Intervention Brigade (Portugal)
The Intervention Brigade or BrigInt is an infantry brigade in service with the Portuguese Army. It was created in 2006 from the Light Intervention Brigade, which was itself the heir of the former Special Forces Brigade.
International missions
- Kosovo Force in Kosovo;
- International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan;
- MINUSCA in Central African Republic;
- Tailored Forward Presence in Romania.
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- * Command and Command Support Service Company, in Coimbra
- * Reconnaissance Group, 6th Cavalry Regiment in Braga, with Pandur II and Commando V150 armored vehicles
- * 1st Infantry Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, in Vila Real, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers
- * 2nd Infantry Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, in Viseu, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers
- * Field Artillery Group, 5th [Artillery Regiment (Portugal)|5th Artillery Regiment], in Vendas Novas with M114 155mm howitzers
- * Anti-aircraft Artillery Group, 1st Anti-Air Artillery Regiment in Queluz with Stinger surface-to-air missiles
- * Engineer Company, 3rd Engineer Regiment, in Espinho
- * Signal Battalion, Signal Regiment, in Porto
- * Permanent Medium Service Support Nucleus, in Entroncamento