The modern military no longer uses set piece units at levels above battalion size. They customize units to accomplish a specific mission, adding forces like engineers, intelligence units and detaching armor or artillery. A brigade was once somewhere between a regiment and a division. Today it could be less then 3000 men, or even twice that number.
Particularly in the U.S. Army, the brigade has replaced the division as the primary tactical combat unit. That is, divisions are now primarily logistical and administrative in nature, while the brigade is the self-contained unit deployed for combat. As such, brigades are "customized" when deployed, adding various asset units depending on the mission. A deployed brigade now can consist of little more than a 2-3 battalions and some logistical support, up to sizes that rival divisions: 4-5 combat battalions, 2-3 major combat support battalions (artillery, aviation, etc.) plus a full complement of logistical units. The idea is to create a "plug-and-play" model where a brigade structure consists of little more than a skeleton staff until it is to be deployed, at which time the parent division (or sometimes even other divisions) assign that skeleton brigade command the full complement of units it will need to accomplish its specified mission.
Typically 2000 to 8000, or 2-4 regiments/battalions. US/NATO brigades tend to be around the 4-5k mark.
There are 3000 to 8000 troops or 2-4 regiments. They both equals the same.
Normally 7 or 8 but on rare occasions it might even be as low as 3 providing 2 of the men have a pointed stick each.
A US Army Mechanized Infantry battalion had about 900 men assigned to it. Two or more battalions make up a (US Army) brigade. The 1st Avn Bde very well could have had in excess of 2,000 men assigned to it.
A brigade is military unit consisting of a variable number of combat battalions or regiments.The typical NATO standard brigade consists of approximately 4,000 to 5,000 troops, but the number of men in a brigade is not specified or fixed.
Strength numbers change over time: During the Vietnam War, the US Army's battalions averaged 600 men, 900 in a mechanized infantry battalion, less than 500 men in an armor battalion (tank battalion). In the US Army (different for Marines, Air Force, and Navy) during Vietnam; a LTC commanded a battalion or cavalry squadron (battalion=squadron; army only). Full bird colonels commanded brigades (brigades=regiments, army only). Generals commanded divisions; however a one star General could command a brigade if only that one brigade deployed over seas. In Vietnam, the 1st Brigade of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division was commanded by a Brigadier General (one star), as only that one brigade deployed to Vietnam.
This would depend on the type of Brigade you are talking about. For Example: A Field Artillery Brigade would consist of two to five battalions. The 17th FA Brigade compliment was three battalions of 155mm M109s, One Lance Battalion and a HQ Battalion. Total number of men 2500. The calvary Brigade is of a similar size. Although Infrantry and Armor (Cavalry) are typically Regiments, they have been called Brigades and have been as large as 5000.
the 600 men
A US Army Mechanized Infantry battalion had about 900 men assigned to it. Two or more battalions make up a (US Army) brigade. The 1st Avn Bde very well could have had in excess of 2,000 men assigned to it.
A brigade is military unit consisting of a variable number of combat battalions or regiments.The typical NATO standard brigade consists of approximately 4,000 to 5,000 troops, but the number of men in a brigade is not specified or fixed.
Military units range in size from a Fire Team to an Army, from hundreds to thousands of men. Army Corps Division Regiment Brigade Battalion Company Platoon Squad Fire Team
In the case of Pickett's division (famous from the movie Gettysburg) there were 6,260 men in the charge. Almost half, 2,655 to be exact, were either killed, wounded or captured.
Strength numbers change over time: During the Vietnam War, the US Army's battalions averaged 600 men, 900 in a mechanized infantry battalion, less than 500 men in an armor battalion (tank battalion). In the US Army (different for Marines, Air Force, and Navy) during Vietnam; a LTC commanded a battalion or cavalry squadron (battalion=squadron; army only). Full bird colonels commanded brigades (brigades=regiments, army only). Generals commanded divisions; however a one star General could command a brigade if only that one brigade deployed over seas. In Vietnam, the 1st Brigade of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division was commanded by a Brigadier General (one star), as only that one brigade deployed to Vietnam.
This would depend on the type of Brigade you are talking about. For Example: A Field Artillery Brigade would consist of two to five battalions. The 17th FA Brigade compliment was three battalions of 155mm M109s, One Lance Battalion and a HQ Battalion. Total number of men 2500. The calvary Brigade is of a similar size. Although Infrantry and Armor (Cavalry) are typically Regiments, they have been called Brigades and have been as large as 5000.
4ooo to 6000 men were in a legion romen army
the 600 men
there were 500,000 men in the Japanese army
During the Vietnam War, a "US Army" regiment was generally equal to a brigade. Regiments (in the US Army) were normally reserved for US Cavalry units; such as the 11th ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment), which was commanded by Colonel George S. Patton Jr. in Vietnam (son of WWII GENERAL PATTON). In the US Army (during Vietnam) a Battalion was approximately 600 men (but could be up to 900 men); in the Cavalry a "Battalion" was called a Squadron, and two or more squadrons equalled a Regiment. Two or more battalions equalled a brigade.
When, on June 14, 1864 Grant succeeded in deploying undetected the bulk of the Army of the Potomac south of the River James, cheating Lee who deployed his army north of that river, Petersburg and its fortifications called Dimmock line, were virtually undefended. The only Confederate units manning the lines were: the infantry brigade Wise, the cavalry brigade Dearing and a handful of militia men for a total of about 3,500 men, who, in the evening of 15th were reinforced by the infantry division Hoke (6,753 men) and the division Bushrod Johnson (6,300 men) for a total of about 16,000 men.In the same evening of 15th the Federals had already deployed about 40,000 men, ready to invest Petersburg.
A US Army group is made up of several corps and has 80,000 - 200,000 men