infantry brigade

Ground combat unit

An infantry brigade is a military unit typically comprising several battalions of foot soldiers, usually numbering between 3,000 and 5,000 troops.

Brigades form the basic building blocks of larger formations like divisions.

The commander is typically a brigadier general or colonel.

The infantry brigade deployed to the eastern front.

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charge · rations · maneuver · troop movement · march · regiment · advance · defense · ammunition · headquarters · forward operating base · boots on the ground · front line · division · rules of engagement · field artillery · mortar · signal

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military branch/combat arm

infantry brigadecavalry brigade

Mounted military unit

armored brigade · naval squadron · fleet · cavalry regiment · panzer division

unit size/scale

infantry brigadeinfantry squad

Small group of soldiers

infantry battalion · infantry division · army group

domain of operations

infantry brigadenaval squadron

Organized warship formation

air wing · fleet · fighter wing · bomber squadron

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