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I have looked around, as best I can, in the codex and on the net and I haven't found any hard and fast rules on how IG are organized from one force to another. I have organized my forces into Armored, Artillery, Mechanized Infantry, and Line Infantry. I'm concerned something may be broken in my Line Infantry organization (the size if nothing else.) Please have a look at what I have and see if you see any glaring screw ups. TIA...

"The main force of the Lycian IG is the line infantry regiments. There are a total of 10 line infantry regiments of @50,000 men each. A typical squad of Lycian IG consists of 6 lasgun armed men, a heavy weapons team of 2 men usually armed with either a lascannon or an autocannon, one man with a flamer, and a sergeant. Organization is as follows:

(1) General, Line Infantry Corps – (10) Colonel, Regiment – (5) Lt. Colonel, Brigade – (5*) Major, Battalion – (5) Captain, Company – (5) Lieutenant, Platoon – avg. 60 men per platoon with 1 sergeant per squad.
*Each Regiment has one Battalion of Veterans that falls under 1st Brigade consisting of as follows:
(1) Major, Battalion – (5) Captain, Company – (5) squads of vets typically set up with a heavy weapon, 3 sniper rifles, 4 vets with lasguns, and a sergeant. First Brigade has 6 Battalions while the other Brigades have 5."

Do you have lore pertaining to this Guard regiment?

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Do you have lore pertaining to this Guard regiment?

Yes, but I haven't completed it yet. I am more of a structural/numbers person, so I wanted to make sure my structure wasn't totally broken before I finished it. I was concerned that 50,000 may be too much for a regiment size. I picked it because the math works for what I'm trying to do.

Edit: on second thoughts, what was intended as a joke about when not to worry about the numbers might be though to be a bit mean. I'll PM you this just in case.

crimsondave wrote:

 Tactical_Spam wrote:
Do you have lore pertaining to this Guard regiment?

Yes, but I haven't completed it yet. I am more of a structural/numbers person, so I wanted to make sure my structure wasn't totally broken before I finished it. I was concerned that 50,000 may be too much for a regiment size. I picked it because the math works for what I'm trying to do.

The Lexicanum wiki states that regiments can be anywhere from a few hundred to tens of thousands. 50,000 shouldn't be too much of a stretch for an infantry regiment.

Cred goes to theCrowe. Nice!

The Colonel found him, as expected, at his desk.
"My Lord General..." He may as well have extended the greeting to the mounted Bullgrox head above the fireplace for all the response it garnered.

He paced with disciplined strides the length of the deep piled rug before the desk and stood to attention before the general. He waited.

"Ah, Colonel... er..." The General floundered momentarily for a name before giving up the search in favour of his all consuming interest in the papers before him.

"The men, Sir. The officers..." The Colonel began, "you are much needed on the line."
No response.

"The space port has fallen, sir. We are cut off."
Nothing.

"General DuPont, what are your orders?"

"Yes... " the man mused aloud. "It's the Line Infantry you see... No something just doesn't seem... "
The Colonel was losing his patience. But he kept calm as the General went on.

"Look here man, the First Brigade has six Battalions, see? Whereas the others have all only five, but I've been pondering... What... were we to second a battalion from each Mechanised Brigade into the othe Line Infantry brigades to provide a sort of ... Mobile Response Battalion to react to changing circumstances..."

The pistol report was mercifully dull as the soft furnishings of the General's office absorbed much of the noise. The Colonel holstered his pistol as the lifeless body slumped down over the desk and blood dripped silently into the thick rug beneath.

"Yes, Sir, quite so. If any of our Line Infantry still survive I'm sure they'll applaud your diligence.
Now, Sir, if you'll excuse me... I'm needed on the line."

So, as per the "Lexicanum":
Well, first the structure is supposedly this:

Then it is then structured like this:

And even more overlap here:


So, a "Regiment" is:
Recruited from a single planet at a single raising, it is founded as a complete entity, complete with its own officer, supply, and support cadres. It should be noted however, that like most everything else in the Guard, the precise details of even these essential elements can vary widely from world to world. Whilst the majority of the regiment, even the non-combatant personnel, will come from their founding world, the Commissars assigned to it are always off-worlders.

I quite like this in-depth write-up on regiments here: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Imperial_Guard_Regiment

Found this kicking around the net at Warseer:

Page 40 of the 3rd ed IG codex.

Regiment is made up of 5 companies.
In a company you have:

Command HQ- 65 Men max [and 3 sentinels]

6 Platoons
1 Platoon consists of 75 Men max [Including armoured fist squads, so that's a Chimera in there too]
so 75 x 6 = 450

So...excluding elites and attachments, a company consists of around 515 men.

So a regiment is about 2575 men

There is so much conflicting info out there that I'm not going to worry much about it and just go with it. I will take and use those diagrams, though. Thanks.