The Wolf's Dragoons apparently used Clan formations for a time after the Clan Invasion but as i understand they reverted to Spheroid structure eventually. Can anyone confirm this?
And are there other mercs that utilize Clan formations?
The Black Widow Battalion post 3040 used the clan style. One or two books reference militia units using Stars or Levels to help support the training of new recruits.
IIRC the Dragoons had an odd set up.
As noted the Widows expanded first to a Battalion & then each Lance/Company into a Star/Trinary for a full Cluster.
I think Zeta did the same from Battalion to Cluster at some point.
The HomeGuard + Attached Tank-Infantry Units stayed with IS Organization of 4-3-3
The Line Mech Regiments all used standard Companies but the Regimental Command Company,
(And Maybe the Battalion Command Lance), all used a Stars / "Mixed Trinary" formation instead.
Specifically, IIRC the Battalion Command Lance was actually a Mech Star.
While the Regimental Command Company was a "Mixed Trinary" of like 8-12 mechs & assorted vees & grunts.
This allowed them to split off a unit from each star to form a "Recon" force that would look very similar to an Eridani Light Horse 3025 Lance with like 1 Locust, 1 APC, 1 Recon Hover, & a Foot Platoon, etc etc.
I forget the specifics but I think it was Mercs 3055 that spelled out the exact composition.
Basically, to me, it just seemed like an interesting way to form up the attached "Recon/Security" assets that you would normally see assigned to a mech regiment per those Battle Force TO&E templates at the back of the 4th SW Atlas books.