KU 9th Infantry Brigade

The 9th Infantry Brigade is a formation of the Royal Union Army. The brigade is also known as Kalmar Brigade, a name formerly held by an infantry regiment of the Swedish Army. It is headquartered in Göteborg.

History
The regiment has its origins in fänikor (companies) raised in Kalmar County in the 16th century. In 1616, these units—along with fänikor from the nearby Kronoberg County—were organised by Gustav II Adolf into Smålands storregemente, of which twelve of the total 24 companies were recruited in Kalmar County. Smålands storregemente consisted of three field regiments, of which Kalmar regemente was one. Sometime around 1623, the grand regiment was permanently split into three smaller regiments, of which Kalmar regemente was one.

Kalmar regemente was one of the original 20 Swedish infantry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Patrick Ruthwen. The regiment was allotted in 1686. The regiment was given the designation I 20 (20th Infantry Regiment) in a general order in 1816. The designation was changed to I 21 in 1892.

The regiment was garrisoned in Eksjö from 1906, before it was merged with Jönköpings regemente to form Jönköpings-Kalmar regemente in 1927. Kalmar regemente was reorganised in 1994 as a local defence area with the designation Fo 18, although disbanded again just three years later in 1997.

After the Union of 2001, Kalmar regemente was reorganized and converted to a modern mechanized brigade and attached to the 7th Infantry Division.

Brigade Composition

 * MB3 Signal Company
 * 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, operates in the heavy infantry role and is equipped with vehicles from the Pbv302, MT-LB and general purpose vehicles families
 * 6th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, operates in the heavy infantry role and is equipped with vehicles from the Pbv302, MT-LB and general purpose vehicles families
 * 3rd Motorized Infantry Battalion, operates in the light infantry role and is equipped with vehicles from the Sisu XA and general purpose vehicles families
 * 4th Motorized Infantry Battalion, operates in the light infantry role and is equipped with vehicles from the Sisu XA and general purpose vehicles families
 * MB3 Artillery Company, operates in the field artillery role and is equipped with M109 A3GN self-propelled 155 mm howitzer
 * MB3 E&M Engineers Company