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| 8th FedCom RCT | |
| Formed | 3041[1] |
| Disbanded | 3064 (destroyed)[2] |
| Nickname | The Katzbalger |
| Affiliation | Federated Commonwealth |
| Parent Command | Federated Commonwealth Corps |
Though it fired some of the first shots of the FedCom Civil War, the Loyalist Eighth FedCom RCT was later destroyed in the bitter fighting on their homeworld of Kathil. Their belligerence contributed to the shattering and eventual dissolution of the Federated Commonwealth and the Federated Commonwealth Corps.
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History
Formed in 3041, two years later than planned due to the AFFC's need to recover from the disastrous War of 3039, the Eighth FedCom RCT ended up benefiting from that conflict as it gave officers transferred to its command a higher than average experience level. Despite not having seen combat together as a unit, the AFFC High Command nevertheless rated the untested Eighth quite highly thanks to the standards of excellence maintained by the unit's combat veteran officers.[1]
In 3049, the Eighth was assigned to Second Try in the Sarna March as a garrison force.[3]. When the world was targeted in the Marik-Liao Invasion of 3057, the Eighth inflicted serious damage on the attackers before being forced to with withdraw to bolster the defense of Kathil against further Capellan Confederation aggression. [1]
FedCom Civil War
When rumblings of the coming conflict between pro-Victor and pro-Katherine factions reached the ears of Field Marshal Duke George Hasek, he issued orders to the Eighth FedCom RCT to depart Kathil for Halloran V in October 3062. Duke Hasek, who wished to remain neutral in any conflict between the two siblings, knew that the Eighth were staunch supporters of Katherine and did not want any trouble to start in the Capellan March. Unfortunately, General Weintraub had received orders from the Archon-Princess herself to remain on the world and flat-out refused Hasek's orders, stating that her authority was much higher than the Duke's. In response, Hasek ordered the First Capellan Dragoons to station themselves on Kathil and watch the Eighth.[4]
Knowing that Hasek's troops were not long in coming, Weintraub occupied Kathil's capital of District City, captured the Duke of Kathil, and placed the planet under martial law. In response to this bold move, the commanding officer of the Kathil CMM ordered that General Weintraub and his staff be arrested. The men sent to arrest the Loyalists were discovered and fired upon, leading to a series of indecisive skirmishes between the Eighth FedCom and the Kathil CMM. Weintraub and the Eighth quickly captured a Yare Industries power uplink center and an Avalon-class battlecruiser, but were driven back by the CMM and the Second NAIS Training Cadre. This counterattack wiped out a full battalion of the Eighth's 'Mechs along with two support battalions, destroyed the captured battlecruiser, and killed Leftenant General Fallon. Riding this momentum, the Kathil CMM drove the Eighth FedCom back into District City, freeing the imprisoned Duke, and corralling the Loyalist unit inside the city's General Motors factory complex. There the Eighth FedCom held the line, hoping for reinforcements.[4]
In February 3063, the Eighth Donegal Guards arrived to reinforce them, but were shortly followed by the First Capellan Dragoons and the Sixth Syrtis Fusiliers, who reinforced the Allied units there.[5]
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As the fighting dragged on from 3063 into early 3064, the Eighth bolstered the Loyalist morale by rescuing nearly five thousand Loyalist POWs from Allied hands before a breakout from the line of battle resulted in the Eighth being separated from the bulk of the Loyalist forces. [6] Lacking command flexibility, in the face of combined assaults from the First Capellan Dragoons and the 5th Davion Guards the Eighth shattered and the Allied forces overran the unit's command post, with its CO falling in battle. The battered remains of both Eighth and the Capellan Dragoons effectively destroyed each other, with what few survivors left linking up with other units of their factions.[2]
Due to their bitter role in the destruction of the Federated Commonwealth, the FedCom Corps was stricken from the rolls of the AFFS and what little surviving material and troops survived the Eighth's destruction was reassigned to other units[7]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 8th FedCom RCT | |||
| Hauptmann General | Mitchell Weintraub | 3041[1] - 3064[2] | |
Other Officers
- Leftenant General Karen Fallon was Mitchell Weintraub's executive officer.[8]
- Leftenant Xander Barajas was the MechWarrior who fired the first shot in the FedCom Civil War.[9]
Tactics
The Eighth favored combat in open terrain, where they could concentrate their firepower, but they also proved highly adept at assault operations, dislodging even the most dug-in units.
Composition History
3050
8th FedCom RCT (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) [10]
- CO: Hauptmann General Mitchell Weintraub [10]
- Base: Second Try [10]
3054
8th FedCom RCT (Regiment/Regular/Reliable) [11]
- CO: Hauptmann General Mitchell Weintraub [11]
- Base: Second Try [11]
3062
8th FedCom RCT (Regular/Reliable)[1]
- CO: Hauptmann General Mitchell Weintraub[1]
- Base: Kathil[12]
- 8th FedCom Regiment (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[1]
- CO: Hauptmann General Mitchell Weintraub
- 8th FedCom AeroSpace Brigade - (3 Wings/Regular/Reliable)
- Leftenant General Jocasta Carlton
- 8th FedCom Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[1]
- CO: Leftenant General Michelle Dettori
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- CO: Leftenant General Michelle Dettori
- CO: Leftenant General Garry Duffield
- CO: Leftenant General Natalie Polard
- 8th FedCom Infantry Brigade - (5 Infantry Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[1]
- CO: Leftenant General Nicki Little
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- CO: Leftenant General Casey Siddons
- CO: Leftenant General Norton Polli
- CO: Leftenant General Charles Price
- CO: Leftenant General Evantha Lowe
- CO: Leftenant General Yoshitomi Tendo
Unit Colors and Insignia
- Like other FedCom RCTs, the Eighth primarily used the FedCom Corps crest as their insignia, before adopting a circular crest with a Capellan Huron Warrior run though by a broadsword after their withdrawal from Second Try.
- The parade colors of the Eighth, and all other FedCom Corps units, was navy blue with gold banding on the arms and legs of 'Mechs. Gold is also used to highlight panels on the upper torsos of 'Mechs and turrets of armor units, resulting in a checkerboard pattern.
Notes
- The katzbalger was a 16th- and 17th-century arming sword used by Landsknecht archers and pikemen when enemies closed to the distance that bows or pikes were no longer practical. Literally translated from German, it means "cat skin" or "cat-gutter," referring to either the method by which it was carried or the manner in which it was used.
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 96, "8th FedCom RCT: The Katzbalger"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 FedCom Civil War, p. 95
- ↑ 20-Year Update, p. 23
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 22 - 23, "Kathil"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 56 - 57, "Kathil"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War, pp. 76-77
- ↑ Field Manual Updates, p. 130
- ↑ Flashpoint (novel)
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 17, "Final Thoughts"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 20 Year Update, p. 23
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Objective Raids, p. 17
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 135, "Federated Suns Forces"