Editing Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer (section)

== Table of Contents ==

# '''Principles and Regulations'''. The rules are very stacked against the lowly trooper. "WRONGS TO SOLDIER, REDRESS OF: Any soldier who thinks himself wronged by an officer and who tries to incite proceedings against them will be punished by a flogging from the officer in question, in front of the rest of the platoon. Officers are to be obeyed at all times, without question or reservation." (While this sounds stupendously harsh, remember the scale of the IG as a whole. Enforcing mindless obedience and severely limiting individual initiative to superiors is the only way to keep a modicum of control for said superiors.) Emperor, you can even be punished after death- "USING DEPARTMENTO MUNITORUM EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT, OR ATTEMPT TO COMMIT, SUICIDE: Any soldier who uses the arms given to them by the Departmento Munitorum to commit, or attempt to commit, suicide will be shot and cremated. Then his ashes will be vaporised, his name stricken from the regimental roll of honour, [[Grimdark|and his next of kin invoiced for his kit]].
# '''Issued Arms, Attire, Apparatus and Equipment'''. The instructions on how to use this stuff is useful.
# '''Imperial Guard Organization, Structure, Basic Battlefield Policy'''. This section is actually quite useful for understanding the logistics behind any IG operation.
# '''Imperial Guard Armour and Tank Recognition, Affiliated and Enemy Variants'''. It's good to be able to recognize friendly tanks from enemies, but the abilities of enemy vehicles are severely understated.
# '''Know Your Foe'''. This section is where almost all the memetic stuff comes from. See the "severely understated" line above, then multiply by about 27.
# '''Elementary Battlefield Medical Instruction'''. The writer really did their research here. There is also a gratuitous section reminding the trooper that any sign of cowardice (in a medical context it's likely referring to PTSD or Shell Shock) is to be reported to a Commissar at once so [[Blam|the usual treatment]] can be administered.