13th Division (ComStar)
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Unit Brief
The 13th Division was a mid thirty-first century Combined Arms Division of ComStar's ComGuard 7th Army.[1]
History
The 13th Division first appeared in the third decade of the thirty-first century, where it was stationed in Free Worlds League on the world of New Olympia to defend its HPG Station.[2]
In 3052, the Division would redeployed to Tukayyid with the rest of its parent Army. There it would engage the Clans in massive Trial of Possession for Terra. The 7th Army would be assigned to fight the Clan Nova Cat with elements of the 12th Army, while the Division itself would used as a reserve unit. On May 3rd, the 7th Army's would be engage in battle with Clan Nova Cats' Alpha and Gamma Galaxies prevent them from taking the city of Joje. As the Nova Cat Galaxies struggled, reinforcements were called and attempted to come to their aid. The Division with the 432st would ambush and destroy the Beta Galaxy's 44th Nova Cat Cavaliers.[3][4][5]
Officers
As of 3050, the Commanding Officer for the Division was Precentor IV Arne Wakazuru[6]
Tactics
Unspecified
Composition History
3050
Notes
- As of this writing, there is little written of the 13th Division or its components Level III units. The Division also disappeared from sourcebook listings after Tukayyid, with no mentioning if the unit had been destroyed, demobilized or had defected to the Word of Blake.[9]
Reference
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 14 - Make up of units deployed Tukayyid highlight they were combined arms formation which included the 13th Division.
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 59 - Com Guard's begins its deployment of Divisions in beginning of the 3030s
- ↑ Tukayyid (scenario pack), p. 40 Campaign: Clan Nova Cat - Actions of the 13th Division Battle for cities of Joje and Tost.
- ↑ Comstar (sourcebook), p.70 Battle of Tukayyid - Detailed action of 13th Division's only significant action of the Battle of Tukayyid illustrated.
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 117 - 13th Division noted in action against the 44th Nova Cat Cavaliers.
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71 - 7th V-Kappa's component forces includes the 13th Division and its commanding officer.
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71 - 7th V-Kappa's Talitha Theater listing shows the 13th Division in its ranks.
- ↑ Tukayyid, p. 18 Deployment - Typical make up of Division includes 2 'Mech Battalions, Aerospace Fighter Battalion, 2 Tank Battalions and single Infantry Battalion.
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), pp. 82, 85, 94 - 13th Division does not appear in ComStar's deployment roster no any mentioning the unit elements defecting. Word of Blake section does not mention any defections of the 13th Division.