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Revision as of 11:17, 16 August 2021

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272nd BattleMech Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Custer Division
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command LXXI Corps

Overview

The Two Hundred Seventy-second BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LXXI Corps, Seventh Army, to District 3 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed are of the Periphery by 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[1] The 272nd was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[1]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 272nd BattleMech Division

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 272nd would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[2]

2764

  • 2721st Brigade [3]
  • 2722nd Brigade
  • 2723rd Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 154, "Seventh"
  2. The Star League, p. 133
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography