Clipeum Grenadiers

Clipeum Grenadiers carapace armorial with regimental badge.

Clipeum Grenadier Gefreiter

### **Notable Commanders**

Meisterschwester Johanna NanzGeneralfeldmarschall Thomas Loveland See Admiral Gustav Wagner

The **Clipeum Grenadiers** are the Regiments that hail from the Imperial civilized world of Clipeum, they are most notably specialized assault infantry but they're also organized into Armored, Mechanized and Light Infantry Regiments. They're prized for their well trained and cohesive units that are renowned for their ability to quickly organize whether on an ad hoc or official basis.

The Clipeum Grenadiers are the well trained, well equipped and well organized Regiments that are tithed from the world of Clipeum every year. Their ranks are drawn from the units of the Clipenese Planetary Defense Force who provide 10 - 15% of their number to the tithe annually. These Regiments are generally Armored or Mechanized but Light Infantry isn't uncommon either, the numbers of troops given to the tithe may fluctuate depending upon the situation regarding the movements of the enemy. Clipeum Grenadiers are not a type of Regiment that is deployed lightly as their reputation as Elite troops often propels Imperial Commanders to use them as Assault Troops specifically employed to counterattack, advance or to shore up beleaguered sections of the front in the wake of an enemy advance.

Clipenese Regiments aren't deployed like most other Regiments, they are organized with their own small support units in the form of Communications, Logistics, Medical, Pionier, Reconnaissance, Religious and cultural support units. Their self contained nature makes them faster to deploy but much slower to merge with non-Clipenese regiments in the wake of a devastating loss of troops. This is mitigated by their training Battalions that are left on Clipeum, these units are filled with Veterans, Convalescent Troops and Soldiers who have already completed training, it's purpose is to receive, train and acclimate recruits into their new Regiment. Much like in some other Regiments Clipenese Commanders will go to great lengths to withdraw a Regiment from frontline service after sustaining heavy losses rather than simply breaking it up and making a new one. This has often brought then into conflict with other Imperial Officers who would rather keep the Regiment at the front regardless of it's damaged state. These Officers don't understand however that it's culturally unacceptable to lose an entire Regiment of troops without at least trying to rebuild the unit away from the front. This is because Officers, NCOs and Lower enlisted alike view their Regiment as their family and their home and this is reflected in their replacement policy. Each individual Regiment offers it's own training regime and culture which binds recruits together, many Regiments have developed unique vernacular, uniforms, equipment and ranks.

Due to this Clipenese Regiments are often deployed together in Field Armies that possess their own Chain of Command, Lines of Supply and Communications and their own Field Training Battalions to induct local populations into the Regiments when losses prove too high and replacements are needed to fill out units. While difficult to integrate into the Armies of off-worlders the Regiments of Clipeum nevertheless prove to be a powerful tool for any Commander to wield, this is because the amount of training they receive is comparable to the Grenadiers of any other Regiment and when you combine this with their culture you'll understand why.

## History

Clipeum is a forested world, festooned with many Lakes, Rivers, Bogs and nine Large Oceans that ensure the world is packed with different types of animals and species of strange alien creatures. Not unlike the terrain encountered in the ancient Terran region of Northwestern Europe. With no hive cities to speak of the majority of the population lives in Large Villages that are interconnected by a series of roads, highways and hidden forest trails that were erected many Terran eons ago. There are seventeen large cities that make up the largest Industrial centers of the Clipenese, each one is a sprawling commerce center, constantly trading and interacting with the other regions of the Planet. Clipeum is one of the luckiest worlds in the Imperium on account of it's lack of pollution, this is due in part to the lack of Mechanicus activity as well as the measures taken by the Clipenese Planetary Government to maintain the ecosystem of the planet. Purity and cleanliness are cornerstones of Clipenese culture.

The Official Records held by the Inquisition state that the World of Clipeum was conquered by the Emperor and his vast armies in the later stages of the Great Crusade, afterwards Clipeum existed as a mere armory world with no population other then a small Imperial Army Garrison to speak of. Yet strangely enough, records discovered in the bygone Fortresses and underground facilities hidden deep within the mountain chains and thick dark forest of Clipeum paint a different picture. Many records have been "acquired" by the Inquisition, and more have been "Repossessed" by the Clipenese Government often with many "disappearances" of Inquisitorial personnel present. In fact, many of these records are so "Heretical" that they are written in Old Clipenese, a language only understood by the Clipenese people themselves. Mysteriously this language has been found inscribed in places that haven't officially been discovered and recorded by Imperial scribes or even in areas that weren't remotely touched by Imperial Garrisons.

