3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Greece)
The 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade "RIMINI" is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Hellenic Army based at Kavyli, Orestiada.
History
The brigade was established on 1885 at Trikala as a regiment and took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War in the aftermath of World War I. It also participated in the Asia Minor Campaign under the command of Nikolaos Plastiras.The unit remains at Orestiada since 1977 as a regiment and after a Hellenic Army's wide re-organization became a brigade and took the honourable name 'Rimini', continuing the tradition of the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade of World War II.
Structure
- HQ Company based at Kavyli.
- 311th Armored Battalion at Orestiada.
- 502nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion at Kavyli.
- 503rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion at Nea Vyssa.
- 508th Mechanized Infantry Battalion at Rizia
- 616th Mechanized Infantry Battalion at Lepti.
- 105th Self Propelled Artillery Battalion at Kavyli.
- 3rd Antitank Company
- 3rd Engineer Company
- 3rd Signal Company
- 3rd Support Battalion