The various sources on the Defenders of Andurien, always seem to make much of their use of combined arms. At first, I thought this meant they were combined-arms regiments that integrated units at a comparatively low level, like the Ceti Hussars, St. Ives Janissaries, Eridani Light Horse, ComGuard, etc., but the more I read the more it seems they were mech regiments with some nebulous support forces that they used more regularly and effectively than other Marik units. The only detail on these forces I could find comes from the old Marik Sourcebook, which says the First Defenders had "a staggering 26 lances of Aerospace Fighters, artillery, and light and heavy tanks", but even this is imprecise in several ways. Is the amount "staggering" compared to the other Defenders regiments, or compared to the FWLM in general? When they say 26 lances of ASF, artillery, and tanks, does that mean 52 fighters (roughly an Aero Regiment) plus an indeterminate amount of artillery and tanks? This seems logical in that arty and armor are organized in platoons, not lances. But that early in BT history, and as inconsistent as FASA sometimes was, it seems like they could be using lance and platoon interchangeably, in which case we'r talking about roughly a mixed regiment of ASF, arty, and armor in support of the mech regiment. If "staggering" is meant in comparison to the other Defenders units, what do they have? A battlion? Half a regiment? Is there any further detail on the composition of the Defenders units?