Warhammer 40,000: GladiusAstra Militarum units previewThe Astra Militarum, commonly known as the Imperial Guard, is the primary fighting force of the Imperium of Man. Across a galaxy of a hundred billion stars, there must be billions of Guardsmen at least yet even the Departmento Munitorum on Terra, which oversees this immense force, has no real idea of how many troops there are at any one time. A safe estimate is to say that there are millions of regiments.
In
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius the Astra Militarum is one of the four factions you can play as. Its strengths are, of course, its huge numbers, its mighty vehicles and its fortifications.
The Astra Militarum can field inexpensive ranged infantry. They can field a lot of
Guardsmen who suffer from low morale, but who cares about low morale when you can just overcome any enemy with your sheer numbers? And you can always use your
Lord Commissar to remind them of their duty
If you need more punch you can decide to send in the
Heavy Weapons Squads which will pierce enemy armour with krak missile launchers, or you might want to deploy some
Bullgryns: carrying shields and power mauls they are mighty melee units.
The Astra Militarum on Gladius...
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