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id="toc-Republic_of_China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republic_of_China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Republic of China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republic_of_China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_Kingdom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Kingdom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>United Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Army" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Army"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12.1</span> <span>Army</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Army-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marine_Corps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marine_Corps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12.2</span> <span>Marine Corps</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marine_Corps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Myanmar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Myanmar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13</span> <span>Myanmar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Myanmar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigada" title="Brigada – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Brigada" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briqada" title="Briqada – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Briqada" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1" title="ব্রিগেড – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্রিগেড" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BA-tho%C3%A2n" title="Lú-thoân – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lú-thoân" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Брыгада (войска) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Брыгада (войска)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Брыгада (войска) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Брыгада (войска)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бригада – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бригада" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigada" title="Brigada – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Brigada" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бригада – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Бригада" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigada" title="Brigada – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Brigada" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бригада – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Бригада" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig%C3%A1da_(jednotka)" title="Brigáda (jednotka) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Brigáda (jednotka)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig%C3%A2d" title="Brigâd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Brigâd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Brigade" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Brigade" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigaad" title="Brigaad – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Brigaad" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Ταξιαρχία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ταξιαρχία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigada" title="Brigada – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Brigada" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigado" title="Brigado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Brigado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE" title="تیپ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تیپ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Brigade" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Brigade" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%AC%EB%8B%A8" title="여단 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="여단" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigada" title="Brigada – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Brigada" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigado" title="Brigado – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Brigado" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Brigade" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigata" title="Brigata – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Brigata" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94" title="חטיבה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חטיבה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Brigade" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бригада – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Бригада" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AEwa" title="Lîwa – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Lîwa" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бригада – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бригада" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig%C4%81de" title="Brigāde – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Brigāde" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigada_(karyba)" title="Brigada (karyba) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Brigada (karyba)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dand%C3%A1r" title="Dandár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dandár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бригада – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бригада" data-language-autonym="Македонски" 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group">Battalion tactical group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battlegroup_(army)" title="Battlegroup (army)">Battlegroup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_army_(military_unit)" title="Group army (military unit)">Group army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_team" title="Combat team">Combat team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <table class="floatright" style="border:1px solid black; background:white;float: right;text-align: center" cellpadding="3"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology" title="NATO Joint Military Symbology">NATO Map Symbols</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Brigade_or_Wing_(Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a hostile brigade </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg/80px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg.png" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a hostile armored brigade </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg/80px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg/120px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg/160px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_(Solid_Diamond_Frame)-_Military_Engineers_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Military_Engineers_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/80px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Military_Engineers_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Military_Engineers_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Military_Engineers_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Military_Engineers_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Military_Engineers_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a hostile engineer brigade </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>brigade</b> is a major tactical <a href="/wiki/Military_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Military unit">military formation</a> that typically comprises three to six <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a> plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a>. Two or more brigades may constitute a <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a>. </p><p>Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armored (sometimes referred to as combined arms brigades). In addition to combat units, they may include combat support units or sub-units, such as artillery and engineers, and logistic units. Historically, such brigades have been called brigade-groups. On operations, a brigade may comprise