5th Army Division (Peru)

5th Army Division
5th Army Division
V División de Ejército
Country	Peru
Branch	Peruvian Army
Size	Division
Garrison	Iquitos
Nickname(s)	V DE
Motto(s)	Siempre alerta
Engagements	Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute Ecuadorian–Peruvian War Battle of Rocafuerte; ; Colombian–Peruvian Border War
Commanders
Current; commander	Oswaldo Calle Talledo

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.^[3] The unit saw combat during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War as part of the Northern Army Detachment in its northeastern offensive.^[4]

The unit's emblem features an outline of the Peruvian department of Loreto, a Sun and a Peruvian soldier.^[5]

Organization

The 5th Army Division is formed by the following units:^[6]

5th Services Brigade
35th Jungle Brigade

References

^ "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.
^ "Iquitos: Reconocimiento al nuevo Comandante General de la V División de Ejército". Gob.pe (in Spanish). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Reseña Histórica de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Heráldica de la V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "V División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[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.

[tafur-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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5th Army Division (Peru)

History

Organization

See also

References