2nd Army Division (Peru)

Division of the Peruvian Army

2nd Army Division

II División de Ejército
Country| Peru
Branch| Peruvian Army
Size| Division
Garrison| Rímac
Nickname(s)| II DE
Motto(s)| Hoy como ayer, ¡vencer siempre vencer![1]
Engagements| Limazo
Internal conflict in Peru
Website| Facebook
Commanders
Current
commander| Cesar Briceño Valdivia[2]

Military unit

The 2nd Army Division (Spanish: II División de Ejército) is a combined infantry division unit of the Peruvian Army (EP) that specialized in combat patrol in mountain forest terrain, combined arms, irregular warfare, jungle and mountain warfare, and maneuver warfare..

## History

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The 2nd Army Division was created on 15 December 1961 in Lima as 2nd Military Region.[3] For several years it shared its headquarters with the premises of the Ministry of War.[3]

In 1975, what started as a police strike soon became a riot across the entirety of Lima, in what would later be known as the Limazo. After members of the Civil Guard barricaded themselves in their Radio Patrulla barracks, the 2nd Division was ordered to remove them by force, which was done on the same day.[4][5]

In 1987, it was installed in the Rafael Hoyos Rubio Military Fort, located at Rímac District, province of Lima.[3] In 2003, it was renamed as the Central Military Region (Spanish: Región Militar del Centro),[6] name it would bear until 2012.[3]

Its coat of arms features the division's motto in quechua, as well as a condor and an emblem featuring Incan weapons.[7]

## Organization

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The 2nd Army Division is formed by the following units:[8]

* 1st Special Forces Brigade
* 3rd Special Forces Brigade
* 18th Armored Brigade
* Rural Settlement Command
* Peruvian Guard Legion
* Hussars of Junín
* "Mariscal Domingo Nieto" Cavalry Regiment Escort

## See also

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* 1st Army Division
* 3rd Army Division
* 4th Army Division
* 5th Army Division

## References

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1. ^ "Himno y Lema de la II División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. ^ "Ceremonia de Reconocimiento del Comandante General de la Segunda División de Ejército". Gob.pe (in Spanish). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
3. ^ a b c d "Reseña Histórica de la II División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
4. ^ Panfichi, Aldo (1983). La crisis y las multitudes: Lima, 5 de febrero de 1975 (in Spanish). Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
5. ^ Zileri Gibson, Enrique (2000). El 'Limazo' (PDF) (in Spanish). Caretas. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
6. ^ Convenio marco entre el Programa de Desarrollo Productivo Agrario Rural y la Región Militar del Centro (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Agriculture. 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
7. ^ "Heráldica de la II División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
8. ^ "II División de Ejército". Mil.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.