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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Regiment]] of the [[Death Korps of Krieg]].{{Fn|1a}}

==History==
[[Image:Krieg261.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Guardsman]] of the {{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|1b}}]]
In 812.[[M41]], the {{PAGENAME}} was assigned to the 30th Line Korps, 88th Siege army and took part in the [[Siege of Vraks]].{{Fn|1a}}

In c.830.M41, the 261st under [[Colonel]] [[Tyborc]] was assigned the mission of taking the main gates of the citadel of [[Vraks]] in the first wave. The regiment attacked at three points along the walls after an enormous artillery preparation, sending in wave after wave of infantry companies. At the lower gates, remnants of five companies from the first wave succeeded in reaching the walls, only to be broken by a sally of traitor marines supported by armour and [[Daemon Engine]]s. Ultimately the regiment was destroyed in the fighting and the survivors were folded into the other 3 regiments of the 30th line Korps (the 262nd, 263rd, and 269th). Colonel Tyborc was promoted to a position on the army staff and the was assault was carried on by the 269th regiment.{{Fn|2}}

==Notable Members==
*[[Colonel]] [[Tyborc]]{{Fn|2}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Five]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 12
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 93
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Seven]], pgs. 41-46
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