In military terms, 5th Division may refer to:

Infantry divisions

5th Division (Australia) The 5th Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the Australian Army which served during the First World War, First and Second World Wars. The division was formed in February 1916 as part of the expansion of the First Australian ...

* 5th Division (People's Republic of China) * 5th Division (Colombia) * Finnish 5th Division (Continuation War) * 5th Light Cavalry Division (France) * 5th Motorized Division (France) * 5th North African Infantry Division, France *

5th Division (German Empire) The 5th Division (''5. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Army. It was formed in Crossen in 1816 as a brigade, moved to Frankfurt an der Oder in 1817, and became the 5th Division on September 5, 1818. The headquarters moved to Berlin ...

* 5th Division (Reichswehr) * 5th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) *

5th Royal Bavarian Division The 5th Royal Bavarian Division was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army which served alongside the Prussian Army as part of the Imperial German Army. The division was formed on October 1, 1890, in Landau as the 5th Division and swapped division numb ...

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5th Mountain Division (Wehrmacht) The 5th Mountain Division () was a mountain infantry (Gebirgsjäger) formation of the German ''Wehrmacht'' during World War II. It was established in the Wehrkreis XVIII in October 1940, out of units taken from the 1st Mountain Division and the ...

* 5th Infantry Division (Greece) *

5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . The 5th Division was formed in Hiroshima in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. Its personnel w ...

* 5th (Mhow) Division, British Indian Army *

5th Infantry Division (India) The 5th Infantry Division is an infantry Division (military), division of the Indian Army. It was raised during the Second World War and fought in several Theater (warfare), theatres of war and was nicknamed the "Ball of Fire". It was one of th ...

* 5th Alpine Division Pusteria, Italy * 5th Infantry Division Cosseria, Italy * 5th Division (New Zealand) *

5th Division (North Korea) The 5th Infantry Division was a military formation of the Korean People's Army during the 20th century. History Around mid-February 1950 the division began to receive new recruits, numbering approximately 1,000 men between the ages of 18 and 26 y ...

* 5th Division (Iraq) * 5th Division (Norway), participated in the Norwegian Campaign * 5th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire) *

5th Infantry Division (Philippines) The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, known officially as the Star Division, is the Philippine Army's primary infantry Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. His ...

* 5th Infantry Division (Poland) * 5th Rifle Division (Poland) *

5th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) The 5th Infantry Division (, ''5-ya pekhotnaya diviziya'') was an infantry formation of the Russian Imperial Army that existed in various formations from 1806 until the end of World War I and the Russian Revolution. When the war broke out in 1914 i ...

5th Infantry Division (South Korea) The 5th Infantry Division (), also known as The Key Division () is a unit of the Republic of Korea Army. It is a frontline division that protects the Guard posts in South Korea, GOP and GP of Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province. The division was ...

5th Division (South Vietnam) The Fifth Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the government of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975—was part of the III Corps that oversaw the region of the country surrounding the capital, Saig ...

* 5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 5th Division (Spain) * 5th Mechanized Division (Syria) *

5th Infantry Division (Thailand) The 5th Infantry Division () (พล.ร.๕.) is an infantry division of the Royal Thai Army (RTA) that specialized in border security, combined arms, and counterinsurgency. It is currently a part of the Fourth Army Area. The unit is composed o ...

5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsular War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and was active for most ...

5th Infantry Division (United States) The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond", or the "Red Devils" —was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III ...

* 5th Marine Division (United States) * 5th Infantry Division (Vietnam)

Cavalry divisions

* 5th Cavalry Division (German Empire) *

21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 21st Panzer Division was a German armoured warfare, armoured division best known for its role in the battles of the North African Campaign from 1941 to 1943 during World War II when it was one of the two armoured divisions making up the Afri ...

* 2nd Indian Cavalry Division, designated 5th Cavalry Division from November 1916 to March 1918 in France in World War I *

5th Cavalry Division (India) The 2nd Mounted Division was a cavalry Division (military), division that served as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine (region), Palestine in World War I. It was formed in April 1918 when three brigades already in Palestine w ...

, served from July 1918 in Palestine in World War I

Armored divisions

5th Canadian Division The 5th Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of most army units in the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador; as well as some un ...

* 5th Armored Division (France) *

5th SS Panzer Division Wiking The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking () or SS Division Wiking was an infantry and later an armoured division among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. During World War II, the division served on the Eastern Front. It surrendere ...

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5th Armored Division (United States) The 5th Armored Division ("Victory") was an armored formation of the United States Army active from 1941 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1956. History The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United Ki ...

* 5th Armoured Division (Syria) * 5th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)

Aviation divisions

5th Air Division The 5th Air Division (5th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, based at Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco. It was inactivated on 15 July 1958. The unit's origins begin with its predec ...

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Naval divisions

* Fifth Carrier Division, Imperial Japanese Navy

Infantry divisions

Cavalry divisions

Armored divisions

Aviation divisions

Naval divisions

See also