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| image          = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
| Designation    = Fifty-second Royal BattleMech Division
| formed         = 
| Disbanded      = [[2780]]
| Previous Designation = 
| Nickname       = The King of Bashan Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp181>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 181</ref>
| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
| Parent Command = [[XV Corps (Star League)|XV Corps]]
| Sub-Command    = 
}}
The '''Fifty-second BattleMech Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. It was one of the SLDF's [[Star League Defense Force Royal Divisions|Royal units]], which consisted of troops from the [[Terran Hegemony]].

==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XV Corps (Star League)|XV Corps]], [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Draconis Combine Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] in [[2765]] to take part in the [[Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL148>''The Star League'', p. 14: "Fifteenth"</ref> The Fifty-second was destroyed during the [[Hegemony Campaign]].<ref name=SL148/>

==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
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Fifty-second Royal BattleMech Division'''
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Morgan Gagnier]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp181/>
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition==
As an SLDF [[BattleMech]] [[division]], the Fifty-second would have been composed with two [[Brigades]] of 'Mech [[regiments]] and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>

===2764===
'''Fifty-second Royal BattleMech Division'''<ref name=FM:SLDFp13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
* 521st Royal BattleMech Brigade
* 522nd Royal BattleMech Brigade
* 523rd Royal Mechanized Infantry Brigade

==References==
<references/>

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''


[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0052nd Royal]]
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Royal Commands|BattleMech Division, 0052nd Royal]]