Guardsman is the generic term for any member of the Imperial Guard, regardless of rank, but is also synonymous with the lowest enlisted rank of Trooper. There are untold billions upon billions of Guardsmen in service, such that even the Departmento Munitorum has no idea of the true number of Guardsmen in existence. It has been remarked that if the entirety of the Astra Militarum would form up into a column, it would stretch from Terra to Armageddon. Every year, trillions of new recruits are tithed into the Guard. These are normal men and women of the Imperium, called upon to serve the God-Emperor of Mankind and protect His realm against all threats. That they do so against a galaxy full of eldritch horrors, foul xenos and other nameless terrors is a heroic testament to their courage.
卫兵是帝国卫队任何成员的通用术语，无论其军衔如何，但也是士兵最低军衔的同义词。有无数亿卫兵在服役，以至于即使是内务部也不知道现有卫兵的真实人数。有人说，如果整个星界军形成一个纵队，它将从泰拉延伸到阿玛吉多顿。每年，数万亿的新兵被编入卫队。这些是帝国的普通男女，被召唤为人类的神皇服役，保护他的领域免受一切威胁。他们这样做是为了对抗充满骇人的恐怖、肮脏的异型和其他无名恐怖的星系，这是对他们勇气的英勇证明。
Guardsman of the Armageddon Steel Legions 阿玛吉多顿钢铁军团的卫兵
Recruitment and Training 招募与训练
The recruitment (or conscription) and training of each Guardsman is based entirely on the customs and traditions of their native homeworld, a result of the tithe imposed on each Planetary Governor. Just as there are a million worlds in the Imperium so too are there a million ways one can become a Guardsman; for many it is considered an honour to join the Guard, or at least a way to escape a wretched existence. The result are Guardsmen as wildly different from each other as possibly, from highly-trained professional soldiers to savage gang-fighters and medieval barbarians. If any additional training is required, especially among primitive recruits with little to no knowledge of how to work modern weapons of war, it will be given in transit to their initial deployment.
每个卫兵的招募（或征兵）和训练完全基于他们家园世界的习俗和传统，这是强加给每个行星总督的什一税的结果。正如帝国中有百万个世界一样，一个人也有百万种方式可以成为一名卫兵；对许多人来说，加入卫队是一种荣誉，或者至少是逃离悲惨生活的一种方式。其结果是，从训练有素的专业士兵到野蛮的帮派战士和中世纪的野蛮人，卫兵之间的可能截然不同。如果需要任何额外的训练，特别是在对如何使用现代战争武器知之甚少甚至一无所知的原始新兵中，将在他们的初始部署过程中进行。
Role and Organisation 角色和组织
Guardsmen fulfil every conceivable role within the Imperial Guard, from tank crewmen to snipers, vox-operators to medics. As laid out in the Tactica Imperium, the basic organisational unit most Guardsmen will fight under is the squad, a number of which will form into a platoon. Several platoons will make up a company which in turn make up a regiment. While such standards do exist, they are not uniformly followed for any number of reasons, leading to formations of different names, sizes and compositions.
卫兵在帝国卫队中扮演着所有可以想象的角色，从坦克乘员到狙击手，从音阵操作员到军医。正如帝国战术中所规定的那样，大多数卫兵将在其下作战的基本组织单位是小队，其中一些人将组成一个排。几个排组成一个连队，连队又组成一个兵团。虽然确实存在这样的标准，但由于多种原因，它们并没有得到统一遵守，导致形成了不同的名称、规模和构成。
Guardsman 卫兵
Variations 变体
Medics 军医
Medics and Field Chiurgeons are Guardsmen trained to give medical treatment to wounded in the field in the heat of combat. They typically operate out of Company Command Squads. Medics go by many different names, but all are trained in providing first response and frontline medical care to injured Guardsmen. They are also equally combat-capable and will fight shoulder-to-shoulder with their fellow squad-mates.
