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Can anyone come up with a way to justify veterans for imperial guard (or astra militaurum) with shotguns?

Go with the melta doctrine, heavy flamer and two melta guns. Give the sarge a power fist and go tank/monster hunting.

Transport, melta (like silo said), carapace (or demolitions), and a power weapon and they are a forward assault unit; and depends what board you playing such as zone mortials or what ever then go ahead, city depends, open terrain not in MOST cases.