3rd Infantry Division

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Third Infantry Division
Nickname The Lucky Third[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXVII Corps

Overview[edit]

The Third Infantry 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 XXVII Corps, Eleventh Army, to District 1 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region and then transferred to District 3 by 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[2]The Third was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Third Infantry Division
Major General Nathaniel “Dawg” Kipper IX 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Infantry division the Third would have been formed from two Brigades of Grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 141
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 144: "Eleventh"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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