24th Armored Brigade

24th Armored Brigade
Flag of the 24th Armored Brigade
Active	1960–today
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Armored
Size	5 Battalions
Part of	I Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Litochoro, Macedonia
Motto	I will not disgrace my weapons (Ου καταισχύνω όπλα)

The 24th Armored Brigade "1st Cavalry Regiment Florina" (Greek: ΧΧΙV Τεθωρακισμένη Ταξιαρχία «1ο ΣΙ ΦΛΩΡΙΝΑ») is an Armored brigade of the Hellenic Army, based at Litochoro and subordinated to the I Army Corps.

History

It was founded in July 1960 at Thessaloniki as the 1st Battle Command of the 20th Armored Division. In September 1971 it was moved to Litochoro and was constituted as an independent armored brigade on 1 January 1979. In December 2000, it received the honorary title "1st Cavalry Regiment Florina", continuing the tradition of the 1st Cavalry Regiment. From 1 April 2004 until 26 September 2005 it was subordinated to the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, and since then it belongs to I Army Corps.

Structure

Structure 24th Armored Brigade

24th Armored Brigade in Litochoro, Macedonia

• HQ Company (ΙΣΤ)
• 23rd Armored Battalion (23 EMA)
• 26th Armored Battalion (26 EMA)
• 647 Mechanized Infantry Battalion (647 M/K ΤΠ)
• 137 Self Propelled Artillery Battalion (137 Μ Α/K ΠΒ)
• 24th Engineer Company (24 ΛΜΧ)
• 24th Signal Company (24 ΛΔΒ)
• 24th Support Battalion (24 ΕYΠ)

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