Skaraborg Brigade


The Skaraborg Brigade, also known as the 4th Mechanised Brigade, is a mechanised brigade of the Swedish Army located in Västra Götaland County. It has been active since 2022, having previously served between 1942 and 2000. It is headquartered at Skövde Garrison.

History

The brigade was established in 1943 under the name of the 9th Armoured Brigade and was one of the very first Swedish army brigades.
In the Defence Act of 1992, the government proposed that the wartime organisation should reflect the peacetime organisation. As a result, in 1994, the Skaraborg Brigade was cadre-organised within the Southern Military District but wartime-organised within the Western Army Division. The division's wartime organisation was reorganised once again in 1996, becoming subordinate to the Southern Army Division.
The unit was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000. In 2021, following the Defence Act of 2020, which significantly reorganised the army, the 2nd Brigade was disbanded, and its equipment was transferred to the Skaraborg Brigade, which was set to be re-established in 2022.
Upon the re-establishment of the brigade, its wartime organisation would be within the 1st Division along with the rest of the Swedish Army's active brigades.

Organisation

As of 2022, the planned wartime organisation of the Skaraborg Brigade at full operational capacity is as follows, with full capability expected to be reached by 2027:
  • 4th Mechanised Brigade
  • * 4th Brigade Staff
  • ** 4th Brigade Headquarters Company
  • ** 4th Brigade Reconnaissance Company
  • ** 4th Brigade Air Defence Company
  • ** 4th Brigade Signals Company
  • * 41st Mechanised Battalion
  • * 42nd Mechanised Battalion
  • * 43rd Mechanised Battalion
  • * 4th Brigade Artillery Battalion
  • * 4th Brigade Engineer Battalion
  • * 4th Brigade Support Battalion
  • * 4th Tank Transport Company

    Heraldry and traditions

The Skaraborg Brigade shared heraldry and traditions with the Skaraborg Regiment. In the years 1998–2000, the brigade managed the traditions of the regiment.
The most commonly used beret colour is black, worn by all light and mechanized infantry units.
When the Skaraborg Brigade was disbanded in 2000, the Skaraborgs regementes och Skaraborgsbrigadens förtjänstmedalj in gold and silver of the 8th size was established in 1999. The medal ribbon is divided in black and yellow moiré with a white stripe on the middle followed on both sides by a red stripe.

Commanders

The commanders of the brigade throughout its history are as follows:

Attributes

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