE NEXT WAVE!

[@thegenius4069]

Tora Tora Tora

[@thegenius4069]

Not liutenant but pronounced left tenant

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

Only if you're British.

[@hiptydiptateejack8712]

@@GrimDarkNarrator Or Roman. :P