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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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