In military terms, 5th Division may refer to:

Infantry divisions

  • 5th Division (Australia)
  • 5th Division (People's Republic of China)
  • 5th Division (Colombia)
  • Finnish 5th Division (Continuation War)
  • Finnish 5th Division (Winter War)
  • 5th Light Cavalry Division (France)
  • 5th Motorized Division (France)
  • 5th North African Infantry Division, France
  • 5th Division (German Empire)
  • 5th Division (Reichswehr)
  • 5th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht)
  • 5th Royal Bavarian Division, German Empire
  • 5th Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)
  • 5th Infantry Division (Greece)
  • 5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
  • 5th (Mhow) Division, British Indian Army
  • 5th Infantry Division (India)
  • 5th Alpine Division Pusteria, Italy
  • 5th Infantry Division Cosseria, Italy
  • 5th Division (New Zealand)
  • 5th Division (North Korea)
  • 5th Division (Iraq)
  • 5th Division (Norway), participated in the Norwegian Campaign
  • 5th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)
  • 5th Infantry Division (Philippines)
  • 5th Infantry Division (Poland)
  • 5th Rifle Division (Poland)
  • 5th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
  • 5th Infantry Division (South Korea)
  • 5th Division (South Vietnam)
  • 5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
  • 5th Division (Spain)
  • 5th Mechanized Division (Syria)
  • 5th Infantry Division (Thailand)
  • 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
  • 5th Infantry Division (United States)
  • 5th Marine Division (United States)
  • 5th Infantry Division (Vietnam)

Cavalry divisions

  • 5th Cavalry Division (German Empire)
  • 21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
  • 2nd Indian Cavalry Division, designated 5th Cavalry Division from November 1916 to March 1918 in France in World War I
  • 5th Cavalry Division (India), served from July 1918 in Palestine in World War I

Armored divisions

  • 5th Canadian Division
  • 5th Armored Division (France)
  • 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, Germany
  • 5th Armored Division (United States)
  • 5th Armoured Division (Syria)
  • 5th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)

Aviation divisions

  • 5th Air Division, United States
  • Fifth Carrier Division, Imperial Japanese Navy

Non-military uses

  • Division 5 (Swedish football)
  • Division 5 (Swedish women's football)
  • (various places in Canada)

See also

  • 5th Group (disambiguation)
  • 5th Brigade (disambiguation)
  • 5th Regiment (disambiguation)
  • 5th Squadron (disambiguation)