82 Mechanised Brigade (South Africa)

picture info	82 Mechanised Brigade (South Africa) 82 Mechanised Brigade was a Formation of 8th South African Armoured Division, a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery. History Establishment 82 Mech was established on 1 August 1974 as part of 8th South African Armoured Division, an armoured formation. By 1977, the Brigade comprised: Two Mechanised Infantry Battalions: Regiment de la Rey and Regiment Groot Karoo A Tank Regiment: Regiment President Steyn A Armoured Car Regiment: Regiment Mooirivier A Field Artillery Regiment: Regiment Potchefstroom University A Field Engineer Squadron: 13 Field Engineer A Signals Units: 82 Signals A Maintenance Unit: 3 Maintenance Unit A Field Workshop: 71 Field Workshop and A Field Ambulance: Divisional Transfer In 1985, 82 Mechanised Brigade was transferred to 7 Division. South West Africa and Angola Operations As part of 7 Division, 82 Mech was primarily involved in: Operation Packer During Operation Packer which succeeded Operation Hooper in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armored (sometimes referred to as combined arms brigades). In addition to combat units, they may include combat support units or sub-units, such as artillery and engineers, and logistic units. Historically, such brigades have sometimes been called brigade-groups. On operations, a brigade may comprise both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached for a specific task. Brigades may also be specialized and comprise battalions of a single branch, for example cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, air defence, aviation, engineers, signals or logistic. Some brigades are classified as independent or separate and operate independently from the traditional divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Structure SADF 82 Mechanised Brigade Circa 1988 A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as organism, biological organisms, minerals and chemical substance, chemicals. Abstract structures include data structures in computer science and musical form. Types of structure include a hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships), a Complex network, network featuring many-to-many Link (geometry), links, or a lattice (order), lattice featuring connections between components that are neighbors in space. Load-bearing Buildings, aircraft, skeletons, Ant colony, anthills, beaver dams, bridges and salt domes are all examples of Structural load, load-bearing structures. The results of construction are divided into buildings and nonbuilding structure, non-building structures, and make up the infrastructure of a human society. Built str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]