376th BattleMech Division

376th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Giap Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLVII Corps


Overview[edit]

The 376th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2754, a brigade task force from the 376th assaulted a Castle Brian-style fortress on an uncharted world. After six weeks of battle, the fortress defenders detonated nuclear suicide charges which destroyed the fortress. No evidence of who built or defended the fortress was found at the time.[2]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XLVII Corps, Twentieth Army, to the Periphery Military Region.[3] The 376th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 376th BattleMech Division
Lieutenant General Vicki Traynor 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 376th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[4]

2764[edit]

  • 3761st Brigade[5]
  • 3762nd Brigade
  • 3763rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 233
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 232: "XLVII Corps"
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Star League, p. 158: "Twentieth"
  4. The Star League, p. 133
  5. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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