Can conscripts take light infantry?

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Well, my guardsmen are just disrtaction, cheap and alot of them. But light infantry is a key thing in the way i play and at the moment i have 2 infantry platoons, i was planning on making about 30-50 man conscript and take out one of the patoons, to make my guarsmen even cheaper. SO, my question is

Can conscripts take the light infantry doctrine?

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Yeah they can, the doctrine is available to all guardsmen infantry units.

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ok great thx ;D

[Turtleboy(AWOL)]

negatory! conscripts are not 'guard infantry!' conscripts may NOT take the light infantry doctrine.

sorry .found!

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aw ok i'll just have to re tool my strategy a little i guess ;D

[Turtleboy(AWOL)]

conscripts are still a really good unit. alot of times you don't want them advancing infront of the vanguard of your infantry forces. fact is, they make a killer counterassault unit. 20-50 conscripts charging in for a couple attacks each - weapon skill doesn't make their 'tohit' rolls suffer any more than regular guardsmen unless the enemy is WS5+.

all in all, they're a great buy - so much so that I've painted white stripes on 20 of my guardsmen and made them permanent conscripts.

[BobaHat]

Just make sure you have an independent commissar attached to them. Then you've got a deadly unit.

[fatuous]

There is only 1 doc that effects conscripts which is close order drill.

[Commissar]

Close order drill is awesome sauce for conscripts!

[lordcastellenjon]

I would imagine so but you should wait till your withing the assult rang just before putting them into close order drill otherwise you get hammerd by artilery and frag weapons

[Turtleboy(AWOL)]

yes most definately heed lordcastellenjons advice there!

I typically just charge into a close order drill formation. it's pretty easy to do.

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Conscripts with Flamers would seem like a good investment- even if you miss with their crappy BS, you hit any models the template covers on a 4+! It's like a bonus!

Also, because of the immense size you can field, you have to lose 13 out of 50 conscripts to shooting before you have to take a Morale test.

And if you get to charge in with your 50-man squad, you get +1 attack charging bonus. That 100 freakin' attacks! Granted, WS 2 is poop, but still...100 attacks!

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thenoblewolves said:

Conscripts with Flamers would seem like a good investment- even if you miss with their crappy BS, you hit any models the template covers on a 4+! It's like a bonus!

You don't have to roll to hit with a flamer, it's an auto-hit weapon, which makes it even better for conscripts.

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Sadly its highly unlikely 50 conscripts would ever get into CC.