Norrbotten Armoured Battalion

Norrbotten Armoured Battalion
Norrbottens pansarbataljon
Active

1957–1994

2000–present
Country  Sweden
Branch Swedish Army
Type Armoured
Role Recruit training
Size Battalion
Part of Norrbottens regemente
Garrison/HQ Boden, Sweden
March "I flaggskrud" (since 1958)

The Norrbotten Armoured Battalion (Swedish: Norrbottens pansarbataljon), designation Pbat/I 19 or P 5, is a Swedish Army armoured battalion, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It is still in active service, and is currently garrisoned in Boden, Norrbotten as part of Norrbottens regemente.

History

The battalion was created in 1957 as the army considered it important to have armoured units stationed in Northern Sweden already in peacetime. In 1975 the battalion was merged with Norrbottens regemente under the designation I 19/P 5 and ceased to exist as an independent unit even though it lived on as part of the regiment. For a short time in the 1990s, the regiment ceased to exist as it was merged with the wartime organised Norrbottensbrigaden.

In 2000, the battalion was re-raised, this time as one of five battalions in Norrbottens regemente, retaining its old name, but not the designation P 5 (5th Armoured Regiment) it originally had, even though it is still in common use. The battalion is as of 2006 one of the three Swedish Army training regiments for armoured units. The battalion has been garrisoned in Boden during its whole existence.

Campaigns

Organisation

2008
2004

Commanders

Battalion commander:[1]

Name, designation and garrison

NameTranslationFrom To
Norrbottens pansarbataljonNorrbotten Armoured Battalion1 April 195730 June 1975
Norrbottens regemente med
Norrbottens pansarbataljon
Norrbotten Regiment with
Norrbotten Armoured Battalion
1 July 197530 June 1994
Norrbottens pansarbataljonNorrbotten Armoured Battalion1 July 2000
DesignationFrom To
P 51 April 195730 June 1975
I 19/P 51 July 197530 June 1994
Pbat/I 191 July 2000
Training ground
or garrison town
From To
Boden (G)1 April 195730 June 1994
Boden (G)1 July 2000

See also

References

Notes
  1. Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5.
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  • Braunstein, Christian (2003). Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet. Stockholm: Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer. ISBN 91-971584-4-5. 
  • Holmberg, Björn (1993). Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning. Arvidsjaur: Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek. ISBN 91-972209-0-6. 
  • Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700–2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. 
  • Nelsson, Bertil (1993). Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri. Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 91-87184-23-0. 
  • Svensk rikskalender 1908. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner. 1908. 
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