10th Infantry Division

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Tenth Infantry Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Welsh Foot Division
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XXI Corps


Overview[edit]

The Tenth Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Ko[1], as a part of the XXI Corps, First Army, to the Terran Military Region, and later transferred to District One of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region by 2765, to take part in the New Vandenberg Uprising.[2]

The Tenth participated in wargames against the 164th BattleMech Division frequently. In one notable engagement on Lyons, two infantry regiments of the Tenth were able to hold out for six weeks against the 1633rd Brigade by using the Givens Hollow Castle Brian.[3]

The Tenth was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 10th Infantry Division
Major General Trevor MacLeish 2764[3]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Infantry division the 10th would have been formed from two Brigades of Grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 251, "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 140, "First"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 43, "Tenth Infantry Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133, "Unit Composition"

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