282nd Armored Brigade (Romania)

The 282nd Armored Brigade "Unirea Principatelor" (Brigada 282 Blindată "Unirea Principatelor") is a Armored brigade of the Romanian Land Forces, originally formed as the 282nd Mechanized Regiment on 24 September 1968 and later designated as 282nd Mechanized Brigade "Unirea Principatelor".

282nd Armored Brigade "Unirea Principatelor"
Brigada 282 Blindată "Unirea Principatelor"
A TR-85M1 company belonging to the 282nd Armored Brigade
Active24 September 1968 - present
CountryRomania
BranchRomanian Land Forces
Size6 battalions + other supporting companies
Part of2nd Infantry Division
Garrison/HQFocşani
Anniversaries24 September
Commanders
Current
commander		Brigadier PhD Virgil-Ovidiu POP

In 1980 and again in 1988, the 282nd Mechanised Regiment at Focşani was listed as being part of the 67th Mechanised Division (Romania), a "Ready Division - Reduced Strength II," (roughly what previous Western systems knew as Category B).[1]

The brigade is widely regarded as one of the best-trained units of the Romanian Land Forces; it is subordinated to the 2nd Infantry Division. Its headquarters are still located in Focşani. The brigade operates the TR-85 main battle tank. Together with the subordinated units, the 282nd brigade has been deployed to peacekeeping missions in Angola, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Organization 2020
  • 282nd Armored Brigade "Unirea Principatelor", in Focșani
    • 284th Tank Battalion "Cuza Vodă", in Galați
    • 280th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Căpitan Valter Mărăcineanu", in Focșani
    • 300th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Sfântul Andrei", in Galați
    • 285th Artillery Battalion "Vlaicu Vodă", in Brăila
    • 288th Anti-aircraft Defense Battalion "Milcov", in Focșani
    • 469th Logistic Support Battalion "Putna", in Focșani

International Missions
  • Forces from the 282nd Mechanized Brigade were deployed in Kosovo between 2002 and 2003, and accomplished medevac, as well as other types of peacekeeping missions.
  • 280th and 281st battalions were deployed since 2004 in Afghanistan as part of the ISAF and since 2006 in Iraq as part of the Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  • 300th battalion was deployed in 2008 (January–July) as part of the ISAF in Afghanistan.
  • 280th battalion was deployed in 2010 (Mai-November) as part of the ISAF in Afghanistan.
  • BDE HQ along with 280th battalion and 300th battalion were deployed in 2012 as part of the ISAF in Afghanistan.

References
  1. Michael Holm, 67th Mechanised Division, accessed 2020.
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