Editing 2nd Armored Division

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| Designation = Second Armored Division
| Formed = [[2572]]
| Disbanded = 
| Previous Designation = 
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| Affiliation = [[Outworlds Alliance]]
| Parent Command = [[Alliance Armored Corps]]
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==Unit Description==
The '''Second Armored Division''' was one of four armored divisions that formed the [[Alliance Armored Corps]] during the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141, "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>

==History==
===Formation===
Formed as a result of the order issued by Outworlds Alliance President [[Grigori Avellar]] in [[2572]] that created the [[Outworlds Alliance Militia]], the 2nd Armored Division was a part of the crash armament program that resulted, and was equipped with a mixture of vehicles and equipment sourced covertly from outside the Alliance and those armored vehicles manufactured by Alliance industries which had been realigned by the President to produce armaments.<ref name="H:RWp108">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 108, "Something From Nothing"</ref><ref name="H:RWp108+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 108, "Guns and Diplomats"</ref>

In the years between 2571 and 2581, military recruitment from within the Outworlds Alliance was extremely low, and the OAM was forced to rely on recruiting foreigners. This would change after events in the first year of the war, but by the time the war began, the 2nd Armored Division was largely crewed by foreign-born troops with military experience.<ref name="H:RWp108+"/><ref name="H:RWp110">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 110, "Alliance Preparations"</ref>

===Reunification War===
====Nexus Ri====
When the [[DCMS]] launched attacks into the Alliance in [[2582]], the 2nd Armored were entrenched on two worlds, [[Nexus Ri]] and [[Zlatousi]]. When the [[4th Galedon Regulars]] landed in September, they found that not only were the 2nd Armored present in force, but that the militia was larger and better equipped than anticipated, had been trained by advisors from the [[AFFS]] and that the planetary defenses were stronger and deeper than expected. This combination of factors allowed the 2nd Armored to turn the swift conquest of Nexus Ri into a grueling campaign where the 2nd Armored and militia forces continually blocked the Kuritan attempts to attack the civilian population and engaged the 4th Galedon in strength. The 4th Galedon had a deeper and more resilient supply chain, allowing them to grind the Alliance forces down, but the 2nd Armored made the DCMS troops fight for four months to capture Kazanka; by the time the 2nd Armored had been heavily damaged enough to force a retreat off-world in mid-January [[2583]], the Kuritan forces had burned through more than a years-worth of supplies in a few short months and the inner Alliance worlds had valuable time to fortify their defenses against future attacks.<ref name="H:RWp121+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 121-122, "Kazanka, Nexus Ri and Zlatousi"</ref>

====Zlatousi====
The 2nd Armored Division force on Zlatousi was in a similar position to that of the detachment on Nexus Ri, although on Zlatousi elements of the [[1st Armored Division]] were also present. On Zlatousi the Alliance forces faced the [[24th Galedon Regulars]], and the battle for the world rapidly took on the same characteristics as the struggles on both Nexus Ri and nearby [[Kazanka]], where the bulk of the 1st Armored Division were deployed. The only major difference was the length of the campaign; the combined Alliance forces held out for two weeks longer than those on Nexus Ri.<ref name="H:RWp121+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 121-122, "Kazanka, Nexus Ri and Zlatousi"</ref>

====Quantraine====
The 2nd Armored Division had taken heavy damage in the battles for Nexus Ri and Zlatousi, and were redeployed onto the nearby world of [[Quantraine]]; six months later, the 2nd Armored found themselves facing the 4th Galedon Regulars for a second time, as the DCMS attempted to add Quantraine to the list of captured worlds. This time, the 4th Galedon didn't have the supply chain they'd had on Kazanka... and the Alliance defenses were stronger on Quantraine than they'd been on Nexus Ri. The 4th Galedon faced the entire 2nd Armored Division, along with a planetary militia which had recruited strong infantry and armor regiments and more heavily fortified their world. Whenever the 4th Galedon attempted to break out to attack the civilian population, their advance were blunted by the militia infantry, who used anti-'Mech training to launch attacks that crippled the 4th Galedon's lead forces, holding them up long enough for the 2nd Armored to redeploy and halt the attack. This time, the Alliance forces forced the 4th Galedon to retreat off-world in November 2583; the 2nd Armored would keep a presence on Quantraine throughout the remainder of the war, and although the Combine forces would try to capture the world again in [[2584]] the 2nd Armored and the planetary militia would continue to hold out until peace was declared.<ref name="H:RWp125">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 125, "Kurita's Overeager Appetite"</ref><ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126, "Negotiation"</ref>

====Cerberus====
The key industrial world of [[Cerberus (system)|Cerberus]] had been invaded in strength by the [[SLDF]] in 2583, but despite widespread atrocities against the civilian population and concentrated attacks on the industrial base of the world, the population continued to resist, and the Outworlds Alliance Militia reinforced Cerberus where possible; this turned the battle for Cerberus into a three-year grinding battle that would tax both sides. Having successfully defended Quantraine in [[2583]], elements of the 2nd Armored Division were deployed to Cerberus, where they fought alongside units like the [[Alliance Grenadiers]], [[Santiago Carabiniers]] and the [[Pitcairn Legion]].<ref name="H:RWp126"/><ref name="H:RWp141"/>

==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 2nd Armored Division'''
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==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
4 Armored Regiments + 5 mechanized Regiments <ref name="H:RWp42">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 42, "Outworlds Alliance Militia"</ref>

==Rules==
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===Reunification War===
* When rolling randomly to determine the armor platoon composition of the 2nd Armored Division, each lance may make one roll per lance using the [[Draconis Combine]] table and one roll per lance using the [[Federated Suns]] table.<ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 183, "Alliance Armored Divisions"</ref>
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''


[[Category: Outworlds Alliance Commands|Alliance Armored Corps, 2nd Division]]