From the Old Clipenese records more dots begin to connect, the records state that a large group of Space Marines along with hundreds of thousands of refugees settled the world of Clipeum long before the end of the Great Crusade. While an exact year is unknown the oldest discovered Fortresses and buildings on Clipeum indicate that they are at least ten thousands years old in construction and records. It's mentioned in many records that these Marines came to the system as they were trying to escape something, many of their vehicles and equipment had severe plasma burns and it was necessary to find a place to settle quickly. By coincidence they stumbled upon an undiscovered Forest World with few dangerous predators and no advanced locals to speak of, they dubbed this place "Clipeum". While the Records of this Chapter themselves have been lost to time there are still many remnants of their existence, if one ventures into the wrong forest or bog it's possible to find submerged and overgrown vehicles, armor and technology that bear Markings and Insignia only known to warriors of the 30th Millennium. From what is still able to be pieced together this Chapter raised the population of Clipeum themselves and ruled over it Aristocratically until they saw that it was a thriving and rapidly expanding Planetary Empire. It's unknown what exactly happened to this Chapter but they are now absent from the planet, though reports and sightings of giant men in rusted armor and decaying vehicles do exist.

Regardless of the past the Clipenese have provided Five Regiments a year from their PDF for centuries and they continue to export their young men to fight the wars of the Imperium. In exchange for this tithe the Clipenese are allowed to keep most of their rather limited resources and most of their Industry can be poured directly towards local projects. Still though suspicion remains regarding exactly when and how the Clipenese became what they were.

### Regimental History

The Clipeum Grenadiers have existed as long as Clipeum itself has, an unknown amount of time. It was born out of a need to protect the planet from possible threats thus it commands a large ground force including almost everyone on the planet. While the PDF is large in the event of an Invasion it will be bolstered considerably by the mobilization of the Youth Armies, Regional Armies, Reserve Armies and if needed even the Training and Replacement Army. Because of the compulsory education system present on Clipeum everyone serves in the Youth Army, this means that everyone from the age of five until they turn seventeen receives Basic Military training in form of Emplacement building, Field Craft, Clipenese Weapons, Camouflage, Navigation, Environmental and Infantry training. A notable and often overlooked fact by Imperial squires is the way that Clipenese people ceremonially carry many knives, las-weapons and even Bolt pistols as a matter of Cultural and interpersonal significance. This would play a major role in the event of an Invasion or military incursion, in fact many Dark Eldar raids have been crushed without the need of PDF deployment because of the Clipenese view on weapons.

## Notable Campaigns

**Redacted** - The hive world of *++Redacted++* had been besieged by Ork Warboss *++Redacted++* and his massive Ork Warband. In response a call for distress was sent to any and all Imperial Forces that could respond. The first Imperial Forces to arrive upon the world were the forces of the Clipenese 55th Army Group, over the course of several Months the Clipeum Grenadiers contested several Hive Cities that would have otherwise fallen if not for the intervention of these units. It wouldn't be until the Intervention of several more Imperial Regiments however that the world would be pulled from the brink of destruction as the Orks were subjected to a Genocide from the planet.

**The Third Battle for Armageddon (998.M41)** - Several times throughout The Third Battle for Armageddon that consumed Armageddon in the wake of Ork invasion the Clipeum Grenadiers were sent as reinforcements to aid their yellow colored Brothers. These Regiments fought all over Armageddon's Hives, Wastes and the Ork inhabited Jungles, the units below are recorded to have participated in these battles.

## Notable Units

**993rd Grenadier Regiment (999.M41.) -** Deployed in the Helsreach Area of Armageddon they were subsequently destroyed in the fighting that followed as the Ork infantry and Armor smashed into their lines. While refusing to buckle the Regiments Battalions took heavy losses as the Orks began to destroy Clipenese positions with captured Basilisks and Medusa Siege mortars. The final straw came when the Orks gained air superiority and the Regimental Commander Oberst Sigis Wolfgang signaled a withdrawal. The remains of this Regiment which included a battered Grenadier Battalion and a Pionier Company as well as the Logistical and Communications Battalions managed a fighting retreat. all of these units were already understrength but they were completely wiped out in the fighting for Hive Helsreach itself while trying to hold back the Ork. Their defense brought valuable time for the defenders as well as causing significant losses for the Orks by destroying hundreds of Armored Vehicles and halting Tens of Thousands of valuable Ork reinforcements.

