280th BattleMech Division

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280th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Hall Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLIX Corps

The 280th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

The unit was originally a Hegemony Armed Forces regiment from Hall, and later became the basis of the 280th BattleMech Division after the formation of the Star League.[1]

In 2764, the 280th was stationed on Fianna,[2] assigned as a part of XLIX Corps, Eleventh Army to District 1 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region and then transferred to District 2 by 2765 to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[3]

At the start of Operation CHIEFTAIN in July 2772, the Division was roughly at full strength.[4] The 280th was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 280th BattleMech Division
Major General Indira Geathers 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Prior to joining the SLDF, the 280th were originally specialists in desert terrain.[1]

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the 280th would have been composed of two brigades of 'Mech regiments and a brigade of mechanized infantry regiments.[5]

2764[edit]

References[edit]

  1. a b c d Field Manual: SLDF, p. 143: "280th BattleMech Division"
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command Map"
  3. a b The Star League, p. 144: "Eleventh Army"
  4. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 120
  5. The Star League, p. 133: "Divisions - BattleMech Division"
  6. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13: "Brigades"

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