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==Officers== | ==Officers== | ||
Major General Reese “Redleg” Killkenny was the commanding officer in 2764.<ref name=FMSLDF83/> | Major General Reese “Redleg” Killkenny was the commanding officer in 2764.<ref name=FMSLDF83/> | ||
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| + | The Division favors firepower over everything else. Each battalion of a heavy assault regiment also includes fourth company of artillery, <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref> and these are augmented by additional Battalions at Bridage level.<ref name=FMSLDF83/> | ||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 18 July 2016
Contents
Overview
The 171st BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History
In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LV Corps, Fifth Army, to District 1 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region and then transferred to District 3 by 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[1]The 171st was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[1]
Officers
Major General Reese “Redleg” Killkenny was the commanding officer in 2764.[2]
Tactics
The Division favors firepower over everything else. Each battalion of a heavy assault regiment also includes fourth company of artillery, [3] and these are augmented by additional Battalions at Bridage level.[2]
Composition
As an SLDF BattleMech Division the 171st would have been composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]
2764
- 1711th Brigade [2]
- Heavy Assault Regiment
- Heavy Assault Regiment
- Battle Regiment
- Attached Artillery Battalion
- 1712th Brigade
- Heavy Assault Regiment
- Heavy Assault Regiment
- Battle Regiment
- Attached Artillery Battalion
- 1713th Infantry Brigade
- Attached Heavy Armor Regiment
- Attached Artillery Battalion
- SLDFBattleMech DivisionTO&E.jpg
Table of Organisation