The 2nd Infantry Brigade "Rovine" (Brigada 2 Infanterie "Rovine") is an infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 brigade

Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of two to five battalions, plus supporting elements depending on the era and nationality of a given army and could be perceived as an enlarged/reinforced regiment...

 of the Romanian Land Forces

Romanian Land Forces

The Romanian Land Forces is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the force.The Romanian Land Forces were founded on...

, best known for its deployments in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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 and Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 peacekeeping

Peacekeeping

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 missions.

The brigade was formed in 1970, being named after the medieval Battle of Rovine

Battle of Rovine

The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395 between the Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea cel Bătrân against the Ottoman invasion led by sultan Bayezid I. The Ottoman army, numbering approximately 40,000 men, faced the much smaller Wallachian army, which was about 10,000 men...

, which took place in 1395. The brigade is currently subordinated to the 1st Infantry Division, and its headquarters are located in Craiova

Craiova

Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...

. The structural reorganization process of the brigade ended in late-2005.

Structure

• 2nd Infantry Brigade - Craiova
  Craiova
  Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...
  
  - aka "Scorpions Brigade"
  • 20th Infantry Battalion "Black Scorpions" - Craiova
  • 26th Infantry Battalion "Neagoe Basarab
    Neagoe Basarab
    Neagoe Basarab was the Voivode of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521. Born into the boyar family of the Craioveşti as the son of Pârvu Craiovescu or Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr, Neagoe Basarab, who replaced Vlad cel Tânăr after the latter rejected Craioveşti tutelage, was noted for his abilities and...
    
    " ("Red Scorpions") - Craiova
  • 325th Artillery Battalion - Caracal
  • 116th Logistics Battalion "Golden Scorpions" -Craiova
  • 205th Anti-aircraft Artillery
    Artillery
    Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
    
    Battalion "Blue Scorpions" - Craiova

External links

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