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Motorized Brigade (Belgium)

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Motorized Brigade
ActivePostwar - present
CountryBelgium Belgium
BranchLand Component
Size7,500
4 companies of reservists
HeadquartersLeopoldsburg
Commanders
CommanderKolonel Lieven Geeraert
Reconnaissance troops from the motorised brigade during an exercise.

The Motorised Brigade, formerly the Medium Brigade, is a Brigade of the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces commanded by Kolonel Lieven Geeraert. Its headquarters is located in Leopoldsburg and Marche-en-Famenne

After World War II, the unit was known as the Brigade Bevrijding, 1er Groupement d'Infanterie and finally as the 1re Brigade d'Infanterie, later the 1re Brigade d'Infanterie Blindée. The brigade consists of 5 manoeuvre battalions.

Equipment: In the future, the brigade will be equipped with various motorised vehicles, including 44x pandur I, 382x VBMR griffon, 60x EBRC Jaguar and hundreds of Oskosch command and liaison vehicles. The artillery battalion will have 28 155 mm self-propelled howitzers.

Future organisation: the combat capacity of the brigade will be reorganized around 4 infantry battalions and 2 cavalry battalions. The artillery battalion is to have an anti-aircraft battery.

Structure

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Motorized Brigade (Belgium) is located in Belgium
Brigade HQ
Brigade HQ
Jagers te Paard
Jagers te Paard
Artillery Btn
Artillery Btn
Carabiniers/Grenadiers Bevrijding/5 Line
Carabiniers/Grenadiers
Bevrijding/5 Line
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1/3 Lancers
1/3 Lancers
Chasseurs Ardennais
Chasseurs Ardennais
12/13 Line
12/13 Line
Motorized Brigade key locations

References

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  1. ^ "La Brigade Médiane devient la Brigade Motorisée". Belgian Defence Forces. Retrieved 24 November 2018.