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| Designation    = 173rd BattleMech Division
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 173rd BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Renzo Rizzo|Renzo "RR" Rizzo]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp71>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 71, "173rd BattleMech Division"</ref>
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As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the 173rd would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the 173rd would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
===2764===
 
===2764===
* 1731st BattleMech Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF71>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 71</ref>
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:*Striker Regiment
 
:*Striker Regiment
 
* 1733rd Infantry Brigade
 
* 1733rd Infantry Brigade
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:* Air-Mobile Regiment
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:* Airmobile Regiment
 
:* Mechanized Infantry
 
:* Mechanized Infantry
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:25, 3 December 2023

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173rd BattleMech Division
Nickname The New Earth Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LIV Corps

Overview[edit]

The 173rd BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Victoria[1], assigned as a part of the LIV Corps, Fourth Army, to District 3 of the Federated Suns Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2]. The 173th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 173rd BattleMech Division
Major General Renzo "RR" Rizzo 2764[3]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech Division the 173rd would have been composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]

2764[edit]

  • 1731st BattleMech Brigade [3]
  • Battle Regiment
  • Striker Regiment
  • Striker Regiment
  • 1732nd BattleMech Brigade
  • Battle Regiment
  • Striker Regiment
  • Striker Regiment
  • 1733rd Infantry Brigade
  • Airmobile Regiment
  • Airmobile Regiment
  • Mechanized Infantry

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 152, "Fourth"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 71: "173rd BattleMech Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

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