New Model Army PDF

The Avernite PDF is one of the most elite forces in the Imperial Trust, with each soldier being a highly trained veteran of the Eternal War. They are organised into a mix of corps and specialist divisions.

In the New Model Army the PDF lives up to its name, being tasked with defending Avernus when the rest of your forces are campaigning.

## Equipment

The PDF equipped with Basic Power Armour, Pulse Rifles and Light Power Weapons as standard, though a portion will instead bear Volkite. Their vehicles will mostly be the upgraded versions of Imperial Patterns though they will also use a wide range of more advanced technologies such as markerlights and locar smoke.

## PDF Urban Corps

### Makeup

6 million troopers, 2 million shocktroopers, 1 million scouts, 1 million paratroopers, 60k Helhounds, 30k Sentinels, 30k Goliaths, 30k Demolishers, 50k Phase-Tigers, 20k Sloths, 5k Carnasours, 20k Stegadons, 100k Razadon/Salamander all light power weapons,

### Size

10 million infantry, 30,000 Tanks, 120,000 Light Vehicles, 25,000 Heavy Warbeasts, 20,000 Medium Warbeasts, 150,000 Light Warbeasts

## Formations

Most of the PDF forces will be formed into Urban Corps, better-armed equivalents of their militia counterparts supported by a wide range of Avernite Warbeasts. The remaining fifth of the PDF will be split between Rapid Reaction Corps, Ground Patrol Corps, Aerial Patrol Corps, and Armoured Corps.

## PDF Rapid Reaction Corps

### Makeup

5 million paratroopers, 500k Valkyries, 20k Peregrine Fighters, 20k Firehawks, 20k Stormcrows, 50k Vultures

### Size

5 million infantry, 40,000 Fighters, 20,000 Bombers, 550,000 Gunships

The PDF Urban Corps is the heart of the Avernite PDF, making up eighty percent of the PDF. The Urban Corps is designed to fight within Hives and is equipped for it. As such it has comparatively few vehicles for its size, with what vehicles it does have is those that perform well in built-up conditions such as walkers, Helhounds and Leman Russ Demolishers. Instead the Urban Corps has a significant compliment of Avernite warbeasts, whose combination of comparative mobility for their size and melee combat power makes them deadly in city-fighting.

## PDF Ground Control Corps

### Makeup

4 million troopers, 500k shocktroopers, 500k paratroopers, 800k Chimeras, 60k Leman Russ, 30k Hellhound, 30k Land Speeder, 30k Hydra, 30k Basilisk, 5k Perigines, 5k Firehawks, 5k Stormcrow, 1k Carnasours, 20k Stegadons

### Size

5 million Infantry, 800,000 Transports, 60,000 Tanks, 120,000 Light Vehicles, 10,000 Fighters, 5,000 Bombers, 21,000 Heavy Warbeasts

The Rapid Reaction Corps are designed to rapidly deploy to counter external threats to settlements. Entirely air-mounted these formations are often deployed to deal with colossus scale wildlife and to protect bushmen settlements. They will be made up of air-mounted paratroopers in Valkyries and be supported by a formidable number of aircraft. In war Rapid Reaction Corps mobility and firepower allow them to easily destroy isolated foes or take advantage of any openings, but they lack the toughness to survive long on the frontlines.

### PDF Ground Patrol Corps

The Ground Patrol Corps are Mechanised Infantry Formations that patrol the bush of Avernus, these forces make life a bit easier and safer for your bushmen, including the rapidly growing herders who supply most of your warbeasts. The Ground Patrol forces will be equipped as Aggressor Formations, being mostly made up of Mechanised Infantry and supported by armour, aircraft and artillery. They are considered by most as a path for advancement, with many of their members ending up being promoted to the Helltroopers. In war, they are field formations that an meet the enemy in open battle.

## PDF Aerial Patrol Corps

### PDF Aerial Patrol Corps

The Aerial Patrol Corps are fighter wings tasked with escorting your aerial transports, both planetary and orbital to protect them from the wildlife. In war, they are a pure air superiority formation.

## PDF Armoured Corps

### Makeup

1 million troopers, 100k Chimeras, 360k Leman Russ, 120k Beowolfs, 120k Land Speeders, 120k Hellhounds, 60k Hydra, 60k Basilisks, 5k Perigines, 5k Firehawks, 5k Stormcrow, 1k Carnasours, 20k Stegadons

### Size

1 million infantry, 100,000 Trasports, 480,000 Tanks, 360,000 Light Vehicles, 10,000 Fighters, 5,000 Bombers, 21,000 Heavy Warbeasts

### PDF Armoured Corps

The PDF Armoured Corps consists mostly of medium and heavy armour with AA and artillery support and are designed to deal with the more dangerous wildlife in Elysium and Tarascon, such as Warvans and Thundabeat herds. In war they are linebreker formations, able to crush segments of the enemy line with overwhelming firepower and toughness.