Imperial Guard Breacher - Imperial Guard Breacher: A Breacher is a trooper of the Imperial Guard who specialise in the use of explosives for demolition operations and siege warfare. A Breacher possesses a particularly valuable (and volatile) set of skills ranging from using demolition charges to breach enemy fortifications to supervising the fortification of his unit's own positions. Such individuals are vital when a regiment fielding any vehicle heavier than a Sentinel armoured walker must pass through especially dense terrain where there are no roads, ranging ahead of the main force and demolishing any impediments to the unit's progress. They are also incredibly useful and effective when facing the enemy, though some troopers find the obvious enjoyment that many of these soldiers take from high-impact explosives off-putting at best and terrifying at worst.These troopers are frequently to be found leading the charge against enemy positions, an explosive clutched in each hand and a terrifying grimace on their faces. Such soldiers often have a particular knack for locating and bypassing booby traps, cutting through razorwire, fording ditches, climbing over high obstacles and blowing holes in walls, doors, fortifications, and enemy soldiers unfortunate enough to be in their path. To this end, these troopers often carry a range of specialised equipment to assist with any such tasks they might be assigned. Depending on the equipment available, these can range from the most basic tools such as axes, wire cutters, and collapsible ladders to hand-held scanners, helmet-mounted hazard-sense prognosticators and Null-Vox jammers that disable command operated mines, point defences, and other security measures.When their squad has need of their particular unique skills, such troopers are frequently called upon to lead the way in any assault upon fortified enemy positions, clearing any hazards they encounter. Such a duty carries with it a high mortality rate, for being the first trooper through any opening they can make in an enemy position is extraordinarily dangerous. A canny squad leader always ensures that the trooper filling this role holds back after having created such an opening, herding other, less vital members of the squad through first. Such is the brutal reality of life at the speartip of the wars of the Imperium.Breachers are to be found at many different levels of the Imperial Guard's regimental structure, from line troopers who are particularly talented with the clever placement of grenades to elite scouts ranging behind a force to detonate bridges as a pursuing foe attempts to cross. Where the skills and equipment are to hand, most regiments ensure that there are enough troopers with the requisite skills to perform such tasks, and some even aim to have one such individual per squad. Some larger or more specialised regiments train all of the troopers in particular squads in these advanced demolitions tactics, so that they can make better strategic use of explosive surprises for their foes. Many Imperial Guard Breachers are first and foremost line troopers, albeit ones upon whom entire massed formations must rely when assaulting heavily fortified enemy positions.