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| image   = [[Image:Sian Dragoons.png|150px|Insignia of the Sian Dragoons]]
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| image = [[Image:Sian Dragoons -Brigade logo.png|191px|Brigade Insignia of the Sian Dragoons]]
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| Designation = Twenty-third Sian Dragoons
| parent formation = [[Sian Dragoons]]
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| Formed = [[2784]]
| formed  = 2784
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| Disbanded = Destroyed during the [[Second Succession War]]<ref name=2ndSSp96/>
| year    = 2821
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| unitname = Twenty-third Sian Dragoons
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| Affiliation = [[Capellan Confederation]]
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| Parent Command = [[Sian Dragoons]]
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==History==
 
==History==
 
The '''Twenty-third Sian Dragoons''' officially formed in [[2784]], but their origins lay in an older command, the [[360th BattleMech Division]].<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32, "Those Left Behind"</ref> The 360th was originally a part of [[XXV Corps (Star League)|XXV Corps]], within the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[8th Army (Star League)|Eighth Army]],<ref name=SL141>''The Star League'', p. 141, "Eighth Army"</ref> but in 2783 the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] recruited the remains of the entire [[division]], and in 2784 used the personnel and equipment from the 360th to form six new [[regiment]]s within the Sian Dragoons [[brigade]] - one of which was the Twenty-third.<ref name="FSWp32"/>
 
The '''Twenty-third Sian Dragoons''' officially formed in [[2784]], but their origins lay in an older command, the [[360th BattleMech Division]].<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32, "Those Left Behind"</ref> The 360th was originally a part of [[XXV Corps (Star League)|XXV Corps]], within the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[8th Army (Star League)|Eighth Army]],<ref name=SL141>''The Star League'', p. 141, "Eighth Army"</ref> but in 2783 the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] recruited the remains of the entire [[division]], and in 2784 used the personnel and equipment from the 360th to form six new [[regiment]]s within the Sian Dragoons [[brigade]] - one of which was the Twenty-third.<ref name="FSWp32"/>
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==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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==Tactics==
 
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Unknown.
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
=== 2786 ===
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=== 2786 -  2821 ===
 
'''Twenty-third Sian Dragoons''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)"</ref>
 
'''Twenty-third Sian Dragoons''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Twenty-third was a heavy-weight regiment operating at full strength and was based on [[Harbin]]. Deployed alongside the Twenty-third was a sister regiment also founded from the 360th, the [[Nineteenth Sian Dragoons]].<ref name="FSWp136"/>
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:- At this point in time the Twenty-third was a heavy-weight regiment operating at full strength and was based on [[Harbin]]. Deployed alongside the Twenty-third was a sister regiment also founded from the 360th, the [[Nineteenth Sian Dragoons]].<ref name="FSWp136"/>In 2821 the unit was operating at just under one-third strength and was based on Harbin.<ref name="FSWp136"/>
 
 
=== 2821 ===
 
'''Twenty-third Sian Dragoons''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)<ref name="FSWp136"/>
 
:- At this point in time the Twenty-third was a heavy-weight regiment operating at just under one-third strength and was based on Harbin.<ref name="FSWp136"/>
 
  
 
=== 2830 ===
 
=== 2830 ===
'''23rd Sian Dragoons''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) <ref name=2ndSSp96>’’ Second Succession War’’, p. 96 </ref>
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'''23rd Sian Dragoons''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) <ref name=2ndSSp96>''Second Succession War'', p. 96 </ref>
 
: Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Karlstejn]] with an operational readiness of 115 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp96/> The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name=2ndSSp96/>
 
: Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on [[Karlstejn]] with an operational readiness of 115 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp96/> The unit was destroyed during the war. <ref name=2ndSSp96/>
  

Latest revision as of 18:35, 21 October 2023

Brigade Insignia of the Sian Dragoons
Twenty-third Sian Dragoons
Formed 2784
Disbanded Destroyed during the Second Succession War[1]
Affiliation Capellan Confederation
Parent Command Sian Dragoons

History[edit]

The Twenty-third Sian Dragoons officially formed in 2784, but their origins lay in an older command, the 360th BattleMech Division.[2] The 360th was originally a part of XXV Corps, within the Star League Defense Force Eighth Army,[3] but in 2783 the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces recruited the remains of the entire division, and in 2784 used the personnel and equipment from the 360th to form six new regiments within the Sian Dragoons brigade - one of which was the Twenty-third.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 23rd Sian Dragoons

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

2786 - 2821[edit]

Twenty-third Sian Dragoons (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[4]

- At this point in time the Twenty-third was a heavy-weight regiment operating at full strength and was based on Harbin. Deployed alongside the Twenty-third was a sister regiment also founded from the 360th, the Nineteenth Sian Dragoons.[4]In 2821 the unit was operating at just under one-third strength and was based on Harbin.[4]

2830[edit]

23rd Sian Dragoons (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) [1]

Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on Karlstejn with an operational readiness of 115 percent. [1] The unit was destroyed during the war. [1]


References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Second Succession War, p. 96
  2. 2.0 2.1 First Succession War, p. 32, "Those Left Behind"
  3. The Star League, p. 141, "Eighth Army"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 First Succession War, p. 136, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)"

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