 The Gotland Regiment and Gotland Brigade (MekB 18) was disbanded as a result of the disarmament policies set forward in the Defence Act of 2000 and on 1 July 2000 it adopted the name, Gotland Regiment (P 18).The Gotland Brigade did not control any units during peacetime.All units assigned to it in war were trained and maintained by the Gotland Regiment and Gotland Artillery Regiment in Visby.