34th Infantry Brigade (Romania)

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34th Infantry Brigade "Vasile Lupu" Brigada 34 Infanterie "Vasile Lupu"
2nd Battalion of the 34th Brigade in a tactical exercise
Active	June 2006-present (current form)
Country	Romania
Branch	Romanian Land Forces
Type	Infantry, Paratroopers
Size	6 battalions + other supporting companies
Part of	1st Territorial Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Bucharest
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Dumitru Scarlat

The 34th Infantry Brigade "Vasile Lupu" (Brigada 34 Infanterie "Vasile Lupu") is an infantry brigade of the Romanian Land Forces. It was initially formed as the 34th Infantry Regiment, and named after the Moldavian Voivode Vasile Lupu.

The brigade is considered the best and most modern infantry brigade in the Romanian Army; it is subordinated to the 1st Territorial Army Corps, and its headquarters are located in Bucharest. The 34th Brigade has two paratroop battalions in its subordination; these battalions are also considered the best in Romania. The structural reorganization process of the unit was completed in June 2006.

[edit] Structure

• 34th Infantry Territorial Brigade "Vasile Lupu" - Bucharest
  • 2nd Infantry Battalion "Călugăreni" - Bucharest
  • 341st Infantry Battalion "White Sharks" - Topraisar
  • 168th Logistics Battalion - Constanţa
  • 495th Infantry Battalion - Clinceni (including 2 paratroopers companies)
  • 345th Mixed Artilery Battalion - Basarabi ^{[1] [2]}, ^[3]
  • 348th Air Defence Battalion - Topraisar ^[4]

[edit] External links and References

• (English) Official Site of the Romanian Land Forces
• (Romanian) Official Site of the 1st Territorial Army Corps

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