Unit Name: | 1st Armor Brigade |
Native Name: | Ira Brigada Blindada |
Dates: | 14 October 1936[1] |
Country: | Argentina |
Branch: | Argentine Army |
Type: | Combined arms |
Role: | Armoured warfare |
Size: | Brigade |
Command Structure: | 3rd Army Division |
Garrison: | Tandil |
Nickname: | Br Bl 1 |
Patron: | Brigadier General Martín Rodríguez |
Colours: | --> |
Colours Label: | --> |
Battles: | Falklands War |
Current Commander: | Colonel Norberto Pedro Zárate[2] |
The 1st Armor Brigade (Spanish; Castilian: Brigada Blindada I) is one of the combined arms brigades of the Argentine Army.
Reference[3]
Unit | Location | Equipment | |
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1st Armored Brigade HQ | |||
2nd Tank Cavalry Regiment "Lanceros General Paz" | TAM, SIMRA | ||
8th Tank Cavalry Regiment "Cazadores General Necochea" | TAM, MB-230G, REO M35, VCTM, M4 Sherman | ||
10th Tank Cavalry Regiment "Húsares de Pueyrredón" | TAM, VCPC, VCTM | ||
VCTP, VCTM, VCPC, Fiat 697, carts | |||
1st Armored Artillery Group "Colonel Chilavert" | Azul | AMX MK F3, AMX-VCI, RATRAS | |
1st Armored Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop | Arana | M1097A2/M1025A2, Panhard AML-90, NIRO 1, Mk 19, BGM-71 TOW, REO, MB-230G, Unimog | |
1st Armored Engineer Company | Olavarría | AMX-VCI | |
1st Armored Signal Company | Tandil | AMV-VCI | |
1st Intelligence Company | Tandil | ICOM-738 | |
1st Health Company | Tandil | ||
Logistic & Support Base "Tandil" | Tandil |