Comments by "Dima S" (@dimas3829) on "True Size of a Cadian Regiment [999.M41] 3D Documentary" video.

  1. 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.
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  2. I appreciate the effort, but the size of the regiment that supposed to take over planet usually on it's own - is ridiculously small. it should be in millions of troops, not in thousands.
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  3.  @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.
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