# Intervention Brigade (Portugal)

The Intervention Brigade (Portuguese: Brigada de Intervenção) or BrigInt is an infantry brigade in service with the Portuguese Army. It was created in 2006 from the Light Intervention Brigade (Brigada de Intervenção Ligeira), which was itself the heir of the former Special Forces Brigade (Brigada de Forças Especiais).

## International missions

* Kosovo Force in Kosovo;
* International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan;
* MINUSCA in Central African Republic;
* Tailored Forward Presence in Romania.

## Organization

The brigades operational units are listed below. Under the Portuguese system regiments are responsible for the training, maintenance and sustainment of the operational units, but are not operational units themselves. I.e. the 6th Cavalry Regiment trains, maintains and sustains the Intervention Brigade's Reconnaissance Group, but the regiment itself is not an operational unit and not part of the brigade during wartime.
* Intervention Brigade, in Coimbra
** Command and Command Support Service Company, in Coimbra
** Reconnaissance Group, 6th Cavalry Regiment (Regimento de Cavalaria Nº 6) in Braga, with Pandur II and Commando V150 armored vehicles
** 1st Infantry Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment (Regimento de Infantaria Nº 13), in Vila Real, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers
** 2nd Infantry Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment (Regimento de Infantaria Nº 14), in Viseu, with Pandur II armored personnel carriers
** Field Artillery Group, 5th Artillery Regiment (Regimento de Artilharia Nº 5), in Vendas Novas with M114 155mm howitzers
** Anti-aircraft Artillery Group, 1st Anti-Air Artillery Regiment (Regimento de Artilharia Anti-Aérea Nº 1) in Queluz with Stinger surface-to-air missiles
** Engineer Company, 3rd Engineer Regiment (Regimento de Engenharia Nº 3), in Espinho
** Signal Battalion, Signal Regiment (Regimento de Transmissoes), in Porto
** Permanent Medium Service Support Nucleus (NPApSvcMed), in Entroncamento

## Equipment

Infantry equipment:
* Glock 17 Gen 5
* FN SCAR-L STD
* FN SCAR-H STD
* FN Minimi Mk3
* Browning M2HB
* Benelli Supernova
* Tampella B
* mGrW 82
* Carl Gustav M3
* MILAN
* BGM-71 TOW
* M72A3 LAW
* FIM-92 Stinger
Armored Vehicles :
| Name | Origin | Number | Notes |
| Pandur II | Austria  Portugal | 188 | Several versions made under license in Portugal by Fabrequipa. Some units will receive120mm mortars. 105 infantry carrier vehicle (with M2 Browning) 7 infantry carrier vehicle (with RWS) 30 infantry fighting vehicle (with 30mm autocannon) 5 anti-tank guided missile vehicle (with TOW 2) 16 command post vehicle 7 recovery and maintenance vehicle 8 medical evacuation vehicle 6 radio access point station vehicle 4 reconnaissance and surveillance vehicle (with BOR-A 550 radar) |
| Commando V-150 | United States | 15 | Acquired 15 units with a 90mm cannon and M60E/D machine guns in 1989. All units are in service with the Group of Recognition, based on Cavalry Regiment nº6. |
| Field artillery |||||
| M114A1 | United States | 40 | 40 units received in 1983. 18 in service with the 5th Artillery Regiment of the Intervention Brigade and the rest stored. |
| Firefinder radar |||||
| AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar | United States | 2 | Used by 5th Artillery Regiment to detect and track incoming mortar, artillery and rocket fire to determine the point of origin for counterbattery fire. |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles |||||
| Griffon Aerospace MQM-170 Outlaw | United States | ? | Target drone, operated by Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 1. |
| DJI Matrice 300 RTK | China | ? | Used by Intervention Brigade for surveillance. |
| Autel EVO II Dual 640T Enterprise V2 | China | ? | Seen in use for the first time in 2023. |
| Autel DragonFish | China | ? | Seen in use with the Intervention Brigade. |
| MyFlyDream Nimbus Tricopter 1800 | China | 12 | Unmanned aerial vehicle with VTOL capacity, used by Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment No. 1. |