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Portuguese Mechanized Brigade

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History

The Mechanized Brigade (Brigada Mecanizada or BrigMec) is the armoured brigade of the Portuguese Army. It was created in 2006 from the Independent Mechanized Brigade (Brigada Mecanizada Independente), which was created from the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade (1ª Brigada Mista Independente), which was itself the heir of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ª Divisão de Infantaria or Divisão Nun´Álvares) created and assigned to NATO in 1953.

Organization

The brigade is headquartered in the barracks of Santa Margarida (Campo Militar de Santa Margarida) as are most of it subordinate units.

  • Headquarters company (Companhia de Comando e Serviços)
  • Armoured Battalion (Grupo de Carros de Combate)
  • 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion (1º Batalhão de Infantaria Mecanizada or 1º BIMec)
  • 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion (2º Batalhão de Infantaria Mecanizada or 2º BIMec)
  • Reconnaissance Squadron (Esquadrão de Reconhecimento or ERec)
  • (Grupo de Artilharia de Campanha or GAC)
  • (Companhia de Engenharia CEng)
  • (Companhia de Transmissões CTrms)
  • (Bateria de Artilharia Anti-Aérea or BtrAAA)
  • (Batalhão de Apoio de Serviços or BApSvcs)
  • (Unidade de Apoio)

Equipment

The core equipment of the brigade are Leopard 2A6 tanks, M-113 armored personnel carrier and M-109 self-propelled 155mm howitzer. The air-defence battery is equiped with MIM-72A Chaparral self-propelled surface-to-air missile system.

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