2nd Bn 5th BCT

The Heavy Brigade Combat Team is the Army's primary armored force. It will be designed around Combined Arms Battalions that contain both M1 Abrams Tanks, M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs). Other vehicles, such as HMMWVs and variants of the M113 armored personnel carrier, operate in a supporting role. In the future it will also contain vehicles from the BCT Ground Combat Vehicle Program. The Heavy Brigade Combat Team consist of 2 Combined Arms Battalions and 1 each Armed Reconnaissance (Cavalry), Fires (Artillery), Special Troops, and Support Battalions.