2nd Light Demi-Brigade (Sieuxerr)

2nd Light Demi-Brigade
2e Demi-Brigade Légère
Active	July 1, 1793 - December 8, 1864 July 7, 1989 - Present
Country	Sieuxerr
Branch	Sieuxerrian Army
Type	Light Infantry
Size	3,000
Motto(s)	"Faites-nous confiance!" "Rely on us!"
Colors	Blue White
Anniversaries	July 1

The 2nd Light Demi-Brigade or the 2nd Light Half-Brigade (2^e Demi-Brigade Légère, 2^e DBL) is a light, foot infantry unit organized and designed to be deployed rapidly to any theater by strategic airlift. The half-brigade takes its heritage from the Directory-era 2nd Light Demi-Brigade, which was renamed to 2nd Light Infantry Regiment in 1801 and was kept in service until 1864. In 1989, the demi-brigade was reactivated as an elite light infantry unit.

The demi-brigade is unique in the modern day for being an unit entirely devoid of motorized transport of any kind. It also lacks heavy artillery guns of 155mm caliber, instead using only 105mm howitzers and 120mm heavy mortars. Large gun support and motorization are attached from the corps level. The demi-brigade, unlike the larger and heavier units needs a very small number of sorties to deploy it via strategic airlift. All the equipment used by the unit can be parachuted or lifted by helicopter to a hotspot. The idea behind the demi-brigade's rapid mobility is to allow for a force to move to fill gaps between units quickly in terrain that infantry can take advantage of such as forests, hills, or urban landscapes. It also allows for rapid assault and hold tactics meaning the unit can be rapidly brought into a location, dig in and await for heavier reinforcements to come from a conventional offensive.

Despite the Sieuxerrian Army's mass issuing of advanced optics and the SCORPION land system, the 2^e DBL does not make much use of them due to the weight imposed and the additional logistical train that the batteries and complex electronic equipment add. The unit does have light drones for recon purposes however.

Sieuxerrian Revolutionary Wars

The 2^e Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie Légère was formed officially July 1st, 1793. It was created with the formation of two battalions of volunteer militia and a single battalion of regular light infantry. While the battalions ceased to exist in an administrative capacity, the eight companies of infantry retained their heritage names. It briefly existed until 1801 when it was redesignated as the 2^eRégiment d'Infanterie Légère. The regiment would exist until 1864 when it was demobilized.

Modern era

Focus on mobility

In the early 1980s, the majority of the Sieuxerrian Army had been motorized and was on the way to being heavily motorized, following the trends of other comparative powers. This also included to an extent the addition of mechanized units to the airborne forces, which had been until then mostly either motorized or foot-based. Popular military thinking in the mid-Cold War era had suggested that 'light' foot infantry had little value in any large-scale combat operations. They lacked the armor and firepower to fight an offensive or even defensive battle, especially if nuclear munitions were to be used en mass.

Current structure

The current structure is as follows:

202^e Compagnie de Commandement de Transmissions – 202nd Command and Transmissions Company

• Voltigeur Company

22^e Bataillon d'Infanterie – 22nd Infantry Battalion

• Command Platoon
• Supply and Aid Platoon
• 1st Fusilier Company
• 2nd Fusilier Company
• 3rd Fusilier Company
• Grenadier Company

3^e Bataillon Volontaires de l'Piets – 3rd Volunteer Battalion from Piets

• Command Platoon
• Supply and Aid Platoon
• 1st Fusilier Company
• 2nd Fusilier Company
• 3rd Fusilier Company
• Grenadier Company

10^e Bataillon Volontaires de l'Grammond – 10th Volunteer Battalion from Grammond

• Command Platoon
• Supply and Aid Platoon
• 1st Fusilier Company
• 2nd Fusilier Company
• 3rd Fusilier Company
• Grenadier Company

204^e Bataillon d'Artillerie – 204th Artillery Battalion

• Command Platoon
• Supply and Aid Platoon
• 1st Howitzer Battery
• 2nd Howitzer Battery
• 1st Mortar Battery
• 2nd Mortar Battery