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Medium Brigade (Belgium)

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Active
  
Postwar - present

Branch
  
Land Component

Country
  
Belgium

Headquarters
  
Leopoldsburg

Medium Brigade (Belgium)

The Medium Brigade, formerly the 1st Mechanised Brigade, is a Brigade of the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. Its headquarters is located in Leopoldsburg.

After World War II, the unit was known as the Brigade Bevrijding, 1er Groupement d'Infanterie and finally as the 1re Brigade d'Infanterie, later the 1re Brigade d'Infanterie Blindée.

Organisation

  • Medium Brigade in Leopoldsburg
  • Headquarters and Staff Company, carrying the traditions of the 8th/9th Regiment of the Line in Leopoldsburg
  • 1st/3rd Lancers Battalion in Marche-en-Famenne
  • Battalion Carabiniers "Prins Boudewijn" - Grenadiers in Leopoldsburg
  • Battalion "Bevrijding" - 5th of the Line in Leopoldsburg
  • Battalion "Chasseurs Ardennais" in Marche-en-Famenne

    • All units of the brigade operate Piranha IIIC and ATF Dingo2 wheeled, armored vehicles.

    References

    Medium Brigade (Belgium) Wikipedia
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