title: Central Military Region (Egypt)
text: # 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
  