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| image          = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
| Designation    = 165th Mechanized Infantry Division
| formed         = unknown
| Disbanded      = 2782<ref name="FSWp34"/>
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = Wheeled Warriors<ref name=FM:SLDFp197>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 197</ref>
| Affiliation    = SLDF
| Parent Command = [[L Corps (Star League)|L Corps]]
| Sub-Command    = 
}}

==Overview==
The '''165th Mechanized Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.

==History==
In [[2764]] the 165th was assigned, as a part of the [[L Corps (Star League)|L Corps]], [[Sixteenth Army (Star League)|Sixteenth Army]], to District 3 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]]. The 165th took heavy damage during the [[Periphery Uprising]], with elements of the [[division]] defecting to join the rebels, and the division was disbanded.<ref name=SL149>''The Star League'', p. 149: "Sixteenth"</ref> In [[2782]] the [[Outworlds Alliance]] recruited two [[battalion]]s of troops from the remnants of the 165th, and used these personnel to reactivate the [[Alliance Grenadiers]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34: "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 165th Mechanized Infantry Division'''
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Jacob Corobazzi]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp197/>
|}

==Tactics==
The Mechanized Infantry Divisions of the Star League were used offensively to exploit gaps in the enemy front created by the BattleMech Divisions. They also bore the brunt of defensive actions.

==Composition History==
The Division comprised two Brigades of Mechanized Infantry and a single BattleMech Brigade. Also attached was a Ground Aero Wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''


[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Mechanized Infantry Division|Mechanized Infantry Division, 0165th]]