149th Dragoon Regiment

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Overview

The One Hundred Forty-Ninth Dragoon Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the VII Corps, Eighth Army to District 1 of the Free Worlds League Military Region, but was moved to an District 2 during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[1] The 149th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, to be absorbed by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns[1][2] in 2784.[2] The Armed Forces of the Federated Suns redesignated the 149th the Fourth Avalon Borderers, expanding the Avalon Borderers brigade using the 2004th and two other former SLDF regiments.[2]

Composition

As an SLDF Dragoon regiment the 149th would have been composed primarily of heavy to assault 'Mechs, tanks and hovercraft.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 141, "Second Army"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 First succession War, p. 33, "Those Left Behind"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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