**7th Armored Regiment (999.M41.) -** This Regiment was largely responsible for holding the Imperial Side of Stygies Bridge during the battle for Hive Infernus alongside other Imperial Forces, their Leman Russ Vanquishers proved to be instrumental in holding back large numbers of Ork Vehicles as they could be picked off from a distance. They suffered only minor losses and as a result were not destroyed during the course of the War. They would later be withdrawn back to Clipeum for refit and retraining after the conclusion of the battle.

**19th Mechanized Grenadier Regiment (999.M41.) -** Fighting alongside the 7th Armored Regiment this unit defended Stygies Bridge of Hive Infernus, they tried several times to capture the Bridge itself but Ork resistance had proven to be too much. While battered they still held the Bridge alongside other Imperial Forces, because of their training and experience they were tasked with operating as a Mobile Reserve putting down ork resistance wherever it managed to cross the Bridge. They proved suited to this work and using Tank desant tactics their effort prevented the Orks from seizing the bridge and conquering Hive Infernus.

**22nd Mechanized Grenadier Regiment (999.M41.)-** Initially deployed to defend Hive Tartarus they were later shifted because Imperial Commanders believed that Hive Tartarus would be unscathed by the Orks on account of the large numbers of Orks heading towards Hive Acheron. The Regiment arrived in Acheron and dug into the West Factory Complex, it was a slow, tedious and costly affair but the Clipenese would be thrown from one position only to immediately counterattack and retake it. The Orks played the same game but after many days of Close Quarters fighting like this the Clipeum Grenadiers proved victorious as they held the Factory Complex against overwhelming Ork Forces.

**44th Mechanized Grenadier Regiment (999.M41.) -** Initially deployed to defend Hive Tartarus this unit was later shipped to Hive Acheron as the Ork advance began to press down on the Imperial Defenders. They were deployed to retake the Acheron Bridge with the help of battered Cadian formations as well as several Hive Gangs, after a few hours of fighting the bridge lay in Imperial hands as the Orkish counterattacks were thrown back every single time they came.

## Regimental Organization

### Officer Ranks

* **Oberst (Colonel)**

* **Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)**

* **Major (Major)**

* **Hauptmann (Captain)**

* **Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)**

* **Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)**

### NCO Ranks

* **Stabsfeldwebel (Sergeant Major)**

* **Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant)**

* **Feldwebel (Sergeant First Class)**

* **Fahnenjunker (Officer Aspirant, equivalent to Sergeant First Class)**

* **Unterfeldwebel (Staff Sergeant)**

* **Unteroffizier (Sergeant)**

### Enlisted Ranks

* **Grenadier (Guardsman)**

* **Obergrenadier (Lance Corporal)**

* **Gefreiter (Corporal)**

### Specialist Units & Formations

* **Assault Pioneers** - They spring from tombs that used to be trenches or the belly of a fractured APC and strike fear into the hearts of their foes. They come for you, with their Satchel Charges that eviscerate, their Melta Bombs that Incinerate, they shrug off even Heavy Stubber rounds with their Clipeum Pattern Carapace Armor. They maneuver through the waste as if they were born within them, they clear mine fields with little evidence of fear or angst, they assault positions with vigor and initiative, they fight like Metal armored husks that breath with the hearts of Men. **Tank Desant troops** - While not specially trained or equipped these are any Clipenese troops being used as Tank Riders both as a means of transportation and protection from enemy fire. From adolescence Clipenese children are taught to board and dismount vehicles in Combat and this has carried over in the various Armored and Mechanized units of Clipeum. The Grenadiers have actually become quite famous for the way they leap from their Armored vehicles in the middle of combat and engage their adversaries as Assault Infantry.

## Regimental Organization

The three main types of Regiments produced by Clipeum are Mechanized, Line Infantry and Armored Regiments with Line Infantry being the most uncommon. In this section we'll go over the Tables of Organization for Each type of Regiment and it's subsequent support units.