both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached for a specific task. </p><p>Brigades may also be specialized and comprise battalions of a single branch, for example cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, air defence, aviation, engineers, signals or logistic. Some brigades are classified as independent or separate and operate independently from the traditional division structure. The typical <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">NATO</a> standard brigade consists of approximately 5,000 troops. However, in Switzerland and Austria, the numbers could start as high as 10,000 troops. The Soviet Union as well as its forerunners and successors have mostly used "regiment" instead of brigade, and this was common in much of Europe until after World War II. </p><p>A brigade's commander is commonly a <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">brigadier general</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">brigadier</a> or <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a>. In some armies, the commander is rated as a <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officer</a>. The <b>brigade commander</b> has a self-contained headquarters and staff. The principal staff officer, usually a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a> or colonel, may be designated chief of staff. Until the late 20th century British and similar armies called the position 'brigade-major' and most British brigades have a major as the chief of staff. Some brigades may also have a deputy commander. The headquarters has a nucleus of staff officers and support (clerks, assistants and drivers) that can vary in size depending on the type of brigade. On operations, additional specialist elements may be attached. The headquarters will usually have its own communications unit. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Organization.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Organization.svg/220px-Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Organization.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Organization.svg/330px-Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Organization.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Organization.svg/440px-Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Organization.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Example of typical modern US brigade formation</figcaption></figure> <p>In some <a href="/wiki/Gendarmerie" title="Gendarmerie">gendarmerie</a> forces, brigades are the basic-level organizational unit. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowed from the French cognate word <i>brigade</i>, the term originates from the Italian noun <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">brigata</i></span>, itself derived from the Italian verb <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">brigare</i></span>, to contend or fight.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word is first attested in England in the 17th century as a term for a larger military unit than the squadron or regiment. It was first adopted when armies began to consist of formations larger than a single regiment. Previously each regiment, battalion, cavalry squadron, or artillery battery operated somewhat independently, with its own field officer (i.e., colonel, lieutenant colonel, or major) or battery commander (usually a captain) reporting directly to the <a href="/wiki/Field_force" title="Field force">field force</a> or "army" commander. As such a "field army" became larger, the number of subordinate commanders became unmanageable for the officer in general command of said army, usually a major general, to effectively command. In order to streamline command relationships, as well as effect some modicum of tactical control, especially in regard to combined arms operations (i.e., those involving a coordination of infantry with cavalry and/or artillery forces), an intermediate level of command came into existence. </p><p>The Swedish king <a href="/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus" title="Gustavus Adolphus">Gustavus Adolphus</a> improved the brigade as a tactical unit, introducing it in 1631 during a reorganization of the Swedish Army in the course of the <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>. The invention of the brigade overcame the lack of coordination inherent in the traditional army structure consisting of independent regiments of infantry and units of supporting arms (viz., cavalry and artillery) acting separately under their individual commanding officers. Gustavus Adolphus accomplished this battlefield coordination by combining battalions of infantry with cavalry troops and artillery batteries into a "battle group", viz., <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">brigada</i></span> or "brigade" commanded by a senior colonel, or lieutenant colonel, appointed as a <i>brigadier-general</i>. </p><p>In France, Marshal <a href="/wiki/Henri_de_la_Tour_d%27Auvergne,_Vicomte_de_Turenne" class="mw-redirect" title="Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne">Turenne</a> (1611–1675) copied the brigade organization; he made it a permanent standing unit, requiring the creation in 1667 of a permanent rank of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">brigadier des armées du roi</i></span> (literally translating to "brigadier of the armies of the king"). Unlike the Swedish brigades, French brigades at that time comprised two to five regiments of the same branch (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">brigade de cavalerie, brigade d'infanterie</i></span> etc.). The rank, intermediate between colonel and <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">maréchal de camp</i></span>, disappeared in 1788 and should not be confused with that of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">général de brigade</i></span>, which is equivalent to a brigadier general. (A modern <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">général de brigade</i></span> is referred to occasionally as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">brigadier</i></span>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="By_country">By country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: By country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Argentina">Argentina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Argentina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Argentinian Army, the typical brigade comprises an HQ company, two or three battalions (called "regiments" for historical reasons) of the brigade's main branch (infantry or armoured cavalry), which give the brigade its denomination (mechanized, armoured, airborne, mountain or jungle), plus one battalion of the other branch, plus one or two artillery groups, an engineers battalion or company, a signals company, and intelligence company, an army aviation section and a logistics battalion. Mountain brigades have also a special forces (called "Mountain rangers") company. The brigade is usually commanded by a brigadier general or a senior colonel, who may be promoted to general during his tenure as brigade commander. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a>, the brigade has always been the smallest tactical <a href="/wiki/Formation_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Formation (military)">formation</a>, since regiments are either administrative groupings of battalions (in the <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a>) or battalion-sized units (in the <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>). A typical brigade may consist of approximately 5,500 personnel between two mechanised infantry battalions, an armoured regiment, an armoured artillery regiment, and other logistic and engineering units. The brigade is usually commanded by an officer holding the rank of brigadier, who is referred to as the "Brigade Commander". