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Dragoons are organized not in squadrons or troops like the cavalry, but in companies similair similar to infantry regiments. Officers and non-commissioned officers bare bear infantry ranks. ''Dragoon '' is the traditional name for a soldier trained to fight on foot but who transports himself on horseback. The title has been retained until modern times by mounted cavalry and armoured regiments , or in a number the case of armiesthe Brimlock Dragoons, [[Chimeras]].The Regiments borne from Brimlock Dragoons operate under a standard codex mannerhave large numbers of [[Armoured Fist]] squadrons.

The Brimlock Dragoons are recruited from the planet [[Brimlock ]] and are trained under in the standard fashion of the Imperial Guard methods. Regiments of the Brimlock Dragoons are organized into three Battalions. Battalions are trained and equiped as mechanized infantry.

Dragoon Regiments operate as mechanized infantry, deployed into Armoured Fist squads.

The Brimlock Dragoons use [[Cadian Shock Troopers|Cadian]] pattern equipment and the M-Galaxy pattern [[Lasgun]].

998.M41 - The regiment was assigned to the 4621st Imperial Army, XI Corps during the [[Taros Campaign]]. The XI Corps was to assemble after the X Corps had departed and act as a second wave for the invasion. The 8th was selected because of its experience in fighting the [[Tau]] around the Damoclese Damocles Gulf. In the event the campaign on Taros had collapsed before the 8th could arrive.¹

circa 750.M41 - During the [[Damocles Crusade]] on the world of Sy'l'Kell, and an armoured column of the Brimlock 17th Dragoons were in transit to the front lines from their landing zone when they were ambushed by [[Kroot]]. The columns forward scouts were eliminated by [[Kroot]] [[Carnivores]] before they could get a warning off to the regiment following behind. As the main body of the regiment pushed through a narrow forested defile, the Kroot fell on them. Three Kroot kindred were involved in the attack. Surprise was complete, scores were killed in the opening moments of the ambush. Colonel [[Konstantin Griffin]] and [[Commissar]] Eigerman (alt. Eurbayn) quickly recovered and held the Imperial line long enough to fight clear of the trap. From then on the column was continually harried by the Kroot, until Colonel Griffin linked up with the [[Space Marines]] of the [[Scythes of the Emperor]]. By the time the columns linked up, the regiment had lost 2 Scout vehicles, 30 Guardsmen and Commissar Eigerman. The Commissar was air lifted out with severe wounds. With the two Imperial forces combined the Kroot faded away deeming the combined strength too much for direct confrontation. With the space marines in hot pursuit of the forces of the first ambush, a second ambush was sprung on the column. This time the Kroot were backed up by Armoured vehicles of the Tau. Colonel Griffin is was killed and his column destroyed.²