Central Military Region (Egypt)

Summary

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

Structure edit

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[citation needed]
  • Two Engineer Brigades
  • Two Long Range Artillery Brigades
  • 9th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 10th Drone Reconnaissance Battalion

References edit

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