### Mechanized Infantry Regiment

Mechanized Infantry Brigade x2

Mechanized Pionier Battalion x1

Mechanized Reconnaissance Battalion x1

Mechanized Logistical Battalion x1

Mechanized Signals Battalion x1

Replacement and Training Battalion 1x

### Armored Regiment

Armored Brigades x2

Mechanized Infantry Brigade x1

Mechanized Pionier Battalion x1

Mechanized Reconnaissance Battalion x1

Mechanized Logistical Battalion x1

Mechanized Signals Battalion x1

Replacement and Training Battalion 1x

### Artillery Regiment

Artillery Brigade x2

Mechanized Infantry Brigade x1

Mechanized Pionier Battalion x1

Mechanized Reconnaissance Battalion x1

Mechanized Logistical Battalion x1

Mechanized Signals Battalion x1

Replacement and Training Battalion 1x

Regimental HQ - Regimental HQ of varying size including the Regimental Commander (Oberst) along with a Logistical, Communications and religious section, two Regimental Surgeons with high Officer Ranks and a small team of staff each, two drivers and two radio operators of varying NCO rank alongside one or two Tech Priests and if rarely attached a Commissar.

### Infantry/Mechanized Brigade Level Organization

Brigade HQ - One Commander by the rank of Oberstleutnant, five man Logistical section led by a Leutnant, Ten man Brigade surgeon section led by the Brigade Surgeon by the rank of Major, Religious section of varying size and a ten man leader assistance section.

3x Battalions (although some Brigades may have two Battalions if the Regimental TOE demands three Brigades of two Battalions each instead of the alternatively used three Battalions for two Brigades.)

1x Light Howitzer Company (Also features several heavy Mortars)

1x Anti Tank Company (With Anti Air weapons in tow)

1x Battalion Support troops Including Logistical, Transportation and Maintenance troops.

\*In the Anti Tank and Light Howitzer Companies in the Mechanized/Armored Brigades these weapons are often Self Propelled.\*

### Armored Brigade Level Organization

Brigade HQ - Once Command Tank for the Commander who possesses the rank of Oberstleutnant, ten man Logistical section led by a Leutnant and transported in either a Chimera, Taurox or by two Centaur Artillery tractors. Ten man Brigade surgeon section led by the Brigade Surgeon by the rank of Major and transported by a Specialized Medical Chimera, Religious section of varying size and a ten man leader assistance section transported by either a Chimera, Taurox or Centaur.

2x Armored Battalions

1x Light Howitzer Company

1x Infantry Escort Battalion

1x Battalion Support troops Including Logistical, Transportation and Maintenance troops.

\*If the Regiment type is Mobile then every unit within the Regiment will be given transportation whether it be Motorized (Support) or Mechanized (Combat).

### Battalion level and below HQ Organizations

Battalion HQ - One Commander by the rank of Major, two radio operators by the rank of Feldwebel, one medical adjutant, one logistical assistant by the rank of Hauptmann and two vehicle operators by the rank of Stabsfeldwebel if the unit is mechanized or armored. Keep in mind that each Battalion has a support Platoon made up of small sections of Pioniere/Signals troops and a Logistical section included in the HQ.

Company HQ - One HQ of five men including the Company Commander (Hauptmann), two medics of varying rank, one driver and one radio operator of varying NCO rank.

Platoon HQ - One Commander by the ranks of Oberfeldwebel - 1st Oberleutnant, One Medic of any rank, two drivers of any rank if mechanized or Armored and one radio operator of any enlisted or NCO rank.

### Battalion level and below Unit Organizations

Infantry/Mechanized/Pionier Battalion - One Battalion HQ, Three Companies and the Medium or Heavy Mortar Battery.

Infantry/Mechanized/Pionier Company - One Company HQ, Three platoons of Infantry numbering 50 men each and one Heavy weapons section numbering 34 men. The heavy weapons section is equipped with many Mortars, Rocket launchers, Lascannons and Heavy Bolters to support the Company. Keep in mind that the equipment this unit is issued varies depending upon their role, for example a Pionier Company won't be equipped along the same lines as an Infantry Company.

