Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma

## Other information

### **Specialty**

Suppression of heavy infantry, destruction of enemy holdouts, airborne assaults on fortifications, shock assaults through air assaults

### **Special Weapons**

Grenade Launchers, Specialized Grenades and Bombs

## Commanders

### **Notable Commanders**

Colonel Ivan Isoviskie

The **Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma** hail from a tundra world with long cold winters massives forests of fir trees and marshes. Such conditions breed steady men and women accusted to use grenades as means of problem solving and death as a territary ill. An airborne assault by the Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma is a spectacle not to be missed. Special pattern Vultures spray the enemy with grenades and bombs while infantrists jump out of them or use grave.chuts as landing help. Only few enemies have the fire rate or armour to withstand their air assaults and remain organized.

## History

The ancestors of them hailed from different world affected by rebellion during the Horus heresy and had developed a misstrust of the people from their Homeworlds. United by their paranoia settled the refugees on the world of Kuma. A proto- Regiment of the Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma took part in the Great Scouring and purged their dammed homeworlds, but the misstrust remains untill today.

Modern Regiments can date their structure back until M33 with the baptism of fire on the world of Becker II where they took part in the destruction of xenophile militias. Such enemies "developed themself" into the main target of the Airborne Grenadiers giving them much experience in fightin against xeno tech. This made them the perfect unit to counter Tau forces and Tau aligned traitors, resulting in seeing combat in every Tau Expansion wave.

## Notable Campaigns:

* **Baptism by fire on Becker II (unknown.M33):** An armed conflict between xenophile militias and the Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma in their "modern" form. Xeno diplomats were able to sway the planets population - or to brainwash - into giving asyl to an amada of xenos from different species fleeing from the Orks. The Airborne Grenadiers were crucial in destroying the planetar shield generator, who prevented an exterminatus of Becker II.
* **Avaline Crusade (450-477.M36):** An entire Battlegroup formed from the Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma took part in this epic crusade against Chaos forces lead by the Night Lords.
* **Subjugation of Karsh (333.M39):** Grenadiers from the 33rd invade the world of Karsh after they refuse to join the Imperium. The 33rd was able to conquere the planet on its own, through strategicall strikes on enemy key locations, however suffering 32% losses.
* **1st War for Amageddon(M41):**

## Homeworld

Kuma, a tundra world with massive fir tree forests and marshes, is an unforgiving world. Cold and long winter and monsters with infamous strong armour rule the lands, with the Humans retreating back into small Hives or hive-like towns only connected by the air. Inhabitants of Kuma are well trained in the use of grenades and in their productions. Grenades are the only thing effective and also inexpensive in killing the local monsters and destroying the ice rocks forming during the winter.

## Regimental Organisation

* HQ Company
	+ Supply Detachment
	+ Communication Detachment
	+ Medic Detachment
	+ Engineer Detachment
	+ Regimental Staff
* 1st Company
	+ Command Platoon
	+ Heavy Weapons Platoon
	+ Infantry Platoon
	+ Infantry Platoon
	+ Infantry Platoon
	+ Infantry Platoon
* 2nd Company
* 3rd Company
* 4th Company
* 5th Company
* 1st Aviation Company
	+ Vulture Squadron
	+ Vulture Squadron
	+ Vulture Squadron
	+ Valkyrie Detachment
	+ Recon Detachment
	+ Technic and Supply Detachment
* 6th Company
* 7th Company
* 8th Company
* 9th Company (Jumptroopers)
* 10th Company
* 2nd Aviation Company

Each Regiment has 20.000 soldiers supported by 3.500 Valkyries and 120 Vultures as heavy support, although all aircrafts are seperated to the Infantry units.

## Combat Doctrine

Air units and Ground units act mostly seperated, except when engaging in air assaults. When engaging the enemy in an air assaults start the Vultures with heavy suppression fire attacks. Next step are the jumpback troopers who attack specific targets who represent a danger for the main landing force. The third wave is made up by the main force which suppresses the enemy with a hail of grenades and bombs, while they are dropped off by their Valkyries. After landing in the target zone are combat teams sent out to eliminate enemy positions while the main body fights its way through the enemy lines to the primary target.

## Regimental Culture

Grenadiers from the Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma are reknown for their alcoholism - although with low-alcoholic drinks - and their love for roasts. People from Kuma stay in general close to their neighbourhoods, which translated to their Regiments mean that Platoons from their Regiments normaly remain under themself, although meeting members from other Platoons is accepted.

## Regimental Wargear & Equipment

### Personal Wargear

* Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer
* Dog Tags
* Lasguns
* Las Pistol
* Rucksack
* Entrenching Tool
* Basic Toolkit
* Medi-kit
* Mess Kit & Water Canteen
* Rations
* Grooming Kit
* Micro-Bead
* Rechargeable Lamp-Pack
* Axe (in melee formations the secondary weapon)
* Uniform and coat
* grenades
* heating source

### Specialized Vehicles

* **Kuma Pattern Vulture:** A variant of the reliably Vulture equipped with grenade and bomb launchers. It is supposed to start a grenade volley when the infantry lands. Bomb launchers are added to destroy hard targets like bunkers or reinforced positions.

## Notable Personnel

* **Colonel Ivan Isoviskie:** Commanding officer of the 33rd Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma "Snow Jumpers" during the Subjugation of Karsh and was responsible for the strategy allowing the Regiment to conquer the planet.

## Regimental Appearance

The standart uniform of the Airborne Grenadiers of Kuma is a dark olive green, but can also include a very light blue muster. Soldiers wear a stuffed uniform to kep them warm with only light body armour on the knees and shoulders. A tanker helmet in the Necrumunda style is used as head protection. Faces are protected by Baklavas and the feet with armoured boots.