Intervention Brigade (Portugal)

Intervention Brigade
Brigada de Intervenção
The insignia of the Grupo de Auto-Metralhadoras
Active2006–present
CountryPortugal
BranchPortuguese Army
NicknameBrigInt

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).

International missions

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 (Brigada de Intervenção), in Coimbra[5]
    • Command and Services Company (Companhia de Comando e Serviços), in Coimbra
    • Cavalry Regiment No. 6 (Regimento de Cavalaria N.º 6), in Braga[6]
    • Infantry Regiment No. 13 (Regimento de Infantaria N.º 13), in Vila Real[7]
      • 1st Wheeled Mechanized Infantry Battalion (1.​º Batalhão de Infantaria Mecanizado de Rodas)
    • Infantry Regiment No. 14 (Regimento de Infantaria N.º 14), in Viseu[8]
      • 2nd Wheeled Mechanized Infantry Battalion (2.​º Batalhão de Infantaria Mecanizado de Rodas)
    • Infantry Regiment No. 19 (Regimento de Infantaria N.º 19) (Training unit), in Chaves[9]
    • Artillery Regiment No. 5 (Regimento de Artilharia N.º 5), in Vendas Novas[10]
      • Towed 15,5 Field Artillery Group (Grupo de Artilharia de Campanha 15,5 Rebocado), with M114A1 155mm towed howitzers
      • Surveillance Systems Company (Companhia de Sistemas de Vigilância) (operationally assigned to the Information, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Group, Rapid Reaction Brigade)
    • Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 1 (Regimento de Artilharia Antiaérea N.º 1), in Queluz[11]
    • Engineer Regiment No. 3 (Regimento de Engenharia N.º 3), in Espinho[12]
      • Medium Combat Engineer Company (Companhia de Engenharia de Combate Média)
      • 2nd General Support Engineer Company (2.ª Companhia de Engenharia de Apoio Geral) (operationally assigned to the Engineer Battalion, Engineer Regiment No. 1)
    • Intervention Brigade Support Unit (Unidade de Apoio da Brigada de Intervenção), in Coimbra[13]

Equipment

Infantry equipment:

Armored Vehicles
Name Origin Number Image Notes
Pandur II  Austria

 Portugal

188 Several versions made under license in Portugal by Fabrequipa.[14][15] Some units will receive120mm mortars.[16]
  • 105 infantry carrier vehicle (with M2 Browning)
  • 7 infantry carrier vehicle (with RWS)
  • 30 infantry fighting vehicle (with 30mm autocannon)
  • 5 anti-tank guided missile vehicle (with TOW 2)
  • 16 command post vehicle
  • 7 recovery and maintenance vehicle
  • 8 medical evacuation vehicle
  • 6 radio access point station vehicle
  • 4 reconnaissance and surveillance vehicle (with BOR-A 550 radar)
Commando V-150  United States 15 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.[15]
HMMWV M1025A2  United States - Known in the army as the Auto Blindado Reconhecimento 1.25 ton, and this variant is the mf/00. Received in 2025 by the 5th Artillery Regiment.
Field artillery
M114A1  United States 12 40 units received in 1983.
Firefinder radar
AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar  United States 2 Used by 5th Artillery Regiment to detect and track incoming mortar, artillery and rocket fire to determine the point of origin for counterbattery fire.[18][19]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Griffon Aerospace MQM-170 Outlaw  United States - Target drone, operated by Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 1.[20]
AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven  United States 36 36 aircraft or twelve systems (together with associated services and equipment) were purchased through the NSPA on 20 August 2018.[21]
DJI Matrice 300 RTK  China - Used by Intervention Brigade for surveillance.[22]
Autel EVO II Dual 640T Enterprise V2  China - Seen in use for the first time in 2023.[23]
Autel DragonFish  China - Seen in use with the Intervention Brigade.[22]
MyFlyDream Nimbus Tricopter 1800  China 12 Unmanned aerial vehicle with VTOL capacity, used by Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 1.[24]

References

  1. ^ "PÁRAS & PANDUR TREINAM PARA O KOSOVO | Operacional" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ "Missões no Exterior". UNIDADES DO EXÉRCITO PORTUGUÊS (in European Portuguese). 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ "OS COMBATES EM BAMBARI E O BAPTISMO DE FOGO DAS PANDUR II | Operacional" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Brigada de Intervenção". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Regimento de Cavalaria N.º 6". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Regimento de Infantaria N.º 13". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Regimento de Infantaria N.º 14". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Regimento de Infantaria N.º 19". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Regimento de Artilharia N.º 5". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Regimento de Artilharia Antiaérea N.º 1". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Regimento de Engenharia N.º 3". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Unidade de Apoio da Brigada de Intervenção". Exército Português. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  14. ^ The Military Balance 2024. International Institute for Strategic Studies. 2024. p. 128. ISBN 9781032780047.
  15. ^ a b "Forças Médias Exército Português".
  16. ^ "Defesa: execução da Programação Militar sobe de 54% para 73%". Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  17. ^ The Military Balance 2024. International Institute for Strategic Studies. 2024. p. 128. ISBN 9781032780047.
  18. ^ "Raytheon / Hughes AN/TPQ-36 Firefinding Radar". www.militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  19. ^ "Raytheon Systems - AN/TPQ-36". 2016-11-23. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  20. ^ "1st Air Defense Regiment, Portuguese Army Testimonial". Griffin Aerospace. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  21. ^ ""Sistema crucial". Exército confirma compra de 36 drones novos - DN". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  22. ^ a b "Exército Português on LinkedIn: #exércitoportuguês #defesanacional #2fndrou #nato #wearenato…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  23. ^ "Força Portuguesa na Roménia realiza exercício de validação dos meios de comunicação de Rádio e Dados". Facebook.
  24. ^ "MFD Nimbus Tricopter 1800 with Portuguese Army". Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
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