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| nickname = The Giap Division
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| Designation   = 376th BattleMech Division
| parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]]
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| year    = 2764
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| unitname = 376th BattleMech Division
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| Nickname      = The Giap Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp233>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 233</ref>
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| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
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| Parent Command = [[XLVII Corps (Star League)|XLVII Corps]]
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The '''Three Hundred Seventy-sixth BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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==Overview==
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The '''376th 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 [[XLVII Corps (Star League)|LXV Corps]], [[Twentieth (Star League)|Twentieth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL158>''The Star League'', p. 158, "Twentieth"</ref>The 376th was destroyed during the [[Reunification War]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL158/>
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In [[2754]], a brigade task force from the 376th assaulted a Castle Brian-style fortress on an uncharted world.  After six weeks of battle, the fortress defenders detonated nuclear suicide charges which destroyed the fortress.  No evidence of who built or defended the fortress was found at the time.<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 232: "XLVII Corps"</ref>
  
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XLVII Corps (Star League)|XLVII Corps]], [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL158>''The Star League'', p. 158: "Twentieth"</ref> The 376th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL158/>
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==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 376th BattleMech Division'''
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| [[Lieutenant General]]||[[Vicki Traynor]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp233/>
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==Tactics==
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Unknown.
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==Composition==
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As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 376th 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===
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* 3761st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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* 3762nd Brigade
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* 3763rd Brigade
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File:SLDFBattleMech DivisionTOandE.jpg|Table of Organization
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</gallery>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[The Star League]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|BattleMech Division, 0376th]]
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0376th]]

Latest revision as of 22:43, 20 July 2023

376th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Giap Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLVII Corps

Overview[edit]

The 376th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2754, a brigade task force from the 376th assaulted a Castle Brian-style fortress on an uncharted world. After six weeks of battle, the fortress defenders detonated nuclear suicide charges which destroyed the fortress. No evidence of who built or defended the fortress was found at the time.[2]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XLVII Corps, Twentieth Army, to the Periphery Military Region.[3] The 376th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 376th BattleMech Division
Lieutenant General Vicki Traynor 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 376th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]

2764[edit]

  • 3761st Brigade[5]
  • 3762nd Brigade
  • 3763rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 233
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 232: "XLVII Corps"
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Star League, p. 158: "Twentieth"
  4. The Star League, p. 133
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography[edit]