The 2nd Infantry Division ''Getica'' is one of the major units of the
Romanian Land Forces
The Romanian Land Forces ( ro, Forțele Terestre Române) is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Lan ...
. The 2nd Infantry Division is the heraldic successor of the
Second Army. It was active during the
Cold War
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with its headquarters first in
Bucharest
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, and after 1980, in
Buzău.
Structure 2020
* 2nd Infantry Division "Getica", in
Buzău
**
1st Mechanized Brigade "
Argedava
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", in Bucharest
**
2nd Multinational Infantry Brigade Southeast "
Rovine" (HQ MN BDE-SE), in
Craiova
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**
2nd Mountain Hunters Brigade "
Sarmizegetusa", in
Brașov
**
9th Mechanized Brigade "
Mărăşeşti", in
Constanța
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**
282nd Armored Brigade "
Unirea Principatelor", in
Focșani
** 52nd Mixed Artillery Regiment "General Alexandru Tell", in
Bârlad
**
53rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "
Tropaeum Traiani", in
Medgidia
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History
Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since th ...
**
61st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "
Pelendava", in Slobozia
** 528th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Regiment "
Vlad Țepeș
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", in
Brăila
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According to the 2011 Romanian census there were 180,302 pe ...
References
External links
{{Romanian Land Forces
Divisions of Romania