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=== Guards ===

* Made obsolete by changing security techniques, Guards troops are the ones that [[Exactly What it Says on the Tin|guard the person]] of a monarch. In modern times bodyguarding has become more sophisticated then just putting lots of walking sacks of meat between the assassin and the target and Guards units are often as much parade units or honor designations(in the Red Army, weirdly, distinguished units were called guards even though they did no guarding except of their own billet for the name was equiv to a Presidential Unit Citation in America). The most important part of security work is often done by plain clothes agents or special forces or the more specially trained police. But Guards units do carry real weapons, and despite the gaudy clothes they wear for tourists, do also provide an extra assist.

Made obsolete by changing security techniques, Guards troops are the ones that [[Exactly What it Says on the Tin|guard the person]] of a monarch. In modern times bodyguarding has become more sophisticated then just putting lots of walking sacks of meat between the assassin and the target and Guards units are often as much parade units or honor designations(in the Red Army, weirdly, distinguished units were called guards even though they did no guarding except of their own billet for the name was equiv to a Presidential Unit Citation in America). The most important part of security work is often done by plain clothes agents or special forces or the more specially trained police. But Guards units do carry real weapons, and despite the gaudy clothes they wear for tourists, do also provide an extra assist.

=== Irregulars ===