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| + | A classic example of a hard-luck [[mercenary unit]], '''Gabhardt's Carabineers''' operated from the [[Second Succession War]] until their destruction during the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]].<ref name=MSII34>''Mercenaries Supplemental II'', p. 34, "Gabhardt's Carabineers Unit Profile"</ref><ref name=SSW-97>''Second Succession War'', p. 97 "Second Succession War Deployment Table - Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS) - Mercenary Combat Commands (DCMS)"</ref><ref name=MSU-12>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 12 "Mercenaries of the Jihad - The Rolls of Honor"</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| + | Formed during the Second Succession War by defectors from the [[Free Worlds League]], Gabhardt's Carabineers would first see service as mercenaries with the [[Draconis Combine]] and ultimately survive that horrific conflict, even with losing half their strength. The rest of the Carabineers' centuries of existence would be roughly similar, one of hard-luck survival with the unit drifting from one two-bit contract to the next, doggedly hanging on as they stayed barely one step ahead of their creditors. <ref name=MSII34/><ref name=SSW-97/> | ||
| + | The unit experienced a something of a minor revival during the era of the Second [[Star League]] when it attracted the services of [[Vic Kantov]], a disgraced ex-[[battalion]] commander in [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' [[Gamma Regiment (Wolf's Dragoons)|Gamma Regiment]] who brought with him both a treasure trove of Star League and [[Clan]]-tech equipment and as well as former Gamma Regiment troops. While resulting in a spike in unit's [[Dragoon Rating]], the expense of the upkeep of the advanced technology soon began to weigh down on the unit.<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
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| + | Serving the [[St. Ives Compact]] during the later years of the [[Clan Invasion]], as the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]] turned against the young realm the Carabineers drifted between various [[Chaos March]] factions before traveling to the [[Lyran Alliance]]'s [[Periphery]] border. Based on [[Timbuktu]], Gabhardt's Carabineers were deployed piecemeal over a half-dozen worlds, clashing several times with the mysterious raiders known as the "[[Green Ghosts]]" known to strike archaeological and religious sites up and down the border. Too thinly deployed and with the "Green Ghost" equipped with Clan technology, the Carabineers suffered increasing losses.<ref name=MSII34/><ref name=MS-68>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 68 - "Mercenary Employment Roster (Deployment as of 1 September 3067)"</ref> | ||
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| + | Following the outbreak of the Word of Blake Jihad and rising tensions between Lyran Alliance and Free Worlds League, Gabhardt's Carabineers took part in the combined [[Bolan Province|Bolan]]/[[Skye Province|Skye]] invasion - [[Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN]] - in early to mid-[[3068]]. In June the Carabineers, reinforced by the [[Seventh Donegal Guards]], landed to take [[McAffe]] avenging the heavy losses suffered by the [[Fourth Lyran Regulars]] by shattering the defending [[Ninth Regulan Hussars]]. Left behind to defend the planet, in July McAffe was targeted during the League's [[Operation BROKEN FIST]] first wave counterattack, the Carabineers grossly outnumbered and outmatched as [[Free Worlds League Military]] utterly destroyed the unit to retake the system. The survivors were interned in League POW camp with other Lyran prisoners, by [[3071]] they were still to be ransomed back to the Lyrans. <ref name=MSU-12/> <ref name=JS-TBD-21>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', pp. 21-22 "Jihad: The Early Years - OPERATION: “ÜBERSCHATTEN/BROKEN FIST” - Überschatten - Turning Point"</ref> | ||
==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
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| + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Gabhardt's Carabineers''' | ||
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| + | | [[Colonel]]||[[Alexis Gabhardt]]||[[3067]]<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
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==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
| + | Thanks to the skills that saw Major Kantov rise to the position of battalion commander in the [[Inner Sphere]]'s preeminent mercenary command before his disgrace, under his guidance the Carabineers have evolved a tactical doctrine that uses their speed and mobility to deliver maximum firepower in pinpoint strikes. Unfortunately the unit's dispersed deployment during the Lyran Periphery contract made employing these tactics difficult on anything above [[company]] level.<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
| − | + | ==Mercenary Rating== | |
| − | + | ===October [[3067]]=== | |
| + | '''Dragoon Rating: D'''<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
| + | === 2864 === | ||
| + | '''Gabhardt's Carabineers''' (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) <ref name=2ndSSp97>''Second Succession War'', p. 97 </ref> | ||
| + | : Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Tsukude]] with an operational readiness of 47 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp97/> | ||
| − | + | ===3067=== | |
| − | - medium BattleMech regiment | + | '''Gabhardt's Carabineers'''(1 [[Regiment]]/Veteran/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> |
| − | + | * CO: [[Colonel]] Alexis Gabhardt | |
| − | + | * XO/1st Battalion: [[Major]] Vic Kantov | |
| + | * 2nd Battalion: Major Jason Fuller | ||
| + | * 3rd Battalion: Major Klaus Yanowich | ||
| + | - A medium BattleMech regiment, each battalion is led by an independent command lance (heavy and assault designs), and an independent command company with (medium and heavy 'Mechs). | ||
| − | + | '''Pitermartenzburg Irregular Horse'''(1 [[Battalion]]/Regular/Questionable)<ref name=MSII34/> | |
| − | - | + | * CO: Major Shawn Kilpatrick |
| − | + | * XO: [[Captain]] Lee Maxwell | |
| + | - A mishmash of hover and tracked vehicles, and a platoon of [[Sniper Artillery (Combat Vehicle)|Sniper]] artillery. | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Tucker's Swallows'''(1 Squadron/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=MSII34/> |
