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The ''Imperial Guard'' is the [[Redshirt Army|collective military of normal humans]] and the military backbone of the Imperium in ''[[Warhammer
Besides the popular [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] and [[Ciaphas Cain]] series, they feature in ''Fifteen Hours'', ''Death World'' and ''Rebel Winter'' (collected in the ''Imperial Guard'' omnibus), Steven Lyon's ''Ice Guard'', Aaron Dembski-Bowden's ''Cadian Blood'', Steve Parker's ''Gunheads'', ''Desert Raiders'', and Henry Zhou's ''Flesh and Iron'', just to name a few. They also commonly appear in other ''[[Warhammer
Not to be confused with [[Praetorian Guard]],<ref> (which is coincidentally also the name of Imperial Guard regiments from the planet Praetoria)</ref> which is the trope of imperial/elite guards as a whole.
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* [[Superpowered Mooks]]: The Death Guard in Cadian Blood.
* [[Tanks, But No Tanks]]: In actuality most [[Imperial Guard]] vehicles aren't tanks. But who cares? It's only a game.
* [[Tank Goodness]]: The [[Imperial Guard]] takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]], starting with the humble [[Awesome Personnel Carrier|Chimera IFV]], the [[Kill It with Fire|Hellhound Flame Tank]], and the ever-reliable Leman Russ Main Battle Tank, all the way up to the massive superheavy Baneblade. Just check out what [https://web.archive.org/web/20101119212115/http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/ Forgeworld] cranks out. They had tanks coming out of every orifice for a year or two before slowing down again.
* [[Tarot Motifs]]: The Emperors Tarot?
* [[Took a Level
** The newest codex definitely made them a more powerful force able to compete with the [[Badass Abnormal|Badass Abnormals]]' beefed up codexes following 5th edition's release.
* [[Urban Warfare]]: A common setting for the Imperial Guard, especially on (ex)Imperial worlds.
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