In military terms, 5th Division may refer to:
Infantry divisions
edit- 5th Division (Australia)
- 5th Division (People's Republic of China)
- 5th Division (Colombia)
- Finnish 5th Division (Continuation 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
edit- 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
editAviation divisions
edit- 5th Air Division, United States
Naval divisions
edit- Fifth Carrier Division, Imperial Japanese Navy