279th BattleMech Division

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279th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Bunker Hill Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command Star League Defense Force

The 279th 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 XVIII Corps, Seventeenth Army, to the Periphery Military Region.[2]. The 279th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 279th BattleMech Division
Major General Janice Pigot 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 279th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]

2764

  • 2791st Brigade[4]
  • 2792nd Brigade
  • 2793rd Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 207
  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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