Bumping oldish Imperial Guard thread with relevant information For The Emperor.
The summary sheet from the new codex was recently leaked - I saw a copy of it on /tg/. No real detail, special rules, limitations, or point values, but at least the range of dudes is confirmed.
Captains Al-Rahem and Cherenkov are returning as hero characters, alongside Creed and Yarrick.
Heavy Weapon teams are now one model (essentially a Guardsman with two wounds) to clear up the slightly confusing two-guys-with-one-gun rule.
There's something called a Heavy Sentinel with more armor to compliment the normal one. DO WANT.
There's like seven or eight different Leman Russes, including the Executioner.
The infamous Griffon Mortar returns, hopefully remade to shut up the people who insisted on using outdated rules for it.
The Valkyrie is real, and a codex-stock unit.
The list has entries for Conscripts, Convicts, and Penal units of some kind. It was translated from French, so it's not exactly clear. Might be the Schaffer Penal Legion bit, might be the return of the 2nd Edition human bombs.
The listing for Guardsmen just calls them "Guardsmen", with no references to Cadians or Catachans anywhere. I'm hopeful, however dim a hope, that something like the Regimental Doctrine system yet survives, despite the dumbing down of both Marine books.