The Central Military Region is one of the five military regions of the

Egyptian Armed Forces The Egyptian Armed Forces () are the military forces of the Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces directs (a) Egyptian Army forces, (b) the Egyptian Navy, (c) Egyptian Air Force and (d) Egyptian Air Defense Forces. ...

and is headquartered in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

. 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 DahshurAlso transliterated ''Dahshour'' (in English often called ''Dashur''; ' ) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid complex and necropolis and shares the name of the nearby village of Manshiyyat Dahshur () in markaz Badrashin, Giza Governorate, Giza ...

, 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

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