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| Designation = Stapleton's Iron Hand
| Formed = [[2986]]<ref name=HLp90>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 90: "Stapleton's Iron Hand Unit Profile"</ref>
| Disbanded = Disbanded after the [[Fourth Succession War]]
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| Affiliation = [[Capellan Confederation]]
| Parent Command = [[St. Ives Armored Cavalry]]
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'''Stapleton's Iron Hand''' was a [[regiment]] in service to the [[Capellan Confederation]] up until the [[Fourth Succession War]].

==History==
Chancellor Liao awarded [[Pavel Ridzik]] with command of the Stapleton's Iron Hand in [[2991]] for assisting him in gaining the Chancellorship.<ref name=HLp90/> The [[Colonel]] relinquished his command of the [[Prefectorate Guard]], and transferred to his new command.

===Fourth Succession War===
During the Fourth Succession War, the unit took moderate casualties in the failed defense of [[Tikonov]]. During that fighting, they faced elements of the [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]].<ref>''The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One'', p. 16</ref> The remnants became later part of the [[Second Republic Guards]].

During the Fourth Succession War Pavel Ridzik wanted to move Stapleton's Iron Hand up and use it as the core of a counterattack into the [[Federated Suns]]. This proved to be impossible.<ref>''Warrior: Riposte'', p. 270</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Stapleton's Iron Hand'''
|-
| [[Major]]||[[Christopher Stapleton]]||[[2986]] – [[2991]]<ref name=HLp90/>
|-
| [[Colonel]]||[[Pavel Ridzik]]||2991 – [[3025]]<ref name=HLp90/>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Unit Emblem==
Three blue diamonds impaled on a ''katana'' against white field.<ref name=HLp90/>

==Composition History==
===3025===
'''Stapleton's Iron Hand''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HLp90/>

Primary BattleMech unit.  Consisting of primary ''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]'' and ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' BattleMechs.<ref name=HLp90/>
* First Battalion CO: [[Major]] [[Edam Ridzik]]
* Second Battalion CO: Major [[Christopher Stapleton]]
* Third Battalion CO: Major [[Alexandre Bulgarin]]<ref name=HLp90/>
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Teng]].<ref name=HLp90/>

===3028===
'''Stapleton's Grenadiers''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=H:BWp88>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 88</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[The Fourth Succession War Scenarios Volume One]]''
* ''[[Warrior: Riposte]]'' (novel)

[[Category:Capellan Confederation Commands|Stapleton's Iron Hand]]