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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]] + | image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]] − | Designation = 166th Mechanized Infantry Division + | nickname = Red Diamond Division − | formed = unknown+ | parent formation = [[XXXVII Corps (Star League)|XXXVII Corps]] − | Disbanded = 2784+ | formed = unknown − | Previous Designation = + | year = 2764 − | Nickname = Red Diamond Division+ | unitname = 166th Mechanized Infantry Division − | Affiliation = SLDF − | Parent Command = [[XXXVII Corps (Star League)|XXXVII Corps]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} − + The '''One Hundred and Sixty-Sixth Mechanized Infantry Division''' or the '''Red Diamond Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.<ref name="SLp152">''The Star League'', p. 152</ref> − ==Overview== − The '''166th Mechanized Infantry Division''' or the '''Red Diamond Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.<ref name="SLp152">''The Star League'', p. 152</ref> ==History== ==History== − The 166th formed a part of [[XXXVII Corps (Star League)|XXXVII Corps]], [[4th Army (Star League)|Fourth Army]], and in [[2764]] the unit was stationed on [[Aucara]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>, in District 3 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region]]. Following the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] the 166th was deployed into the [[Periphery]] by the end of [[2765]].<ref name="SLp152"/> + The 166<sup>th</sup> formed a part of [[XXXVII Corps (Star League)|XXXVII Corps]], [[4th Army (Star League)|Fourth Army]], and in [[2764]] the unit was stationed on [[Aucara]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>, in District 3 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region]]. Following the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] the 166<sup>th</sup> was deployed into the [[periphery]] by the end of [[2765]].<ref name="SLp152"/> − The 166th survived the Periphery Uprising but took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and by [[2784]] the Red Diamond Division had been disbanded. Elements of the division went on to join the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name="SLp152"/> In 2783 the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] recruited two [[battalion]]s of assorted personnel from the 166th and used them as the basis for mustering the [[Seventeenth Liao Lancers]].<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32, "Those Left Behind"</ref> + The 166<sup>th</sup> survived the periphery uprising but took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and by [[2784]] the Red Diamond Division had been disbanded. Elements of the division went on to join the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name="SLp152"/> ==Officers== ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable"+ The commanding officer in 2764 is [[Major General]] [[Nassar Maloof|Nassar "Thunderbolt" Maloof]].<ref name=FM:SLDFp69>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 69, "166th Mechanized Infantry Division"</ref> − |- − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 166th Mechanized Infantry Division''' − |- − | [[Major General]]||[[Nassar Maloof]]||[[2763]]-[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp69>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 69, "166th Mechanized Infantry Division"</ref> − |} − − ==Tactics== − The Mechanized Infantry Divisions of the Star League were used offensively to exploit gaps in the enemy front created by the BattleMech Divisions. They also bore the brunt of defensive actions. − ==Composition History== + ==Composition== − The Division comprised two Brigades of Mechanized Infantry and a single BattleMech Brigade. Also attached was a Ground Aero Wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>+ As an [[SLDF]] mechanized infantry [[division]] the 166<sup>th</sup> would have been formed from one [[brigade]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and two brigades of mechanized infantry.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> ==References== ==References== Line 45:
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The | + | The 166<sup>th</sup> formed a part of [[XXXVII Corps (Star League)|XXXVII Corps]], [[4th Army (Star League)|Fourth Army]], and in [[2764]] the unit was stationed on [[Aucara]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>, in District 3 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region]]. Following the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] the 166<sup>th</sup> was deployed into the [[periphery]] by the end of [[2765]].<ref name="SLp152"/> |
| − | The | + | The 166<sup>th</sup> survived the periphery uprising but took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and by [[2784]] the Red Diamond Division had been disbanded. Elements of the division went on to join the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name="SLp152"/> |
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| − | + | As an [[SLDF]] mechanized infantry [[division]] the 166<sup>th</sup> would have been formed from one [[brigade]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and two brigades of mechanized infantry.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> | |
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