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| image    = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]]
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| nickname = The Association Division
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| Designation   = 416th BattleMech Division
| parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]]
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| formed        =
| formed  = unknown
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| Disbanded      =
| year    = 2764
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| Previous Designation =
| unitname = 416th BattleMech Division
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| Nickname      = The Association Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp237>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 237</ref>
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| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
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| Parent Command = [[LXVII Corps (Star League)|LXVII Corps]]
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| Sub-Command    =  
 
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
The '''Four Hundred Sixteenth BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
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The '''416th BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2765]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[LXVII Corps (Star League)|LXVII Corps]], [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL158>''The Star League'', p. 158, "Twentieth"</ref> In fact they had moved the farthest spinward of any unit in their Corps, being stationed on [[Richvale]]. They were formed in the 2720s during the buildup of forces under [[First Lord]] [[Jonathan Cameron]].<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 237</ref>
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The 416th was formed in the 2720s during the buildup of forces under [[First Lord]] [[Jonathan Cameron]].<ref name=FM:SLDFp237 />
 
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In [[2765]], the unit was assigned, as a part of [[LXVII Corps (Star League)|LXVII Corps]], [[20th Army (Star League)|Twentieth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL158>''The Star League'', p. 158: "Twentieth"</ref> In fact, they moved the farthest spinward of any unit in their Corps, being stationed on [[Richvale]].
 
The 416th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL158/>
 
The 416th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL158/>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 416th BattleMech Division'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 416th BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Victor Farrell]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp237/>
 
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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 416th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s 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 416th would have comprised two [[Brigade|brigades]] 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===
 
===2764===
* 4161st Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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* 4161st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
 
* 4162nd Brigade
 
* 4162nd Brigade
 
* 4163rd Brigade
 
* 4163rd Brigade
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File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organization
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File:SLDFBattleMech DivisionTOandE.jpg|Table of Organization
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
*''[[The Star League]]''
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
  
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0416th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0416th]]

Latest revision as of 14:34, 17 May 2023

416th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Association Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXVII Corps

Overview[edit]

The 416th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

The 416th was formed in the 2720s during the buildup of forces under First Lord Jonathan Cameron.[1] In 2765, the unit was assigned, as a part of LXVII Corps, Twentieth Army, to the Periphery Military Region.[2] In fact, they moved the farthest spinward of any unit in their Corps, being stationed on Richvale. The 416th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 416th BattleMech Division
Major General Victor Farrell 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 416th would have comprised two brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of mechanized infantry regiments.[3]

2764[edit]

  • 4161st Brigade[4]
  • 4162nd Brigade
  • 4163rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 237
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 158: "Twentieth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography[edit]