The Intervention Brigade (Portuguese: Brigada de Intervenção) or BrigInt is an infantry brigade in service with the Portuguese Army. It was created in 2006 from the Light Intervention Brigade (Brigada de Intervenção Ligeira), which was itself the heir of the former Special Forces Brigade (Brigada de Forças Especiais).
| Intervention Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Brigada de Intervenção | |
 The insignia of the Grupo de Auto-Metralhadoras | |
| Active | 2006–present |
| Country | Portugal |
| Branch | Portuguese Army |
| Nickname(s) | BrigInt |
International missions
edit- Kosovo Force in Kosovo;[1]
- International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan;[2]
- MINUSCA in Central African Republic;[3]
- Tailored Forward Presence in Romania.[4]
Organization
editThe 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[5]
- Command and Command Support Service Company, in Coimbra
- Reconnaissance Group, 6th Cavalry Regiment (Regimento de Cavalaria Nº 6) in Braga, with Pandur II and Commando V150 armored vehicles
- 1st Infantry Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment (Regimento de Infantaria Nº 13), in Vila Real, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers
- 2nd Infantry Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (Regimento de Infantaria Nº 14), in Viseu, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers
- Field Artillery Group, 5th Artillery Regiment (Regimento de Artilharia Nº 5), in Vendas Novas with M114 155mm howitzers
- Anti-aircraft Artillery Group, 1st Anti-Air Artillery Regiment (Regimento de Artilharia Anti-Aérea Nº 1) in Queluz with Stinger surface-to-air missiles
- Engineer Company, 3rd Engineer Regiment (Regimento de Engenharia Nº 3), in Espinho
- Signal Battalion, Signal Regiment (Regimento de Transmissoes), in Porto
- Permanent Medium Service Support Nucleus (NPApSvcMed), in Entroncamento
Equipment
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Infantry equipment:
- Glock 17 Gen 5
- FN SCAR-L STD
- FN SCAR-H STD
- FN Minimi Mk3
- Browning M2HB
- Benelli Supernova
- Tampella B
- mGrW 82
- Carl Gustav M3
- MILAN
- BGM-71 TOW
- M72A3 LAW
- FIM-92 Stinger
| Armored Vehicles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Origin | Number | Image | Notes |
| Pandur II |  Austria
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Several versions made under license in Portugal by Fabrequipa.[6][7] Some units will receive120mm mortars.[8]
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| Commando V-150 |  United States
|
15 | 
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Acquired 15 units with a 90mm cannon and M60E/D machine guns in 1989. All units are in service with the Group of Recognition, based on Cavalry Regiment nº6.[7] |
| Field artillery | ||||
| M114A1 | United States
|
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40 units received in 1983. 18 in service with the 5th Artillery Regiment of the Intervention Brigade and the rest stored.[9][10] |
| Firefinder radar | ||||
| AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar | United States
|
2 | 
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Used by 5th Artillery Regiment to detect and track incoming mortar, artillery and rocket fire to determine the point of origin for counterbattery fire.[11][12] |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles | ||||
| Griffon Aerospace MQM-170 Outlaw | United States
|
? | 
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Target drone, operated by Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 1.[13] |
| DJI Matrice 300 RTK |  China
|
? | 
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Used by Intervention Brigade for surveillance.[14] |
| Autel EVO II Dual 640T Enterprise V2 | China
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Seen in use for the first time in 2023.[15] |
| Autel DragonFish | China
|
? | Seen in use with the Intervention Brigade.[14] | |
| MyFlyDream Nimbus Tricopter 1800 | China
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12 | Unmanned aerial vehicle with VTOL capacity, used by Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 1.[16] | |
References
edit- ^ "PÁRAS & PANDUR TREINAM PARA O KOSOVO | Operacional" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Missões no Exterior". UNIDADES DO EXÉRCITO PORTUGUÊS (in European Portuguese). 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "OS COMBATES EM BAMBARI E O BAPTISMO DE FOGO DAS PANDUR II | Operacional" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Visão | Brigada de "até 100 militares" do Exército vai integrar missão da NATO na Roménia". Visão (in European Portuguese). 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "Brigada de Intervenção". Exército Português. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ The Military Balance 2024. International Institute for Strategic Studies. 2024. p. 128. ISBN 9781032780047.
- ^ a b "Forças Médias Exército Português".
- ^ "Defesa: execução da Programação Militar sobe de 54% para 73%". Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ The Military Balance 2024. International Institute for Strategic Studies. 2024. p. 128. ISBN 9781032780047.
- ^ Defence 360° 😷, Victor Barreira / (2020-01-06). "The Portuguese Army is seeking to acquire a new 155mm field artillery system to replace its existing M114A1 155mm/23 towed howitzers as part of the country's Military Programming Law 2019-2030. The M114A1s are fielded by the Intervention Brigade.pic.twitter.com/FQB4m5EHDI". @Defence360. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Raytheon / Hughes AN/TPQ-36 Firefinding Radar". www.militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ "Raytheon Systems - AN/TPQ-36". 2016-11-23. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ "1st Air Defense Regiment, Portuguese Army Testimonial". Griffin Aerospace. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Exército Português on LinkedIn: #exércitoportuguês #defesanacional #2fndrou #nato #wearenato…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ^ "Força Portuguesa na Roménia realiza exercício de validação dos meios de comunicação de Rádio e Dados". Facebook.
- ^ "MFD Nimbus Tricopter 1800 with Portuguese Army". Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
