151st Light Horse Regiment
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151st Light Horse Regiment | |
Nickname | Dark Horse Regiment |
Affiliation | Mercenary Star League |
Parent Command | Eridani Light Horse 3rd Regimental Combat Team |
The 151st Light Horse Regiment was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. In modern times the unit is part of the famed Eridani Light Horse Mercenary unit.
Contents
History
In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the Third Regimental Combat Team, XI Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region, and then transferred to an undisclosed district within the Periphery by 2765.[1] The 151st survived the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign, to be absorbed by the Free Worlds League Military by 2784.[1]
As part of the Third Region of the Draconis Combine Military Region, the 151st Light Horse was a unit that was frequently called on to end pirate raiding. As such, they became known for their battlefield diplomacy. They were able to convince multiple pirates and raiders to surrender to them rather than the DCMS. As a result the number of actual pirate raids (as opposed to state-sponsored raiding masquerading as pirates) dropped to nearly nothing in 2765.[2]
Jihad
The Word of Blake Jihad surprised the 151st returning to the Inner Sphere from the Clan Homeworlds. They were annihilated by the Blakists by Orbital Bombardment on the planet Columbus.[3]
Officers
Rank | Name | Command | |
---|---|---|---|
Commanding Officers of the 151st Light Horse Regiment | |||
Colonel | Nathan Armstrong | 2999 - 3023[4] | |
Colonel | Robert Fairchild | 3024-???? (no later than 3049)[5] | |
Colonel | Charles Antonescu | 3050-???? (at least 3067)[6][7] |
Tactics
Unknown.
Composition History
As an SLDF Light Horse regiment, the 151st would have been composed of light to medium vehicles backed up by at least two Recon companies composed of ’Mechs designed for information gathering in addition to any regular 'Mechs within the regiment.[8] Their Eighth Recon Battalion was noted as having the largest concentration of Mercury ’Mechs post-Exodus with twelve of the units.[9][10]
2754
151st Light Horse Regiment[11]
- Eighth Recon Battalion[11]
2771
151st Light Horse Regiment[citation needed]
2786
151st Light Horse Regiment (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[12]
During the Beginning of the First Succession War the unit was at 100% strength.[12] The medium weight[12] unit was stationed on Trondheim.[12] They have a contract with the DCMS.[12]
2830
151st Light Horse (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[13]
- Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Bella I with an operational readiness of 102 percent.[13]
2864
151st Light Horse (Regiment/Regular/Questionable)[13]
- Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Bella I with an operational readiness of 28 percent.[13]
3025
151st Light Horse Regiment (Dark Horse Regiment) (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[14]
- Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Colchester.[14]
- Regiment TO&E
- Regimental Command Company (Fairchild's Guards)[15]
- Command Lance: Stalker, Catapult, Shadow Hawk, Shadow Hawk
- Security Lance: Phoenix Hawk, Hunchback, Trebuchet, Trebuchet
- Artillery Lance: Archer, 6 Long Tom Artillery Pieces, 2 Galleons
- 1st Motorized Infantry Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Machine Gun)
- 2nd Motorized Infantry Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Flamer)
- 50th Heavy Cavalry Battalion (Bloody Half-Hundred)[16]
-
- Battalion Command Lance: BattleMaster, Marauder, Warhammer, Marauder, 2 Long Tom Artillery Pieces, 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Laser)
- 1st Recon Company (Hawkeyes)
- Command Lance: Dervish, Enforcer, Phoenix Hawk, Phoenix Hawk
- Strike Lance: Valkyrie, Spider, Stinger, Commando
- Support Lance: 4 Galleons
- Air Lance: 2 Sparrowhawks
- Recon Lance: Locust, Swiftwind, 3 Packrats
- 1st Heavy Assault Company (Ganadan's Company)
- Command Lance: Cyclops, Stalker, Vindicator, Awesome
- 7th Motorized Infantry Platoon: 4 Motorized Infantry squads (Flamer)
- Strike Lance: BattleMaster, Orion, Grasshopper, Archer, 3 Manticores
- Recon Lance: Grasshopper, Thunderbolt, Phoenix Hawk, Hermes II
- Air Lance: 2 Chippewas
- 3rd Heavy Assault Company (Wrecking Crew)
- 8th Recon Battalion (Cyclones)[17]
-
- Battalion Command Lance: Warhammer, Thunderbolt, Ostsol, Wolverine, 2 Sniper Artillery Pieces
- 5th Recon Company (Stedman's Scirocco)
- Command Lance: Griffin, Phoenix Hawk LAM, Enforcer, Clint
- Strike Lance: Valkyrie, Dervish, Wasp, Wasp, Manticore, 2 Galleons
- Air Lance: 2 Slayers
- Recon Lance: Ostscout, Skulker, Packrat, Jump Infantry squad (Rifle)
- 6th Recon Company (Barber's Ill Wind)
- Command Lance: Trebuchet, Wolverine, Whitworth, Commando
- Strike Lance: Panther, Panther, Wasp, Wasp, 2 Strikers, Galleon