Infantry/Mechanized/Pionier Platoon - One squad is made up of ten men, six riflemen, two special/heavy weapons troops a leader by the rank of Unteroffizier and a leader assistant by the rank of Gefreiter. Three of such squads led by a Platoon HQ team make up a Platoon and each platoon has two Missile Launcher Teams of two men each.

## Regimental Culture

Clipenese people possess many beliefs about the power of human energy, the purity of the soul by good deeds and clean actions, and most apparent the Clipenese place an extremely high value on the ideals of what a Soldiers should be. Clipenese troops often adorn themselves with dark blue markings and crosses in the form of facial paint, this has to do with the belief that these markings harness the Soldiers energy thus Improving the Soldiers fighting ability, energy is a focal point of Clipenese Culture. The Clipenese have been described as reserved, disciplined and unconcerned as they lack the openly emotional expressiveness of many other peoples, although this does not mean emotions are shunned or absent in Clipenese ideals. Expressions of friendship and ethnic ties of unity are expected and common among Clipenese people, it's been said that two Clipenese could absolutely revile one another but still hold each other in high regard due to the fact that they are Clipenese alone. To outsiders Clipenese may seem cold, selfish or conceited but this is merely because the Clipenese are socially and culturally conditioned to prefer friendships and relationships with other Clipenese people. With off-worlders the Clipenese hold professionalism and respect as the standard for all interactions. Clipenese Soldiers hold ideals that revile excesses such as unnecessary looting, undirected violence, wild behavior, degeneracy, fractiousness, slothfulness and most of all disorder. This hatred of disorder and chaos makes even Clipenese Gangs more akin to Military organizations than traditionally imagined Raiders. Clipenese troops speak their own language which is entirely unique to their planet, most Clipenese in economically powerful areas also learn Gothic and the upper class learn High Gothic. Their language has been studied by the Inquisition and it's only been likened in vague similarity to about 150 other Human Languages. This unique language lends many favors to the Clipenese from pre-encoded oral communications to unintelligible written language.

Clipenese Soldiers are renowned as a result of their life-long training, culturally militaristic conditioning, religious fervor and lack of a desire to engage in behaviors viewed as excessive. These troops are unlikely to engage in criminality, savage and ruthless behavior and most of all behavior seen as disorderly. this is joined by the ability of the Clipenese troops on the battlefield which are prized by Commanders and desperate troops alike. Among Imperial civilians the Clipenese are viewed as strange and cold as Clipenese troops rarely interact with Imperial civilians outside of minor trading and medical assistance. In one particular example an Imperial Governor expressed concern and surprise at the Clipenese troops sent to rest on his world, they stayed in their encampment only leaving in armed groups and only doing so when deemed absolutely necessary. They rarely purchased things from the civilians and never used any brothels, entered any bars or otherwise extended social branches to the world. Upon the Regiments departure it was as if they had never even been on the world. Although exceptions as always exist and there have been cases in which Clipenese troops exchanged their culture with others and vice versa.

This aforementioned apprehension stems from the rejection and ridicule of the Clipenese among many other Regiments of the Astra Militarum, their strange planetary history leads to suspicion and xenophobia from their comrades. Many rumors persist that the Clipenese aren't actually humans but some other thing entirely, these rumors eventually led to violent skepticism that eroded cohesion. This however hasn't stopped the Clipenese from making incredible sacrifices on multiple occasions in defense of another Regiment or Populace, the Clipenese are not people who lack compassion. For example during the battles for Armageddon Clipenese troops made tremendous sacrifices in order to protect the civilian populace of Armageddon often grinding entire Battalions down in the fighting to buy time for reinforcements of evacuations.

Military Units are viewed as extensions of the Clipenese family unit because of their regional origins. Military Officers are viewed as the Fathers of their units and thus they are expected to portray the ideal image of masculinity that is prevalent in Clipenese families. He is to put the well being of his unit above all else and ensure that his men are taken care of, it's even common for Officers to refer to their Soldiers as "My Children". Each corps of the Clipenese armies boasts it's own corps colors, marching songs, stories and traditions, uniquely there are no inter-service rivalries between these Corps due to the efforts of the Clipenese high command in unifying the populace.

