4th Armoured Division (France, 1964) 31 July 1977, with the dissolution of the 8th Brigade of the 7th Armoured Division, the 30e GC was transferred to the 4th Armoured Division, which comprised the 30 GC, 151 RI, 170 RI, 3 RC, 2 RCh, l'escadron d'éclairage 4ème DB (Nancy), 8 RA, 61 RA, and 6th Engineer Regiment, at Caserne Verneau, Angers. Through most of this period it had been part of the 1st Army Corps (France), itself part of the First Army (France). On 1 July 1985 it was disbanded and its headquarters core, including 4 RCS, used to form 4th Airmobile Division, which became part
5th Armoured Division (Syria) 5th Armoured Division (Syria) The 5th Mechanized Division is a division of the Syrian Arab Army. The 5th Division, at that time an infantry formation, invaded Jordan during the events of Black September in Jordan, 1970. It was reinforced with two armoured brigades. After an ineffectual defence by the massively outnumbered Jordanian 40th Armoured Brigade, the 5th Division's attack was repelled with heavy losses on 22 September 1970 mostly through the efforts of the Royal Jordanian Air Force. The 5th Division also saw action on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, being deployed alongside the 1st, 3rd, 7th,