318th BattleMech Division

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318th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Swamp Fox Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXVIII Corps

The 318th 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 LXVIII Corps, Eighteenth Army, of the Periphery Military Region, to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2] The 318th suffered heavy losses, and was disbanded in 2766.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 318th BattleMech Division
Major General Ileana Mendel 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 318th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]

2764[edit]

  • 3181st Brigade[4]
  • 3182nd Brigade
  • 3183rd Brigade

Each Brigade had an additional Company of Land-Air 'Mechs to increase its aerospace assets.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 217
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 156: "Eighteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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