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2025<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a> has three Regular Force brigade groups, designated as Canadian mechanized brigade groups (CMBG): <a href="/wiki/1_CMBG" class="mw-redirect" title="1 CMBG">1 CMBG</a>, <a href="/wiki/2_Canadian_Mechanized_Brigade_Group" title="2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group">2 CMBG</a>, which contain the regular army's <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">Anglophone</a> units, and <a href="/wiki/5_Canadian_Mechanized_Brigade_Group" title="5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group">5 CMBG</a>, the regular <a href="/wiki/Francophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophone">Francophone</a> formation. These CMBGs each comprise </p> <ul><li>One <a href="/w/index.php?title=Headquarters_and_signal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Headquarters and signal (page does not exist)">headquarters and signal</a> regiment</li> <li>Two <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Battalion#Canadian_Army" title="Battalion">battalions</a></li> <li>One <a href="/wiki/Light_infantry" title="Light infantry">light infantry</a> battalion</li> <li>One armoured regiment</li> <li>One <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanized artillery">mechanized artillery</a> regiment</li> <li>One engineer regiment</li> <li>One <a href="/wiki/Combat_service_support" title="Combat service support">combat service support</a> (CSS) battalion.</li></ul> <p>Co-located with each CMBG is a <a href="/wiki/Field_ambulance" class="mw-redirect" title="Field ambulance">field ambulance</a>, a tactical helicopter squadron, and a military police platoon. Regular Force CMBG's strengths are 5,000 personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canada also has ten Primary Reserve brigades (Canadian brigade group, CBG), 31 CBG through 39 CBG, and 41 CBG. The CBG formations are for administrative purposes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 January 1791, France replaced the word "Regiment" that had been associated with the former Royal regime with the term "demi-brigade".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>France replaced its divisions with brigades in 1999 (so for example the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Armored_Division_(France)" title="2nd Armored Division (France)">2nd Armored Division</a> became the 2nd Armored Brigade). It was decided in 2016 to again form two divisions (<a href="/wiki/1st_Armored_Division_(France)" title="1st Armored Division (France)">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/3rd_Armored_Division_(France)" title="3rd Armored Division (France)">3rd</a>) made up of four and three brigades for a total of seven brigades: two armored, two "intermediate", two light brigades (alpine and parachute) and the <a href="/wiki/Franco-German_Brigade" title="Franco-German Brigade">Franco-German Brigade</a>. There is also an <a href="/wiki/4th_Airmobile_Brigade_(France)" title="4th Airmobile Brigade (France)">airmobile brigade</a> subordinated to the army aviation command. </p><p>In peacetime, brigades serve primarily as force providers. The units deployed (battlegroups and task-forces) are battalion-size units provided by the regiments composing the brigades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Indian army, a brigade consists of a HQ, three <a href="/wiki/Battalions" class="mw-redirect" title="Battalions">battalions</a> along with supporting troops. It is commanded by an army officer of the rank of Brigadier (Single star commander).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Brigades" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigades">Brigades</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Ground Self-Defense Force">Japan Ground Self-Defense Force</a> (JGSDF) are <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a> and are similar to divisions. There are eight brigades in the JGSDF, with some of them formed from former divisions. A brigade in the JGSDF consists of 3,000–4,000 soldiers and is led by a <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a>. </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JGSDF_1st_Airborne_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/JGSDF_1st_Airborne_Brigade.svg/23px-JGSDF_1st_Airborne_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/JGSDF_1st_Airborne_Brigade.svg/35px-JGSDF_1st_Airborne_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/JGSDF_1st_Airborne_Brigade.svg/46px-JGSDF_1st_Airborne_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Brigade_(Japan)" title="1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)">1st Airborne Brigade</a>, at Camp Narashino in <a href="/wiki/Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba Prefecture</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JGSDF_5th_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JGSDF_5th_Brigade.svg/23px-JGSDF_5th_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JGSDF_5th_Brigade.svg/35px-JGSDF_5th_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/JGSDF_5th_Brigade.svg/46px-JGSDF_5th_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/5th_Brigade_(Japan)" title="5th Brigade (Japan)">5th Brigade</a>, at Camp Obihiro in <a href="/wiki/Obihiro,_Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Obihiro, Hokkaidō">Obihiro</a>, responsible for the defense of North Eastern Hokkaidō</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JGSDF_11th_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/JGSDF_11th_Brigade.svg/23px-JGSDF_11th_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/JGSDF_11th_Brigade.svg/35px-JGSDF_11th_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/JGSDF_11th_Brigade.svg/46px-JGSDF_11th_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/11th_Brigade_(Japan)" title="11th Brigade (Japan)">11th Brigade</a>, at Camp Makomanai in Sapporo, responsible for the defense of South Western Hokkaidō</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JGSDF_12th_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/JGSDF_12th_Brigade.svg/23px-JGSDF_12th_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/JGSDF_12th_Brigade.svg/35px-JGSDF_12th_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/JGSDF_12th_Brigade.svg/46px-JGSDF_12th_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/12th_Brigade_(Japan)" title="12th Brigade (Japan)">12th Brigade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Air_Assault" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Assault">Air Assault</a>), at Camp Soumagahara in <a href="/wiki/Shint%C5%8D,_Gunma" title="Shintō, Gunma">Shintō</a>, responsible for the defense of <a href="/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture" title="Gunma Prefecture">Gunma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagano_Prefecture" title="Nagano Prefecture">Nagano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a> prefectures.</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JGSDF_13th_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/JGSDF_13th_Brigade.svg/23px-JGSDF_13th_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/JGSDF_13th_Brigade.svg/35px-JGSDF_13th_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/JGSDF_13th_Brigade.svg/46px-JGSDF_13th_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/13th_Brigade_(Japan)" title="13th Brigade (Japan)">13th Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Kaita,_Hiroshima" title="Kaita, Hiroshima">Kaita</a>, responsible for the defense of the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku region</a>.</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JGSDF_14th_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/JGSDF_14th_Brigade.svg/23px-JGSDF_14th_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/JGSDF_14th_Brigade.svg/35px-JGSDF_14th_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/JGSDF_14th_Brigade.svg/46px-JGSDF_14th_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/14th_Brigade_(Japan)" title="14th Brigade (Japan)">14th Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Zents%C5%ABji,_Kagawa" title="Zentsūji, Kagawa">Zentsūji</a>, responsible for the defense of <a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a>.