251st Royal Mechanized Infantry Division
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Overview
The Two Hundred Fifty-first Royal Mechanized Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. It was one of the SLDF's Royal units, which consisted of troops from the Terran Hegemony.
History
In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LVI Corps, Nineteenth Army, which stationed it in the Taurian Concordat. In 2748 the unit arrested a group of terrorists who were attempting to detonate a nuclear bomb. For this action, Taurian military observers added "the Guards" to the unit's original nickname "The Fiddler's Green Division."[1]
The unit was stationed on Burton in 2765, guarding the O-P Computer Electronics plant there. They also frequently observed Taurian Defense Force units engaging in wargames on the planet. These observations were used to develop counters to probable TDF strategies and tactics.[1]
It would later take part in the Periphery Uprising 2765.[2] The 251st suffered heavy losses, and was disbanded in 2766.[2]
Officers
In 2765 the unit's commander was Major General Manfred Filipovic.[1]