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Greece will start negotiations to buy a fourth Belharra frigate from France to strengthen its navy as it recovers from a decade-long debt crisis, the country's defence minister said on Thursday.
1st Communications, EW, Surveillance Regiment (1ο ΣΕΗΠΠΕΠ), based at Xanthi, Thrace; Corps Field and Air Defense Artillery Command and units (ΔΠΒ/Δ' ΣΣ) Corps Engineer Command and units (ΔΜΧ/Δ' ΣΣ) Corps HQ Battalion; 12th Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece) (XII Μ/Κ ΜΠ), based at Alexandroupoli, Thrace organised in
1st Communications, EW, Surveillance Regiment 473rd Surveillance Battalion; 476th EW Battalion; 479th Signal Battalion; Corps Engineer Command; Corps Field and Air Defense Artillery Command 1st Artillery Regiment-MLRS 1st AR Headquarters Company; 36th Signal Company; 193rd Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion; 194th Multiple Rocket Launcher ...
Field uniforms of the Greek Army during the Balkan Wars. The Army of Thessaly comprised in total 59 infantry and 4 Evzone battalions, eight cavalry companies (of the Cavalry Brigade) and six half-companies (organic to the infantry divisions), seven engineer companies (organic to the infantry divisions), 32 artillery batteries with 96 field guns, 24 mountain guns and 54 fortress guns and 70 ...
The 1st Army Aviation Brigade "Kilkis-Lachanas" (Greek: 1η Ταξιαρχία Αεροπορίας Στρατού «ΚΙΛΚΙΣ ΛΑΧΑΝΑ», romanized: 1 Taxiarchia Aeroporias Stratou "Kilkis Lachana", abbreviated 1η ΤΑΞΑΣ) is the main formation of the Hellenic Army's Army Aviation.
The 1st Infantry Division was established in Larissa on 19 March 1897 before the outbreak of, and in response to, the Greco-Turkish War. [1] Formed, predominantly, from personnel recruited from Thessaly, it originally comprised two infantry brigades (1st and 2nd) and three Evzone battalions, and was tasked with the defence of the frontier from the Thermaic Gulf (near the Tria Platania heights ...
During the Interwar years, I Corps, still at Athens, comprised the 2nd Infantry Division (Athens), 3rd Infantry Division , and 4th Infantry Division . [4] The corps was a mainly reserve formation, covering southern Greece while the majority of the Greek army was concentrated in Macedonia and Thrace against Bulgaria.
The 25th Armoured Brigade traces its origin to the 20th Armoured Division's 2nd Battle Command (2η Διοίκηση Μάχης, 2η ΔΜΑ), created in June–July 1959 at Thessaloniki. In July 1974, following the crisis with Turkey as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus , the unit moved to the area of Xanthi , where it has remained ...