| Division (military) - definition of Division (military) in Encyclopedia (190 words) |
 | Divisions are usually designated by an ordinal number (e.g., Finnish 6th Division or Norwegian 6th Division), less commonly named (e.g., Royal Naval Division), and often a category, such as "rifle", "infantry", "armored", "mechanized" etc. (e.g., US 1st Armored Division). |
| Two divisions usually compose a corps and each division is composed of about 3 brigades, along with a number of smaller specialized units. |
| In the British Army a division is also commanded by a major-general and consists of three infantry and/or armoured brigades, an artillery brigade, a signal regiment, a logistic regiment, an engineer regiment, and supporting units. |
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