</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JGSDF_15th_Brigade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/JGSDF_15th_Brigade.svg/23px-JGSDF_15th_Brigade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/JGSDF_15th_Brigade.svg/35px-JGSDF_15th_Brigade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/JGSDF_15th_Brigade.svg/46px-JGSDF_15th_Brigade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/15th_Brigade_(Japan)" title="15th Brigade (Japan)">15th Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Naha,_Okinawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Naha, Okinawa">Naha</a>, responsible for the defense of <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa Prefecture</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade.png/23px-Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade.png/35px-Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade.png/46px-Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="338" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_Rapid_Deployment_Brigade" title="Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade">Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade</a>, at Camp Ainoura in Sasebo, <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_Prefecture" title="Nagasaki Prefecture">Nagasaki</a>; amphibious force equipped to deploy from ships, where needed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norway">Norway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Norway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main core of the Norwegian Army is the <a href="/wiki/Brigade_Nord" title="Brigade Nord">Brigade Nord</a>, consisting of eight battalions of which four are combat battalions (one infantry, one mechanized infantry, one artillery and one armored) and the rest are various types of support battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The brigade is intended to be combat ready at all times. The combat battalions have a significant portion of professional soldiers (specialists). The fairly large size of the combat ready support contingent is also intended to complement the <a href="/wiki/Heimevernet" class="mw-redirect" title="Heimevernet">Heimevernet</a> (translates as "Home Defense") which is a large reserve infantry force, as well as act in a support capacity for an international cooperation force (e.g. NATO) in case of an invasion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pakistan">Pakistan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pakistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A brigade is under the command of a brigadier and comprises three or more battalions of different units depending on its functionality. An independent brigade would be one that primarily consists of an artillery unit, an infantry unit, an armour unit and logistics to support its actions. Such a brigade is not part of any division and is under direct command of a corps. </p><p>There are 7 independent armoured brigades, seven engineering brigades and eight air defense brigades. Independent armoured and infantry brigades are capable of extended operations without necessarily being reliant on a higher HQ for short-term logistic or intimate support. They can be used in counter-attack, exploitation of an advance, or rapid movement to reinforce formations under pressure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="People's_Republic_of_China"><span id="People.27s_Republic_of_China"></span>People's Republic of China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: People's Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to major restructures of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Ground_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Ground Force">People's Liberation Army Ground Force</a> (PLAGF), forces were designed around the <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> as the basic operational unit in a similar fashion to <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> divisions, from which much of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> (PLA) is designed. In 2003, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> pivoted from division-centric warfare to combined-arms-centric warfare in response to the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">U.S. War in Iraq</a> creating the <a href="/wiki/Brigade_combat_team" title="Brigade combat team">brigade combat team</a> (BCT). The <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a> followed suit reorganizing their forces and <a href="/wiki/Military_doctrine" title="Military doctrine">doctrine</a> to switch from division-centric warfare to the use of <a href="/wiki/Battalion_tactical_group" title="Battalion tactical group">battalion tactical groups</a> (BTGs). Finally, the PLAGF, as part of a larger restructuring, underwent the so-called "brigade-ization" making PLAGF divisions a largely administrative echelon and moving forces into <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a> brigades (CA-BDE). </p><p>Structured very similarly to U.S. Army BCTs, the PLAGF combined arms brigade places <a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">maneuver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">air defense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_engineering" title="Military engineering">engineer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">protection</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">logistics</a> and sustainment under a single brigade-level command. The PLAGF distinguishes three distinct types of combined arms brigades: light (motorized), medium (mechanized), and heavy (armoured). These distinctive types are more indicative of the role of the organization within its parent unit than the composition and equipment which vary and overlap between types. A light combined arms brigade may be designed as an <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mountain_warfare" title="Mountain warfare">mountain</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious</a> combined arms brigade. </p><p>A combined arms brigade typically comprises the following organic units wherein the maneuver battalions vary between <a href="/wiki/Motorized_infantry" title="Motorized infantry">motorized</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">armoured</a> depending on the type of CA-BDE. </p> <ul><li>1 <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> unit</li> <li>4 <a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">maneuver</a> battalions (CA-BNs)</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> battalion</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> battalion</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">air defense</a> battalion</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/Military_engineering" title="Military engineering">operational support</a> battalion</li> <li>1 service support (<a href="/wiki/Sustainment_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sustainment (military)">sustainment</a>) battalion<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_China">Republic of China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An NRA Brigade, <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">旅</span></span> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><i lang="zh-Latn">lǚ</i></span>), was a military formation of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%9349)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China (1912–49)">Chinese Republic</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a>. Infantry and cavalry brigades comprised two infantry regiments. After the 1938 reforms, the brigade was dispensed with within the infantry division in favour of the regiment to simplify the command structure.