- Air Lance: 2 Corsairs
- Recon Lance: Stinger, Swift Wind, Packrat, Jump Infantry squad (Machine Gun)
- 9th Recon Company (Grey Gales)
- 6th Recon Battalion (Stimson's Stealthers)[17]
-
- Command Lance: Valkyrie, Valkyrie, Stinger, Spider
- 2nd Recon Company (Nightcrawlers)
- Command Lance: Wolverine, Vulcan, Enforcer, Phoenix Hawk
- Strike Lance: Ostscout, Valkyrie, Stinger, Wasp
- Support Lance: 4 Galleons
- Air Lance: 2 Eagles
- Recon Lance: Stinger, Darter, 2 Packrats, 2 Jump Infantry squads (Rifle)
- 4th Recon Company (Sneaky Devils)
- Command Lance: Panther, Commando, Javelin, Phoenix Hawk
- Strike Lance: Jenner, Locust, Valkyrie, Stinger
- Support Lance: Von Luckner, 2 Manticores, Galleon
- Air Lance: 2 Seydlitz
- Recon Lance: Locust, Swift Wind, Packrat, Jump Infantry squad (Rifle), Galleon
- 8th Recon Company (Sydney's Company)
- Command Lance: Enforcer, Jenner, Hunchback, Phoenix Hawk
- Strike Lance: Trebuchet, Spider, Locust, Wasp
- Support Lance: 4 Scorpions
- Air Lance: 2 Sparrowhawks
- Recon Lance: Stinger, Centipede, Packrat, Jump Infantry squad (Rifle), Galleon
3040
151st Horse Regiment (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[18]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Menkalinan.[18]
3050
151 st Light Horse (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[19]
- CO: Colonel Charles Antonescu[19]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Menkalinan.[19]
3054
151st Light Horse (Regiment/Elite/Fanatical)[20]
- CO: Colonel Charles Antonescu[20]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Mogyorod.[20]
3060
151st Light Horse Regiment (Dark Horse Regiment) (Reinforced Regiment/Elite)[21][22]
-
- 6th Recon Battalion[21][25]
-
- Battalion Command Lance[25]
- 2nd Recon Company[25]
- 4th Recon Company[25]
- 8th Recon Company[25]
- 2nd Wing[21]
3062
151st Light Horse Regiment (Dark Horse Regiment) (Understrength Regiment/Veteran/Questionable)[28]
- 50th Heavy Cavalry Battalion (Bloody Half-Hundred)[28]
- CO: Major Kent Fairfax[28]
- 8th Recon Battalion (Cyclones)[28]
- CO: Major Gary Ribic[28]
- 6th Recon Battalion[28]
- CO: Major Benedetto Porliss[28]
- Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Kittery.[29]
3067
151st Light Horse Regiment (Dark Horse Regiment) (Regiment/Elite/Reliable)[7]
- CO: Colonel Charles Antonescu[7]
- Note: At this point in time the command was in transit to the Inner Sphere from the Clan Homeworlds.[30][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 149: "Sixteenth Army"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 190
- ↑ Strong as Steel No Greater Honor, p. 268
- ↑ The Hand that Feeds
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mercenary's Handbook, p. 74: "Selected Personalities"
- ↑ The Hunters, ch. 3
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Field Manual: Updates, p. 100: "Star League Defense Force Deployment Table"
- ↑ The Star League, p. 133
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 6
- ↑ Technical Readout: 2750, p. 16
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Innocent, and Defenseless
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 138
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Second Succession War, p. 98
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 136: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Mercenary's Handbook, p. 79: "Personnel Roster"
- ↑ Mercenary's Handbook, pp. 79–80: "Personnel Roster"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mercenary's Handbook, p. 80: "Personnel Roster"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 140
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 20 Year Update, p. 24
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Objective Raids, p. 22
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Twilight of the Clans, p. 45: "Conquest of Huntress: Attacker" sidebar
- ↑ 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 22.11 22.12 22.13 22.14 22.15 22.16 22.17 22.18 22.19 22.20 22.21 22.22 22.23 Twilight of the Clans, p. 54: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"
- ↑ The Hunters, ch. 3
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 The Hunters, ch. 4
- ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 25.17 25.18 25.19 25.20 25.21 25.22 25.23 25.24 25.25 25.26 25.27 25.28 25.29 25.30 25.31 25.32 25.33 25.34 25.35 25.36 25.37 25.38 Twilight of the Clans, p. 55: "BattleForce Roster List: Eridani Light Horse"
- ↑ Shadows of War, ch. 24
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Shadows of War, ch. 21
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 28.8 Field Manual: ComStar, p. 94: "151st Light Horse Regiment"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 127: "Table of Organization and Equipment: Star League Defense Force"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 95: "Eridani Light Horse Brigade: 151st Light Horse Regiment"