4/29/2023 0 Comments Immortal chaos brigade![]() The brigade also fielded a logistics support battalion, equipped with liaison and transport vehicles such as US M151A2 jeeps, Land-Rover long wheelbase series III, Chevrolet C20 and Dodge Ram (1st generation) pickups, plus US M35A2 2½-ton (6圆) military trucks. The new unit grew from an understrength battalion comprising three rifle companies to a fully equipped mechanized infantry brigade, capable of aligning a Headquarters' (HQ) battalion, an armoured battalion equipped with Panhard AML-90 armoured cars, AMX-13 light tanks (replaced in the 1990s by T-55A tanks donated by Syria) and thirty-four US M48A5 main battle tanks (MBTs), three mechanized infantry battalions (87th, 83rd and the other battalion designation is unknown) issued with ninety US M113 armored personnel carriers (APC) and an artillery battalion (85th) fielding eighteen US M114 155 mm howitzers, including a battery of twelve French Hotchkiss-Brandt TDA MO-120-RT-61 120mm towed heavy mortars.
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