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Thats actually a good question. It would come down to which regiments of the guard are paired and which chapters of the Astartes. Some astartes treat normal humans as inferior, weak beings, and see themselves above them. Which is kinda true to be honest. Avitus in DOW2 is a great example of that mindset.

Others wouldn't mind at all, seeing them as soliders of the imperium, who do their duty. Even praise them from time to time for exceptional deeds.

Then their is also the quantity. While the guard number billions to trillions, theirs not that many space marines in comparison.

But in general, I believe that guardsmen would be put on defense, while the space marines were the offensive.

Guard would defend high value targets, while the marines would attack high value targets.

Guard could also use tanks assualts and provide heavy artillerly for the astares.

Thats how I would use them anyway.