军医和野战医疗兵是经过训练的卫兵，在激战中为野战伤员提供医疗服务。他们通常在连队指挥组之外行动。军医有很多不同的名字，但他们都受过为受伤的卫兵提供第一反应和一线医疗护理的培训。他们同样具有战斗能力，并将与队友并肩作战。
Imperial Guard Field Chiurgeon 帝国卫队野战医疗兵
Standard Bearer 标准旗手
Standard Bearers are Guardsmen who due to battlefield gallantry have been rewarded with the honour of holding the Company or Regimental Standard. Typically operating out of Company Command Squads, the Standard Bearer serves as a reminder for the rest of the Company to fight with duty and honor.
标准旗手是指因在战场上的英勇表现而获得持有连队或兵团旗帜荣誉的卫兵。通常在连队指挥组之外执行任务，它提醒连队其他成员要尽职尽责地战斗。
Imperial Guard Standard Bearer 帝国卫队标准旗手
Vox-Operator 音阵操作员
Vox-Operators are Guardsmen who operate Vox communication systems in the field, allowing for improved communications and coordination between Company, Platoon, and Squad commands.
音阵操作员是在现场操作音阵通信系统的卫兵，可以改善连队、排和小队指挥之间的通信和协调。
Imperial Guard Vox-Operator 帝国卫队音阵操作员
Transmachina Ocula 超械之眼
Transmachina Ocula are Guardsman who have been ordained as lay technicians in their Regiments by the Adeptus Mechanicus and have been inducted into the Mechanicus' lesser mysteries.
超械之眼是卫兵，他们被机械神教任命为其兵团中的非专业技术人员，并被引入机械教的低级奥秘。
Weapons Specialists 武器专家
Some Guardsmen are given a variety of specialized weapons such as Plasma Guns, Heavy Bolters, Meltaguns, and Flamers. They typically operate out of Heavy Weapons Squads or Special Weapons Squads.
一些卫兵获得了各种特殊武器，如等离子枪、重型爆矢枪、热熔枪和火焰枪。他们通常在重型武器小队或特殊武器小队中执行任务。
Guardsmen with a Plasma Gun 手持等离子枪的卫兵
Hardened Veterans 坚定老兵
As regiments fight gruelling campaigns that last for years on end, eventually they will shrink in size as the number of casualties rises. In many cases an entire company will be reduced to a single squad of the most battle-tested, hardcore Guardsmen blessed with the strength and will to survive the nightmarish battlefields of the 41st Millennium. These Hardened Veterans are experts in all aspects of warfare, from marksmanship to demolition work, and carry a variety of non-standard weapons and equipment. Some regiments may have whole companies of battle-born killers, having survived the grim realities of warfare relatively unscathed. In many cases however these lone squads of hardened survivors will be attached to other regiments, often newly-formed ones, in the hope that their skills will be assimilated by their new parent unit. The Catachan Jungle Fighters do not contain Hardened Veterans as elite troops, instead their standard soldiers are considered to be the equivalent, having grown up and survived on the galaxy's deadliest planet.
随着兵团连续多年进行艰苦的战役，随着伤亡人数的增加，他们的规模最终会缩小。在许多情况下，整个连队将缩减为一个由最久经考验、最坚定的卫兵组成的小队，他们有力量和意志在第41个千年的噩梦般的战场上生存下来。这些久经考验的老兵是各个战争方面的专家，从枪法到拆毁工作，他们携带各种非标准武器和装备。一些兵团可能有一整个连队的战斗诞生的杀手，他们在残酷的战争现实中相对毫发无损地幸存下来。然而，在许多情况下，这些孤独的坚定幸存者小队将隶属于其他兵团，通常是新组建的兵团，希望他们的技能能被新的原单位吸收。卡塔昌丛林战士不包含作为精英部队的坚定老兵，相反，他们的标准士兵被认为是等同的，他们在银河系最致命的行星上长大并幸存下来。
Shotgun-wielding Veteran Guardsman battles Tyranids 挥舞着霰弹枪的老兵卫兵与泰伦作战
Death World Veteran in Inquisition service 死亡世界老兵在审判庭服役
Heavy Gunner 重炮手
Heavy Gunners are Guardsmen specialized to operate heavy weapons such as Lascannons, Missile Launchers, Mortars, and Heavy Flamers. They often operate in Heavy Weapon Squads.
