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| Designation    = 360th BattleMech Division
 
| Designation    = 360th BattleMech Division
| formed        = unknown
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| Disbanded      = 2783<ref name="FSWp32"/>
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| Disbanded      = [[2783]]<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32: "Those Left Behind"</ref>
 
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| Nickname      = The Bannockburn Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp113>Field Manual SLDF, page 113</ref>
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| Nickname      = The Bannockburn Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp113>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 113</ref>
| Affiliation    = SLDF
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| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
 
| Parent Command = [[XXV Corps (Star League)|XXV Corps]]
 
| Parent Command = [[XXV Corps (Star League)|XXV Corps]]
 
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The '''360th BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
==Overview==
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==History==
The '''Three Hundred Sixtieth 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 [[XXV Corps (Star League)|XXV Corps]], [[Eighth Army (Star League)|Eighth Army]], to District 1 within the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]] and transferred to District 3 during the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL141>''The Star League'', p. 141: "Eighth Army"</ref> The 360th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], to be absorbed by the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] in [[2783]].<ref name="FSWp32"/><ref name=SL141/> This was considered to be the "biggest prize" by [[D. H. Rand]], author of ''[[The Rise and Fall of the Star League]]'' ([[2989]]), in regards to nationalization of former SLDF units by the [[Successor States]].<ref name=SL97>''The Star League'', p. 97: "Those Who Stayed Behind"</ref>
  
==History==
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In [[2784]], the CCAF used the 360th BattleMech Division as the basis for mustering six new [[regiment]]s within the [[Sian Dragoons]] [[brigade]]: the [[Eighteenth Sian Dragoons|Eighteenth]] through [[Twenty-third Sian Dragoons]].<ref name="FSWp32"/>
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XXV Corps (Star League)|XXV Corps]], [[8th Army (Star League)|Eighth Army]], to District 1 within the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]], and transferred to District 3 during the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL141>''The Star League'', p. 141, "Eighth Army"</ref> The 360th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], to be absorbed by the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]]<ref name=SL141/> in [[2783]].<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32, "Those Left Behind"</ref> This was considered to be the "biggest prize" by [[D.H. Rand]], author of ''[[The Rise and Fall of the Star League]]'' ([[2989]]), in regards to nationalization of former SLDF units by the [[Successor States]].<ref name=SL97>''The Star League'', p. 97, "Those Who Stayed Behind"</ref> In [[2784]] the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] used the 360th BattleMech Division as the basis for mustering six new regiments within the [[Sian Dragoons]] [[brigade]], the [[18th Sian Dragoons|Eighteenth]] through [[Twenty-third Sian Dragoons]].<ref name="FSWp32"/>
 
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 360th would have been formed from two brigades of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] 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 360th would have been formed from two brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
 
===2764===
* 3601st Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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* 3601st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
 
* 3602nd Brigade
 
* 3602nd Brigade
 
* 3603rd Brigade
 
* 3603rd Brigade
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File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organization
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0360th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0360th]]

Latest revision as of 08:05, 30 November 2023

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360th BattleMech Division
Disbanded 2783[1]
Nickname The Bannockburn Division[2]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXV Corps

The 360th 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 XXV Corps, Eighth Army, to District 1 within the Free Worlds League Military Region and transferred to District 3 during the Periphery Uprising.[3] The 360th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, to be absorbed by the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces in 2783.[1][3] This was considered to be the "biggest prize" by D. H. Rand, author of The Rise and Fall of the Star League (2989), in regards to nationalization of former SLDF units by the Successor States.[4]

In 2784, the CCAF used the 360th BattleMech Division as the basis for mustering six new regiments within the Sian Dragoons brigade: the Eighteenth through Twenty-third Sian Dragoons.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 360th BattleMech Division
Major General Alejandro Guillotte 2764[2]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the 360th would have been formed from two brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[5]

2764[edit]

  • 3601st Brigade[6]
  • 3602nd Brigade
  • 3603rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 First Succession War, p. 32: "Those Left Behind"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 113
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Star League, p. 141: "Eighth Army"
  4. The Star League, p. 97: "Those Who Stayed Behind"
  5. The Star League, p. 133
  6. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography[edit]