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brigades, with a field not a regional administrative role, have usually been of a named type and numbered since the 19th century (e.g. cavalry brigade or infantry brigade). Since the end of World War II, brigade numbers have been unique and not by type. Brigades in divisions do not usually command their combat support and combat service support units. These remain under divisional command, although they may be permanently affiliated with a particular brigade (as a "brigade group"). Historically, infantry or cavalry/armoured brigades have usually comprised three or four combat-arm battalions, but currently larger brigades are normal, made larger still when their affiliated artillery and engineer regiments are added. </p><p>Until 1918, the chief of staff of a brigade was known as a <a href="/wiki/Brigade_major" title="Brigade major">brigade major</a>. Before 1922, British Army brigades were normally commanded by general officers holding the rank of brigadier-general (equivalent to a "one-star" rank in the US Army); after that date, the brigade commander was an appointment for officers with the rank of brigadier, which were then classified as field officers not general officers. This is universally the case today. </p><p>From 1859 to 1938, "brigade" ("brigade-division" 1885–1903) was also the term used for a battalion-sized unit of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a>. This was because, unlike infantry battalions and cavalry regiments, which were organic, artillery units consisted of individually numbered <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">batteries</a> that were "brigaded" together. The commanding officer of such a brigade was a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">lieutenant colonel</a>. In 1938, the Royal Artillery adopted the term "regiment" for this size of unit, and "brigade" became used in its normal sense, particularly for groups of anti-aircraft artillery regiments commanded by a brigadier.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Second World War, a tank brigade comprised three tank regiments and was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Infantry_tank" title="Infantry tank">infantry tanks</a> for supporting the infantry divisions. Armoured brigades were equipped with <a href="/wiki/Cruiser_tank" title="Cruiser tank">cruiser tanks</a> or (US <a href="/wiki/Lend-Lease" title="Lend-Lease">Lend-Lease</a>) medium tanks and a motorised infantry battalion. The armoured divisions included one or more armored brigades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. infantry brigade of around 3,200 personnel, formed into eight <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>-sized groups</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Army">Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Brigade_(United_States_Army)" title="Brigade (United States Army)">Brigade (United States Army)</a></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, a brigade is smaller than a <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Divisions of the United States Army">division</a> and roughly equal to or a little larger than a <a href="/wiki/Regiment_(United_States_Army)" title="Regiment (United States Army)">regiment</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> infantry brigades contained two to five regiments with the idea being to maintain a unit with a strength of 2,000 soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were usually commanded by a brigadier general or a senior colonel. During World War I the division consisted of two brigades of two regiments each. </p><p>More recently, the U.S. Army has <a href="/wiki/Transformation_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Transformation of the United States Army">moved</a> to a new generic <a href="/wiki/Brigade_combat_team" title="Brigade combat team">brigade combat team</a> (BCT) in which each brigade contains combat elements and their support units. After the <a href="/wiki/Transformation_of_the_United_States_Army#2013_reform" title="Transformation of the United States Army">2013 reform</a>, BCT personnel strength typically ranges from 4,400 personnel for infantry BCTs, to 4,500 personnel for <a href="/wiki/Stryker" title="Stryker">Stryker</a> BCTs, to 4,700 personnel for armoured BCTs. This formation is standard across the active U.S. Army, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">U.S. Army Reserve</a>, and the Army <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>. </p><p>The brigade commander is usually a colonel, although a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a> can be selected for brigade command in lieu of an available colonel. A typical tour of duty for this assignment is 24 to 36 months. <i>Separate</i> brigades, viz., brigades not permanently assigned to a <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a>, were commanded by brigadier generals.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A brigade commander has a headquarters and staff to assist them in commanding the brigade and its subordinate units. The typical staff includes: </p> <ul><li>a brigade <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer" title="Executive officer">executive officer</a>, usually a <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a></li> <li>a brigade <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_major#United_States_Army" title="Sergeant major">command sergeant major</a></li> <li>a personnel officer (<a href="/wiki/S1_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="S1 (military)">S1</a>), usually a <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a></li> <li>an intelligence officer (<a href="/wiki/S2_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2 (military)">S2</a>), usually a major</li> <li>an operations officer (<a href="/wiki/S3_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="S3 (military)">S3</a>), usually a major</li> <li>a logistics officer (<a href="/wiki/S4_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="S4 (military)">S4</a>), usually a major</li> <li>a plans officer (<a href="/wiki/S5_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="S5 (military)">S5</a>), usually a major</li> <li>a communications officer (<a href="/wiki/S6_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="S6 (military)">S6</a>), usually a major</li> <li>a medical officer, usually a major</li> <li>a legal officer (<a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">JAG</a>), usually a major</li> <li>a brigade <a href="/wiki/Chaplain" title="Chaplain">chaplain</a>, usually a major</li></ul> <p>In addition, the headquarters includes additional junior staff officers, <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Enlisted_rank" title="Enlisted rank">enlisted</a> support personnel in the <a href="/wiki/Military_Occupational_Specialty" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Occupational Specialty">occupational specialities</a> of the staff sections; these personnel are ordinarily assigned to the brigade's <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_and_headquarters_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Headquarters and headquarters company">headquarters and headquarters company</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Functional_brigade" title="Functional brigade">Functional brigades</a> are those from the combat support or combat service support arms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Marine_Corps">Marine Corps</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Marine Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>, brigades are designated as <a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_brigade" title="Marine expeditionary brigade">marine expeditionary brigades</a> (MEB) and are usually commanded by a brigadier general. The MEB is a mid-level <a href="/wiki/Marine_air-ground_task_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine air-ground task force">marine air-ground task force</a> (MAGTF) essentially forming a "demi-division".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The MEB organizational structure consists of a minimum of three regimental-equivalent-sized units and a command element (a regimental combat team, a composite marine aircraft group, a marine logistics regiment, and a MEB headquarters group). Each <a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_force" title="Marine expeditionary force">marine expeditionary force</a> (MEF) contains a MEB, available for deployment on <a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">expeditionary duty</a>. The MEB is the intermediate MAGTF between the MEF and the <a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit" title="Marine expeditionary unit">marine expeditionary unit</a> (MEU). Along with the marine infantry regiments, the MEU, (while smaller than an army brigade), are the USMC organizational equivalents of army brigades. The MEU consists of three battalion-equivalent-sized units and a command element (a battalion landing team, a marine medium tilt-rotor squadron (reinforced), a combat logistics battalion, and a MEU headquarters group). The marine infantry regiments, combined with the marine artillery regiments, comprise the bulk of the marine divisions. An example of a MEB is <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Tarawa" title="Task Force Tarawa">Task Force Tarawa</a> (<a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)" title="2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)">2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a>) during the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_Conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq Conflict">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> campaign. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Myanmar">Myanmar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Myanmar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Myanmar, a rough equivalent of a Brigade is called a Tactical Operation Command. It's just a rough equivalent as a Tactical Operation Command has 3 Infantry Battalions under its command, there're no such Brigade troops or anything, instead those units such as Military Engineer, Signal, Medical etc. are supposed to be organic to the battalions (sometimes called Regiments). A Tactical Operation Command HQ only consist of 4 Officers and 4 Other Ranks. Theoritically, a Tactical Operation Command of either a Light Infantry Division or a Military Operation Command should have 97 Officers (4+31+31+31) and 2478 (4+826+826+826) Other Ranks but this as of recent events, is far from reality <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tactical Operation Command Headquarters (နည်းဗျူဟာကွပ်ကဲမှူအဖွဲ့): 4 Officers, 4 Other Ranks </p><p>Tactical Operation Commander (ဗျူဟာမှူး): Colonel </p><p>Chief of Staff (rough equivalent of <a href="/wiki/Brigade_major" title="Brigade major">Brigade Major</a>) (ညှိနှိုင်းကွပ်ကဲရေးမှူး): Major (GSO II) </p><p>GS (စစ်ဦးစီးအရာရှိ): Captain (GSO III) </p><p>AQ (စစ်ရေး/စစ်ထောက်အရာရှိ): Captain (GSO III) </p><p>Sergeant (Clerk) (တပ်ကြပ်ကြီး (စာရေး) (4x) </p><p>GSO II and GSO III are called G2 and G3 in daily usages.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artillery_brigade" title="Artillery brigade">Artillery brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigade_de_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigade de cuisine">Brigade de cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Brigades" title="International Brigades">International Brigades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">Military organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mixed_brigade" title="Mixed brigade">Mixed brigade</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigade&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved 21 December 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rfa.org/burmese/news/nug-pdf-3-years-anniversary-05052024091330.html">"စစ်ကောင်စီရဲ့ အမာခံတပ်အင်အားတွေ ပြုန်းတီးလာနေပြီလို့ NUG ထုတ်ပြန်"</a>. <i>Radio Free Asia</i> (in Burmese).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Radio+Free+Asia&rft.atitle=%E1%80%85%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B2%E1%80%B7+%E1%80%A1%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%81%E1%80%B6%E1%80%90%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B1+%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7+NUG+%E1%80%91%E1%80%AF%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rfa.org%2Fburmese%2Fnews%2Fnug-pdf-3-years-anniversary-05052024091330.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrigade" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1355/9789812308498-014">"INDEX"</a>, <i>Building the Tatmadaw</i>, ISEAS Publishing, pp. <span class="nowrap">247–</span>254, 2009-12-31, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1355%2F9789812308498-014">10.1355/9789812308498-014</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-981-230-849-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-981-230-849-8"><bdi>978-981-230-849-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-06-22</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Building+the+Tatmadaw&rft.atitle=INDEX&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E247-%3C%2Fspan%3E254&rft.date=2009-12-31&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1355%2F9789812308498-014&rft.isbn=978-981-230-849-8&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1355%2F9789812308498-014&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrigade" class="Z3988"></span> Found on page 80/95 (depending on how you count) "While the MOC is equivalent to the LID, as both command ten battalions, the ROC is much smaller in size, with merely four battalions; thus it is the regiment level with a brigadier general as commander. It is a position between LID/MOC commander [(တပ္မမႈး) Tatma-hmu] and Tactical Operation Command (TOC) commander [(ဗ်ဴဟာမႈး) Byuha-hmu], who commands only three infantry battalions with a small TOC HQ of Coordination officer, GS, AQ and 4 sergeant (clerks). Yet, the ROC commander enjoys financial, administrative, and judicial authority while the MOC commander does not have judicial authority."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://issuu.com/burmamilitarysecrets/docs/_dc81211f2389a6">"ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံဘာသာရပ် by Burma Military Secrets - Issuu"</a>. <i>issuu.com</i>. 2022-01-25<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-06-22</span></span>. <q>Specific ranks such as Coordination Officer being Major as well as GS and AQ being Captains are found in here</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=issuu.com&rft.atitle=%E1%80%96%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B2%E1%80%B7%E1%80%85%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B6%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA+by+Burma+Military+Secrets+-+Issuu&rft.date=2022-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fissuu.com%2Fburmamilitarysecrets%2Fdocs%2F_dc81211f2389a6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrigade" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 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military decorations">Highest</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Categories:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_ranks" title="Category:Military ranks">Ranks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command and control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_defence" title="Ministry of defence">Defense ministry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">Armed Forces</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">Air force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_force" title="Space force">Space force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">Special forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commando" title="Commando">Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frogman" title="Frogman">Frogman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">Militia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">Reserves</a></li> <li><i>Functional specialties:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_communications" title="Military communications">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_engineer" title="Combat engineer">Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_reconnaissance_units" title="List of reconnaissance units">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_corps" title="Medical corps">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">Military police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gendarmerie" title="Gendarmerie">Gendarmerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Security_forces" title="Security forces">Security forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_guard" title="Border guard">Border guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_guard" title="Coast guard">Coast guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">Logistics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_units_and_formations" title="Category:Military logistics units and formations">By country</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Categories:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Combat_occupations" title="Category:Combat