51st Hussar Regiment

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Fifty-first Hussar Regiment
Nickname The Fingers of Death
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXX Corps

The Fifty-first Hussar Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In the early twenty-seventh century, the Fifty-first had a small unit of ten Hussar BattleMechs attached to it. This unit, nicknamed "The Fingers of Death," generally performed fast strikes behind enemy lines and helped show the merit of the 'Mech that would eventually become the standard light machine of the SLDF. An example of this was the operation on Wotan in 2630.[1][2][3]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXX Corps, Twelfth Army, to District 2 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery.[4] The Fifty-first was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[4]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 51st Hussar Regiment

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF Hussar regiment, the Fifty-first would have been composed primarily of medium to heavy 'Mechs, tanks and hovercraft.[5]

References[edit]

  1. Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 192: "HSR-200-D Hussar"
  2. Technical Readout: 2750, p. 24: "Capabilities"
  3. Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 16: "Overview"
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Star League, p. 145: "Twelfth"
  5. The Star League, p. 133: "Unit Composition"

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