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| Designation    = 29th BattleMech Division
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| Designation    = Twenty-ninth BattleMech Division
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| Nickname      = The Polypherne Division
 
| Nickname      = The Polypherne Division
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==Overview==
 
 
The '''Twenty-ninth BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
 
The '''Twenty-ninth BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was stationed alongside with the [[70th Infantry Division]] on [[New Earth]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 251, "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"</ref>, assigned as a part of the [[X Corps (Star League)|X Corps]], [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]], to the [[Terran Military Region]] and then transferred to District 1 of the [[Capellan Confederation Military Region]] in [[2765]] to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL140>''The Star League'', p. 140, "First"</ref> The Twenty-ninth was destroyed during the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref name=SL140/>
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In [[2764]], the unit was stationed alongside with the [[Seventieth Infantry Division]] on [[New Earth]],<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 251: "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"</ref> assigned as a part of the [[X Corps (Star League)|X Corps]], [[1st Army (Star League)|First Army]] to the [[Terran Military Region]] and then transferred to District 1 of the [[Capellan Confederation Military Region]] in [[2765]] to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL140>''The Star League'', p. 140: "First"</ref> The Twenty-ninth was destroyed during the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref name=SL140/>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 29th BattleMech Division'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 29th BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Eduardo de la Garza]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp41>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 41, "29th BattleMech Division"</ref>
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| [[Major General]]||[[Eduardo de la Garza]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp41>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 41: "29th BattleMech Division"</ref>
 
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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the Twenty-ninth 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>
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As an SLDF BattleMech [[Division]], the Twenty-ninth would have been composed with two [[brigade]]s of [['Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
 
===2764===
* 291st Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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* 291st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13: "Brigades"</ref>
 
* 292nd Brigade
 
* 292nd Brigade
 
* 293rd Brigade
 
* 293rd Brigade
  
 
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File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organization
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*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0029th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0029th]]

Latest revision as of 11:47, 11 November 2023

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Twenty-ninth BattleMech Division
Nickname The Polypherne Division
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command X Corps

The Twenty-ninth BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was stationed alongside with the Seventieth Infantry Division on New Earth,[1] assigned as a part of the X Corps, First Army to the Terran Military Region and then transferred to District 1 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region in 2765 to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[2] The Twenty-ninth was destroyed during the Amaris Civil War.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 29th BattleMech Division
Major General Eduardo de la Garza 2764[3]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech Division, the Twenty-ninth would have been composed with two brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]

2764[edit]

  • 291st Brigade[5]
  • 292nd Brigade
  • 293rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 251: "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 140: "First"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 41: "29th BattleMech Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13: "Brigades"

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