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- ↑ "Ejército Argentino: Brigada Blindada I". Blog of the Defense Forces of the Argentine Republic (in Spanish). 27 August 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ "Relevo del Comandante de la 1ra. Brigada Blindada". Nueva Era Net (in Spanish). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ "EJERCITO ARGENTINO - ORBAT". Saorbats.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2018.