49th Jump Infantry Division

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Forty-ninth Jump Infantry Division
Nickname The Horned Owls[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XIX Corps

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

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XIX Corps, Eighth Army, to District 1 of the Free Worlds League Military Region and then transferred to District 3 by 2765 as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[2] The Forty-ninth was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 49th Jump Infantry Division
Major General Katheryn Erbe 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the Forty-ninth would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[3]

References

  1. a b Field Manual: SLDF, p. 111: "Eighth Army - XIX Corps"
  2. a b The Star League, p. 141: "Eighth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133: "Unit Composition"

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