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brigade

Military formation consisting of a minimum of two battalions, but more usually three or more, as well as supporting arms. There are typically about 5,000 soldiers in a brigade, which is commanded by a brigadier general. Two or more brigades form a division.

An infantry brigade is one that contains more infantry than armor; it is said to be ‘infantry-heavy’. A typical armored brigade (‘armor-heavy’) consists of two armored battalions and one infantry battalion supported by an artillery battalion and a field-engineer battalion as well as other logistic support.



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There were significant political problems relating to the command, use and abuse of Canadian troops in Italy, and plenty of scope for internal Canadian problems, as Burns noted: "Not a few officers of the 1st Canadian Division and 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade took a dim view of being placed under the command of fellow Canadians who had come to the battlefield over half a year after the vanguard had waded ashore on Sicilian beaches.
The forgotten: Lieutenant General E.L.M. "Tommy" Burns and UN ... by Maloney Sean M. / The Canadian Army Journal
On 20 January 2003, he announced that the UK land contribution to possible operations would be a divisional headquarters: 1st (UK) Armoured Division with 3d Commando Brigade, 7th Armoured Brigade and 16th Air Assault Brigade, with appropriate supporting troops, including the 102d Logistics Brigade.
1st (UK) Armoured Division in Iraq: January to April 2003 by Gregory, Andrew, R. / FA Journal
The 2nd Canadian Corps included two armoured divisions, 4th Canadian and 1st Polish, 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions as well as 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and 2nd Canadian AGRA.
Canadian operational art: the seige of Boulogne and Calais by Copp, Terry / The Canadian Army Journal
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