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it really depends on the Regiment.

if it's well supplied, all officers might carry a power weapon as a mark of rank(and it's useful)

Powerfists will be rarer. usually, only an assault regiment/platoon will be issued one so they have options againt vehicle targets.


in the event that a Guardsmen has some heirloom weapon or something he will be allowed to carry it in battle.

you could see a regular guardsmen running around with a power sword in the fluff. this wouldn't work well in game terms so it isn't represented.



a regiment that perfers close quarter fighting will be given a higher priority to carry power weapons then one that doesn't, the imperium does hate waste.

basically that is correct.


some people use Chainswords with some cool lightining effects as Power Weapons. of course these people don't have any normal chainswords on anyone to avoid confusion.


as long as your army is consistant with it's representation its fine.