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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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Revision as of 13:47, 13 September 2021

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218th BattleMech Division
Nickname The Quentin Division[1]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command LIII Corps

Overview

The 218th BattleMech Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LIII Corps, Seventh Army, to District 3 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2]. The 218th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 218th BattleMech Division
Major General Timothy Mopp 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition

As an SLDF BattleMech division the 218th would have been formed from two Brigades of BattleMech regiments and a brigade of Mechanized Infantry regiments.[3]

2764

  • 2181st Brigade [4]
  • 2182nd Brigade
  • 2183rd Brigade

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, page 97
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 154, "Seventh"
  3. The Star League, p. 133
  4. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 13

Bibliography