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| image    = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]]
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| nickname = The Devils of Devil's Rock
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| Designation   = Eighty-first BattleMech Division
| parent formation = [[XV Corps (Star League)|XV Corps]]
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| formed        =
| formed  = unknown
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| Disbanded      =
| year    = 2764
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| Previous Designation =
| unitname = 81st BattleMech Division
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| Nickname      = The Devils of Devil's Rock<ref name=FM:SLDFp181>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 181</ref>
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| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
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| Parent Command = [[XV Corps (Star League)|XV Corps]]
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| Sub-Command    =  
 
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==Overview==
 
 
The '''Eighty-first BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
 
The '''Eighty-first BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XV Corps (Star League)|XV Corps]], [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name=SL148>''The Star League'', p. 148, "Ninth"</ref> The Eighty-first survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL148/>
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XV Corps (Star League)|XV Corps]], [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name=SL148>''The Star League'', p. 148: "Ninth"</ref> The Eighty-first survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL148/>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 81st BattleMech Division'''
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Eighty-first BattleMech Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Devon Lowell]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp181/>
 
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==Composition==
 
==Composition==
 
As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the Eighty-first would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the Eighty-first would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
 
===2764===
* 811th Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
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* 811th Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
 
* 812th Brigade
 
* 812th Brigade
 
* 813th Brigade
 
* 813th Brigade
  
 
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File:SLDFBattleMech_DivisionTO&E.jpg|Table of Organisation
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File:SLDFBattleMech DivisionTOandE.jpg|Table of Organization
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[The Star League]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
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* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
  
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0081st]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0081st]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force - Exodus Commands|BattleMech Division, 0081st]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force - Exodus Commands|BattleMech Division, 0081st]]

Latest revision as of 20:59, 7 June 2023

Eighty-first BattleMech Division
Nickname The Devils of Devil's Rock[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XV Corps

The Eighty-first BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

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 to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2] The Eighty-first survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Eighty-first BattleMech Division
Major General Devon Lowell 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

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

2764[edit]

  • 811th Brigade[4]
  • 812th Brigade
  • 813th Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 181
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 148: "Ninth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography[edit]