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| Designation = 262nd BattleMech Division
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| Disbanded =
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| Nickname = The Chief Joseph Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp93>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 93</ref>
| Affiliation = [[Star League]]
| Parent Command = [[LVII Corps (Star League)|LVII Corps]]
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| Designation = Black Band Legion<ref name="FSW(SB)p36">''First Succession War'', p. 36: "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref>
| formed = 2774
| Disbanded =
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| Affiliation = Mercenary
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The '''262nd BattleMech Division''' or '''the Chief Joseph Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.<ref name="SLp154">''The Star League'', p. 154</ref>

One regiment of the unit remained behind in [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s [[Operation EXODUS]] and would become the [[mercenary]] '''Black Band Legion'''.

==History==
The 262nd formed a part of [[LVII Corps (Star League)|LVII Corps]], [[6th Army (Star League)|Sixth Army]], and in [[2764]] was stationed in District 2 of the [[Capellan Confederation Military Region]]. Following the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] and subsequent Periphery uprising the 262nd was deployed into an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]].<ref name="SLp154"/>

The 262nd suffered heavy losses in the [[Periphery]] in [[2765]] and the [[division]] was disbanded as a result; some elements of the [[division]] joined the rebels.<ref name="SLp154"/>

These remaining elements eventually formed the '''Black Band Legion''' in [[2774]]<ref name="FSW(SB)p36"/>

==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 262nd BattleMech Division'''
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Milos Petrusovych]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp93/>
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of Black Band Legion'''
|-
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
As an [[SLDF]] [[BattleMech]] [[division]] the 262nd would have been formed from two [[brigade]]s of [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s and a brigade of mechanized infantry regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>

===2764===
* 2621st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
* 2622nd Brigade
* 2623rd Brigade

===2774===
*Reduced to 1 regiment.<ref name="FSW(SB)p36"/>

==References==
<references/>

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

[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Black Band Legion]]

Black Band Legion - Revision history

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