| + | * CO: Captain Franz "Catnip" Tucker | ||
| + | * XO: [[Lieutenant]] Vernon "Guppy" Smith | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| + | *The Carabineers' emblem is a yellow shield bearing a white on red square. An archaic carbine is set horizontally set across both squares. The command uses a basic tan color in all environments.<ref name=MSII34/> | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Bibliography== |
| − | *[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]] | + | *''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' |
| − | + | *''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]'' | |
| + | *''[[Mercenaries Supplemental II]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' | ||
| − | [[Category:Mercenary Commands]] | + | [[Category:Mercenary Commands|Gabhardt's Crabiners]] |
Latest revision as of 18:20, 11 February 2023
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| Gabhardt's Carabineers | |
| Disbanded | 3068 |
| Affiliation | Mercenary |
| Parent Command | Independent |
A classic example of a hard-luck mercenary unit, Gabhardt's Carabineers operated from the Second Succession War until their destruction during the Word of Blake Jihad.[1][2][3]
Contents
History[edit]
Formed during the Second Succession War by defectors from the Free Worlds League, Gabhardt's Carabineers would first see service as mercenaries with the Draconis Combine and ultimately survive that horrific conflict, even with losing half their strength. The rest of the Carabineers' centuries of existence would be roughly similar, one of hard-luck survival with the unit drifting from one two-bit contract to the next, doggedly hanging on as they stayed barely one step ahead of their creditors. [1][2]
The unit experienced a something of a minor revival during the era of the Second Star League when it attracted the services of Vic Kantov, a disgraced ex-battalion commander in Wolf's Dragoons' Gamma Regiment who brought with him both a treasure trove of Star League and Clan-tech equipment and as well as former Gamma Regiment troops. While resulting in a spike in unit's Dragoon Rating, the expense of the upkeep of the advanced technology soon began to weigh down on the unit.[1]
Serving the St. Ives Compact during the later years of the Clan Invasion, as the Capellan-St. Ives War turned against the young realm the Carabineers drifted between various Chaos March factions before traveling to the Lyran Alliance's Periphery border. Based on Timbuktu, Gabhardt's Carabineers were deployed piecemeal over a half-dozen worlds, clashing several times with the mysterious raiders known as the "Green Ghosts" known to strike archaeological and religious sites up and down the border. Too thinly deployed and with the "Green Ghost" equipped with Clan technology, the Carabineers suffered increasing losses.[1][4]
Following the outbreak of the Word of Blake Jihad and rising tensions between Lyran Alliance and Free Worlds League, Gabhardt's Carabineers took part in the combined Bolan/Skye invasion - Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN - in early to mid-3068. In June the Carabineers, reinforced by the Seventh Donegal Guards, landed to take McAffe avenging the heavy losses suffered by the Fourth Lyran Regulars by shattering the defending Ninth Regulan Hussars. Left behind to defend the planet, in July McAffe was targeted during the League's Operation BROKEN FIST first wave counterattack, the Carabineers grossly outnumbered and outmatched as Free Worlds League Military utterly destroyed the unit to retake the system. The survivors were interned in League POW camp with other Lyran prisoners, by 3071 they were still to be ransomed back to the Lyrans. [3] [5]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of Gabhardt's Carabineers | |||
| Colonel | Alexis Gabhardt | 3067[1] | |
Tactics[edit]
Thanks to the skills that saw Major Kantov rise to the position of battalion commander in the Inner Sphere's preeminent mercenary command before his disgrace, under his guidance the Carabineers have evolved a tactical doctrine that uses their speed and mobility to deliver maximum firepower in pinpoint strikes. Unfortunately the unit's dispersed deployment during the Lyran Periphery contract made employing these tactics difficult on anything above company level.[1]
Mercenary Rating[edit]
October 3067[edit]
Dragoon Rating: D[1]
Composition[edit]
2864[edit]
Gabhardt's Carabineers (Regiment/Regular/Questionable) [6]
- Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Tsukude with an operational readiness of 47 percent. [6]
3067[edit]
Gabhardt's Carabineers(1 Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[1]
- CO: Colonel Alexis Gabhardt
- XO/1st Battalion: Major Vic Kantov
- 2nd Battalion: Major Jason Fuller
- 3rd Battalion: Major Klaus Yanowich
- A medium BattleMech regiment, each battalion is led by an independent command lance (heavy and assault designs), and an independent command company with (medium and heavy 'Mechs).
Pitermartenzburg Irregular Horse(1 Battalion/Regular/Questionable)[1]
- CO: Major Shawn Kilpatrick
- XO: Captain Lee Maxwell
- A mishmash of hover and tracked vehicles, and a platoon of Sniper artillery.
Tucker's Swallows(1 Squadron/Regular/Reliable)[1]
- CO: Captain Franz "Catnip" Tucker
- XO: Lieutenant Vernon "Guppy" Smith
Notes[edit]
- The Carabineers' emblem is a yellow shield bearing a white on red square. An archaic carbine is set horizontally set across both squares. The command uses a basic tan color in all environments.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 34, "Gabhardt's Carabineers Unit Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Second Succession War, p. 97 "Second Succession War Deployment Table - Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS) - Mercenary Combat Commands (DCMS)"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 12 "Mercenaries of the Jihad - The Rolls of Honor"
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 68 - "Mercenary Employment Roster (Deployment as of 1 September 3067)"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, pp. 21-22 "Jihad: The Early Years - OPERATION: “ÜBERSCHATTEN/BROKEN FIST” - Überschatten - Turning Point"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Second Succession War, p. 97