2nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Greece)

2nd Mechanized Infantry Division "ELASSON"
2nd Mechanized Infantry Division "ELASSON"
2η Μηχανοκίνητη Μεραρχία Πεζικού "ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ"
	Emblem of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division
Active	1897–1941; 1945–today
Country	Greece
Branch	Hellenic Army
Type	Mechanized infantry
Role	Anti-tank warfare; Armoured warfare; Artillery observer; Bomb disposal; Close-quarters combat; Combined arms; Counter-battery fire; Demining; Desert warfare; Fire support; Indirect fire; Maneuver warfare; Military engineering; Patrolling; Raiding; Reconnaissance; Tactical communications; Urban warfare
Size	Division
Part of	First Army
Garrison/HQ	Edessa, Macedonia
Motto(s)	Even if only one stays alive; ΕΣΤ' ΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΠΕΡΙΗ; Est' an ke is perii
Engagements	Balkan Wars First Balkan War; Second Balkan War; ; Russian Civil War Allied intervention in 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;

The 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division is a mechanized infantry division of the Hellenic Army.

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