重炮手是专门操作激光炮、导弹发射器、迫击炮和重型火焰枪等重型武器的卫兵。他们经常在重武器小队作战。
Cadian Heavy Gunners with a Lascannon 配备激光炮的卡迪亚重炮手
Stormtroopers 风暴兵
Storm Troopers, also known as Tempestus Scions, are specially-trained Guardsmen used to perform various types of special operations.
风暴兵，也称为暴风忠嗣，是经过专门训练的卫兵，用于执行各种类型的特种作战。
Stormtrooper 风暴兵
Rough Riders 蛮骑兵
Rough Riders are Guardsmen deployed as cavalry troopers.
蛮骑兵是作为骑兵部队部署的卫兵。
Krieg Rough Rider 克里格蛮骑兵
Sharpshooter 神枪手
Sharpshooter are trained snipers of the Imperial Guard.
神枪手是帝国卫队训练有素的狙击手。
Cadian Sharpshooter 卡迪亚神枪手
Scouts 侦察兵
Scouts are used for reconnaissance and to lead troops through difficult terrain.
侦察兵用于侦察和带领部队穿过困难的地形。
Imperial Guard Scout 帝国卫队侦察兵
Engineer 工兵
Combat Engineers are used by Imperial Guard Regiments such as the Death Korps of Krieg. They specialize in tunnelling, counter-mining, and engineering operations.
战斗工兵被克里格死亡军团等帝国卫队使用。他们专门从事隧道、反布雷和工程作业。
Death Korps Engineer 死亡军团工兵
Operator 操作员
Operators are Guardsmen who pilot and maintain the many vehicles in the Imperial Guard, giving them basic technical knowledge that makes them highly valued.
操作员是卫兵，他们驾驶和维护帝国卫队的许多载具，为他们提供基本的技术知识，使他们受到高度重视。
Catachan Operator piloting a Sentinel 卡塔昌操作员驾驶哨兵
Breacher 破坏者
Breachers are Imperial Guardsmen who specialize in demolition and explosives as well as the breaching of enemy defenses.
破坏者是指专门从事爆破和爆炸以及突破敌人防御的帝国卫队。
Imperial Guard Breacher 帝国卫队破坏者
Regimental Bodyguard 兵团护卫
Guardsmen can be personally handpicked by the Imperial Governor or Astra Militarum General to act as their bodyguards and accompany them into battle.
卫兵可以由帝国总督或星界军将军亲自挑选，担任他们的护卫，陪同他们参加战斗。
Regimental Bodyguards accompanying Vance Stubbs 陪同万斯·斯塔布斯的兵团护卫
Conscripts 征召兵
Conscripts are Guardsmen who are quickly conscripted and rushed into service. They typically have little training and only the most basic equipment. Different forms of conscripts exist, including:
征召兵是迅速被征召入伍并迅速投入服役的卫兵。他们通常没有什么训练，只有最基本的装备。存在不同形式的征召兵，包括：
Whiteshield 白盾
Whiteshields, formally known as probitors, are the young descendants of Imperial Guardsmen on militant worlds, raised since childhood to one day join the Imperial Guard. They are not yet considered true guardsmen, but traditionally earn the rank of guardsman upon their first battle.
白盾，正式名称为正直者，是军事世界中帝国卫队的年轻后裔，从小就被培养成有一天会加入帝国卫队。他们还没有被认为是真正的卫兵，但传统上在第一次战斗中就获得了卫兵的军衔。
Cadian Whiteshield 卡迪亚白盾
Penal Conscripts 刑罚征召兵
For some service in the Imperial Guard is a way to absolve them of even the most horrible of crimes.
对于一些在帝国卫队服役的人来说，这是一种赦免他们最可怕罪行的方式。
Penal Legion Conscripts 刑罚军团征召兵
Equipment 装备
The only standard piece equipment each Guardsman is guaranteed to receive is the Lasgun, and even then some will go into battle without one. Not even a standard uniform exists within the Guard, each Guardsman equipped according to the traditions and resources available to their parent regiment. The basic equipment loadout issued by the Departmento Munitorum includes the lasgun with six power packs, enough for a minimum of 2000 shots, a close combat weapon, usually a bayonet, frag grenades, a laspistol and basic necessities like four days-ration packs, toiletry articles and other items used on the trip to the battlefield. All in all, the standard equipment loadout weighs 25kg, not including special issue items unique to some regiments like the Vitrian reflective armour.
