The Intervention Brigade ( pt, Brigada de Intervenção) or BrigInt is an infantry brigade in service with the

Portuguese Army The Portuguese Army ( pt, Exército Português) is the land component of the Armed Forces of Portugal and is also its largest branch. It is charged with the defence of Portugal, in co-operation with other branches of the Armed Forces. With it ...

. It was created in 2006 from the Light Intervention Brigade (), which was itself the heir of the former Special Forces Brigade ().

Organization

The brigades operational units are listed below. Under the Portuguese system regiments are responsible for the training, maintenance and sustainment of the operational units, but are not operational units themselves. I.e. the 6th Cavalry Regiment trains, maintains and sustains the Intervention Brigade's Reconnaissance Group, but the regiment itself is not an operational unit and not part of the brigade during wartime. * Intervention Brigade, in

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest cit ...

** Command and Command Support Service Company, in Coimbra ** Reconnaissance Group, 6th Cavalry Regiment (''Regimento de Cavalaria Nº 6'') in

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

, with Pandur II and Commando V150 armored vehicles ** 1st Infantry Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment (''Regimento de Infantaria Nº 13''), in

Vila Real Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality cover ...

, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers ** 2nd Infantry Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (''Regimento de Infantaria Nº 14''), in

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, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers ** Field Artillery Group, 5th Artillery Regiment (''Regimento de Artilharia Nº 5''), in

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with M114 155mm howitzers ** Anti-aircraft Artillery Group, 1st Anti-Air Artillery Regiment (''Regimento de Artilharia Anti-Aérea Nº 1'') in Queluz with

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s ** Engineer Company, 3rd Engineer Regiment (''Regimento de Engenharia Nº 3''), in Espinho ** Signal Battalion, Signal Regiment (''Regimento de Transmissoes''), in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...

** Permanent Medium Service Support Nucleus (NPApSvcMed), in Entroncamento

Equipment

Infantry equipment: * Glock 17 Gen 5 * FN SCAR-L STD * FN SCAR-H STD * FN Minimi Mk3 * Browning M2HB *

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* Tampella B * mGrW 82 * Carl Gustav M3 *

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* M72A3 LAW *

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References

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External links

Brigade official page
Brigades of Portugal Military units and formations established in 2006 Military of Portugal