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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
 
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Infantry Division|Infantry Division, 0001st]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Infantry Division|Infantry Division, 0001st]]

Revision as of 04:38, 12 September 2021

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1st Infantry Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Big Red One[1]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XLIV Corps

The First 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 XLIV Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery.[2] The 1st was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2] The unit traced its lineage back almost 1000 years to a Western Alliance formation.

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 1st Infantry Division
Major General Clift Cantigny 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF Infantry division the 1st would have been formed from two Brigades of Grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[3] In addition to the normal formations for a leg infantry division there are the 345th Heavy and 346th Assault Tank regiments and a full regiment of artillery.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, page 195
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 149, "Sixteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography