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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 4000040,000]]''. It has been said that if the [[Space Marines]] are the tip of the Imperium's spear, the Guard are the rest of the spearhead, the shaft and ''the man holding it''. While often the designated victim in works featuring other forces, the Guard appears to have [[Badass Army|considerable success]] in the 41st millennium, as well as having a considerable favor with the fans.

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 4000040,000]]'' works, such as Henry Zhou's ''The Emperor's Mercy'', [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''Storm of Iron'', and ''[[The Last Chancers]]'' series. And in third quarter 2012, the guard will get their own game in the 40K roleplaying series: ''[[Only War]]''.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: The [[Imperial Guard]] has been [[Flanderized]] as full of [[General Ripper]] type leaders who do nothing but human wave attacks against enemies, but recently, a number of novel series, particularly the [[Ciaphas Cain]] series and [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] series, have portrayed the Guard has a highly trained and sophisticated modern fighting force combining mechanized warfare, air support, and artillery strikes. Nevertheless, considering all the horrible stuff out there in the 40k universe, it's not always enough.

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