## Recruitment and Training

* **Youth Army** - Every child on Clipeum is enrolled into the youth army at the age of five, because of the Regional organization of Schools, Military units, training fields etc. all of the Children in a given town will go to the same Youth Army School. Here children at the age of 5 at grade 1 until graduation after grade 12 at 17 receive their basic education, alongside this education many military skills are taught. The Children wear uniforms, march, carry lasguns wherever they go, maintain their lasguns, work as a group and exercise togethers, all of this is done alongside their basic education which includes Mathematics, History, Economics, Basic home care, Low gothic and Clipenese literacy classes, Woodshop, Science, Psychology and Art. While the children are enrolled here they are considered to be members of the "Youth Army", this is an army that will be mobilized in the event of Invasion to fill a number of noncombat and combat roles. Alongside their regular classes the children are taught Field Craft, Basic Navigation, Basic First Aid, Unit Identification, Basic weapon maintenance, Basic uniform maintenance, Imperial and Clipenese Military ranks, Emplacement training and basic Infantry tactics.

* **The Regional Army** - Every Adult civilian between eighteen and sixty is enrolled in their Town or City's regional Army unit. These units exist to provide defense and protection to the Youth Army as well as allow civilians to defend themselves in the event of a Planetary Invasion. They aren't a frontline force so much as they are a rear line force that is formed to allow large numbers of civilians to evacuate into the Clipenese tunnels before evacuating themselves. Their basic training lasts for eight weeks and it's conducted by one of the many PDF training battalions, this training includes Infantry Tactics, Armored Tactics, Advanced First Aid, Advanced Field Craft, Ambush training, Heavy and Special Weapons training and Military discipline training. After this period of training the unit conducts Battalion sized field maneuvers once every month to refresh their skills.

* **The Replacement Army** - This is a non combat Army Group that commands all of the Administrative, Training and Reserve units on Clipeum, the Replacement Army also controls the vast Academies and Schools for different Military units that dot the planets surface. It should be noted that while each Regiment has it's own Training and Replacement battalion that provides training to the units replacements these units fall under their parent Regiment and they move out with the regiment when it ships off world. The Replacement army manages many of it's own training Regiments that specialize in different areas of Military skills, the recruits in these units can be used to form new units or quickly bring beleaguered units up to strength.

* **The Planetary Defense Forces** - When a recruit graduates from the Youth Army and enters society they are approximately eighteen years old, if they desire they can enlist in the Clipenese Planetary Defense Forces. Once they do in a period of several days to one week they will be called up to their Regiments Training Battalion, they will receive six months of training and Instruction that include the following skills. Advanced Infantry tactics training, Advanced Infantry environmental training, Advanced sanitary training, Advanced navigational training, Advanced emplacements training, Heavy Weapons Training, Special Weapons Training, Advanced First Aid Training, Urban Offense and Defense training, Infantry Assault tactics, Anti Tank Tactics and Anti Air Tactics. During this training no favoritism is handed out for Aristocracy or the children of High Ranking individuals, a specific emphasis is placed upon Initiative with every soldier being trained to think on their own. These troops will also be trained to perform the role of the man ranking above them, in this way when leaders are killed Cohesion is maintained. Upon completing this period of basic training they are then shifted to another specialty specific Training Platoon in the same Battalion, Infantryman will practice the same skills for a period of another eight weeks while the other specialties will be trained on the following newer skills.

* **Pioneers** - Pioneers will be trained to conduct the following skills, Advanced Fortress Construction, Advanced Fortress Assault, Advanced Infantry Assault, Advanced Sapper Assault, Advanced Technical training, Advanced Defensive Emplacements, Advanced Anti Tank tactics, Advanced Combined Arms training and Advanced Renovation and Construction.

* **Reconnaissance Fusiliers** - Reconnaissance Fusiliers will be trained in the following skills, Camouflage and Concealment, Espionage, Advanced Infantry Assault, Advanced Stealth training, Advanced Marksman training, Advanced Land Navigation, Advanced Anti Tank Tactics, Advanced Environmental Training, Advanced Combined Arms training, Advanced Aerial Insertion training, 0 Gravity Training and Advanced Breach Training.

* **Armored Crewmen** - An Armored Crewman will be trained on a multitude of different vehicles depending upon their unit, for Example an Armored Crewman in a Tank Battalion fielding leman Russ models will be trained on all models of Leman Russ while the same Crewman serving in an Armored Infantry unit would serve in all different models of Chimera based Chassis. The Training of an Armored Crewman Includes the following skillsets. Infantry Tactics training, Armored Tactics Training, Armored Maintenance Training, Armored Familiarization Training, Armored Offensive tactics training, Armored Defensive tactics training, Armored Environmental Tactics Training, Armored Communications training, Armored CBRN training, Clipeum Technical Training and Armored Joint Branch training.