occupations">Combat occupations</a></li> <li><i>Development:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_recruit_training" title="Military recruit training">Basic training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Military maneuvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat" title="Combat">Combat training</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Branches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Land units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_arms" title="Combat arms">Combat arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_reconnaissance" title="Special reconnaissance">Special reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_corps" title="Signal corps">Signal corps</a></li> <li><i>Naval units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">Warships</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Surface_combatant" title="Surface combatant">Surface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship" title="Littoral combat ship">Littoral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">Landing craft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ship</a></li> <li><i>Air units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">Bombers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">Close air support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">Electronic-warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">Organization</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Structure_of_contemporary_armed_forces" title="Category:Structure of contemporary armed forces">By country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Structure_of_contemporary_armies" title="Category:Structure of contemporary armies">Armies by country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_hierarchy" title="Command hierarchy">Chain of command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">General staff</a></li> <li><i>Land:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_group" title="Army group">Army group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">Field army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">Corps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_corps" title="List of military corps">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_divisions" title="List of military divisions">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brigade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Brigades_by_type" title="Category:Brigades by type">By type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">Regiment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Regiments_by_country" title="Category:Regiments by country">By country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Regiments_by_type" title="Category:Regiments by type">By type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">Battalion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battalions_by_country" title="Category:Battalions by country">By country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battalions_by_type" title="Category:Battalions by type">By type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">Platoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squad" title="Squad">Squad</a></li> <li><i>Naval:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_fleet" title="Naval fleet">Naval fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_force#Naval" title="Task force">Task force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_strike_group" title="Carrier strike group">Carrier strike group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_(naval)" title="Division (naval)">Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">Flotilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squadron_(naval)" title="Squadron (naval)">Squadron</a></li> <li><i>Air:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_box" title="Combat box">Combat box</a></li> <li><i>Special units by nation:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Fleet" title="Battle Fleet">Battle Fleet; U.S. Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Front_(military_formation)" title="Front (military formation)">Front; Russian land forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vehicles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Ground:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_vehicle" title="Military vehicle">Ground</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_vehicles" title="List of military vehicles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_vehicle" title="Combat vehicle">Combat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tracked_military_vehicles" title="Category:Tracked military vehicles">Tracked vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wheeled_military_vehicles" title="Category:Wheeled military vehicles">Wheeled vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">Infantry fighting vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles" title="Lists of armoured fighting vehicles">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles_by_country" title="List of armoured fighting vehicles by country">By country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">Armored car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_car" title="Scout car">Scout car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_vehicle#Military_trucks" title="Military vehicle">Truck</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_trucks" title="Category:Military trucks">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_truck" title="Gun truck">Gun truck</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_artillery" title="Self-propelled artillery">Self-propelled artillery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_howitzers#Self-propelled_howitzers" title="List of howitzers">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_anti-aircraft_weapon" title="Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon">Anti-aircraft</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_railways" title="Military railways">Rail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Weapons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Weapon" title="Weapon">Weapons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_weapons" title="Lists of weapons">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Artillery:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">Artillery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_artillery" title="List of artillery">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_artillery_by_country" title="List of artillery by country">By country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">Battery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_gun" title="Field gun">Field gun</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_guns" title="List of field guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howitzer" title="Howitzer">Howitzer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_howitzers" title="List of howitzers">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_artillery" title="Rocket artillery">Rocket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rocket_artillery" title="List of rocket artillery">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Arms_and_Light_Weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Small Arms and Light Weapons">Infantry guns</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_pistol" title="Service pistol">Pistols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine guns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_machine_guns" title="List of machine guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">Service rifles</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">Battle rifles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battle_rifles" title="List of battle rifles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">Assault rifle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assault_rifles" title="List of assault rifles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sniper_rifle" title="Sniper rifle">Sniper rifle</a></li> <li><i>Other infantry weapons:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazooka" title="Bazooka">Bazooka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_gun" title="Anti-tank