95th Mechanized Assault Group

The 95th Mechanized Assault Group was a  established during the early conflicts against. It went on to see service in conflicts, mostly local uprisings against the, and later fought against the  during the. The 95th Mechanized went from an average unit to being ranked as one of the Empire's elite armoured divisions by shortly after the Battle of Yavin. Many famous Imperial tank aces came from the ranks of the 95th, including Egon Sarek, Demetrius Valzen, and others.

Evolution of the 95th Group
It was established as an, consisting of four regiments (two armoured and two vanguard armoured). The 95th Mechanized Assault Group closely followed the standard organisation of such a unit, having about 16,300 personnel, with slightly over 1,000 repulsorlift craft and about 300 heavy tanks. Most of it's vehicles were s initially, backed up by some s. But the former were replaced with s ("TIE Maulers") issued to the unit in 4 BBY, and all of those earlier vehicles were later phased out in favour of the more advanced s ("TIE Crawlers") around the.

Organisation
When the unit was founded in 18 BBY, its order of battle was as follows.


 * Group HQ
 * 27th Armored Regiment
 * 76th Armored Regiment
 * 98th Vanguard Armored Regiment
 * 102nd Vanguard Armored Regiment

Commanders

 * Colonel Commanding, 95th Mechanized Assault Group
 * Colonel Egon Sarek, 17 BBY – 5 BBY
 * Colonel Sebastian Abela, 5 BBY – 3 ABY
 * Colonel Demetrius Valzen, 3 ABY – 19 ABY


 * Chief of Staff
 * Captain Jacinth Corbin, 9 BBY – 5 BBY
 * Major Zacarias Vanidor, 5 BBY – 3 ABY
 * Captain (later Major) Anatoli Black, 3 ABY – 19 ABY