Those Guardsmen who work with the war machines of the Imperial Guard fall under the Operator specialty, and as with other Guardsmen specialties, Operator is not an official title, as these men and women are called many different names across the Imperium -- for example, the Lacustan 103rd affectionately refer to men in their armoured squads as "tread-jocks." Operators are an invaluable asset, and can quickly rise in the ranks if they survive the brutality of combat. Some eventually become a Master of Ordnance, calling in titanic orbital bombardments upon their enemy. Others are given charge of the various war-machines fielded, commanding Chimera armoured transports, Leman Russ battle tanks, and sometimes even a mighty Baneblade super-heavy tank. Whatever his function, it is sure that the O