The 2nd Army Brigade (Serbian: 2. бригада Копнене војске, romanized: 2. brigada Kopnene vojske) is a mixed (mechanized infantry and armoured) brigade of the Serbian Army.
The brigade was formed on March 28, 2007, from the former Army units located in western Serbia: 252nd Armoured Brigade, 37th Motorized Brigade, 20th Motorized Brigade, 401st Air Defence Artillery Brigade as well as parts of 228th Signal Battalion, 524th Logistics Base and 24th Special Purpose Battalion.[1]
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Brigade's units are spread out throughout western and central Serbia, from the border with Montenegro on south to Drina and Velika Morava rivers on west and east, to area around city of Valjevo on north. It consists of mechanized infantry, armoured, artillery, air defence artillery, engineer, signal and logistics units.
The anniversary of the brigade is celebrated on July 12. On that day in 1805, during the First Serbian Uprising, in the Battle of Karanovac, town of Kraljevo and its surroundings was liberated from Ottoman Empire.
army, brigade, serbian, бригада, Копнене, војске, romanized, brigada, kopnene, vojske, mixed, mechanized, infantry, armoured, brigade, serbian, army, бригада, kопнене, војскеactive2007, presentcountry, serbiabranchserbian, armyrolemechanized, infantryarmourpar. The 2nd Army Brigade Serbian 2 brigada Kopnene voјske romanized 2 brigada Kopnene vojske is a mixed mechanized infantry and armoured brigade of the Serbian Army 2nd Army Brigade2 brigada Kopnene voјskeActive2007 presentCountry SerbiaBranchSerbian ArmyRoleMechanized infantryArmourPart ofSerbian Armed ForcesGarrison HQKraljevoAnniversaries12 JulyCommandersCurrentcommanderBrigadier General Dusan Stojanovic Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 Equipment 4 Traditions 4 1 Anniversary 4 2 Patron saint 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe brigade was formed on March 28 2007 from the former Army units located in western Serbia 252nd Armoured Brigade 37th Motorized Brigade 20th Motorized Brigade 401st Air Defence Artillery Brigade as well as parts of 228th Signal Battalion 524th Logistics Base and 24th Special Purpose Battalion 1 Structure editBrigade s units are spread out throughout western and central Serbia from the border with Montenegro on south to Drina and Velika Morava rivers on west and east to area around city of Valjevo on north It consists of mechanized infantry armoured artillery air defence artillery engineer signal and logistics units 20th Command Battalion Kraljevo 21st Infantry Battalion Raska 22nd Infantry Battalion Pozega 23rd Self propelled Artillery Battalion Kraljevo 24th Self propelled Missile Launcher Artillery Battalion Valjevo 25th Air defence Artillery Battalion Kraljevo 26th Tank Battalion Kraljevo 27th Mechanized Battalion Kraljevo 28th Mechanized Battalion Novi Pazar 29th Logistics Battalion Kraljevo 210th Engineer Battalion KraljevoEquipment editM 84 main battle tank BVP M 80 infantry fighting vehicle BRDM 2 armoured reconnaissance vehicle 2S1 Gvozdika 122mm self propelled howitzer M 94 Plamen S 128mm self propelled multiple rocket launcher Strela 1 short range surface to air missile system Bofors L 70 anti aircraft gun engineer and logistic vehicles and equipmentTraditions editAnniversary edit The anniversary of the brigade is celebrated on July 12 On that day in 1805 during the First Serbian Uprising in the Battle of Karanovac town of Kraljevo and its surroundings was liberated from Ottoman Empire Patron saint edit The unit s slava or its patron saint is Feast of Saints Peter and Paul known as Petrovdan References edit Druga brigada kopnene vojske Vojska Srbije External links edit2nd Army Brigade Web Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2nd Army Brigade amp oldid 1223688937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
