[3] The brigade is one of the brigades the Ukrainian army formed on its own, with mostly older ex-Soviet equipment, including T-64BV tanks as well as American-made MaxxPro armored trucks.

On 24 July 2024, the brigade was fighting in the village of Prohres when it became encircled by Russian forces.

[7] Forbes reported that the brigade had collapsed and that the 47th Mechanized Brigade was sent to prevent a deeper Russian breakthrough and that the 47th and remnants of the 31st attempting to hold the line west of Prohres.

[8] On 25 July 2024 DeepStateMap reported that the 1st and 3rd Mechanized Battalions managed to breakout of the encirclement with the aid of coordinated artillery, air reconnaissance and parts of adjacent units.

[9] However, DeepStateMap also reported that the 47th Mechanized Brigade, along with 31st Mechanized Brigade remain "the main backbone of defense" in that area and that the situation is "conditionally, consistently bad and there is no improvement so far".