The operation coincided with the arrival of mercenary units ( seemingly including the hurriedly-formed 5th Mechanised Brigade ) at Stanleyville which was quickly captured.

In the British Army, " heavy " units equipped with the Warrior IFV are described as " Armoured Infantry ", and units with the Bulldog APC as " Mechanised Infantry ".

' These units included the 35th and 41st Brigades ( Special Forces ), 47th and 62nd Brigade ( Mechanised Infantry ), 51st Brigade ( Ind.

The operation coincided with the arrival of ANC and other mercenary units ( seemingly including the hurriedly formed 5th Mechanised Brigade and Mike Hoare's 5 Commando ) at Stanleyville which was quickly captured.

The French had no strategic reserve at all ; let alone a highly mobile reserve as their three Cavalry armoured divisions ( Divisions Légères Mécaniques or Mechanised Light Divisions ), the only armoured units organised on the lines of the German armoured divisions, had already been committed in the Low Countries, which was crucial in the French failure to counteract the German penetration, as the four French Infantry armoured divisions, the Divisions cuirassées, lacked sufficient strategic mobility and squandered their power in actions of limited scope such as the Battle of Montcornet and the Battle of Abbeville, in which the 4th DCr, under Colonel De Gaulle, obtained some success against the German 57th Infantry Division.

IV Corps also used to have under its command the Military District Command I, the 1st Air Mechanised Brigade, and the Berlin Command (: de: Standortkommando Berlin ).

The 61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group found that each enemy T-55 and T-62 required multiple shots from the 90 mm guns to disable it, and that the SADF vehicles had to attack in groups, fire from point-blank range, and hit the tanks in the engine vents, turret rim, or similar weak points in order to have an effect, the 90 mm shells being otherwise ineffective against the Soviet tanks ' armour.

Historically many companies have a large bugle section, therefore choosing to play bugle marches such as Assam Rifles, The Little Bugler and Mechanised Infantry.

Oborin, 14th Mechanised Corps commander, emphasized that more than half his soldiers were untrained recruits, that his artillery had received guns for which there was no ammunition, and that he only had enough lorries to make a quarter of the corps mobile – the rest would have to march.

The company was attached to the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, as part of 1 Mechanised Brigade, within the Multi-National Division ( South East ).

In 1927-1928 he was commanding officer of a company of Royal Engineers attached to the Experimental Mechanised Force on Salisbury Plain.

* Conversion of 19 Mechanised Brigade to a light brigade ( 19 Light Brigade ).

In 1936 and 1937 two Cavalry armoured divisions were created, the Divisions Légères Mécaniques (" Mechanised Light Divisions ", with " light " meaning " mobile ").

** 1 ( Close Support ) Battalion REME, based in Catterick, provides equipment support to 4 Mechanised Brigade

** 4 ( Close Support ) Battalion REME, based in Tidworth, provides equipment support to 12 Mechanised Brigade

** 6 ( Close Support ) Battalion REME, Based in Tidworth, provides equipment support to 1 Mechanised Brigade

However, only the 1st Armoured Division and the 3rd Mechanised Division are actually field formations and operationally deployable.

The British Ministry of Defence and Clarence House made a joint announcement on 22 February 2007 that Prince Harry would be deployed with his regiment to the front line in Iraq, to serve as part of the 1st Mechanised Brigade of the 3rd Mechanised Divisiona move supported by Harry, who had stated that he would leave the army if he was told to remain in safety while his regiment went to war ; he said: " There's no way I'm going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country.

Mechanised Infantry Brigade “ Iron Wolf ” was affiliated to the Danish Division on the basis of agreements signed by Denmark and Lithuania in August 2006.

In May 2005, 4 Armoured Brigade was replaced by 12 Mechanised Brigade with the handover of responsibility taking place on 30 May.

They handed over to 4th Mechanised Brigade on 1 December 2007.

Almost two-months after President George W. Bush declared an end to " major combat operations " in Iraq in his " Mission Accomplished " speech on 1 May 2003, 1 KINGS reinforced from the Territorial Army King's and Cheshire Regiment deployed to the country with 19 Mechanised Brigade.

Mechanised hauling devices are used on modern trawlers.

Mechanised manufacturing, railways and public utilities required new forms of building, while the new industrial cities invested heavily in grand civic buildings and the huge expansion and diversification of educational, cultural and leisure actvities likewise created new demands on architecture.

In April 2007 the majority of the regiment including elements of HQ Squadron, B Squadron complete and specialists from D Squadron were deployed for a six month tour in Afghanistan with 12 Mechanised Brigade on Operation HERRICK 6.

The front fielded 10th Army, supported by the 6th Mechanized Corps and 13th Mechanised Corps which defended the Białystok salient and the 4th Army supported by the 14th Mechanised Corps to its left anchored on the Brest-Litovsk fortress with the 3rd Army supported by the 11th Mechanized Corps to the right at the Grodno fortified region.

However on September 1, 2011 the 1st Warsaw Mechanised Division was disbanded.