每个卫兵唯一能保证获得的标准装备是激光枪，即使这样，有些人也会在没有激光枪的情况下参加战斗。卫队内部甚至没有标准制服，每个卫队都根据其原兵团的传统和可用资源进行装备。军务部发放的基本装备包括带有六个能量包的激光枪，足以发射至少2000次，一种近战武器，通常是刺刀，破片手榴弹、激光手枪和基本必需品，如四天的口粮包、洗漱用品和其他战场之旅中使用的物品。总的来说，标准装备的载重量为25公斤，不包括一些兵团特有的特殊物品，如维特里安反射盔甲。
Well equiped soldier 全装备士兵
Guardswomen 女卫兵
Several Guard regiments include female troopers, including the Tanith First, the Omicron Rangers, and the Calderon Rifles. However, less than 10% of all Guard soldiers are female, and the vast majority of these serve in all-female regiments, such as the Valhallan 296th Ice Warriors. Mixed-sex regiments, such as the Tanith First and the Valhallan 597th, are a rarity.
几个卫队兵团包括女性士兵，包括塔尼斯第一兵团、奥密克戎游侠和卡尔德隆步枪兵团。然而，所有卫队士兵中只有不到10%是女性，其中绝大多数都在全女性兵团服役，如瓦尔哈拉冰雪战士第296兵团。混合性别的军团，如塔尼斯第一兵团和瓦尔哈拉第597兵团，是罕见的。
Catachan Guardswoman 卡塔昌女卫兵
Death 死亡
Upon their deaths, the Guardsmen's next of kin are sent a Martyrdom Certificate, which is normally signed by their commanding officer.
在他们死亡后，卫队的近亲会收到一份殉难证书，通常由他们的指挥官签署。
Retirement 退役
Retirement from the Imperial Guard is unlikely, as is any hope of returning to one's world of origin. However, if a Regiment has been so badly mauled that it is considered a waste of time and resources to combine it with others, they may be assigned garrison duty of a nearby planet, usually the same one they had just been fighting over. With the population center often decimated and the planet in tatters, the Regiment may be awarded custodianship of the world as a reward. The officers of such forces inevitably become powerful, and wealthy figures whose descendants form the new noble class.
从帝国卫队退役是不太可能的，回到原籍世界的任何希望也是如此。然而，如果一个兵团受到如此严重的打击，以至于将其与其他兵团合并被认为是浪费时间和资源，他们可能会被分配到附近行星的驻军任务，通常是他们刚刚为之战斗的行星。随着人口中心经常被摧毁，行星四分五裂，该兵团可能会被授予世界的监护权作为奖励。这些部队的军官不可避免地会变得强大而富有，他们的后代形成了新的贵族阶层。
Known Guardsmen Privates 著名卫兵个体
Krymer - private of the Third Squadron (Sentinel operator) of the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Company of the Krieg 1st Armoured Regiment
克莱默 - 克里格第一装甲兵团第二装甲侦察连队第三中队（哨兵操作员）的二等兵
Liebig - private of the Third Squadron (Sentinel operator) of the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Company of the Krieg 1st Armoured Regiment
利比格 - 克里格第一装甲兵团第二装甲侦察连队第三中队（哨兵操作员）列兵
Ohm - private of the Third Squadron (Sentinel operator) of the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Company of the Krieg 1st Armoured Regiment
欧姆 - 克里格第一装甲兵团第二装甲侦察连队第三中队（哨兵操作员）的二等兵
Zworkyin - private of the Third Squadron (Sentinel operator) of the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Company of the Krieg 1st Armoured Regiment
兹沃金 - 克里格第一装甲兵团第二装甲侦察连队第三中队（哨兵操作员）的二等兵
