48th Jump Infantry Division

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Forty-eighth Jump Infantry Division
Disbanded 2766
Nickname Deadly Angels[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXXII Corps

The Forty-eighth Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

The Forty-eighth was a part of the LXXII Corps, Seventeenth Army, and in 2764 was assigned to an undisclosed world in the Magistracy of Canopus territorial state. The Forty-eighth was caught up in the rebellion that followed the New Vandenberg Uprising in 2765 and suffered heavy casualties. The Forty-eighth disbanded as a result, with two battalions of the division joining the rebels. These rogue elements were destroyed in combat in 2767[2][3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Forty-eighth Jump Infantry Division
Major General Yuri Takekawa 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF jump infantry division, the Forty-eighth would have been composed of two brigades of jump troops and a brigade of BattleMechs; the Forty-eighth would also have had two Ground Aero Wings to protect and carry the infantry.[4]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 207
  2. The Star League, p. 155
  3. First Succession War, p. 34: "Those Left Behind"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

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