In military terms, 5th Division may refer to:

Infantry divisions

5th Division (Australia) The 5th Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the Australian Army which served during the First World War, First and Second World Wars. The division was formed in February 1916 as part of the expansion of the First Australian ...

* 5th Division (People's Republic of China) * 5th Division (Colombia) *

Finnish 5th Division (Continuation War) 5th Division (, also known as Tavastian Division or Lynx Division) was a Finnish Army Division (military), division in the Continuation War. The division was formed by Etelä-Häme (South Tavastia) military province from the men in Kanta-Häme (Ta ...

* 5th Light Cavalry Division (France) * 5th Motorized Division (France) * 5th North African Infantry Division, France * 5th Division (German Empire) * 5th Division (Reichswehr) *

5th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) The German 5th Infantry Division (german: 5. Infanterie-Division) was formed in October 1934 and mobilized on 25 August 1939. The division's troops were garrisoned in Konstanz, Ulm, and Freiburg.Tessin, p. 288 When formed, the division consiste ...

* 5th Royal Bavarian Division, German Empire * 5th Mountain Division (Wehrmacht) * 5th Infantry Division (Greece) *

5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . The 5th Division was formed in Hiroshima in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. Its personnel w ...

5th (Mhow) Division The 5th (Mhow) Division was a regular division of the British Indian Army and part of the Southern Army which was formed in 1903 after Lord Kitchener was appointed Commander-in-Chief, India between 1902 and 1909. He instituted large-scale re ...

, British Indian Army *

5th Infantry Division (India) The 5th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II that fought in several theatres of war and was nicknamed the "Ball of Fire". It was one of the few Allied divisions to fight against three differe ...

5th Alpine Division Pusteria Fifth is the Ordinal number (linguistics), ordinal form of the number 5, five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth ...

, Italy *

5th Infantry Division Cosseria Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...

, Italy * 5th Division (New Zealand) * 5th Division (North Korea) *

5th Division (Iraq) The 5th Division ('Iron Division') is a military formation of the Iraqi Army. The division is currently deployed in eastern Iraq – predominantly Diyala Governorate. Following the losses suffered by the Iraqi Army during fighting in the ISIL c ...

* 5th Division (Norway), participated in the Norwegian Campaign * 5th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire) * 5th Infantry Division (Philippines) * 5th Infantry Division (Poland) * 5th Rifle Division (Poland) * 5th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 5th Infantry Division (South Korea) *

5th Division (South Vietnam) The Fifth Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975—was part of the III Corps that oversaw the region of the country surrounding the capital, Sa ...

5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 5th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed twice. The division was formed in 1918, initially as the 2nd Penza Infantry Division. After becoming the 5th Rifle Division a month later, it fought in the Counte ...

* 5th Division (Spain) * 5th Infantry Division (Thailand) *

5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsular War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and was active for most o ...

5th Infantry Division (United States) The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond", or the "Red Devils" —was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Cor ...

* 5th Marine Division (United States) * 5th Infantry Division (Vietnam)

Cavalry divisions

* 5th Cavalry Division (German Empire) *

21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) The 21st Panzer Division was a German armoured division best known for its role in the battles of the North African Campaign from 1941–1943 during World War II when it was one of the two armoured divisions making up the Deutsches Afrikakorps ...

* 2nd Indian Cavalry Division, designated 5th Cavalry Division from November 1916 to March 1918 in France in World War I *

5th Cavalry Division (India) The 2nd Mounted Division was a cavalry division that served as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine in World War I. It was formed in April 1918 when three brigades already in Palestine were merged with elements of the 2nd Ind ...

, served from July 1918 in Palestine in World War I

Armored divisions

* 5th Canadian Division *

5th Armored Division (France) The 5th Armored Division (french: 5e Division Blindée, 5e DB) was an armored division of the French Army that fought in World War II and the Algerian War. It was also active in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of ...

5th SS Panzer Division Wiking The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking (german: 5. SS-Panzerdivision Wiking) or SS Division Wiking was an infantry and later an armoured division among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. It was recruited from foreign volunteers ...

, Germany *

5th Armored Division (United States) The 5th Armored Division ("Victory") was an armored formation of the United States Army active from 1941 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1956. History The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United Kingdo ...

5th Armoured Division (Syria) The 5th Mechanized Division ( ar, الفرقة الخامسةميكا) is a division of the Syrian Arab Army. Combat history Black September in Jordan The 5th Division, at that time an infantry formation, invaded Jordan during the events of B ...

* 5th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)

Aviation divisions

5th Air Division The 5th Air Division (5th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command, based at Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco. It was inactivated on 15 July 1958. The unit's origins begin with its predec ...

, United States

Naval divisions

* Fifth Carrier Division, Imperial Japanese Navy

Infantry divisions

Cavalry divisions

Armored divisions

Aviation divisions

Naval divisions

See also