The British War Office sanctioned the creation of the Experimental Mechanised Force which was formed on May 1, 1927, under Colonel R. J. Collins.

* Polish Land Forces: 68, 704 ( three divisions ; 11th Armoured Cavalry Division, 12th Mechanised Division, 16th Mechanised Division, with 1st " Warsaw " Mechanised Division having disbanding on September 1, 2011 ).

When the German invasion of the Soviet Union commenced on 22 June 1941, the Army was part of the Western Front and had the 28th Rifle Corps ( 6th Rifle Division and 42nd Rifle Division ), 14th Mechanised Corps, and 49th and 75th Rifle Divisions, as well as the 62nd Fortified Region.

By 1600 hours on 22 June, 4th Army HQ was back at Zapruda, whereupon Front HQ ordered that 14th Mechanised Corps be launched in an attack to clear Brest and reach the frontier line.

However, his forces had been badly worn down: the 9th Mechanised Corps had 64 tanks left, the 22nd less than half that number, and the rifle regiments of 31st Corps had ‘ no more than three hundred men .’ Nevertheless, Potapov ’ s force cut the Zhitomir highway and kept up the pressure for a week, and afterwards remained as a thorn on the German Sixth Army ’ s northern flank.

Post his transformation of the armoured corps Sundarji went on to create the Mechanised Infantry.

At the time of Operation Moduler in 1988, for example, the 61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group's task force consisted of two infantry companies with Ratel 20s, an armoured car squadron with fourteen Ratel 90s, a mortar platoon with twelve 81mm Ratels, an anti-tank company with a mix of ATGW and Ratel 90 vehicles, as well as other attachments.

* Mechanised Infantry Company 3: Mechanised infantry equipped with CV9030 infantry fighting vehicles.

* Mechanised Infantry Company 4: Mechanised infantry equipped with CV9030 infantry fighting vehicles.

The first production vehicles were delivered in 1973 to the 7th Mechanised Brigade stationed at Reims.

In 2007 the Land Forces consisted of 29, 600 soldiers ( 6th Guards Mechanised Brigade ( Grodno ), 11th Guards Mechanised Brigade ( Slonim, the former 11th Guards Tank Division ) the 120th Guards Mechanised Brigade ( Minsk ), 38th and 103rd Mobile Brigades ( organized similarly to Soviet airborne regiments, not all of them are equipped with BMD-1 ), 5th Separate Spetznaz Brigade ( Maryina Horka ), five artillery brigades and four regiments, two MRL regiments, 15th, 29th, 115th, 120th and 302nd SAM Brigades, two SSM brigades, two brigades and one regiment of engineers, 8th NBC independent brigade, two signals brigades, 40th independent NBC battalion.

The core of the Lithuanian Land Force structure is the Iron Wolf Mechanised Infantry Brigade ( MIB " Iron Wolf ") consisting of two mechanized infantry battalions ( King Mindaugas and Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas battalions ), two motorized infantry battalions ( Grand Duchess Birutė and Lithuanian Grand Duke Kestutis battalions ), artillery battalion and Lithuanian Duke Vaidotas Forward support battalion.

( Mechanised gumming had yet to be devised.

It deployed to Iraq in April 2005 for a six-month tour with the rest of 12th Mechanised Brigade, based in the south of the country.

Mechanised versions of the chain saw were developed but in the later 19th Century, it was superseded in surgery by the Gigli twisted wire saw.

The H & K 33 was considered, and a batch of 1200 examples were tested by Infantry, Airborne, Marines, Mechanised and Foreign troops, but it was ultimately turned down in favour of the SIG SG 540, built under licence by Manurhin, until enough FAMAS rifles were produced to begin general issue.

On 11 July 2003, 1st Armoured Division handed control over south-east Iraq to 3rd Mechanised Division, Major General Wall was succeeded by Major General Graeme Lamb as commander of British ground forces in Iraq.

7 Armoured Brigade remained until relieved by 19 Mechanised Brigade at the same time as 3rd Division took over from 1st Division.

A further rotation of ground troops occurred in November 2003, with 19 Light Brigade relieved by 20th Armoured Brigade ; 20th Armoured Brigade in its turn being relieved by 1 Mechanised Brigade.

In April 2004, 20th Armoured Brigade turned over its responsibilities to 1 Mechanised Brigade and Lieutenant General John McColl was appointed deputy commander of occupation ground forces.

At the end of 2004 General Rollo was succeeded by Major General Jonathan Riley and in November of that year 4 Armoured Brigade rotated to replace 1 Mechanised Brigade.

1 Mechanised Brigade provided HQ and troops for Op TELIC 10, deploying to Iraq in June 2007.

1st Armoured Division remained in theatre, controlling UK ground forces until June 2003, when 3rd Mechanised Division's HQ arrived in theatre to take command of British forces.

7 Armoured Brigade remained in theatre until they handed over to 19 Mechanised Brigade in June.

19 Mechanised Brigade was replaced with 20 Armoured Brigade.