gun">Anti-tank gun</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_anti-tank_guns" title="List of anti-tank guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenade" title="Grenade">Grenade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Grenades" title="Category:Grenades">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flamethrower" title="Flamethrower">Flamethrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_knife" title="Combat knife">Combat knife</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_knives" title="Category:Military knives">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">Missiles</a>:</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shoulder-fired_missile" title="Shoulder-fired missile">Shoulder-fired</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">Anti-tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles" title="List of missiles">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles_by_country" title="List of missiles by country">By country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">Mortar</a> <ul><li><i>Lists:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_infantry_mortars" title="List of infantry mortars">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heavy_mortars" title="List of heavy mortars">Heavy</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Other:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine">Land mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)" title="Shell (projectile)">Shells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Sea/Air:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">Guided missiles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles" title="List of missiles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">Naval</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_artillery" title="Naval artillery">Naval artillery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_naval_guns" title="List of naval guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">Anti-ship missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">Torpedoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system" title="Close-in weapon system">Close-in weapons</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Aircraft_guns" title="Category:Aircraft guns">Guns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Air-launched_missiles" title="Category:Air-launched missiles">Missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">Bombs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_technology" title="Military technology">Military equipment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_equipment" title="Lists of military equipment">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_equipment_by_country" title="Category:Military equipment by country">By country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_helmet" title="Combat helmet">Helmet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_combat_helmets" title="List of combat helmets">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_clothing_camouflage_patterns" title="List of military clothing camouflage patterns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_armor" title="Body armor">Body armor</a></li> <li><i>Facilities:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_base" title="Military base">Military base</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_installations" title="Lists of military installations">Lists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_hospital" title="Field hospital">Field hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">Fire-control system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_radar" title="Fire-control radar">Fire-control radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">Director (military)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_information_center" title="Combat information center">Combat information center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">Sonar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li> <li><i>Historical:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_gun_fire-control_system" title="Ship gun fire-control system">Ship gun fire-control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_data_computer" title="Gun data computer">Gun data computer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Data_Computer" title="Torpedo Data Computer">Torpedo Data Computer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/War" title="War">Warfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War" title="War">War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategy" title="Strategy">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat" title="Combat">Combat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_science" title="Military science">Military science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">Diplomacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_law" title="International law">International law</a></li> <li><i>By era:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_warfare" title="Prehistoric warfare">Prehistoric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_warfare" title="Ancient warfare">Ancient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_warfare" title="Medieval warfare">Post-classical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_warfare" title="Early modern warfare">Early modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_warfare" title="Modern warfare">Late modern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_warfare" title="Industrial warfare">industrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth-generation_warfare" title="Fourth-generation warfare">fourth-gen</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>By type:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">Armoured warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrage_(artillery)" title="Barrage (artillery)">Barrage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_warfare" title="Biological warfare">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_warfare" title="Chemical warfare">Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_conflict" title="Class conflict">Class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">Combined arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conventional_warfare" title="Conventional warfare">Conventional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberweapon" title="Cyberweapon">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Area_denial_weapon" title="Area denial weapon">Denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation" title="Disinformation">Disinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawfare" title="Lawfare">Lawfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loitering_munition" title="Loitering munition">Loitering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martial_music" title="Martial music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiological_warfare" title="Radiological warfare">Radiological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconventional_warfare" title="Unconventional warfare">Unconventional</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Battlespace" title="Battlespace">Battlespace</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Aerospace <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_warfare" title="Space warfare">Space</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_warfare" title="Land warfare">Land</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cold-weather_warfare" title="Cold-weather warfare">Cold-region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_warfare" title="Desert warfare">Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_warfare" title="Jungle warfare">Jungle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_warfare" title="Mountain warfare">Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_warfare" title="Urban warfare">Urban</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">Amphibious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue-water_navy" title="Blue-water 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