5th BattleMech Division

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Fifth BattleMech Division
Nickname The Alula Australis Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LI Corps


Overview[edit]

The Fifth 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 LI Corps, Eleventh Army, to District 1 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region and then transferred to District 2 by 2765, to take part in the Periphery Uprising.[2] The Fifth was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Fifth BattleMech Division
Major General Abbey Chase 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition[edit]

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

2764[edit]

  • Fifty-first Brigade[4]
  • Fifty-second Brigade
  • Fifty-third Brigade

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 145
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 144: "Eleventh"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

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