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I've been reading the honour guard/command squad quite alot as of late.

I've noticed that honour guard don't get as many weapons as command squads.

why is this?

Why is this posted in YMDC?

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I'm not sure. where should it be?

Captain Solon wrote:I'm not sure. where should it be?

40k Backround.

YMDC is meant for discussions on how rules actually work.

Discussing why some units have options that others don't would be better kept to 40K General Discussion or Background.

As for the actual question, I would suspect that the difference in options is largely for flavour reasons. If both units had the same options, there would be no point having them both in the codex.

Command Squads get the wider options because they represent squads drawn from any of the different Companies, whereas Honour Guard are filling a more specialised role and are equipped to suit.