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Revision as of 13:44, 2 June 2016
The Fifty-third Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History
In 2764, the unit was stationed on New Ivaarsen[1], assigned as part of XVI Corps, Second Army, to District 1 of the Federated Suns Military Region. In 2765 the 53rd was transferred to District 3 of the FSMR as part of the redeployment effort to fight the New Vandenberg Uprising.[2]
The 53rd was the only division of Sixteenth Corps to survive the Amaris Civil War, and would follow General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]
Officers
The commanding officer in 2764 is Major General Bharat Heintze.[3]
Composition
As an SLDF Infantry division the 53rd would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]