The Central Military Region is one of the five military regions of the Egyptian Armed Forces and is headquartered in Cairo.
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[citation needed]
- Two Engineer Brigades
- Two Long Range Artillery Brigades
- 9th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 10th Drone Reconnaissance Battalion
References
- ^ "الجيش المصري: التكوين وخرائط الانتشار". المعهد المصري للدراسات (in Arabic). 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-15.