* **Artillery Crewmen** - Artillery Familiarization training, Artillery range and tactics training, Artillery communications training, Artillery role training, Advanced Clipeum Technical training, Artillery Joint Branch tactics training, Artillery models training, Artillery movement tactics and Artillery defensive fire tactics.

* **NCO Training** - NCOs come from the ranks of the Enlisted personnel, one must be recommended by a superior to become an NCO and upon recommendation said NCO candidate is sent back to Clipeum when possible to begin NCO Training. Once the Candidate arrives back on Clipeum they are sent to their Districts NCO Academy or School to undergo a year of training on Leadership, Technical Skills, Infantry Leadership Skills, Fire and Maneuver at the Platoon and Company level, Advanced First Aid Training, Air Assault Training, Rapid Insertion Training and Chaos Awareness training. This type of training takes place during the first six months of the NCOs training and the last six months of the year are spent training the NCO for their specific Military Occupation, for this they go to a different academy for example a Pionier School or an Armored Warfare Academy.

* **Officer Training** - Officers come from the ranks of the Enlisted and the NCOs and much like the NCOs they must be recommended by several Officers in their unit to commence training, once they are selected they are sent to an Officers School in their Military District. Here they will be trained for a year on skills such as Leadership, Field Promotion, Unit level Field Craft, Environmental Leadership, Chaos Awareness, Xenos Awareness, Morale management, Air Assault Leadership, Combined Arms leadership, Civilian Evacuation assistance, Disaster relief and Anti Space Marine Tactics. Upon completion of the Officers academy the Officer will be sent to a Combined Occupational school for another Six Months, here he will learn the advanced complexities of his Occupation and the basics of the other Occupations. This is done to allow for Command and Control of several Branches at once for all Officers. There is a major emphasis on Psychology in the Officer training courses, an Officers is expected to possess the ability to mentally evaluate his men to prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorders from taking hold. Officers are also expected to take great care to understand and identify with the men under their command, meetings, individual conversations and personal talks are expected between Officers and Soldiers. Upon graduation from this school they will hold the rank of "Fahnenjunker" or "Officer Aspirant". While the name may give off the Impression of leadership expectations this is merely an Officer Aspirant rank, they are watched closely by the NCOs and Officers around them to judge their skills and if they determine that his leadership skill is sufficient then we will be granted the rank of "Leutnant" or "2nd Leutnant". It's worth noting that a Student in the Youth Army who wishes to be an Officer must request a submission in the Regiment he wishes to join, if his submission is deemed satisfying he enlists in the unit upon graduation from his Youth Army School and is sent to his Regiments Training Battalion to receive basic training. After this period he is sent to a regular unit with the rank of Grenadier (Guardsman) and he serves there for six months, this is done to make the Officer aspirant accustomed to the struggle and desires of the regular Soldiers. What separates Clipenese Officer training from the many other training programs is the emphasis on Combined Arms Warfare, Cohesion at all levels, the Idea that the unit is a Family and the lack of any type of Favoritism. Clipenese Officers receive the same rations as their men, they live in the same trenches, breathe the same air and brave the same dangers as the men under their command, in this way it's believed that the proper Character for Leadership is built within an Officer. On Clipeum every Soldier has an equal chance to become an Officer, Aristocracy and Status doesn't mean anything in the Military.

## Wargear

This is the standard kit that is given to every Guardsman of the Clipeum Grenadiers, kit may vary from role to role but this is the basic allotment of equipment to Infantry, Logistical and Signals troops

* **Clipeum Pattern Lasrifle** - This is a fully automatic select fire Laser Assault Rifle designed, manufactured and produced on Clipeum, it's easy to manufacture, easy to maintain, simple to operate and it's technically got an unlimited range.

* **Clipeum Pattern Laspistol** - From the time they are ten everyone on Clipeum is given a Laspistol, it's carried everywhere and used for almost anything, this tradition has extended to the Clipenese Armed Forces as every soldier carries a sidearm in the form of a Laspistol or a Bolt Pistol.

