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| image          = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
| Designation    = 438th BattleMech Division
| formed         = unknown
| Disbanded      = 
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = The Commonwealth Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp165>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 165</ref>
| Affiliation    = SLDF
| Parent Command = [[XXXI Corps (Star League)|XXXI Corps]]
| Sub-Command    = 
}}

The '''438th 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 [[XXXI Corps (Star League)|XXXI Corps]], [[Thirteenth Army (Star League)|Thirteenth Army]], to District 3 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]].<ref name=SL146>''The Star League'', p. 146: "Thirteenth"</ref>The 438th was destroyed during the [[Hegemony Campaign]].<ref name=SL146/>

==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 438th BattleMech Division'''
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Luisa Campos]]||pre-[[2764]]<ref name=FMSLDFp222>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 222</ref>
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Ludwig von Straussburg]]||2764<ref name=FM:SLDFp165/>
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition==
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 438th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|Brigades]] of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s and a brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>

===2764===
* 4381st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
* 4382nd Brigade
* 4383rd Brigade

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File:SLDFBattleMech DivisionTOandE.jpg|Table of Organization
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''


[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0438th]]