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| nickname = The Gargantua Division
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| Designation    = 116th BattleMech Division
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| year    = 2764
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| unitname = 116th BattleMech Division
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| Nickname      = The Gargantua Division
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The '''One Hundred Sixteenth BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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The '''116th BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 116th BattleMech Division'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 116th BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Pilar Rodriguez-Vargas]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp71>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 71, "116th BattleMech Division"</ref>
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| [[Major General]]||[[Mario LaPota]]||Early [[2764]]<ref name=FMSLDFp71>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 71: "116th BattleMech Division"</ref>
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| [[Major General]]||[[Pilar Rodriguez-Vargas]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FMSLDFp71/>
 
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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
 
As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the 116th would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the 116th would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
 
===2764===
* [[1161st BattleMech Brigade]] <ref name=FMSLDF71>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 71</ref>
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* [[1161st BattleMech Brigade]]<ref name=FMSLDFp71/>
 
:*Heavy Assault Regiment
 
:*Heavy Assault Regiment
 
:*Heavy Assault Regiment
 
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* [[1163rd Infantry Brigade]]
 
* [[1163rd Infantry Brigade]]
 
* [[116th Ground Air Wing]]
 
* [[116th Ground Air Wing]]
 
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File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organisation
 
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==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 11:42, 11 November 2023

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116th BattleMech Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Gargantua Division
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command LIV Corps


Overview[edit]

The 116th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Grosvenor[1], assigned as a part of the LIV Corps, Fourth Army, to District 3 of the Federated Suns Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2]. The 116th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 116th BattleMech Division
Major General Mario LaPota Early 2764[3]
Major General Pilar Rodriguez-Vargas 2764[3]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech Division the 116th would have been composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]

2764[edit]

  • Heavy Assault Regiment
  • Heavy Assault Regiment
  • Heavy Assault Regiment
  • Heavy Assault Regiment
  • Heavy Assault Regiment
  • Heavy Assault Regiment

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 152, "Fourth"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 71: "116th BattleMech Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

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