Portuguese Army combat units

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Brigada Mecanizada Independente
(Independent Mechanized Brigade)

Description: Shield of silver, five ancient inescutcheons of blue, disposed in cross, those in the flanks facing the center, each charged with eleven silver bezants, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1; diminished and battled border of blue.

Symbology:

• The silver in the field aludes to the knowledge that this Great Unit provides, as Inter-Arms School of the Army, just as happened with the Division Nun’Álvares, its predecessor.
• The ancient inescutcheons, arms of Portugal before El-Rey D. Afonso III, give alusion to the contribution of the Brigade in its mission in the defense of the national territo