34th Provisional Dixie Armored Regiment
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| Thirty-fourth Provisional Dixie Armored Regiment | |
| Affiliation | Lyran Commonwealth |
| Parent Command | LCAF |
History
In 2978 Loric was the subject of another significant battle between Lyran and Free Worlds League forces. Two mercenary units in Lyran employ, the Twelfth Star Guards and the Eridani Light Horse found themselves in the middle of the battle, with the Eridani Light Horse in urgent need of relief.[1]
The Twelfth Star Guards had managed to break through the main Marik lines at Digger Pass with the assistance of the Third Battalion of the Thirty-fourth Provisional Dixie Armored Regiment after four months of combat,[2] but stalled at an ad hoc defensive formation of assorted League units along the Duren River, with the Marik forces keeping the Eridani Light Horse cut off from reinforcements. The Twelfth Star Guards tried using the Condor tanks of the Thirty-fourth to breach the defensive line, the Thirty-fourth having been at the forefront of the breakthrough, without success.[1][2]
The forces from the Thirty-fourth managed to destroy some of the disorganized Marik forces, despite being unable to reach the Eridani Light Horse, and the commander of the Third Battalion decided to hold the bridgehead his tanks had established[2] to give the 12th Star Guards a chance to try and break through. The intent was for their engineering company and their engineering vehicles to cut through the river banks and prepare the river bed for 'Mech movement, after attempts to build pontoon bridges failed due to heavy artillery bombardment and attacks from Marik aerospace fighters.[1] While the Twelfth Star Guards did manage to ford the river and relieve the Light Horse, the action cost them most of their engineering cadre and three out of their four engineering vehicles.[1] The Third Battalion had managed to buy the Twelfth Star Guards valuable time by using the mobility of their Condors to concentrate highly mobile attacks on the Marik ground forces that attempted to attack the Star Guards' engineer forces directly.[2]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of Thirty-fourth Provisional Dixie Armored Regiment | |||
Tactics
Unknown.
Composition History
Unknown.