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	2,000
Motto(s)	"Suis-moi!" "Follow me!"
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.

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 mechanized 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.