260th BattleMech Division

260th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Little Big Horn Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLVIII Corps

Overview

The 260th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2695, the 260th earned its unit nickname by defeating a seditionist group, the Land of the Free, on Raldamax.[1]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as part of XLVIII Corps, Seventeenth Army, to the Periphery Military Region.[2] The 260th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 260th BattleMech Division
Major General Siphiwe Mwale 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

2764

260th BattleMech Division[1]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the 260th would have been formed from two brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of mechanized infantry regiments.[3]

  • 2601st Brigade[4]
  • 2602nd Brigade
  • 2603rd Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 205: "260th BattleMech Division"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 155: "Seventeenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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