1st Infantry Division (Sieuxerr)

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1st Infantry Division
1re Division d'Infanterie
Insigne de la 15° Division d’Infanterie (2).jpg
Insignia of the 1st Infantry Division after 1939
ActiveMay 17, 1875 - August 22, 1910
December 12, 1933 - Present
Country Sieuxerr
BranchSieuxerrian Army
TypeMotorized Infantry Division
Size20,000
Part ofI Sieuxerrian Corps
Metropolitan Land Forces Command
Garrison/HQMartaizé Barracks
Nickname(s)"Utinam Victrix"
"The Victorious"
Motto(s)"On Ne Passe Pas!"
"They Shall Not Pass!"
AnniversariesMay, 17
August, 30
EngagementsFifth Esto-Sieuxerrian War
Sixth Esto-Sieuxerrian War
Great Eastern War
Kolenomai War
Commanders
Général de divisionGabriel Fournier
MajorWilliam Boudon
File:1stinfantrydivision.png
Organization of 1st Infantry Division

The 1st Infantry Division (1re Division d'Infanterie, 1re DIM) is an infantry division apart of the Sieuxerrian Army and is the oldest, but not the longest continually serving division in the army itself. Until 1939, the division had been constituted as a traditional foot-mobile infantry infantry formation, in 1939, the division was rebuilt into a motorized division, with the entire division being equipped with with organic motorization for the infantry and artillery, and the division was also equipped with armor cars and light tanks. The division has seen action in many conflicts that Sieuxerr has been involved in. After the end Kolenomai War in 1976, the division was stationed in Martaizé Barracks.

The modern division consists of six brigades, three maneuver brigades, an artillery brigade, a combat helicopter brigade, and a support brigade. In theory, the division is supposed to work in tandem with the 5th Armored Division along with other supporting brigades in an operational theater under command of the 1st Sieuxerrian Army Corps. The 5th Armored Division would provide the bulk of the forces' primary offensive firepower with its heavy self-propelled artillery, hundreds of main battle tanks, and heavily armored tracked IFVs. The 1st Infantry Division would be used as a rapid action force, using helicopter-borne infantry and wheeled APCs to secure and hold objectives once the armored forces have advanced past it.