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| Designation   = 133rd Jump Infantry Division
| parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]]
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| formed  = Unknown
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| Disbanded      = [[2782]]-[[2784]]<ref name="FSWp32">''First Succession War'', p. 32: "Those Left Behind"</ref>
| year    = 2764
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| unitname = 133rd Jump Infantry Division
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| Nickname      = The Flying Nuns<ref name=FM:SLDFp165>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 165</ref>
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| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
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| Parent Command = [[XXXI Corps (Star League)|XXXI Corps]]
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The '''One Hundred and Thirty-Third Jump Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.<ref name="SLp146">''The Star League'', p. 146</ref>
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The '''133rd Jump Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.<ref name="SLp146">''The Star League'', p. 146</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The 133<sup>rd</sup> formed a part of [[XXXI Corps (Star League)|XXXI Corps]], [[13th Army (Star League)|Thirteenth Army]], and in [[2764]] was stationed in District 3 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]]. Following the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery uprising the 133<sup>rd</sup> was deployed into the [[periphery]] in [[2765]].<ref name="SLp146"/>
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The 133rd formed a part of [[XXXI Corps (Star League)|XXXI Corps]], [[Thirteenth Army (Star League)|Thirteenth Army]], and in [[2764]] was stationed in District 3 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]]. Following the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery uprising the 133rd was deployed into the [[periphery]] in [[2765]].<ref name="SLp146"/>
  
The 133<sup>rd</sup> took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and the [[division]] was disbanded by [[2784]]; elements of the [[division]] went on to join the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="SLp146"/>
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The 133rd took heavy losses during the [[Hegemony Campaign]] and the [[division]] was disbanded by [[2784]]; elements of the [[division]] went on to join the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="SLp146"/> The [[DCMS]] used the two [[battalion]]s of troops from recruited from the 133rd to create the new [[Twenty-third Dieron Regulars]] regiment in [[2782]]; the two battalions of troops from the 133rd recruited by the [[CCAF]] were used to create the [[Eighth Andurien Hussars]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp32"/>
  
==Composition==
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==Officers==
As an [[SLDF]] jump infantry [[division]] the 133<sup>rd</sup> would have been formed from one [[brigade]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and two brigades of jump infantry, which would have been supported by two Ground Aero [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wings]] which protected and carried the infantry.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 133rd Jump Infantry Division'''
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| [[Lieutenant General]]||[[Claude Le Gaugen]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp165/>
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==Tactics==
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Unknown.
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==Composition History==
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As an [[SLDF]] jump infantry [[division]] the 133rd would have been formed from one [[brigade]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and two brigades of jump infantry, which would have been supported by two Ground Aero [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wings]] which protected and carried the infantry.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[The Star League]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Jump Infantry Division, 0133rd]]
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Jump Infantry Division|Jump Infantry Division, 0133rd]]

Latest revision as of 05:52, 30 April 2023

133rd Jump Infantry Division
Disbanded 2782-2784[1]
Nickname The Flying Nuns[2]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXXI Corps

The 133rd Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.[3]

History[edit]

The 133rd formed a part of XXXI Corps, Thirteenth Army, and in 2764 was stationed in District 3 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region. Following the New Vandenberg Uprising and subsequent Periphery uprising the 133rd was deployed into the periphery in 2765.[3]

The 133rd took heavy losses during the Hegemony Campaign and the division was disbanded by 2784; elements of the division went on to join the Capellan Confederation and the Draconis Combine.[3] The DCMS used the two battalions of troops from recruited from the 133rd to create the new Twenty-third Dieron Regulars regiment in 2782; the two battalions of troops from the 133rd recruited by the CCAF were used to create the Eighth Andurien Hussars in 2784.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 133rd Jump Infantry Division
Lieutenant General Claude Le Gaugen 2764[2]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF jump infantry division the 133rd would have been formed from one brigade of BattleMech regiments and two brigades of jump infantry, which would have been supported by two Ground Aero Wings which protected and carried the infantry.[4]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 First Succession War, p. 32: "Those Left Behind"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 165
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Star League, p. 146
  4. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography[edit]