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| nickname  = The Mantuffel Division
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| Designation    = 326th BattleMech Division
| parent formation = [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]]
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| formed        = [[2577]]
| formed    = 2577
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| Disbanded      = [[2784]]<ref name="FSWp34"/>
| disbanded = 2784<ref name="FSWp34"/>
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| Previous Designation =  
| year      = 2764
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| Nickname      = The Mantuffel Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp185>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 185</ref>
| unitname  = 326th BattleMech Division
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| Affiliation    = [[SLDF]]
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| Parent Command = [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]]
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The '''326th BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
==Overview==
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==History==
The '''Three Hundred Twenty-sixth BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]], [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]]. There they served as the garrison for [[Oshika]], which was a valuable exporter of germanium and other rare minerals. The world also served as a jumping-off point for expeditions into the [[Draconis Rift]] until the colonization of [[Midway]]. Originally the SLDF only had a single infantry division on the world, but when the planet's population topped four billion, the SLDF assigned the 326th.<ref name=FM:SLDFp185/>
  
==History==
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The 326th was moved to an undisclosed are of the [[Periphery]] in [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL148>''The Star League'', p. 148: "Fifteenth"</ref> The 326th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], but despite the fate of the 326th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the [[Star League]],<ref name=SL148/> subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 326th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the [[Inner Sphere]], joining [[Major General]] [[Lauren Hayes]] and the other SLDF units who chose to join [[ComStar]] in support of [[Jerome Blake]]. The 326th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[6th ComStar Expeditionary Division|Sixth ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34: "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> Following [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] in June [[2788]], in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of [[Terra]], the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guards]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117: "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref>
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XXXV Corps (Star League)|XXXV Corps]], [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]]. There they served as the garrison for [[Oshika]], which was a valuable exporter of germanium and other rare minerals. The world also served as a jumping off point for expeditions into the [[Draconis Rift]] until the colonization of [[Midway]]. Originally the SLDF only had a single infantry division on the world, but when the planet's population topped four billion, the SLDF assigned the 326th.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 185</ref>
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==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 326th BattleMech Division'''
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| [[Major General]]||[[Farzad Ahmad]]||[[2762]]<ref name=FMSLDFp184>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 184</ref>
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| Major General||[[Lin-Fong Tsai]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp185/>
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The 326th was moved to an undisclosed are of the [[Periphery]] in [[2765]], to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL148>''The Star League'', p. 148, "Fifteenth"</ref>. The 326th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], but despite the fate of the 326th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the [[Star League]],<ref name=SL148/> subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 326th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the [[Inner Sphere]], joining [[Major General]] [[Lauren Hayes]] and the other SLDF units who chose to join [[ComStar]] in support of [[Jerome Blake]]. The 326th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[6th ComStar Expeditionary Division|Sixth ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> Following [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] in June [[2788]], in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of [[Terra]], the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guard]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117, "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref>
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==Tactics==
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Unknown.
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 326th would have been formed from two [[Brigade]]s 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 326th would have been formed from two [[brigade]]s of 'Mech [[regiment]]s and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
 
===2764===
* 3261st Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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* 3261st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13: "Brigades"</ref>
 
* 3262nd Brigade
 
* 3262nd Brigade
 
* 3263rd Brigade
 
* 3263rd Brigade
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File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organisation
 
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==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0326th]]

Latest revision as of 11:47, 11 November 2023

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326th BattleMech Division
Formed 2577
Disbanded 2784[1]
Nickname The Mantuffel Division[2]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XXXV Corps

The 326th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXXV Corps, Fifteenth Army, to District 2 of the Draconis Combine Military Region. There they served as the garrison for Oshika, which was a valuable exporter of germanium and other rare minerals. The world also served as a jumping-off point for expeditions into the Draconis Rift until the colonization of Midway. Originally the SLDF only had a single infantry division on the world, but when the planet's population topped four billion, the SLDF assigned the 326th.[2]

The 326th was moved to an undisclosed are of the Periphery in 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[3] The 326th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, but despite the fate of the 326th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the Star League,[3] subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 326th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the Inner Sphere, joining Major General Lauren Hayes and the other SLDF units who chose to join ComStar in support of Jerome Blake. The 326th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the Sixth ComStar Expeditionary Division in 2784.[1] Following Operation SILVER SHIELD in June 2788, in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of Terra, the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later Com Guards.[4]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 326th BattleMech Division
Major General Farzad Ahmad 2762[5]
Major General Lin-Fong Tsai 2764[2]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the 326th would have been formed from two brigades of 'Mech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[6]

2764[edit]

  • 3261st Brigade[7]
  • 3262nd Brigade
  • 3263rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 First Succession War, p. 34: "Those Left Behind (Continued)"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 185
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Star League, p. 148: "Fifteenth"
  4. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 117: "ComStar and the Com Guard"
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 184
  6. The Star League, p. 133
  7. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13: "Brigades"

Bibliography[edit]