272nd BattleMech Division

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272nd BattleMech Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Custer Division[1]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command LXXI Corps

Overview

The 272nd BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LXXI Corps, Seventh Army, to District 3 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery by 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[2] The 272nd was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 272nd BattleMech Division
Major General Ciprian Grigore 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 272nd would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]

2764

  • 2721st Brigade[4]
  • 2722nd Brigade
  • 2723rd Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 101
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 154: "Seventh"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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