From the official site of the Uruguayan Army http://www.ejercito.mil.uy/
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Brigade "General Eugenio Garzón" of Infantry No. 1.
http://www.ejercito.mil.uy/armas/infanteria/bi3/IMAGENES/ESCUDO HERALDICO BI3.jpg
Brigade of Infantry No. 3.
http://www.ejercito.mil.uy/armas/infanteria/bi4/images/ins2.GIF
Brigade of Infantry No. 4.
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Brigade of Infantry No. 5. The Armoured Fist denotes the Mechanized Battalions of the Brigade and the Issuant Parachute the one Patachute Battalion of the Brigade.
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Battalion "Florida" of Infantry No. 1.
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Battalion "Resistencia" of Mechanized Infantry No. 2.
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Battalion "24 de Abril" of Mechanized Infantry No. 3.
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Battalion "Oriental" of Mechanized Infantry No. 4. The Wolves is from the arms of Don Manuel de Lobo founder of the city of Colonia where the Battalion is based. The numbers corresponds to the number of the Battalion. The Bow and Arrows denotes the indigeous population and the Fortress the Fortified city of Colonia.
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Battalion "Asencio" of Infantry No. 5. The Colours Blue-White-Red denote General Artigas who led the Independence Struggle. The Indian Head denotes the indigenious population.
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Battalion "Captain Manuel Artigas" of Mechanized Infantry No. 6.
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Battalion "Itzuaingo" of Infantry No. 7.
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Battalion "Rincon" of Mechanized Infantry No.9.
http://www.ejercito.mil.uy/armas/infanteria/bni10/images/logoCH.GIF
Battalion "33 Orientales" of Mechanized Infantry No. 10.
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Battalion "Brigadier-General Juan A. Lavalleja" of Mechnized Infantry No. 11.
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Battalion "General Leonardo Olivera" of Mechanized Infantry No. 12.
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Battalion of Armoured Infantry No. 13.
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Battalion of Parachute Infantry No. 14.
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Battalion of Mechanized Infantry No. 15.
Marcus K;60216 wrote:
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Battalion "Itzuaingo" of Infantry No. 7.
Interesting arms… looks like the Imperial Japanese rising sun
Does anyone know the story behind the arms?
Yes it cerntainly has a Japaneese touch, but unfortunatly the site of the Battalion didn’t have any explanation.
This is the only arms of a Cavalry Regiment I have found so far:
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Regiment "Dragoons of Liberty" of Mech. Cavalry No. 9. The decoration is the Cross of the Medal of Military Merit.
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Group "Exodo del Pueblo Oriental" of Artillery (Self propelled) 122 mm No. 2.
Note following Spanish tradition a Group is the designation of a Artillery Battalion.
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Group "Las Piedras" of Artillery 105 mm No. 3. In the first quarter the Canet mod 1896 today used by the Artillery Tradition Unit. The Bull in the second quarter denotes the Paso de los Toros Barracks, current base of the Group. The symbolism of the third quarter is not clear to me. The fourth quarter shows the Bosford 75 mm L40 mod. 1935 which was the first piece to be used by the Group.
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Group of Artillery 105 mm No. 4.
Marcus K;60663 wrote:
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Group "Las Piedras" of Artillery 105 mm No. 3. In the first quarter the Canet mod 1896 today used by the Artillery Tradition Unit. The Bull in the second quarter denotes the Paso de los Toros Barracks, current base of the Group. The symbolism of the third quarter is not clear to me. The fourth quarter shows the Bosford 75 mm L40 mod. 1935 which was the first piece to be used by the Group.
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Is it possible the images in the 3rd quarter are of a road bridge and of a rail bridge? Is there anything in the early history of the Group to suggest such an origin? Or perhaps, they are a suggestion that the Group can travel in any means necessary to meet its obligations?
Of course, it the images are not the sort of bridges that my old and weak eyes perceive, then I may have no idea at all.
You are right Doug the figures in the third quarter should indeed be Bridges, symbolising the Garrison Town Paso de los Toros as a Communications Centre. I should also add that the Grenade in the enschuteon is a Artillery symbol.
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Group of Artillery 155 mm No. 5.
The Signal Brigade and the two Signal Battalions doesn’t seem to have any heraldic arms.
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Brigade of Engineers No. 1.
Marcus K;60802 wrote:
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Arms of the Army.
How is it that they can have some really nice arms for the various battalions, brigades, regiments and groups and have this monstrocity for the Army? Yuck.
What, you don’t like a traffic sign hanging on a wreathed and beribboned saber, all on a funky orange/copper shield? :rolleyes:
Well, David, you’d better cancel that vacation in Montevideo, because libel against the national symbols is probably a criminal offense in Uruguay.
The "traffic sign" is the national cockade of Uruguay for military use. It is derived from the flag carried by José Artigas in the independence struggle in the 1810s. (The civilian cockade is white with four concentric blue circles.)
And the field of the shield is obviously Gold, the stain Tenne and the metal Copper rightly having no existence in Hispanic heraldry. Official blazon from the Uruguayan Army website, http://www.ejercito.mil.uy/simbolos2/eejercito.htm
Quote:
Campo rectangular de color oro con borde inferior redondeado, presenta los siguientes blasones: sobre una espada alta o en palo (punta hacia arriba) la Escarapela de Artigas orlada por dos ramas de laurel unidas por un lazo. La espada representada es la misma que recibiese nuestro Prócer como reconocimiento a su victoria en la Batalla de Las Piedras el 18 de mayo de 1811, siendo este hecho considerado como la génesis del Ejército Nacional.
That is "Rectangular field of the color gold with a rounded lower edge, with the following devices: on a sword erect, or palewise (point upward) the Artigas Cockade surrounded by two branches of laurel joined by a knotted ribbon. The sword respresents the one received by our Founder in recognition of his victory in the Battle of Las Piedras of 18 May 1811, this action being considered the genesis of the National Army."
