Battalion or Regiment

last SG · 2007-03-01T21:32:36+00:00

Hmmm.........I still dun get it. traditionally, 3 regiments make a brigade while 3 battalions make a regiment. But I have seen open sources quoting the stru...

LAW1 SG

Section->Platoon->Company->Battlion->Brigade->Division->Corp->Army->Army Group

But of course, ours not so big like other country. Max can only goto Army... if 5 Divisions and 1 Armour Brigade can count as an army...

moca SG

This is how I understand it:

My guess is that in the old days, the term "Regiment" in SIR denoted a specific size of a unit.

So 1SIR really meant 1st Singapore Infantry Regiment, 2SIR meant 2nd Infantry regiment and so on. And in the old days we literally only had a couple of regiments.

But these days, 1SIR means 1st Battalion of the Singapore Infantry Regiment. 2SIR means 2nd Battalion of the same Singapore Infantry Regiment.

So how big is a "Regiment" in Singapore?

My guess is that the "Regiment" no longer denotes a particular size. It is merely some nostalgic hold on tradition to keep using the term "SIR" for our units.

The term "Singapore Infantry Regiment" is more like the family surname and doesn't denote a specific strength. So every battalion in Singapore - irregardless of which Brigade or Division - is a part of the BIG Singapore Infantry Regiment family.

LazerLordz SG

Same as the Royal Regiment of Scotland, which has many different former Highlander units of the UK Army after the reorg in early 06.

It's just a name to pool everyone together

spartan6 SG

Battalion & Regiment r e same

sgf SG

Go read Pioneer magazine or www.mindef.gov.sg 1 SIR stands for 1st Batallion S’pore Infantry Regiment. Similarly, 40 SAR stands for 40th Batallion S’pore Armoured Regiment.

mfscrewu SG

This might help.

From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment>

A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - - commanded by a colonel. Depending on the country of origin and mission, a modern regiment may be similar to a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 2,000-3,000 soldiers, depending on the branch of service and method of organization.

From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion>

A battalion is a military unit usually consisting of between two and six companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. Several battalions are grouped to form a regiment.

wd1 SG

generally, in SAF a regiment=battalion

your RSM is after all the SM of a battalion.

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