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52nd Heavy Assault Regiment

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Fifty-second Heavy Assault Regiment
Affiliation Star League (formerly);
Mercenary
Parent Command XII Corps (formerly);
Independent

The Fifty-second Heavy Assault Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.[1]

History

Star League

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XII Corps, Ninth Army, to District 2 of the Free Worlds League Military Region and transferred to an undisclosed district within the Periphery by 2765.[1] The Fifty-second survived the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign, but did not leave with Aleksandr Kerensky.

First Succession War

The unit became a mercenary force serving under the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery[2] by 2784.[3] During the First Succession War, they were deployed to the world of Pilkhua in 2786 and then Hesperus II in December 2787, where they would be destroyed in entirety.[4][5]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 52nd Heavy Assault Regiment
Captain Connor McCreedom 2787[6]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

The Regiment was comprised of Heavy and Assault 'Mechs with an average weight of over 80 tons in 2786.[4]

2786

Fifty-second Heavy Assault Regiment (Regiment/Veteran/Fanatical)[4]

Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on Pilkhua.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 142: "Ninth Army"
  2. ↑ Combat Manual: Kurita, p. 25: "The Dragon's Hirelings"
  3. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 54
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 First Succession War, p. 137: "Deployment Table"
  5. ↑ First Succession War, p. 50: "Operation BROKEN BLADE"
  6. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 62-63: "Holding Hesperus"

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