Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000)
The Imperial Guard are a specific army or faction in the Warhammer 40,000 and Epic tabletop games and universe. The army itself is characterised by being capable of fielding a multitude of lightly armoured, average infantry in combination with some of the toughest and most powerful tanks in the game. In the game universe, the Imperial Guard is a colossal military organisation consisting of trillions of men and women supported by millions of tanks each from thousands of different worlds and systems within the Imperium of Man.
The Imperial Guard was first introduced to the game in White Dwarf 109, January 1989. In May 2009 a new codex was released for the 5th Edition of the game, along with a number of new plastic kits. One such new model is the Valkyrie, which had previously been available only in resin from Forge World.
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