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==Composition==
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==Composition History==
 
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 316th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 316th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
 
===2764===
 
* 3161st Royal BattleMech Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
 
* 3161st Royal BattleMech Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
 
* 3162nd Royal BattleMech Brigade
 
* 3162nd Royal BattleMech Brigade
 
* 3163rd Royal Infantry Brigade
 
* 3163rd Royal Infantry Brigade
 
==Game Rules==
 
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A unit firing on one target, with no other friendly units attacking the same target, receives a +1 bonus to its
 
To-Hit rolls. Two or more friendly units declaring fire upon the same target receive a –2 To-Hit roll penalty.<ref name=FMSLDF245>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 245</ref>
 
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==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 11:47, 11 November 2023

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316th Royal BattleMech Division
Nickname The Rio Grande Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command VII Corps

Overview[edit]

The 316th Royal BattleMech 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[edit]

In 2640, 2652 and 2672 the 316th won the Best Division title at the Martial Olympiad. [1]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the VII Corps, Eighth Army, to District 1 of the Free Worlds League Military Region and then transferred to District 2 by 2765.[2] The 316th survived the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 316th Royal BattleMech Division
Major General Sir Charles LeMarque [3]
Major General Polina Tchernovkov 2764[4]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 316th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[5]

2764[edit]

  • 3161st Royal BattleMech Brigade [6]
  • 3162nd Royal BattleMech Brigade
  • 3163rd Royal Infantry Brigade

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 23
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 141, "Eighth"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 107
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 109
  5. The Star League, p. 133
  6. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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