The 1st Ranger Regiment was a United States Army infantry regiment that participated in Operation Deliverance on July 11, 1951. Along with the 3rd Ranger Regiment, the 1st Ranger Regiment suffered heavy casualties during their first conflict against the Chimera. The entire regiment was ultimately wiped out, with the exception of one survivor, Sergeant Nathan Hale.
History[]
The 1st Ranger Regiment, at the time of deployment, numbered approximately 5,000 men, along with various U/AV-17 Hawk VTOL transports, tanks and support vehicles. Despite being sent to fight in what is possibly the most brutal and violent war in human history, the low ranking soldiers of the 1st Ranger Regiment were unaware of who, or indeed what, they were fighting against. This was partly due to the media blackout enforced by Noah Grace administration in which the American public were made ignorant of the Chimeran War. If anything, the soldiers in the 1st Rangers believed they were fighting Russians, due to several rumors throughout the lower echelons of the U.S. Army that "something" had come out of isolationist Russia.
Rangers rappelling down in York during the ill-fated Operation Deliverance.
Upon being air-dropped into the town of York to aid the British Army, the 1st Ranger Regiment suffered heavy losses to Chimeran anti-aircraft and artillery fire. Scattered pockets of survivors of the 1st Rangers led by Captain Winters attempted to regroup with other survivors at an abandoned bus depot to establish a landing zone for American reinforcements. The survivors successfully held the depot from the Chimera until reinforcements arrived. However, their moment of victory was quickly undone in which the Chimera deployed Spire missiles on the depot, releasing swarms of Crawlers upon the Rangers. The infected Rangers fell into a comatose state and were then taken to Chimeran conversion center in Grimsby to be converted.
Organization[]
- Able Company - Encountered a Stalker and tried to disable it.
- Arrow Company - Participated in the initial assault in York. Shot down in York by AA guns. Nathan Hale was the sole survivor of Arrow Company.
- Baker Company - Led by Captain Winters. Baker held the bus depot until being wiped out by Spire missiles.
- Carbon Company - Participated in the initial assault in York.
- King Company - Armored column.
Equipment[]
1st Ranger Regiment Arrow Company embarking for Operation Deliverance.
The Regiment depicted in Resistance: Fall of Man wore olive drab military uniforms, with black leg pads similar, but not identical to the ones worn by Black Ops soldiers, M1 helmets, and combat boots. They all wear knife sheaths on their left arm, though none of them are shown using it in close quarters, since most use the M5A2 Folsom Carbine (according to in-game mechanics).
They wear rucksacks, either leather bags which interestingly read as from the USMC (United States Marine Corps), and various olive drav bags as standard issue . They usually have canteens with them, sometimes two canteens on one person. Mobile radios, and various packs and pouches for storage of ammunition are also issued.