SK 1st Armoured Brigade

1. Panserbrigade
Insignia of the 1. Panserbrigade
Active	1943-
Country	Skandinavia
Allegiance	Forsvaret av Skandinavia
Branch	Hæren
Type	Armoured
Size	Brigade
Part of	2. Panserdivisjon
Garrison/HQ	Lillehammer
Black beret
Mascot(s)	The Black Mink
Commanders
Current commander	Brigade General Lars Levik

The 1. Panserbrigade is a formation of the Kongelige Hæren. It is headquartered in Lillehammer.

History

The brigade has its origin in a Tank Battalion that was created in 1943 in North Norway, with some tanks provided by the British Army to the Norwegian Resistence Army. Once Skandinavia was created it became the first Armoured Regiment in the nation. Later, in 1987 it was upgraded to a brigade.

After the military reform of 2003, the brigade was attached to the 2. Panserdivisjon and headquartered in Lillehammer.

Campaigns

• Operation Bøllebank (1994)
• War in Kosovo (1998-1999)
• War in Afghanistan (2001)
• Iraq War (2003-07)

Brigade Composition

• AB1 Signal Company
• 1st Armoured Cavalry Battalion, operates in the armoured role and is divided into 3 Tank Companies with 20 Kpv-122 each
• 2nd Armoured Cavalry Battalion, operates in the armoured role and is divided into 3 Tank Companies with 20 Kpv-122 each
• 3rd Armoured Cavalry Battalion, operates in the formation reconnaissance role and is equipped with vehicles from the CV90 family
• 4th Armoured Cavalry Battalion, operates in the formation reconnaissance role and is equipped with vehicles from the CV90 and SEP-T families
• 1st Fusiliers Battalion, operates in the light infantry role and is equipped with APCs and general purpose vehicles
• AB1 Artillery Company, operates in the field artillery role and is equipped with M109 A3GN self-propelled 155 mm howitzer
• AB1 Armoured Engineers Company
• AB1 E&M Engineers Company