Unit Name: | 12th Bush Brigade |
Native Name: | Brigada de Monte XII |
Dates: | 26 November 1979 - present |
Country: | Argentina |
Branch: | Argentine Army |
Type: | Combined arms |
Role: | Jungle warfare Bush warfare |
Size: | Brigade |
Command Structure: | 1st Army Division |
Garrison: | Posadas, Misiones |
Patron: | General Manuel Obligado |
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Equipment: | Browning Hi-Power 9 mm FN FAL 7,62 mm FN MAG 7,62 mm |
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Current Commander: | Colonel Juan Antonio Zamora[1] |
Aircraft Helicopter: | Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
The 12th Bush Brigade (Spanish; Castilian: links=no|Brigada de Monte 12) is a military unit of the Argentine Army specialised in jungle and bush warfare. Its headquarters are at Posadas, Misiones Province.
In 1979 the Argentine Army created the 12th Bush Brigade.[2] This unit was formed by:
In 1985 the 7th Infantry Brigade was dissolved and its dependent units became part of the 12th Infantry Brigade.