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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division "ELASSON"
| native_name = 2η Μηχανοκίνητη Μεραρχία Πεζικού "ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ" | image = 2nd_Mechanized_Division_Emblem_Greece.jpg
| caption = Emblem of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division
| dates = 1897–1941
| country = {{flag|Greece}}
| branch = {{army|Greece}}
| type = [[Mechanized infantry]]
| role = [[Anti-tank warfare]]<br>[[Armoured warfare]]<br>[[Artillery observer]]<br>[[Bomb disposal]]<br>[[Close-quarters combat]]<br>[[Combined arms]]<br>[[Counter-battery fire]]<br>[[Demining]]<br>[[Desert warfare]]<br>[[Fire support]]<br>[[Indirect fire]]<br>[[Maneuver warfare]]<br>[[Military engineering]]<br>[[Patrolling]]<br>[[Raid (military)|Raiding]]<br>[[Reconnaissance]]<br>[[Tactical communications]]<br>[[Urban warfare]]
| size = Division
| command_structure = [[First Army (Greece)|First Army]]
| garrison = [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]]
| patron =
| motto =
| battles = {{Tree list}}
* [[Balkan Wars]]
|anniversaries=▼
** [[First Balkan War]]
** [[Second Balkan War]]
* [[Russian Civil War]]
** [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War]]
*** [[Southern Front of the Russian Civil War|Southern Front]]
**** [[Southern Russia Intervention]]
* [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)]]
**[[Battle of the Sakarya]]
* [[World War II]]
** [[Battle of Greece]]
* [[Greco-Italian War]]
* [[Greek Civil War]]
{{Tree list/end}}
▲| anniversaries =
}}
The '''2nd Mechanized Infantry Division''' is a
== History ==
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In January 1912, the brigades were abolished and divisions organized as [[triangular division]]s.<ref>{{cite book | script-title=el:Η ιστορία της οργάνωσης του Ελληνικού Στρατού, 1821–1954 | trans-title=The history of the organization of the Hellenic Army, 1821–1954 | publisher=Hellenic Army Historical Directorate | year = 2005 | isbn = 960-7897-45-5 | language = Greek | page = 239}}</ref> The Division remained at Athens, but now comprised 1st and 7th Regiments at Athens and the [[3rd Infantry Regiment (Greece)|3rd Infantry Regiment]] at Chalkis, plus supporting units.<ref>{{cite book | script-title=el:Η ιστορία της οργάνωσης του Ελληνικού Στρατού, 1821–1954 | trans-title=The history of the organization of the Hellenic Army, 1821–1954 | publisher=Hellenic Army Historical Directorate | year = 2005 | isbn = 960-7897-45-5 | language = Greek | page = 241}}</ref>
In 1998, the division was directly subordinate to the II Army Corps. It comprised the 33rd and 34th Brigades, both mechanised. Both were equipped with M-113s and Leopard MBTs.<ref>'ARRC Assigned Forces,' NATO's Sixteen Nations, Special Issue 1998, p.6</ref> In 2014 the [[24th Armored Brigade (Greece)|24th Armored Brigade]] was transferred to the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, which in its current form with three brigades is the strategic reserve of the Hellenic Army.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defence-point.gr/news/?p=74312|title = Μελλοντική Δομή Δυνάμεων: Επιτέλους συμμάζεμα, τα στοιχεία | Defence-point.gr|date = 25 April 2013}}</ref>
==Structure==
{{Location map+ | Greece
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{{Location map~ | Greece
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** Division HQ Company (ΛΣ/ΙΙ Μ/Κ ΜΠ)
** Division Artillery Command (ΔΠΒ/ΙΙ Μ/Κ ΜΠ)
** 2nd Signal
** '''[[24th Armoured Brigade (Greece)|24th Armoured Brigade]]''', based at [[Litochoro]]
** [[File:33rdMIBH.jpg|30px]] '''[[33rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Greece)|33rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade]]''', based at [[Polykastro]]
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)}}
[[Category:Mechanized infantry divisions of Greece]]
[[Category:1897 establishments in Greece]]
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