53rd Infantry Division
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53rd Infantry Division | |
Formed | unknown |
Nickname | The Silver Sword Division |
Affiliation | SLDF |
Parent Command | XVI Corps |
Contents
Overview[edit]
The Fifty-third Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History[edit]
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 Fifty-third was transferred to District 3 of the FSMR as part of the redeployment effort to fight the New Vandenberg Uprising.[2]
The Fifty-third 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[edit]
Rank | Name | Command | |
---|---|---|---|
Commanding Officers of the 53rd Infantry Division | |||
Major General | Bharat Heintze | 2764[3] |
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
As an SLDF Infantry division the Fifty-third would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]