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5th Infantry Brigade (Israel)
5th Brigade may refer to: Australia *5th Light Horse Brigade * 5th Brigade Belarus * 5th Spetsnaz Brigade Canada *5th Canadian Infantry Brigade *5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Croatia *5th Guards Brigade (Croatia) Germany *5th Guards Infantry Brigade Greece *5th Airmobile Brigade (Greece) India *5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade *5th Indian Infantry Brigade Japan * 5th Brigade (Japan) Lebanon * 5th Infantry Brigade (Lebanon) New Zealand * 5th Infantry Brigade Russia * 5th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade * 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade "Oplot" *5th Guards Tank Brigade Soviet Union *138th Separate Tank Regiment, originally the 5th Separate Tank Brigade South Africa * 5th Infantry Brigade (South Africa) Ukraine * 5th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) *5th Assault Brigade (Ukraine) *5th Tank Brigade (Ukraine) United Kingdom *5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) *5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) *5th Guards Armoured Brigade *5th Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom) *5th Parachute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Light Horse Brigade
The 5th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) that served during World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time Australian Army Reserve, militia formation in the early 1900s in Queensland. During World War I, the brigade was formed in Palestine (region), Palestine in July 1918 following the disbandment of the Imperial Camel Corps. At this time, the brigade consisted of two Australian Light Horse regiments and a French cavalry regiment, and was supported by British and New Zealand artillery and machine gun troops. It served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign as part of the Australian Mounted Division, but only saw limited operations before the war ended, taking part in the Capture of Damascus (1918), capture of Damascus in September and October 1918. After the war, the AIF light horse regiments were demobilised and disbanded; however, the brigade briefly existed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
138th Separate Tank Regiment
The 138th Separate Tank Regiment was a Cold War tank regiment of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany's 2nd Guards Tank Army. Formed in 1962 as the 5th Separate Tank Brigade, it was initially tasked with defending the East German Baltic coast. It became the 138th Separate Tank Regiment in 1980. The regiment was disbanded in 1990. History The brigade was activated in May 1962 in Schwerin, part of the 2nd Guards Tank Army. It moved to Primerwalde in 1964. The 24th Separate Tank Battalion and 22nd Separate Motor Rifle Battalion were based at Primerwalde. The 45th and 46th Separate Tank Battalions were at Wustrow. The 58th Separate Tank Battalion was at Garz. The tank battalions were equipped with T-54 tanks and the motor rifle battalion was equipped with BTR-152 armored personnel carriers. The brigade was tasked with the protection of the Baltic coastline. In 1974, the brigade had 130 T-54s. In 1980 the brigade was renamed the 138th Separate Tank Regiment, with the task of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Armored Brigade (United States)
The 5th Armored Brigade is an AC/RC (active component/reserve component) unit based at Fort Bliss, Texas. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve (USAR) & Army National Guard units west of the Mississippi River before they deploy to conduct combat operations overseas. The unit was formerly designated as 2nd Brigade, 91st Infantry Division (United States), 91st Division. In 2006, the brigade trained the Military transition team, Military Transition Teams at Fort Riley before the mission was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States), 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. In 2007, the brigade was reassigned from Fort Carson, Colorado to Fort Bliss, Texas. The brigade was redesignated and re-missioned several times: *5th Tank destroyer#US Army tank destroyer doctrine, Tank Destroyer Group 1942–1945 (one of 14 activated for World War II) *5th Armored cavalry regiment, Armored Cavalry Regiment 1951–1954 (as a USAR u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
V 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 8th Division on the Western Front in World War I before becoming V Army Brigade, RHA in January 1917. It was reformed after the war but was disbanded in October 1928. The successor unit, 5th Regiment, RHA, was formed in 1939 and still exists as 5th Regiment Royal Artillery. The brigade had an earlier incarnation as E Brigade, RHA, formed from the Horse Artillery Brigade of the Honourable East India Company's Bombay Army in 1862 before being broken up in 1877. History E Brigade, RHA The Bombay Army of the Honourable East India Company was the last of the Presidency armies to form Horse Artillery, only forming the ''1st Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery'' on 11 November 1811 (still in existence as N Battery, RHA). By the time the Indian Rebellion of 1857 broke out, the Bombay Horse Artillery had grown to four batteries, organized as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth Avenue * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash that spreads in school-aged children * Fifth force, a proposed force of nature in addition to the four known fundamental forces * Fifth of July (New York), historic celebration of an Emancipation Day in New York * Fifth (''Stargate''), a robotic character in the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * Fifth (unit), a unit of volume formerly used for distilled beverages in the U.S. * 1st Battalion, 5th Marines * The fraction 1/5 * The royal fifth (Spanish and Portuguese), an old royal tax of 20% Music * A musical interval (music); specifically, a ** perfect fifth ** diminished fifth ** augmented fifth * Quintal harmony, in which chords concatenate fifth intervals (rather than the third intervals of tertian harmony) * Fifth (chord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 5th Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces formation of brigade strength, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Created during 1943, the brigade was assigned to the 6th Airborne Division, serving alongside the 3rd Parachute Brigade and the 6th Airlanding Brigade. The brigade first saw action in the British airborne landings on D-Day Operation Tonga, where it was responsible for capturing the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. The brigade remained in Normandy until September 1944, by which time it had advanced to the mouth of the River Seine. Its next engagement was in reaction