64th Infantry Division

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Sixty-fourth Infantry Division
Nickname The Free South Africans[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LX Corps

The Sixty-fourth Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Harloc,[2] assigned as part of LX Corps, Fifth Army to District 1 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region and then transferred to District 3 in 2765, in response to the Periphery Uprising. The Sixty-fourth was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 64th Infantry Division
Major General Garman Mpande 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

The Sixty-fourth's infantry brigades were trained mountain troops, able to operate in harsh conditions and otherwise impassable terrain.[1]

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Infantry division, the Sixty-fourth would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]

2764[edit]

Sixty-fourth Infantry Division[1]

  • Two Infantry brigades
  • BattleMech brigade
  • Heavy Assault regiment
  • Battle regiment
  • Striker regiment
  • VTOL regiment (capable of transporting an entire infantry brigade)

References[edit]

  1. a b c d Field Manual: SLDF, p. 85: "64th Infantry Division"
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 253: Map - "SLDF Capellan Confederation Military Command"
  3. The Star League, p. 153: "Fifth Army"
  4. The Star League, p. 133: "Divisions - Infantry Division"

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