52nd Royal BattleMech Division

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52nd Royal BattleMech Division
Disbanded 2780
Nickname The King of Bashan Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XV Corps

The Fifty-second 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

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XV Corps, Fifteenth Army, to District 2 of the Draconis Combine Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[2] The Fifty-second was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 52nd Royal BattleMech Division
Major General Morgan Gagnier 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech Division the Fifty-second would have been composed with two Brigades of 'Mech regiments and one brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]

2764

52nd Royal BattleMech Division [4]

  • 521st Royal BattleMech Brigade
  • 522nd Royal BattleMech Brigade
  • 523rd Royal Mechanized Infantry Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, page181
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 14, "Fifteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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