149th BattleMech Division

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149th BattleMech Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Erwin Rommel Division
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command IV Corps


Overview[edit]

The 149th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the IV Corps, Tenth Army, to District 3 of the Free Worlds League Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[1] The 149th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[1]

The Star League in Exile kept the 149th Division on the rolls. Absalom Truscott was its last commanding officer before Nicholas Kerensky founded the Clans and reorganized the military entirely.[2] The 149th Division was commanded by a Major General Carson in the years immediately prior to the Pentagon Civil War and during the early years of the war; Carson was a member of the Order of the Star and a close friend of Andery Kerensky. In September 2801 leadership within the SLDF was divided following the death of General Aleksandr Kerensky; the 149th Division was the first Division to follow Nicholas Kerensky, in part due to the personal loyalty Carson held to Andery.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 149th BattleMech Division
Lieutenant General Aaron DeChavilier 2748 - 2752[4]
Major General Chuck Daggs 2764[5]
General Absalom Truscott January 2788 -[6]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

Unlike a standard SLDF BattleMech Division the 149th was not composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[7] Two of its three Brigades were mixed armor and mechanized infantry, while only one was a BattleMech formation. These 'Mechs were of heavy and assault weight.[5]

2764[edit]

  • 1491st Brigade[8]
  • 1492nd Brigade
  • 1493rd Brigade

Notes[edit]

According to Fall from Glory, a Major General Carson was in command of the 149th BattleMech Division and one to pledge the 149th to Nicholas Kerensky Second Exodus. A position that conflicts with information in Field Manual: Crusader Clans and Historical: Operation Klondike that attributes this to Absalom Truscott.[9]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 143: "Tenth"
  2. Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 122
  3. Fall from Glory, Part 3, ch. 28
  4. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, pp. 59–60: "Personalities - Star League - Aaron DeChavilier"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 127
  6. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 110: "History of the Star Adder"
  7. The Star League, p. 133
  8. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13
  9. Fall from Glory, p. 180

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