Editing 4th An Ting Legion

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| image          = [[File:4th An Ting Legion (DCMS) logo.png|150px]]
| Designation    = Fourth An Ting Legion
| formed         = [[First Succession War]]<ref name="FSWp136"/>
| Disbanded      = 3050<ref name="FM:DCp97"/>
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = The Budda's Light
| Affiliation    = Draconis Combine
| Parent Command = [[An Ting Legion]]
| Sub-Command    = 
}}

==History==
The '''Fourth An Ting Legion''' was a medium [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]] in the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]. One of five regiments formed by the government of [[An Ting]] as a contribution towards supporting [[Chancellor]] [[Jinjiro Kurita]] in the [[Second Succession War]], the Fourth An Ting Legion performed well in the early years of the war but was badly damaged during some costly defeats towards the end of the war. With An Ting declining due to failing water purification technology and the general technological collapse common to the [[Inner Sphere]] during the Second Succession War, the government of An Ting was no longer able to support the Legions, and the DCMS took on responsibility for equipping and supporting the surviving elements, reorganizing them into two regiments, one of which was the Fourth.<ref name="FM:DCp97"/>

=== Third Succession War ===
The best source of [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] for the Fourth since the formation of the regiment had been the [[An Ting Academy]], a former [[Star League Defense Force]] facility that the planetary government had renovated during the [[First Succession War]] and turned into an academy, producing skilled MechWarriors, [[aerospace fighter]] pilots and elite special forces infantry. In [[3015]] alumni from the [[Sun Zhang Military Academy]] raided the An Ting Academy in retaliation for defeats during the [[Kensai Kami]], and the An Ting Academy closed. In addition to the loss of the graduates the An Ting Academy had provided, the Fourth and her sister regiment continued to slide down the priority list for supplies from the DCMS.<ref name="FM:DCp97"/>

In [[3025]] the unit was stationed on [[Valentina]].<ref name=HKDCp133/>

=== Fourth Succession War ===
In the [[Fourth Succession War]] the Fourth Legion attacked [[Niles (DC)|Niles]]. The local militia regiment held off a battalion of the Fourth Legion for a week, but in the end the world fell to the Combine.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 26</ref>

=== Clan Invasion ===
Stationed on Valentina when the [[Clan]]s invaded,<ref name=20YUp41/> when ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]] received word from [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] that the [[Federated Commonwealth]] wouldn't launch attacks on the Combine while both states were committed to fighting the Clans, Theodore redeployed units from along the Commonwealth border to the frontline against the Clans, and it was during these months that the Fourth were most likely redeployed to the battlegrounds of the [[Alshain Military District]]. [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] faced the heaviest resistance yet seen from the DCMS, as the bolstered troops fought for every centimeter of ground and even forced the Jaguars to withdraw from a number of worlds attacked during the Fourth Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]] because they had underestimated the strength of the opposition and underbid when competing for worlds to invade.<ref name="ICp59">''Invading Clans'', p. 59, "Fourth Wave: The Jaguar Stumbles"</ref>

The Fourth was reported to have been heavily damaged by forces from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] on [[Itabaiana]] in [[3050]] and driven into the mountains; with no contact from survivors as of [[3059]], the DCMS declared the unit to have been destroyed.<ref name="FM:DCp97">''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 97, "An Ting Legions: Return to Prosperity"</ref> When forces from [[Clan Nova Cat]] invaded Itabaiana in January [[3052]] the planetary government surrendered immediately to elements of the [[179th Striker (Clan Nova Cat)|179th Striker]] [[Cluster]] because they had no forces to defend the planet with, effectively confirming the destruction of the Fourth.<ref name="ICp119">''Invading Clans'', p. 119, "Itabaiana (DC)"</ref> Despite the destruction of the Fourth, the performance of both the Fourth and her sister regiment, the Second, was enough to convince Theodore to direct additional resources and supplies to the An Ting Legions in the aftermath of the initial invasion.<ref name="FM:DCp97"/>

==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
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 4th An Ting Legion'''
|-
| [[Brigadier General]]||[[Jophet Pati]]||[[3025]] - [[3050]]<ref name=HK(TDC)p135>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 135, "Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="FM:DCp97"/>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
In [[3025]] the unit was specialized in city fighting.<ref name=HKDCp148>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 148 "The An Ting Legion"</ref>

==Composition History==
=== 2821 ===
'''Fourth An Ting Legion''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable)<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS)"</ref>
: Note: At this point in time the Legion was a medium-weight regiment, operating at full strength and stationed on [[Kaznejoy]].<ref name="FSWp136"/>

=== 2830 ===
'''4th An Ting Legion''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp96>''Second Succession War'', p. 96 </ref>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Kaznejoy]] with an operational readiness of 157 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp96/>

=== 2864 ===	
'''4th An Ting Legion''' (Regiment/Green/Reliable) <ref name=2ndSSp96/>
: Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on [[Kaznejoy]] with an operational readiness of 68 percent. <ref name=2ndSSp96/>

===3025===
'''Fourth An Ting Legion''' (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=HK(TDC)p135/>
:*CO: Brigadier General Jophet Pati
:Note: The 4th An Ting Legion is a medium 'Mech unit<ref name=HKDCp148/>. At this point in time the unit was stationed on [[Valentina]]. <ref name=HKDCp133> House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p.133 </ref>

===3040===
'''Fourth An Ting Legion''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name = HWo3039p139/>
:Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on [[Valentina]].  <ref name = HWo3039p139>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 139 >''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 139 </ref>

===3050===
'''Fourth An Ting Legion''' ([[Regiment]]/Regular/Reliable)<ref name=20YUp41>''20 Year Update'', p.41</ref>
:* CO: ''[[Sho-sho]]'' Jophet Pati<ref name=20YUp41/>
: Note:  At this point in time the Fourth was based on [[Valentina]].<ref name=20YUp41/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' 
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''
* ''[[Invading Clans]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''

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