398th BattleMech Division

398th BattleMech Division
Nickname The European Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XL Corps


Overview[edit]

The 398th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the 398th BattleMech Division was assigned as a part of the XL 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 SLDF response to the Periphery Uprising.[2] The 398th was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 398th BattleMech Division
Major General Fehmi Ghassem 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 398th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]

2764[edit]

  • 3981st Brigade [4]
  • 3982nd Brigade
  • 3983rd Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 187
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 148, "Fifteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography[edit]