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Motorized infantry is infantry that is transported by trucks or other motor vehicles. It is distinguished from mechanized infantry, which is carried in armoured personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles, and from light infantry, which can typically operate independently from supporting elements and vehicles for relatively long periods and may be airborne.
The armoured brigade was to be equipped with cruiser tanks, while the tank brigade would be equipped with infantry tanks. [5] Irrespective of the different roles, all brigades were commanded by a brigadier. [6] British tank doctrine stated that infantry tank-equipped brigades would support infantry divisions in penetrating the enemy's defensive ...
In 1942, the British Army decided that an infantry brigade was needed in each division and on 27 February 1942 the next change was made for divisions operating in the Middle East; an armoured brigade would be replaced by an infantry brigade. [31] The Support Group would be disbanded and a armoured car regiment would be added to the division.
Here Brigadier Ronald Senior (centre) with the staff of the 151st Infantry Brigade, who have been visited by Lieutenant-General William Duthie Morgan (left) and the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (right) in 1944. During the Second World War, a British infantry brigade consisted of multiple battalions and was commanded by a brigadier.
British infantry on the move, alongside Universal Carriers, 1945. The infantry were the backbone of the British Army, and were intended to be mobile and with sufficient integrated artillery to be able to overcome opposing forces. [112] At the start of the war, the infantry were separated into two classes: infantry divisions and motor divisions ...
During the Second World War, the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade, later known as the Princess Irene Brigade (Dutch: Prinses Irene Brigade) was a Dutch military unit initially formed from approximately 1,500 troops, including a small group guarding German prisoners-of-war, who arrived in the United Kingdom in May 1940 following the collapse of the Netherlands.
The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army with a long history including service during both the First and the Second World Wars. It was based at Tidworth Camp . Previously, it has been designated 1st (Guards) Brigade , 1st Infantry Brigade , 1st Mechanised Brigade (from the 1990s), and under the initial Army ...
The 24th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army from the First World War. It was reraised during the Second World War , as the 24th Infantry Brigade (Guards). During various designations, the brigade was active throughout the Cold War and existed until 1999, when it was merged with the 5 Airborne Brigade to become 16 Air ...