This article is about the Spanish military unit. For the Japanese formation, see Mixed Brigades (Imperial Japanese Army).
Mixed Brigades Brigadas Mixtas
Standard of the 106 Mixed Brigade of the Popular Army of the Spanish Republic
Active
1936–1939
Country
Spanish Republic
Branch
Spanish Republican Armed Forces
Type
Infantry brigade
Role
Home Defence
Part of
Spanish Republican Army divisions
Engagements
Spanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable commanders
Enrique Líster José María Galán
Military unit
v
t
e
Army units and organization
Subordinated element
Fireteam / Crew Ø
Squad ●
Section / Patrol ●●
Platoon / Troop / Flight ●●●
Staffel / Echelon ●●●●
Unit
Company / Battery / Squadron ❘
Battalion / Squadron / Cohort ❘ ❘
Regiment / Group ❘ ❘ ❘
Formation
Brigade / Group / Wing ☓
Division / Legion ☓☓
Corps ☓☓☓
Command
Field army / Command ☓☓☓☓
Army group / Front ☓☓☓☓☓
Region / Theater ☓☓☓☓☓☓
Temporary
Detachment
Chalk
Patrol
Field force
Task force
Brigade group
Flying column
Combat command
Regimental combat team
Battalion tactical group
Battlegroup
Group army
Combat team
Mixed brigade (Spanish: brigada mixta) was a basic tactical military unit of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. It was initially designed as "pocket division", an innovative maneuverable combined-arms formation. Because of high saturation with specialized troops and services it would have resembled a division, but in terms of manpower it would have been much smaller and amount to some 3,700 men.
Shortages of career officers and NCOs plus inability to provide arms and equipment needed rendered the original mixed brigade pattern unworkable. The Republican general staff kept redrafting the scheme with decreasing proportion of non-infantry sub-units, though even these arrangements proved impossible to implement. Most of 188 mixed brigades raised during the war were closer to the infantry regiment blueprint.
Assumptions about nature of the warfare which gave rise to the mixed brigade concept were largely correct. However, the Republic could not have afforded such highly-specialized and well-equipped unit. Attempts to implement the scheme put extra strain on the Republican recruitment and logistics system; as a result, the mixed brigade scheme was counterproductive and worked to the detriment of the Republican military capacity.
Mixedbrigade (Spanish: brigada mixta) was a basic tactical military unit of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. It was initially designed...
The Guards MixedBrigade was a military unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. In September 1939 the 1st Guards Brigade of the Japanese Imperial Guards Division...
221st MixedBrigade was a Scottish Home Service formation of the British Army that served under various titles throughout World War I. When the Volunteer...
The 116th MixedBrigade was a unit of the Spanish Republican Army, integrated into the 25th Division, that participated in the Spanish Civil War. In March...
and G3 in daily usages. Artillery brigadeBrigade de cuisine International Brigades Military organization Mixedbrigade Brazil, Chile, Japan, and the Republic...
Imperial Army had two types of MixedBrigades. The divisional MixedBrigade was the semi-permanent detachment of a brigade from an Infantry Division with...
ordered the 20th Infantry Division to split its force, forming the 39th MixedBrigade, which departed on that day for Manchuria without authorization from...
The Japanese Imperial Army had divisional mixedbrigades, which were the detachment of a brigade from an infantry division with various divisional support...
rank-and-file. One, the Flechas Negras MixedBrigade "Black Arrows" first served in Vizcaya from April 1937. Flechas Negras Brigade - Col. Sandro Piazzoni 3rd Regiment...
experience was very limited. Nevertheless, Senda took office at the 2nd MixedBrigade as its commanding officer on 16 December 1944. Senda built his headquarters...
The Mixed Artillery Brigade (Serbian: Мешовита артиљеријска бригада, romanized: Mešovita artiljerijska brigada) is the artillery brigade of the Serbian...
227th Brigade may refer to: 227th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 227th MixedBrigade (Spain) This disambiguation page lists articles about military...
were recorded for the 4th Independent MixedBrigade and 133 KIAs and 31 MIAs for the 2nd Independent MixedBrigade. A western source recorded 20,900 Japanese...
Flechas Azules MixedBrigade "Blue Arrows" first served in Extremadura from April 1937 to the end of the War in the North. Flechas Azules Brigade - Col. Mario...
90th Brigade may refer to: 90th Indian Infantry Brigade 90th MixedBrigade (Spain); see Mixedbrigade § 1st to 100th 90th Brigade (United Kingdom) 90th...
consisted of the 9th, 24th and 62nd Divisions and the 44th Independent MixedBrigade. The 9th Division was moved to Taiwan before the invasion, resulting...
Global Information
Spanish Republic