1st Mechanised Brigade (France)

1re Brigade Mécanisée

Insignia of the 1st Mechanised Brigade
Active 1999 –
Country France
Branch French Army
Type Mechanised
Size 5,700 soldiers
Part of CFAT
Garrison/HQ Châlons-en-Champagne
Motto Nomine et virtute prima ("First in name and in spirit")

The 1st Mechanised Brigade (French: 1re Brigade Mécanisée, 1re BM) is a mechanised unit of the French Army. The brigade is heir to the honours and traditions of the 1st Armoured Division, created during World War II.

History

The 1st Armoured Division was dissolved with the reorganisation of the French Army in 1999, and the dissolution of the French Forces in Germany. The division’s honours and traditions are carried on with the formation of the 1st Mechanised Brigade in Châlons-en-Champagne. The brigade took part in the Operation Trident in Kosovo in 1999.

Organization

General Bruno Guibert commanding 1st Mechanised Brigade

The brigade consists of around 5700 personnel in 6 regiments and 3 brigade units.[1]

Notes

  1. "1re brigade mécanisée". French government. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

References

www.defense.gouv.fr

External links

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