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| nickname = The Zulu Division
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| Designation   = 364th BattleMech Division
| parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]]
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| formed  = unknown
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| year    = 2764
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| unitname = 364th BattleMech Division
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| Nickname      = The Zulu Division
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| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
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| Parent Command = [[LXV Corps (Star League)|LXV Corps]]
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The '''Three Hundred Sixty-fourth BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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The '''364th BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[LXV Corps (Star League)|LXV Corps]], [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL157>''The Star League'', p. 157, "Nineteenth"</ref>The 364th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL157/>
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In [[2765]], the unit was under the command of [[General]] [[Stephen James Gaffa]]<ref name=GGp18>''Great Gaffa's Ghost'', p. 18</ref> and assigned, as a part of the [[LXV Corps (Star League)|LXV Corps]], [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL157>''The Star League'', p. 157: "Nineteenth"</ref> The 364th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL157/>
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General Gaffa was supposedly killed on 4 November [[2765]] in a small ravine area over Sander's Creek on [[New Vandenberg]] in an ambush by separatist forces that specifically targeted him. Unconfirmed later sightings of his ''[[Highlander]]'' as a ghost 'Mech would give rise to the legend of "[[Great Gaffa's Ghost]]".<ref name=GGGp18-32>''Great Gaffa's Ghost'', pp. 18–32</ref>
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==Officers==
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 364th BattleMech Division'''
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| [[Major General]]||[[Miranda DeWelt]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FMSLDFp227>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 227</ref>
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| [[General]]||[[Stephen James Gaffa]]||[[2765]]<ref name=GGp18/>
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==Tactics==
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Unknown.
  
 
==Composition==
 
==Composition==
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 364th 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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As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 364th would have been formed from two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
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* 3641st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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* 3642nd Brigade
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* 3643rd Brigade
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File:SLDFBattleMech DivisionTOandE.jpg|Table of Organization
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==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[The Star League]]''
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* ''[[Great Gaffa's Ghost]]''
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
  
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|BattleMech Division, 0364th]]
 
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0364th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0364th]]

Latest revision as of 14:06, 31 July 2023

364th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Zulu Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXV Corps

Overview[edit]

The 364th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2765, the unit was under the command of General Stephen James Gaffa[1] and assigned, as a part of the LXV Corps, Nineteenth Army, to the Periphery Military Region.[2] The 364th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

General Gaffa was supposedly killed on 4 November 2765 in a small ravine area over Sander's Creek on New Vandenberg in an ambush by separatist forces that specifically targeted him. Unconfirmed later sightings of his Highlander as a ghost 'Mech would give rise to the legend of "Great Gaffa's Ghost".[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 364th BattleMech Division
Major General Miranda DeWelt 2764[4]
General Stephen James Gaffa 2765[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 364th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[5]

2764[edit]

  • 3641st Brigade[6]
  • 3642nd Brigade
  • 3643rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Great Gaffa's Ghost, p. 18
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 157: "Nineteenth"
  3. Great Gaffa's Ghost, pp. 18–32
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 227
  5. The Star League, p. 133
  6. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography[edit]