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== Formation == | == Formation == | ||
In light of massive industrialization of warfare and an increased emphasis on the professionalization of the Armed Forces of Arcerion, the Arcer General Staff outlined a new need for a highly-mobile airborne force of infantry that could seize airfields, ports, and key transportation hubs ahead of the advancing main ground forces from the Arcer Army. The General Staff identified that an existing infantry unit, the Duke of Lincolnshire's Regiment, headquartered at Presdale Garrison, would provide the nascent headquarters and training staff to begin forming the new regiment. Considerable efforts were also made by the Arcer Air Force to prepare for the troop lift that would be required to airlift multiple battalions. The Air Force started Combat Controller Parties, small groups of aviators that would integrate with the Army to assist with the air dropping of men, equipment, and ammunition onto drop zones. | In light of massive industrialization of warfare and an increased emphasis on the professionalization of the Armed Forces of Arcerion, the Arcer General Staff outlined a new need for a highly-mobile airborne force of infantry that could seize airfields, ports, and key transportation hubs ahead of the advancing main ground forces from the Arcer Army. The General Staff identified that an existing infantry unit, the Duke of Lincolnshire's Regiment, headquartered at Presdale Garrison, would provide the nascent headquarters and training staff to begin forming the new regiment. Considerable efforts were also made by the Arcer Air Force to prepare for the troop lift that would be required to airlift multiple battalions. The Air Force started Combat Controller Parties, small groups of aviators that would integrate with the Army to assist with the air dropping of men, equipment, and ammunition onto drop zones. | ||
[[File:Parachute training.jpg|thumb|Candidates and instructors participate in Parachute School training during the formative period of the Parachute Regiment's formation. ]] | |||
=== Training and Equipment === | === Training and Equipment === | ||
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The follow-on training was sixteen weeks of additional exposure to small arms, heavy weapons, explosives, radios and transmission equipment, weather forecasting, escape and evasion, close quarters combat techniques, and a large physical fitness component. Specific emphasis was placed on the section and platoon level tactics, as Arcer Paras would be expected to fight in small disparate groups in the event of large dispersion on a drop zone. | The follow-on training was sixteen weeks of additional exposure to small arms, heavy weapons, explosives, radios and transmission equipment, weather forecasting, escape and evasion, close quarters combat techniques, and a large physical fitness component. Specific emphasis was placed on the section and platoon level tactics, as Arcer Paras would be expected to fight in small disparate groups in the event of large dispersion on a drop zone. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== First Great War (previous regiment, Duke of Lincolnshire's Regiment) === | === First Great War (previous regiment, Duke of Lincolnshire's Regiment) === | ||