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| image = [[Image:Benjamin Regulars brigade logo.png|150 px|Benjamin Regulars Brigade Insignia]]
| Designation = Twelfth Benjamin Regulars
| formed = [[Star League era]] or earlier<ref name="FR2765DCMSp10">''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 10</ref>
| Disbanded =
| Previous Designation =
| Nickname =
| Affiliation = [[Draconis Combine]]
| Parent Command = [[Benjamin Regulars]]
| Sub-Command =
}}

==History==
=== Star League Era ===
Of the various [[brigade]]s of Regulars active within the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] during the [[Star League era]], the [[regiment]]s of the Benjamin Regulars - including the '''Twelfth Benjamin Regulars''' - were considered to be the most flexible. This was a reflection of the reality that the Regulars could at any point be called on to fight against the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] or the [[Star League Defense Force]], as a result of the [[Benjamin Military District]] bordering the [[Federated Suns]], [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and [[Terran Hegemony]]. This was even acknowledged by the [[Internal Security Force]], who gave the Twelfth and the other regiments of the Regulars more leeway than the average [[DCMS]] unit - an attitude the Benjamin Regulars repaid by limiting complaints and criticism to supply issues and local concerns, rather than anything to do with politics.<ref name="FR2765DCMSp10"/>

Bandit raids in or around [[2765]] had inflicted sufficiently heavy damage on the Twelfth that the regiment was still rebuilding, causing the ISF to downgrade the Regulars reliability rating; it was anticipated that the Twelfth wouldn't finish rebuilding until some time in [[2766].<ref name="FR2765DCMSp10"/>

In November [[2785]]<ref name="HKp53">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 53, "Bujitsu"</ref> the Twelfth Benjamin Regulars and the [[Seventh Proserpina Hussars]] invaded the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Battle of Gram (2785)|Gram]], swiftly conquering it. Gram had until recently been protected by the [[Fifth Donegal Guards]], but false-flag raids by [[DCMS]] units on [[Bone-Norman]], [[Barcelona]] and [[Somerset]] had persuaded the Lyran General of the Armies, [[Paul Steiner]], to redeploy more [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] units to the [[Periphery]] border in case the raids were indications of either resurgent [[Rim Worlds Republic]] forces or a potential invasion from the Combine. As a result, the Fifth Donegal Guards had been redeployed away from Gram, shortly ahead of the arrival of the Twelfth and Seventh. The planetary militia's infantry and armor were swiftly decimated by the lighter elements of the DCMS forces.<ref name="FSWp21">''First Succession War'', p. 21, "The Commonwealth Incursions"</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 12th Benjamin Regulars'''
|-
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
===2765===
'''Twelfth Benjamin Regulars''' ([[Regiment]]/Green/Reliable)<ref>''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 10</ref>
:;
:* Regiment of BattleMechs
:* Regiment of artillery
:* Four regiments of armor
:* Four regiments of infantry
:* Aerospace fighter wing
:Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Osumi]].

=== 2786 - 2821 ===

'''Twelfth Benjamin Regulars''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS)"</ref>
:Note: At this point the Twelfth was a light unit operating at full strength and stationed on Osumi.<ref name="FSWp136"/>In 2821 the unit was operating at just over one-third strength and stationed on [[Vega]].<ref name="FSWp136"/>

=== 2830 ===
'''12th Benjamin Regulars''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp96>''Second Succession War'', p. 96 </ref>
: Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on [[Vega]] with an operational readiness of 60 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp96/> The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name=2ndSSp96/>

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Report 2765: DCMS]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''

[[Category:Draconis Combine Commands|Benjamin Regulars, 12th]]

12th Benjamin Regulars - Revision history

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