Difference between revisions of "396th Dragoon Regiment"

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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The '''Three Hundred Ninety-sixth Dragoon Regiment''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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The '''396th Dragoon Regiment''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
 
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]], [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]], to an undisclosed district within the [[Periphery]], though it was pulled out by [[2765]] to some unknown location during the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL156>''The Star League'', p. 156, "Eighteenth"</ref> The 396th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], to be absorbed by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] by [[2784]].<ref name=SL156/>
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLV Corps (Star League)|XLV Corps]], [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]], to an undisclosed district within the [[Periphery]], though it was pulled out by [[2765]] to some unknown location during the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL156>''The Star League'', p. 156, "Eighteenth"</ref> The 396th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], to be absorbed by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]].<ref name=SL156/> The AFFS recruited the surviving battalion of the 396th in [[2785]], merging them into the [[Third Ceti Hussars]] along with a battalion recruited from the [[199th Dragoon Regiment]], the AFFS having founded the Third Ceti Hussars two years earlier using a battalion of troops recruited from the [[250th BattleMech Division]].<ref name="FSWp33">''First Succession War'', p. 33, "Those Left Behind"</ref>  
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[The Star League]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
 
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Dragoon Regiment, 0396th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Dragoon Regiment, 0396th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Dragoon Regiment|Dragoon Regiment, 0326th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Dragoon Regiment|Dragoon Regiment, 0326th]]

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Overview

The 396th 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 XLV Corps, Eighteenth Army, to an undisclosed district within the Periphery, though it was pulled out by 2765 to some unknown location during the Periphery Uprising.[1] The 396th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, to be absorbed by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns.[1] The AFFS recruited the surviving battalion of the 396th in 2785, merging them into the Third Ceti Hussars along with a battalion recruited from the 199th Dragoon Regiment, the AFFS having founded the Third Ceti Hussars two years earlier using a battalion of troops recruited from the 250th BattleMech Division.[2]

Composition

As an SLDF Dragoon regiment the 396th would have been composed primarily of heavy to assault 'Mechs, tanks and hovercraft.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 156, "Eighteenth"
  2. First Succession War, p. 33, "Those Left Behind"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography