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CF Land Forces Command

CF Land Forces Command (LC) is responsible for Army operations of the Canadian Forces.

Table of contents

1 Army Bases & Training Centres

2 Regiments of the Regular Force

3 Brigades

4 Equipment

Army Bases & Training Centres CFB Edmonton, Alberta (1CMBG/CTCW)
CFB Suffield, Alberta
CFB-TC Shilo, Manitoba
TC Wainwright, Manitoba
CFB Petawawa, Ontario (2CMBG)
TC - Meaford, Ontario
CFB Montreal, Quebec
CFB Valcartier, Quebec (5CMBG)
CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick (CTCG)
Regiments of the Regular Force Canadian army regiments are strongly rooted in the traditions and history of the British military. Battle honours displayed by these regiments often date back to colonial times. Many regiments originated as Canadian detachments of British parent regiments and as Canadian colonial militia, resulting in a variety of colourful and historically familiar names.

Infantry	Armoured
Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR)[?] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) [?] Royal 22e Regiment (R22e) [?]	12e Regiment Blinde du Canada[?] Royal Canadian Dragoons[?] Lord Strathcona's Horse - Royal Canadians[?]
Artillery	Engineers
5e Regiment d'Artillerie Légère du Canada 2nd Reg't, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 1st Air Defence Reg't - Lanark and Renfrew Scottish 4th Air Defence Reg't, Royal Cdn Artillery 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	5e Regiment de Génie de Combat 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment 4th Engineer Support Reg't 1st Combat Engineer Regiment

Brigades Army forces are administered through 4 geographically based command areas under Land Forces Command, each comprised of regular and reserve force brigades. Links from each command area below will provide details of brigade composition.
Regular Forces are in bold face. Reserve forces are in standard face.

Land Forces Atlantic Area	Land Forces Quebec Area
Combat Training School Gagetown (Gagetown NB) 36th Canadian Brigade Group (Halifax, NS) 37th Canadian Brigade Group (Moncton,NB)	5e Groupe-Brigade Mécanisé du Canada (BFC Valcartier, Quebec) 34e Groupe-Brigade du Canada (Montreal, PQ) 35e Groupe-Brigade du Canada (Québec, Quebec)
Land Forces Central Area	Land Forces Western Area
2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (CFB Petawawa, ON) 31st Canadian Brigade Group (London, ON) 32nd Canadian Brigade Group (Toronto, ON) 33rd Canadian Brigade Group (Ottawa, ON)	1st Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (CFB Edmonton AB) 38th Canadian Brigade Group (Regina SK) 39th Canadian Brigade Group (Vancouver, British Columbia) 41st Canadian Brigade Group (Calgary, Alberta)

Equipment

Vehicles[?]	Weapons[?]
Iltis 4 x 4, light utility vehicle MLVW medium logistic vehicle wheeled LSVW light support vehicle wheeled HLVW heavy lift vehicle ROWPU Cougar 6x6 armoured fire support Grizzly 6x6 armoured personnel carrier Husky 6x6 armoured recovery Coyote 8x8 reconnaissance vehicle M113A1 tracked armoured personnel carrier MTVL LAV III 8x8 ADATS Leopard main battle tank BV 206 Griffon tactical transport helicopter	C9 Machine-Gun C7A1 Rifle C6 Machine-Gun TOW Anti-tank missile 81-mm Mortar Eryx Short Range Anti-Armour Weapon (Heavy) Javelin short-range air defence missile LG1 Mark II 105-mm towed howitzer Skyguard / 35-mm Twin Gun low-level air defence M109 self-propelled howitzer C1 close support howitzer C3 close support howitzer

Vehicles[?]

Weapons[?]

Iltis 4 x 4, light utility vehicle
MLVW medium logistic vehicle wheeled
LSVW light support vehicle wheeled
HLVW heavy lift vehicle
ROWPU
Cougar 6x6 armoured fire support
Grizzly 6x6 armoured personnel carrier
Husky 6x6 armoured recovery
Coyote 8x8 reconnaissance vehicle
M113A1 tracked armoured personnel carrier
MTVL
LAV III 8x8
ADATS
Leopard main battle tank
BV 206
Griffon tactical transport helicopter

C9 Machine-Gun
C7A1 Rifle
C6 Machine-Gun
TOW Anti-tank missile
81-mm Mortar
Eryx Short Range Anti-Armour Weapon (Heavy)
Javelin short-range air defence missile
LG1 Mark II 105-mm towed howitzer
Skyguard / 35-mm Twin Gun low-level air defence
M109 self-propelled howitzer
C1 close support howitzer
C3 close support howitzer

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