5th Regiment or 5th Infantry Regiment may refer to:

Infantry regiments

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 *

2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia) The 2/5th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. Raised for service during World War II, the regiment was formed in 1941 and disbanded at the end of the war in 1945 without having been deployed outside of Australia. Hi ...

, a unit of the Australian Army *

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, a unit of the Imperial German Army *

5th Infantry Regiment (Greece) 5th Regiment or 5th Infantry Regiment may refer to: Infantry regiments * 5th Aviation Regiment (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army * 2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia), a unit of the Australian Army * 5th Foot Guards (German Empire), a u ...

, a unit of the Greek Army * 5th Archipelago Regiment, a unit of the Greek Army *

5/42 Evzone Regiment The 5/42 Evzone Regiment "Delvinaki" ( el, 5/42 Σύνταγμα Ευζώνων «Δελβινάκι», 5/42 ΣΕ) is an active infantry unit of the Hellenic Army. It was established in 1913 as an elite regiment of Evzones, recruited in Central Gre ...

, a unit of the Greek Army *

5th Guards Grenadiers The 5th Guard Grenadiers (German: Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 5) was a regiment of the Prussian Army prior to and during the First World War. Established in 1897, it was part of the 5th Guard Infantry Brigade. The regiment was disbanded follo ...

, a unit of the Imperial German Army *

5th Regiment of Foot 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 that ...

, a unit of the British Army *

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 * 5th Bengal European Regiment, a unit of the British East India Company *

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 *

5th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 5th Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the "Bobcats") is an infantry regiment of the United States Army that traces its origins to 1808. Origins: War of 1812 The 5th Infantry Regiment was created by an Act of Congress of 3 March 1815,

, a unit of the United States Army *

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 i ...

, a unit loyal to the Spanish republic at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War

American Revolutionary War regiments

5th Continental Regiment The 1st New Hampshire Regiment was an infantry unit that came into existence on 22 May 1775 at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. John Stark was the regiment's first commander. The unit fought at Chelsea Creek and Bunker Hill in 1 ...

5th Connecticut Regiment The 5th Connecticut Regiment was raised on April 27, 1775, at Danbury, Connecticut, under the command of David Waterbury. The Regiment was one of six formed by the Connecticut Legislature in response to the hostilities at Lexington and Concord, ...

5th Maryland Regiment The 5th Maryland Regiment is a designation which has been held by several units over the years, not all of which necessarily share the same lineage and honors. Although the first unit to carry the "5th Maryland" designation was organized in 1776 ...

5th Massachusetts Regiment The 5th Massachusetts Regiment also known as the 19th Continental Regiment was raised on April 17, 1775, under Colonel Mansfield outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Concord, Battle of Bunker Hill, New Yo ...

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 ...

5th North Carolina Regiment The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776, to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina, as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of New ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 5th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. History The ten companies that formed the 5th Iowa were ordered into quarters by Governor of Iowa Samuel Kirkwood at different da ...

5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Michigan that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was mustered into federal service in August 1861 and served in the Eastern Theater. It fought in a ...

5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was a Minnesota USV infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Service On October 23, 1861, Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott sent correspond ...

5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 5th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was known as ''"Duryée‘s Zouaves."'' The regiment had two uniforms during its time. The first unifo ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 *

5th Regiment Royal Artillery 5th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It was formed in 1939 as 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery before being redesignated in 1958. It currently serves in the Surveillance and Target Acquisitio ...

, a unit of the United Kingdom Army *

5th (British Columbia) Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 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 ...

, a unit of the Canadian Army

Cavalry regiments

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 *

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

5th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized from the 2nd West Virginia Infantry Regiment on January 26, 1 ...

Other regiments

5th Air Reconnaissance Regiment The 5th Air Reconnaissance Regiment (''Serbo-Croatian: 5. puk VOJIN / 5. пук ВОЈИН'') was an air reconnaissance and guidance regiment established in 1955 as 275th Air Reconnaissance Regiment, part of the SFR Yugoslav Air Force. History T ...

, a unit of Yugoslav Air Force *

5th Royal Tank Regiment 5th Royal Tank Regiment (5 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army in existence for 52 years, from 1917 until 1969. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as E Battalion ...

, an armoured unit of the United Kingdom Army

Infantry regiments

American Revolutionary War regiments

American Civil War regiments

Artillery regiments

Cavalry regiments

American Civil War regiments

Other regiments

See also