Central Military Region (Egypt)
# 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.

## 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:

* 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
