The 3rd Light Armoured Brigade (French: 3e Brigade Légère Blindée, 3e BLB), the previous 3rd Mechanised Brigade, was a unit of the French Army. The brigade...
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The 6th Light Armoured Brigade (French: 6e Brigade Légère Blindée, 6e BLB) is one of the eight inter-arm brigades which are at the disposition of the...
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Army 3rd Light Armoured Brigade of the French Army 6th Light Armoured Brigade of the French Army 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade, name of the French Army...
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The 7th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army. The brigade is also known as the "Desert Rats", a nickname formerly held...
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The South Alberta Light Horse (SALH) is a Canadian Army armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Army Reserve. It traces its complicated lineage...
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Guards Brigade "Kune" (Croatia) 3rd Light Armoured Brigade (France) 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade 3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade 3rd Indian Infantry Brigade 3rd...
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6211861 The Franco-German Brigade (French: Brigade Franco-Allemande; German: Deutsch-Französische Brigade) is a special military brigade of the Eurocorps, founded...
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The 1st Armoured Brigade, raised as the 1st Light Armoured, on 14 April 1940 its designation changed to 1st Armoured Brigade Group, an armoured formation...
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Air Assault Brigade, The London Regiment transferred to London District, and the 3rd Royal Welsh moved to the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Under the...
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3rd Canadian Infantry Division, with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade under command, landed in two brigade groups, the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade...
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Infantry Brigade (French: 9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9e BIMa) is a light armoured, amphibious unit of the Troupes de marine of the French Army. In...
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Guards Brigade was transferred to help create the Guards Armoured Division, and, in November, the 37th Infantry Brigade Group joined the 3rd Division...
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Independent Armoured Brigade Group (Czech: Československá samostatná obrněná brigáda, Slovak: Československá samostatná obrnená brigáda) was an armoured unit...
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19 Airportable Brigade, throughout the 1980s, as 19 Infantry Brigade the 19th Brigade was based at Colchester as part of the 3rd Armoured Division. Component...
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1st (UK) Division (redirect from 1 (United Kingdom) Armoured Dvision)
3rd Commando Brigade (Royal Marines), the 7th Armoured Brigade reinforced with infantry from the 20th Armoured Brigade, the 16th Air Assault Brigade made...
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The 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team is a formation in the British Army with a direct lineage to 7th Armoured Brigade and a history that stretches...
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Queensland) Light Horse Regiments 2nd Light Horse Brigade (New South Wales): 5th (New England) and 6th (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiments 3rd Light Horse...
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The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army with a long history including service during both the First and the Second...
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Wars. Post war, in 1958 the regiment formed part of the Green Jackets Brigade as 3rd Green Jackets and was amalgamated with the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and...
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carried on by the 7th Armoured Brigade, until the brigade was disbanded in 2014, and is now maintained by the 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team. The...
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armoured divisions at this time, with one armoured brigade replaced with a brigade of lorried infantry. At this point the 6th and 5th Guards Armoured...
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distinguishes three distinct types of combined arms brigades: light (motorized), medium (mechanized), and heavy (armoured). These distinctive types are more indicative...
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The 3rd Armoured Division (French: 3e Division Blindée, 3e DB) is a unit of the French Army. The Division is the heir of the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division...
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the Battle of France in May 1940 the division contained the following units: 5th Light Mechanized Armoured Brigade 1st Cuirassier Armoured Regiment 2nd...
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retained. Armoured cavalry, or simply armoured units, may be primarily equipped with heavy tanks or lighter and faster light tanks, armoured cars, or even...
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Biencourt to support the French 2nd Light Cavalry Division, while the 3rd Armoured Brigade went to Buigny to supplement the French 5th Light Cavalry Division...
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8th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed in August 1941, during the Second World War and active until 1956. The brigade was...
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(9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade) - Poitiers 3e Régiment d'Artilerie de Marine (3rd Marine Artillery Regiment), 6e Brigade Légère Blindée (6th Light Armoured...
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Light Armoured Brigade, later 20th Armoured Brigade was an armoured formation of the British Army which was formed on 3 September 1939. The brigade was...
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specialist armoured vehicles that would lead the invasion of France in 1944 The initial new organization of the 79th was a tank brigade, an armoured brigade, and...
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