71st Infantry Division

Seventy-first Infantry Division
Nickname The Sydney Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LV Corps

The Seventy-first Infantry 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 LV Corps, Fifth Army, to District 1 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region and then transferred to District 3 by 2765, as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[1] The Seventy-first was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 71st Infantry Division
Major General Marcus Green 2764[2]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF infantry division, the Seventy-first would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of BattleMech regiments.[3]

2764[edit]

  • Attached Artillery Battalion
  • Attached Engineer Battalion
  • Heavy Assault Regiment
  • Striker Regiment
  • Battle Regiment

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 153: "Fifth"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 83
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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