39th Royal BattleMech Division

Thirty-ninth Royal BattleMech Division
Nickname The Denebola Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command IX Corps

The Thirty-ninth 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 2725, the division successfully took part in Operation SMOTHER to put an end to the ongoing fighting between House Davion and House Kurita forces during the Second Hidden War.[1]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Raman,[2] assigned as a part of the IX Corps, Second Army to District 1 of the Federated Suns Military Region. It was then transferred to District 2 in 2765 in response to the New Vandenberg Uprising.[3] With the start of the Amaris Civil War, the Thirty-ninth would take part in the Hegemony Campaign to win back Terra. The unit would survive the fighting to take part in Operation EXODUS.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 39th Royal BattleMech Division
Major General George Roy 2729[4]
Major General Tyrell Kaspar 2764[5]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division, the Thirty-ninth would have been composed of two brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[6]

2764[edit]

Thirty-ninth Royal BattleMech Division [7]

  • 391st Royal BattleMech Brigade
  • 392nd Royal BattleMech Brigade
  • 393rd Royal Mechanized Infantry Brigade

References[edit]

  1. The Star League, p. 63: "Second Hidden War"
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Star League, p. 150: "Second"
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 47: "Second Army"
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 49: "39th Royal BattleMech Division"
  6. The Star League, p. 133
  7. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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