* **Clipeum Cultural Bayonet** - This is a twelve Inch knife that is inscribed with many Clipenese prayers and religious insignia, it can be attached to the barrel of a Lasgun with the help of magnetized lugs and it's purpose is to essentially turn the rifle into a Spear.

* **4x Fragmentation Grenades** - These Grenades stun with their blasts and kill with their shrapnel, four are given to each Grenadier.

* **2x Krak Grenades** - Heavier Grenades that are meant to be employed against Armored Vehicles, Emplacements, Buildings, Heavy Infantry and Infrastructure.

* **2x Smoke Grenades** - These grenades are meant to conceal friendly movements or signal friendly units, their basic color is a foggy white but Signals units possess them in many different colors.

* **Clipeum Pattern Flak Armor** - Printed in camouflage and manufactured from several layers of heat absorbing and shock resistant material this Flak Armor comes in the form of a helmet with a camouflage cover and a chest plate. Every Soldier is equipped with a set of this armor and it's often altered with the addition of other types of Flak Armor.

* **Clipeum Pattern Infantry webbing** - This is a set of load bearing equipment that includes a belt and two suspenders that end in a Y shape on the soldiers back, this is further given different pouches, breadbags, rucksacks and scabbards that soldiers need depending upon the role but for now we'll just focus on the regular Infantry set up. Two Lasgun Magazine pouches that hold six magazines each, Four small grenade pouches that can carry two grenades each, an Entrenching spade pouch, a Breadbag, a Gas mask pouch, a canteen and a Mess kit.

* **Clipeum Pattern Infantry Fatigues** - There are several different camouflage varieties that these uniforms are printed in but the uniform design remains mostly the same. Fatigue blouse and trousers along with undershirt, the Blouse has two breast pockets as well as two pockets near the skirt of the uniform. The trousers have two pockets as well as cargo pockets alongside draw straps to allow soldiers to blouse their pants.
* **Poor Weather Gear**
* **Battle Rucksack**
* **Basic Toolkit**
* **Mess Kit and Canteen**
* **Three days rations**
* **Grooming and Hygiene kit**
* **Replacement Socks**
* **Identification disc (Dog Tags)**
* **Rechargeable Lamp pack**
* ***Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer***

## Relations

### Enemies

* **Orks** - The Clipeum Grenadiers have come into contact with vast Ork forces as a result of their deployments on worlds like Armageddon. As a result Tactics developed and tested while fighting the Orks have been incorporated into their Training Battalions and many Ork simulations exists within these courses.

* **Inquisition** - The Inquisition has brought the people of Clipeum nothing but suspicion and pain in their constant accusations and threats.

## Notable Quotes

### By the Clipeum Grenadiers

"Action ready sir!" - Anonymous Clipeum Grenadier fighting on Cadia after it had been destroyed by Abaddon the Despoilers 13th Black Crusade.

### About the Clipeum Grenadiers

"They seldom give ground with no price, nor do they fail to retrieve their fallen and wounded, make no mistake this will be no easy battle, Astartes or not." - Khornate Marine addressing a group of inexperienced new Recruits, shortly before the battle of **Redacted**

"Those dirty Clipenese, they die like heroes while we hide in our hive. Why do the ghosts get all the glory on this world?" - Armageddon Steel Legion Captain of the 121st Steel Legion sarcastically remarking on the Clipenese sacrifice outside of Helsreach during the battle of Hive Helsreach in the Second War for Armageddon.

"Their blood paints the surface of this street and it's buildings, every lasgun and weapon we find has expended all of it's ammunition, every soldier we find has died resisting rather then running. They are at least worth a passing mention in the records of this struggle." - Armageddon Steel Legion Corporal of the 119th Armored Regiment upon discovering the sight where the Clipenese 993rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment was destroyed by Ork Forces.

"The Clipenese have been completely eviscerated here, yet their annihilation has brought us valuable time, my Grandfather had told me stories about the bravery of the Clipenese Soldiers but I had not believed him. I had been told that they were a cold, ruthless cult of fatalistic fanatics that shouldn't be considered Humans, and yet they die like Guardsman in defense of this world alongside Valhallans. But why lie to us about them? Who benefits from these lies? - Captain **Redacted** of the 58th Valhallan Ice Warriors on the Clipeum Grenadiers during the battle for Hive **Redacted**