The 16th Division received a new infantry brigade, the 80th, in 1897.
Attached to the 3 infantry brigades and named after them.
It was an infantry brigade which fought in the northern part of Palestine.
Light motorized infantry brigades include the 17th, 18th, and 19th.
He therefore reorganised the troops available to form a second infantry brigade.
On the general reorganization of the army he commanded the 31st infantry brigade.
At the same time the 8th Infantry Brigade replaced the 20th.
In 1972 he went on to command 8 Infantry Brigade.
One Soviet naval infantry brigade was landed, and later reinforced by a second.
In 1984 the battalion was part of the 69th Infantry Brigade.