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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
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| image         = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| Designation   = 251st BattleMech Division
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| image    =  
| formed        =
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| nickname = The Upton Division
| Disbanded      =
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| parent formation = [[XIV Corps (Star League)|XIV Corps]]
| Previous Designation =  
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| formed  = unknown
| Nickname      = The Lipton Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp173>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 173</ref>
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| year    = 2764
| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
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| unitname = 251st BattleMech Division
| Parent Command = [[XIV Corps (Star League)|XIV Corps]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
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The '''251st BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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The '''Two Hundred Fifty-first BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]] the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XIV Corps (Star League)|XIV Corps]] of the [[14th Army (Star League)|Fourteenth Army]], to District 1 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]] and then later transferred to District 3 by [[2765]] to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL147>''The Star League'', p. 147: "Fourteenth"</ref>They took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]] to retake [[Terra]] and the [[division]] was disbanded by [[2784]]; elements of the [[division]] went on to join the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=SL147/> Specifically, Fox Company of the 142nd Battle Regiment's Second Battalion refused the order to abandon their posts. The commander of this company, [[Kieran McKinnon]], encouraged [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] to support [[First Prince]] [[John Davion]] as the new leader of the [[Star League]].<ref name=sd15>''Starterbook: Sword and Dragon'', p. 15</ref>
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XIV Corps (Star League)|XIV Corps]], [[14th Army (Star League)|Fourteenth Army]], to District 1 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]] and then transferred to District 3 by [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL147>''The Star League'', p. 147, "Fourteenth"</ref>They took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]] to retake [[Terra]] and the [[division]] was disbanded by [[2784]]; elements of the [[division]] went on to join the [[Federated Suns]]<ref name=SL147/> Specifically, Fox Company of the 142nd Battle Regiment's Second Battalion refused the order to abandon their posts. The commander of this company, Kieran McKinnon, encouraged Alexandr Kerensky to support [[First Prince]] John Davion as the new leader of the [[Star League]].<ref name=sd15>''Starterbook: Sword and Dragon'', p. 15</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 251st BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Kim Chu-Sung]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp173/>
 
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==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
Unknown.
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 251st would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 251st would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
  
 
* [[142nd Battle Regiment]]
 
* [[142nd Battle Regiment]]
* [[3rd Striker Regiment]]<ref>''ComStar'', p. 13</ref>
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* [[3rd Striker Regiment]]<ref>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 13</ref>
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==Notes==
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===2764===
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<div class="gamerules">
* 2511th Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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==Rules==
* 2512th Brigade
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* 2513th Brigade
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</div>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
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==References==
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<references/>
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
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*''[[The Fox's Teeth]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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*''[[The Star League]]''
* ''[[The Fox's Teeth]]''
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*''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''
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*''[[Starterbook: Sword and Dragon]]''
* ''[[Starterbook: Sword and Dragon]]''
 
 
 
  
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0251st]]
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|BattleMech Division, 0251st]]

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