Central Military Region (Egypt)

The Central Military Region is one of the five military regions of the Egyptian Armed Forces and is headquartered in Cairo.

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Structure

The current structure of the Central Military Region:

HQ, Central Military Region: Heliopolis, Greater Cairo

  • Field HQ, Heliopolis, Central Military Region
  • Field HQ, El Qanater, Central Military Region
    • Sub-Field HQ, Tanta, Central Military Region
    • Sub-Field HQ, Zagazig, Central Military Region
  • Field HQ, Qom Ushim, El Fayum, Central Military Region
  • Field HQ, Beni Suef, Central Military Region

It contains the following units:[1]

  • 2nd Mechanised Division (Highkestep, Cairo)
    • 120th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
    • 4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
    • 56th Armored Brigade
    • 51st Med. Range Artillery Brigade
  • 9th Armoured Division (Dahshur, southwest of Giza)
    • 71st Armored Brigade
    • 72nd Armored Brigade
    • 90th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
    • 44th Med. Range Artillery Brigade
  • 23rd Independent Armored Brigade
  • Two Engineer Brigades
  • Two Long Range Artillery Brigades
  • 9th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 10th Drone Reconnaissance Battalion

References
  1. "الجيش المصري: التكوين وخرائط الانتشار". المعهد المصري للدراسات (in Arabic). 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

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