1st Brigade (Mechanized)
The 1st Mechanized brigade's mission has been to augment the current counterinsurgency operations, in areas where a mechanized capability is required. The brigade was the first in the 1st Mechanized Division. The 1st mechanized brigade of about 3,000 soldiers has been entirely funded, trained, and equipped by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense.
On Nov. 2, 2004 The 1st Mechanized Brigade rolled out four T55 tanks, 18 multi-purpose armored vehicles and one recovery vehicle, as the government continued the stand up of it's first armed forces armored element. The armored vehicles - transported from a base near Muqdadiyah in northeastern Iraq to the Taji Military Training Base north of Baghdad after a refurbishment period - were just the initial armored vanguard for the Army with another six T55s and 16 multi-purpose armored vehicles delivered a week later.
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