260th BattleMech Division

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260th BattleMech Division
Disbanded 2765[1]
Nickname The Little Big Horn Division[2]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLVIII Corps

The 260th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2695, the 260th earned its unit nickname by defeating a seditionist group, the Land of the Free, on Raldamax.[2]

In 2764, the unit was assigned as part of XLVIII Corps, Seventeenth Army to the Periphery Military Region. The 260th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 260th BattleMech Division
Major General Siphiwe Mwale 2764[2]

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the 260th would have been composed of two brigades of 'Mech regiments and a brigade of mechanized infantry regiments.[3]

2764[edit]

260th BattleMech Division[2]

  • 2601st Brigade[4]
  • 2602nd Brigade
  • 2603rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. a b The Star League, p. 155: "Seventeenth Army"
  2. a b c d Field Manual: SLDF, p. 205: "260th BattleMech Division"
  3. The Star League, p. 133: "Divisions - BattleMech Division"
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13: "Brigades"

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