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Revision as of 15:10, 14 September 2021

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48th Jump Infantry Division
Disbanded 2766
Nickname Deadly Angels[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXXII Corps

The Forty-Eighth Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

The Forty-Eighth was a part of the LXXII Corps, Seventeenth Army, and in 2764 was assigned to an undisclosed world in the Magistracy of Canopus territorial state. The Forty-Eighth was caught up in the rebellion that followed the New Vandenberg Uprising in 2765 and suffered heavy casualties. The Forty-Eighth disbanded as a result, with two Battalions of the division joining the rebels. These rogue elements were destroyed in combat in 2767[2][3]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 48th Jump Infantry Division
Major General Yuri Takekawa 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF jump infantry division the Forty-Eighth would have been composed of two brigades of jump troops and a brigade of 'Mechs; the Forty-Eighth would also have had two Ground Aero Wings to protect and carry the infantry.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, page 207
  2. The Star League, p. 155
  3. First Succession War, p. 34, "Those Left Behind"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography