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Western Military Region (Egypt)

The Western Military Region is one of the five military regions of the Egyptian Armed Forces and is headquartered in Marsa Matrouh.

In 1989-90, the regional commander "controlled armored forces supplemented by commando, artillery, and air defence units (possibly totaling the equivalent of a reinforced division) that were stationed at coastal towns in the west and in the Western Desert facing Libya."[1]

Stratfor.com claimed on November 15, 2014 that the region's forces consisted of mostly armored and motorized infantry units: "At the moment, the bulk of these units consist of three brigades based in Mersa Matruh, with smaller forward units stationed in Sidi Barrani and Sallum."[2] The Western Military Region conducts the "Thunder maneuvers" military exercise annually. The "Raad 24" exercise was carried out at the end of October 2015.[3]

Structure

As of 2018:

Notas

  1. ^ Metz 1991, pág. 307.
  2. ^ El ejército egipcio: luchando contra enemigos nacionales, no extranjeros, 15 de noviembre de 2014.
  3. ^ "Ejercicio anual de Egipto y la frontera con Libia". 8 de noviembre de 2015.
  4. ^ El ejército egipcio será el primero del mundo en operar cientos de tanques T-90 mejorados, 15 de octubre de 2019.
  5. ^ Hammad 2002, pag. 195, 335.
  6. ^ Gawrych 1996, pág. 60.
  7. ^ Dupuy 2002, pag. 498.
  8. ^ Hammad 2002, pag. 306, 335.
  9. ^ "Mapas del ejército egipcio". Instituto Egipcio de Estudios. 17 de mayo de 2018.

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