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Revision as of 12:49, 10 September 2021

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178th Jump Infantry Division
Formed unknown
Nickname I am not a number, I am a free man![1]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XXXI Corps

The One Hundred Seventy-eighth Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXXI Corps, Thirteenth Army, to District 3 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery.[2] The 178th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 178th Jump Infantry Division
Major General Winston Churchill Mather 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the 178th would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, page 165
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 146, "Thirteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography