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5th Army Division (Peru)

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Division of the Peruvian Army

5th Army Division
V División de Ejército
CountryPeru
BranchPeruvian Army
SizeDivision
GarrisonIquitos
Nickname(s)V DE
Motto(s)Siempre alerta
EngagementsEcuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute Colombian–Peruvian Border War
Commanders
Current
commander		Oswaldo Calle Talledo
Military unit

The 5th Army Division (Spanish: V División de Ejército) is a infantry division unit of the Peruvian Army (EP) that specialized in combat patrol in mountain forest terrain, combined arms, counterinsurgency, jungle warfare, and military logistics.

History

The unit was first created on 27 June 1961, with the name 5th Military Region (Spanish: V Región Militar). On 31 December 2002 the region was disestablished and reestablished as the Oriental Military Region (Spanish: Región Militar del Oriente), changing to its current name in 2013. The unit saw combat during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War as part of the Northern Army Detachment in its northeastern offensive.

The unit's emblem features an outline of the Peruvian department of Loreto, a Sun and a Peruvian soldier.

Organization

The 5th Army Division is formed by the following units:

  • 5th Services Brigade
  • 35th Jungle Brigade

See also

References

  1. "Himno y Lema de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. "Iquitos: Reconocimiento al nuevo Comandante General de la V División de Ejército". Gob.pe (in Spanish). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. "Reseña Histórica de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. Monteza Tafur, Miguel (1976). El Conflicto Militar del Perú con el Ecuador, 1941 (in Spanish). Lima: Editorial Arica. pp. 124–166, 240–246. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "Heráldica de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. "V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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