Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-32600226-20200203065530/@comment-32600226-20200209200117

Well from what I've gathered about Imperial Guard regiments, most do have some kind of mechanized power, whether chimeras and chimera variants or a few leman russ's. While they wont have nearly as many as a full mechanized regiment it wouldnt be too unusual to have one or two. Certain dedicated vehicles like artillery or super-heavies on the other hand virtually never appear outside of dedicated regiments, (after all whats the point of putting artillery in a regiment expected to fight on the front lines).

One last thing is that the desicion to make the regiment was most likely a on the spot decision done by a general on the ground. Something along the lines of,

junior officer; 'A bunch of regiments have been nearly wiped out sir, reinforcements wont be arriving for weeks.'

general; 'Just mash em together, make a new regiment. Better than waiting to rebuild them.'