5th Regiment or 5th Infantry Regiment may refer to:
Infantry regiments
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5th Aviation Regiment (Australia)
The 5th Aviation Regiment (5 Avn Regt) is an Australian Army aviation unit. Formed in 1987 after the Army took over responsibility for operating helicopters from the Royal Australian Air Force, the regiment is based at RAAF Base Townsville, in Que ...
, a unit of the Australian Army
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2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army
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5th Foot Guards (German Empire)
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, a unit of the Imperial German Army
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5th Infantry Regiment (Greece), a unit of the Greek Army
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5th Archipelago Regiment, a unit of the Greek Army
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5/42 Evzone Regiment, a unit of the Greek Army
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5th Guards Grenadiers, a unit of the Imperial German Army
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5th Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army
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5th Dragoon Guards
The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a British army cavalry regiment, officially formed in January 1686 as Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse. Following a number of name changes, it became the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) ...
, a unit of the British Army
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5th Bengal European Regiment, a unit of the British East India Company
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5th Marine Regiment (United States)
The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps and falls u ...
, a unit of the United States Marine Corps
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5th Infantry Regiment (United States), a unit of the United States Army
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Fifth Regiment
The Fifth Regiment ( es, Quinto Regimiento, the full name ''Quinto Regimiento de Milicias Populares)'', was an elite corps loyal to the Spanish Republic at the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Made up of volunteers, the Fifth Regiment was active ...
, a unit loyal to the Spanish republic at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War
American Revolutionary War regiments
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5th Continental Regiment
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5th Connecticut Regiment
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5th Maryland Regiment
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5th Massachusetts Regiment
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5th New York Regiment
The 5th New York Regiment was authorized on November 30, 1776, as part of the New York Line for service with the Continental Army, under Colonel Lewis DuBois. It was organized January 26, 1777, from companies in central New York and assigned to ...
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5th North Carolina Regiment
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5th Pennsylvania Regiment
The 5th Pennsylvania Regiment, first known as the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion, was raised December 9, 1775, at Chester, Pennsylvania, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, Monmout ...
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5th South Carolina Regiment
The 5th South Carolina Regiment (1st Rifle Regiment) was raised on February 22, 1776, at Charleston, South Carolina, for service with the South Carolina Troops and later assigned to the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Siege of Sa ...
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5th Virginia Regiment
The 5th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775, at Richmond, Virginia, for service with the U.S. Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, B ...
American Civil War regiments
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5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
The 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African American regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia as part of the Richmond–Petersburg ...
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5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 5th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 5th West Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at Ceredo, West Virginia, beginning on September 3, 1861, ...
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5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 5th Infantry was assembled at Camp Randall, in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 12, 1861. It left Wisconsin for Wash ...
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5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (disambiguation) 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment may refer to:
* 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate), a Confederate regiment during the American Civil War
* 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union, 3 months)
The 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment evolved from ...
Artillery regiments
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5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
The 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, was one of six Canadian medium regiments that saw service in Britain and continental Europe in the Second World War, the others being the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th Medium Regiments. (There ...
, a unit of the Canadian Army
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5th Regiment Royal Artillery, a unit of the United Kingdom Army
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, a unit of the Canadian Army
Cavalry regiments
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5th Cavalry Regiment
The 5th Cavalry Regiment ("Black Knights") is a historical unit of the United States Army that began its service on August 3, 1861, when an act of Congress enacted "that the two regiments of dragoons, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and the t ...
, a unit of the United States Army
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5th Lithuanian Vanguard Regiment
The 5th Lithuanian Vanguard Regiment () was a military unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The full name was ''5th Lithuanian Advance Guard Regiment of'' . History
Origins
Formed in 1733 by gathering all cavalry units of Józef Potocki, t ...
American Civil War regiments
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5th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
The 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 5th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois, on August 31, 1861.
The regimen ...
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5th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
The 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit from Iowa that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
History
The 5th Iowa Cavalry was originally raised as the Curtis Horse in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 5, 1861, and later ab ...
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5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
The 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General (United States), Brigadier General Georg ...
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5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Other regiments
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5th Air Reconnaissance Regiment, a unit of Yugoslav Air Force
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5th Royal Tank Regiment, an armoured unit of the United Kingdom Army
See also
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5th Corps (disambiguation)
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5th Army (disambiguation)
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5th Division (disambiguation)
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5th Brigade (disambiguation)
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5th Group (disambiguation)
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5th Squadron (disambiguation)
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