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I recently bought some ig and I was wondering how are ig regiments structured?
I know this much:

The colonel commands the entire regiment with his retinue.
The regiment is separated into companies and those are commanded by captains I think.
Then those companies are split into platoons which are commanded by lieutenants.

I know I'm missing some details but this is the general idea that I got from places like lexicanthum and the wiki.
Plus I also wanted my regiment to be commanded by a major (Who would be second in command).
Could I say the colonel was killed and the regiment command was taken by the major?
Would I be able to say one of the companies is one made up by cavalry?
Could I say it was a home world tradition?
When I'm talking about regiment structure I'm talking about standard administratum organisation because I know that different home worlds have different Regiment Structures.
Thanks.

I think they are more or less based off real world military formations, you can do a Google search and get some images from the old codex's that could be helpful, plus it depends what your regiment style of fighting is ie Infantry, Armour, Drop/Airborne, Ari Cav, Merchandised Infantry, Light Infantry, Artillery and so forth

 tomcat912 wrote:
I recently bought some ig and I was wondering how are ig regiments structured?
I know this much:

The colonel commands the entire regiment with his retinue.
The regiment is separated into companies and those are commanded by captains I think.
Then those companies are split into platoons which are commanded by lieutenants.

I know I'm missing some details but this is the general idea that I got from places like lexicanthum and the wiki.
Plus I also wanted my regiment to be commanded by a major (Who would be second in command).
Could I say the colonel was killed and the regiment command was taken by the major?
Would I be able to say one of the companies is one made up by cavalry?
Could I say it was a home world tradition?


When I'm talking about regiment structure I'm talking about standard administratum organisation because I know that different home worlds have different Regiment Structures.

Consistent structure from GW is:

Regiment > companies > Platoons > squads
Units organized in 3 , 6 or 10.

Your "standard administratum organisation" is just the above. Nothing more.

Usually IG is built from specialized Regiments, so they can't turn traitor as a complete force with multiple abilities.
Your Regiment could have Cavalry if Cavalry fits into the specialization.

A Regiment is surely too big as a goal to collect and field on the TT. So if you want a Major, he is just the officer of the staff of the Regimental commander who is in charge of the Troops you deploy. Done.
Remember the IG is the largest military. Warzones are filled with lots of Regiments, each of them positioned where they are ordered to.
You got Artillery? fine have some Infantry from another Regiment to secure the Batteries and some Hydras from another to keep the skies clean.
Nobody has all the toys for himself.

I was thinking maybe that the cavalry was part of a regiment from the same home world as my main regiment and it was crippled right down to 1 company and was joined with my main reg. until further notice. When I was talking about the major being my commanding officer it was just back story and I thought maybe i could field a entire company in a apocalypse game with him commanding.

You can easily do that, but a Regiment in 40k depending on the world can range from a couple thousand troopers, a few dozen tanks, a couple hundred horses, to upwards of 10,000 men in formations.

What typically happens is that decimated regiments are combined to bring them up to strength with as close as possible culture and warfare preference as they can and sometimes its a blind man's grab back in a wind tunnel. Your codex should detail this in its fluff. Long story short, mash whatever you want together and run with it.

Bear in mind too, that the missing level of command and control between Regimental and Company levels is the Battalion. The key is to know how many men and how much equipment you want to have in total. Then you can break in down however you like.

You should make a story about he regiment


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You should make a story about he regiment

The greatest thing about IG (imo) is you can make the regiment anything you really want. Cause everyone is different there's no problem with one that's different from another.

Regiment commanded by a Colonel,
2 battalions each commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel, majors as 2ic for battalions.
10 Companies in each Battalion. Commanded by a Captain then Lieutenants commanding the platoons, probably 2 or 3 in company.

(This is going off from Napoleonic era British Army so ymmv)

I don't believe the IG has a Lieutenant-Colonel rank. I think you go Major to Colonel. Using the Tanith First-and-Only as an example, the Regiment was commanded by Colonel Gaunt, his second-in-command was Major Rawne.

I also don't believe there's much distinction made from Regiment to Battalion... in fact, I think the DM just uses Battalion for certain types of Regiments, otherwise they call them Companies (of Infantry, mostly, iirc).

So, top to bottom, it goes Regiment > Company > Platoon > Squad>Individual Soldier.

 Psienesis wrote:
I don't believe the IG has a Lieutenant-Colonel rank. I think you go Major to Colonel. Using the Tanith First-and-Only as an example, the Regiment was commanded by Colonel Gaunt, his second-in-command was Major Rawne.

I also don't believe there's much distinction made from Regiment to Battalion... in fact, I think the DM just uses Battalion for certain types of Regiments, otherwise they call them Companies (of Infantry, mostly, iirc).

So, top to bottom, it goes Regiment > Company > Platoon > Squad>Individual Soldier.

Somewhere there will be. Praetorian guard, being based on the British army during the Boer wars most likely will. Plus the guard has countless rank structures depending on the culture of their home world.

 1hadhq wrote:
A Regiment is surely too big as a goal to collect and field on the TT.

My entire regiment arrayed for an apocalypse game at my store. Three tank companies, two superheavy companies, and command group with attached infantry and air defense assets.

I have more pictures if you like.

Wow.
Unit1126PLL I salute you.

 tomcat912 wrote:
Wow.
Unit1126PLL I salute you.

That is seconded, I sir to salute you

 Unit1126PLL wrote:

 1hadhq wrote:
A Regiment is surely too big as a goal to collect and field on the TT.

Spoiler:

*a salute orkmoticon wasn't available*

 Unit1126PLL wrote:

My entire regiment arrayed for an apocalypse game at my store. Three tank companies, two superheavy companies, and command group with attached infantry and air defense assets.

I have more pictures if you like.

Aren't IG Regiments formed of 6+ Companies....
So maybe you need a few more...

OK, vehicle based Regiments are collectible if you are dedicated to it ( and got the money ) far easier than Infantry ( until you go for a very depleted or small Rgt ) so yes shouldn't have made a general statement.


To get us further on the topic, let me point to the 3rd ed IG codex, page 31. Shown is the process of choosing the specialization, the environment and the size of the formation.

Rundown in alphabetical order, sadly not in English ( localized dex ) sorry.



About 16 different sizes to choose. Some of them beyond Regiment.

The modern western military structure goes as follows, from highest level to lowest level:

ArmyGroup_ Army_ Corps_ Division_ Brigade_ Regiment_ Battalion_ Company_ Platoon_ Section_ Squad_ Team_ Crew_ Soldier.

Now bear in mind, different countries can and will call different levels of organization different names, according to local military traditions.

The term Army has been used as a blanket statement to refer to a nation's land forces as well as the actual organizational group of fighting men.