3rd Brigade may refer to:
Australia
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3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia)
The 3rd Army Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Australian Army during the World War II, Second World War. The brigade was formed in May 1942 and disbanded in September 1943 without seeing combat.
History
The 3rd Army Tank Brigade was fo ...
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3rd Brigade (Australia)
The 3rd Brigade is a combined arms brigade of the Australian Army, principally made up of the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment (1 and 3 RAR). Initially raised in 1903 as part of the post-Federation Australian Army, it wa ...
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3rd Light Horse Brigade
The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s i ...
Canada
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3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
The 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Canadian Army in both World War I and World War II. The brigade fought on the Western Front during the First World War, and in Sicily and Italy during the Second World War.
History Worl ...
Croatia
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3rd Guards Brigade (Croatia) 3rd Guards Brigade may refer to:
German
* 3rd Guards Cavalry Brigade (German Empire)
* 3rd Guards Artillery Brigade (German Empire)
* 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade (German Empire)
Others
* 3rd Guards Brigade (Croatia)
* 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigad ...
France
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3rd Mechanised Brigade (France)
The 3rd Light Armoured Brigade (french: 3 Brigade Légère Blindée, 3 BLB), the previous 3rd Mechanised Brigade, was a unit of the French Army.
The brigade was heir to the traditions of the 3rd Armored Division, an heir of the 3rd Algerian Inf ...
India
*British Indian Army in the First World War
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3rd (Abbottabad) Brigade
The 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division was a regular army division of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1903 after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During World War I it remained in India for local defence but it was mobilised for actio ...
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3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade
The Ambala Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1904 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms. It was mobilized as 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade at the outbreak of the First World War as part of the 1st Indian ...
*British Indian Army in the Second World War
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3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade
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3rd Indian Infantry Brigade
The 3rd Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II.
It was formed at Jhelum in India in September 1939. In August 1943, it was renamed the Frontier Reserve Brigade
Formation
*1st Battalion, 16th Pun ...
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3rd Indian Motor Brigade
The 3rd Indian Motor Brigade was formed in 1940 by the Indian Army during World War II. In 1941, the brigade was surrounded at Mechili by Axis forces during Operation Sonnenblume and suffered many casualties breaking out of the encirclement. On ...
Japan
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IJA 3rd Cavalry Brigade
3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army was formed on April 1, 1909.
Organization
The 3rd Cavalry brigade comprises
* 23rd Cavalry regiment
* 24th Cavalry regiment
* 3rd Horse artillery regiment
* Brigade machine-gun unit
* Brigade an ...
New Zealand
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3rd (New Zealand Rifle) Brigade
Poland
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3rd Brigade of the Polish Legions
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3rd Polish Infantry Brigade
The 3rd Polish Infantry Brigade (''3 Brygada Strzelców'') was a Polish infantry brigade which served during World War II. Together with the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade they formed part of the 1st Polish Armoured Division and was created fro ...
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Polish 3rd Mountain Brigade
Serbia
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LF 3rd Brigade
South Africa
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3rd Infantry Brigade (South Africa)
The 3rd South African Infantry Brigade was an infantry Brigade (military), brigade of the South African Army, army of the Union of South Africa during Military history of South Africa during World War II, World War II. The Brigade formed part ...
Spain
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3rd Mixed Brigade
The 3rd Mixed Brigade ( es, 3.ª Brigada Mixta), was one of the earliest mixed brigades of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in the fall of 1936 with battalions of the ''Carabineros'' corps and saw major action ...
United Kingdom
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3rd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 3rd Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (notably at the Battle of Waterloo), in the Boer War, and in the First World War on the Western Front where it was initially assigned to The C ...
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3 Commando Brigade
3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), previously called the 3rd Special Service Brigade, is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces. It is composed of the Royal Marine Commandos, alongside commando qualified sailors, soldiers and airmen f ...
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3rd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 3rd Guards Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army in World War I. It was formed in France in August 1915 with two battalions already on the Continent and another two from England. It served with the Guards Division on the Weste ...
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3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 3rd Infantry Brigade was a Regular Army infantry brigade of the British Army, part of the 1st Infantry Division. Originally formed in 1809, during the Peninsular War, the brigade had a long history, seeing action in the Second Anglo-Afg ...
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3rd Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom) 3rd Mounted Brigade may refer to:
* 3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade, designation given to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade while serving with the 2nd Mounted Division
The 2nd Mounted Division was a yeomanry ...
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3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 3rd Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces brigade raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The brigade was initially part of the 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom), 1st Airborne Division, but remained in Britain when tha ...
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3rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
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III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery was a brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery which existed in the early part of the 20th century. It served with the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions on the Western Front throughout World War I.
Post-war, the ...
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III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
United States
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3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (United States)
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3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division ("Third Grey Wolf Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division") is a combined arms armored brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division based in Fort Hood, Texas. Its major equipment includes M1A2SEP Tanks, M2A3 & M3 ...
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3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States)
The 3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, originally known as the 14th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the United States Army, and a part of the 7th Infantry Division. The brigade was based at Fort Ord, California for most of its his ...
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3rd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (United States)
The 24th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army that was inactivated in October 1996. Formed during World War II from the disbanding Hawaiian Division, the division saw action throughout the Pacific theater, firs ...
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3rd Brigade, 104th Division (United States)
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3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)
The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade is a United States Marine Corps unit that is the "middleweight" crises response force of choice in the Pacific Area of Operation. It is the Marine Corps’ only permanently forward-deployed Brigade sized Marin ...
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3rd Signal Brigade (United States)
The 3rd Signal Brigade of the United States Army was an element of III Corps. It was based at Fort Hood, Texas, but was inactivated on 15 April 2008 as part of the transformation of the U.S. Army to a Modular Force Structure.Petre, Iuliana. �Fi ...
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3rd Sustainment Brigade (United States)
The 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The 3rd Sustainment Brigade is responsible for providing logistical support to the 3rd Infantry Division, ...
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