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Eighty-fifth Light Horse Regiment
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXI Corps / Second Regimental Combat Team

The Eighty-fifth Light Horse Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

Sometime in the final years of the Star League before 2764, the unit was assigned to LXI Corps, Twelfth Army as a part of the Second Regimental Combat Team.[1]

The Second RCT was sent to Detroit to investigate rumors of weapon stockpiles, where they were was completely unprepared to face a full division of Taurian rebels. The Eighty-fifth Light Horse was destroyed by a nuclear strike during the fighting.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 85th Light Horse Regiment

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Light Horse regiment, the Eighty-fifth would have been composed of light to medium vehicles, with at least two recon companies comprising BattleMechs and vehicles designed for information gathering, as well as other regular 'Mechs.[2]

References[edit]

  1. a b Field Manual: SLDF, p. 154: "LXI Corps - Independent Regiments"
  2. The Star League, p. 133: "Regiments - Light Horse"

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