to the surprise German offensive in the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge. This was followed by Operation Varsity, the last Allied airborne mission of the war. After this, the brigade advanced across Germany, reaching the Baltic Sea by the end of fighting in the European theatre. The brigade was then sent to India as the division's advance party, but the war ended before it cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade (later numbered as the 5th Mounted Brigade) was a yeomanry brigade of the British Army, formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1908. It served dismounted in the Gallipoli Campaign before being remounted to serve in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War. In April 1918, it was merged with elements of the 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade to form 13th Cavalry Brigade. It remained in Palestine after the end of the war on occupation duties. Formation Under the terms of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw.7, c.9), the brigade was formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It consisted of three yeomanry regiments, a horse artillery battery and ammunition column, a transport and supply column and a field ambulance. As the name suggests, the units were drawn from the southern part of the English Midlands, predominantly Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. First World War 1st South Midland Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Guards Armoured Brigade
The 5th Guards Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army, a component unit of the Guards Armoured Division, that served in the Second World War in North-west Europe from June 1944 until May 1945. History This brigade was converted from the 20th Infantry Brigade (Guards) on 15 September 1941. It was stationed in the United Kingdom on training and home defence duties, anticipating a potential German invasion. The brigade remained in the United Kingdom until 30 June 1944 when it arrived in Normandy with the rest of the Guards Armoured Division as part of Operation Overlord. The brigade served throughout the North West Europe Campaign. On 12 June 1945 it was converted to the 5th Guards Brigade. Commanders * Brig. W.A.F.L. Fox-Pitt * Lieut. Col. R. Myddleton * Brig. C.M. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn * Brig. Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin 1943–45 Component Units Structure upon formation in 1941: * Headquarters * 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards - Armoured * 1st Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 5th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence since before the First World War, except for a short break in the late 1970s. It was an Airborne Brigade from the early 1980s until amalgamating with 24th Airmobile Brigade, in 1999, to form 16 Air Assault Brigade. History During the Boer War, the 5th Infantry Brigade, known as the Irish Brigade, fought in the Battle of Colenso under Major General Arthur Fitzroy Hart. It consisted of the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Connaught Rangers, and the 1st Border Regiment. Following the end of the Boer war in 1902 the army was restructured, and a 3rd Infantry division was established permanently at Bordon as part of the 1st Army Corps, comprising the 5th and 6th Infantry Brigades. World Wars The brigade was part of the 2nd Division during the First World War and was one of the first British units to be sent overseas on the outbreak of war. The br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 5th Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (notably at the Battle of Waterloo), in the First World War on the Western Front where it was initially independent before being assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division, and with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Second World War. History Napoleonic Wars From June 1809, Wellington organized his cavalry into one, later two, cavalry divisions ( 1st and 2nd) for the Peninsular War. These performed a purely administrative, rather than tactical, role; the normal tactical headquarters were provided by brigades commanding two, later usually three, regiments. The cavalry brigades were named for the commanding officer, rather than numbered. For the Hundred Days Campaign, he numbered his British cavalry brigades in a single sequence, 1st to 7th. The 5th Cavalry Brigade consisted of: * 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) * 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Tank Brigade (Ukraine)
The 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade () is a reserve armored formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. History Formation The brigade was formed in 2016, initially equipped with 30 T-72 tanks. From late March to early April, the brigade took part in large scale exercises of Operational Command South, held in Kherson Oblast. The goal of the exercise was to improve elements of overall defense of the region. At the end of the exercise it was announced that the brigade would be stationed close to the border with Russian-controlled Crimea. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine When on 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, the unit was deployed to the southwestern part of the country near Odesa. As of May, it was still in the Odesa area. In February 2022, the brigade was re-created in Kryvyi Rih to reinforce Ukrainian defense. However, due to heavy losses in other armored and mechanized brigades, tanks and manpower were used to replenish already existing units and the brigade ceased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Assault Brigade (Ukraine)
The 5th Separate Assault Brigade () is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022 as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. History The 5th Assault Regiment's first commander was Pavlo Palisa. Under the command of Colonel Palisa, the 5th Assault Regiment is part of the Operational Command North. As of February 2023, the regiment was fighting in the battle of Bakhmut. On February 24, 2023, the regiment was reformed into a brigade and the 24th Assault Battalion Aidar was assigned under its command. On the same day, the brigade received its battle flag from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In April 2024, the brigade was stationed near the city of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast. Structure As of 2024 the brigade's structure is as follows: * 5th Separate Assault Brigade ** Headquarters & Headquarters Company ** 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion ** 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion ** 1st Assault Infantry Battalion ** 3rd Assault Infantry Battalion ** 24th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
