2nd Infantry Division (Romania)

The 2nd Infantry Division is an infantry division of the Romanian Land Forces.

It was part of the 1st Army Corps (Romania) during the mobilisation of 1877, during the Romanian War of Independence.^[1] It was at the Battle of Plevna in 1877 as part of the 2nd Operational Corps. (Artillery, p.48) During the Second World War it comprised the 1st, 26th, and 31st Infantry Regiments.^[2] It was again part of the 1st Army Corps, First Army, for the initial stages of Operation Munchen in June-July 1941. On 28 June 1942 during the campaign on the Eastern Front of World War II on the Russian front during Case Blue, it formed part of the 6th Army Corps, itself part of the German First Panzer Army.^[3]

It was active during the Cold War with its headquarters at Craiova, but was disbanded in the late 1980s or early 1990s. It was reformed in 2010.

Composition c. 2007

Headquarters 2nd Infantry Division Getica - HQ Buzău

• 9th Mechanised Brigade "Mărăşeşti" - headquartered at Constanţa
  • Two Infantry battalions, one tank battalion, one artillery battalion, one Anti-aircraft missiles battalion and one Logistics battalion [1].
• 15th Mechanised Territorial Brigade "Podu Înalt" - headquartered at Iaşi
  • Two Mechanised battalions, one tank battalion, one Anti-aircraft artillery battalion, one artillery battalion and one Logistics battalion.
• 282nd Mechanised Operational Brigade "Unirea Principatelor" - headquartered at Focşani
  • Two Mechanised battalions, one Mixed artillery battalion, one Anti-aircraft artillery battalion, one tank battalion and one Logistics battalion
• 52nd Mixed-Artillery regiment-headquarters at Barlad with one MLRS battalion,one antitank battalion, one howitzer battalion and one target acquisition battalion.
  • 3rd Logistics Base - headquartered at Roman
    • 43rd Transport Battalion "Roman I Muşat"
• 528th Reconnaissance Battalion "Vlad Ţepeş" - headquartered at Brăila
• 202nd CBRN Defence Battalion - (Batalionul 202 Apărare CBRN) is an CBRN (Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) protection unit. It was established in 2002 and its headquarters are located in Huşi.
• 200th Support (HQ) Battalion at Buzau

Other units associated with the division include the 3rd Engineer Battalion at Buzau, the 53 antiaircraft rocket regiment at Medgidia, and the 47th communication battalion.

528th Reconnaissance Battalion

The 528th Reconnaissance Battalion 'Vlad Ţepeş' (Batalionul 528 Cercetare Vlad Ţepeş) is part of the 2nd Infantry Division. It is based in Brăila, Romania. Members of the battalion have voluntarily participated in various deployments abroad, incorporated into other units (light infantry). The unit's headquarters incorporate a shooting range and various other training facilities, as well as an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

The 528th Reconnaissance Battalion used to be the main reconnaissance unit of the former 67th Mechanised Division (disbanded in the early 1990s).

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