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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The '''801st Heavy Armored Regiment''' was a unit within the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] and one of the first military units in the [[Inner Sphere]] to be equipped with the [[BattleMech]]. | The '''801st Heavy Armored Regiment''' was a unit within the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] and one of the first military units in the [[Inner Sphere]] to be equipped with the [[BattleMech]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The [[Terran Hegemony]] was responsible for the development of the first [[BattleMech]], with the [[Mackie|MSK-5S ''Mackie'']] entering service in [[2439]].<ref name="ED:AOWp5">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 5, "The New Knights"</ref> The pilot of the first Mackie to undergo successful testing was [[Colonel]] [[Charles Kincaid]], a scion of the wealthy and influential Kincaid family, and Kincaid would go on to command a [['Mech]] [[company]] within the 801st.<ref name="TRO3075p186">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 186, "MSK-9H Mackie: Notable | + | The [[Terran Hegemony]] was responsible for the development of the first [[BattleMech]], with the [[Mackie|MSK-5S ''Mackie'']] entering service in [[2439]].<ref name="ED:AOWp5">''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 5, "The New Knights"</ref> The pilot of the first ''Mackie'' to undergo successful testing was [[Colonel]] [[Charles Kincaid (25th c.)|Charles Kincaid]], a scion of the wealthy and influential Kincaid family, and Kincaid would go on to command a [['Mech]] [[company]] within the 801st.<ref name="TRO3075p186">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 186, "MSK-9H Mackie: Notable MechWarriors"</ref><ref name=XTROPVp8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 8 "MSK-5S Mackie"</ref> |
| − | The first battle in the history of the Inner Sphere to involve BattleMechs also involved the 801st; a [[lance]] of Mackies from the 801st faced a company of | + | The first battle in the history of the Inner Sphere to involve BattleMechs also involved the 801st; a [[lance]] of Mackies led by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Amanda Cunningham]]<ref name=XTROPVp8/> from the 801st faced a company of armored vehicles from the [[Draconis Combine]] on the planet [[Styx]], which the Kuritans were attempting to raid.<ref name="ED:AOWp5"/> The 'Mechs from the 801st easily handled the Combine tanks and their infantry support outside the city of Barbados; faced with the new Hegemony weapons on a battlefield marred by wet weather conditions and mud, only a single Combine tank and a few infantry were left alive from the raiding party at the end of the battle. This overwhelming victory proved to most that BattleMech technology would be decisive in future battles.<ref>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 44: "Styk"</ref> |
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
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* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Digest: Age of War]] | * ''[[Era Digest: Age of War]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1]]'' | ||
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'' | ||
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[[Category: Terran Hegemony Commands|Heavy Armored Regiment, 801st]] | [[Category: Terran Hegemony Commands|Heavy Armored Regiment, 801st]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 21 January 2024
| 801st Heavy Armored Regiment | |
| Affiliation | Terran Hegemony |
| Parent Command | Hegemony Armed Forces |
Overview[edit]
The 801st Heavy Armored Regiment was a unit within the Hegemony Armed Forces and one of the first military units in the Inner Sphere to be equipped with the BattleMech.
History[edit]
The Terran Hegemony was responsible for the development of the first BattleMech, with the MSK-5S Mackie entering service in 2439.[1] The pilot of the first Mackie to undergo successful testing was Colonel Charles Kincaid, a scion of the wealthy and influential Kincaid family, and Kincaid would go on to command a 'Mech company within the 801st.[2][3]
The first battle in the history of the Inner Sphere to involve BattleMechs also involved the 801st; a lance of Mackies led by Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Cunningham[3] from the 801st faced a company of armored vehicles from the Draconis Combine on the planet Styx, which the Kuritans were attempting to raid.[1] The 'Mechs from the 801st easily handled the Combine tanks and their infantry support outside the city of Barbados; faced with the new Hegemony weapons on a battlefield marred by wet weather conditions and mud, only a single Combine tank and a few infantry were left alive from the raiding party at the end of the battle. This overwhelming victory proved to most that BattleMech technology would be decisive in future battles.[4]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
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| Commanding Officers of the 801st Heavy Armored Regiment | |||
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.