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4th Airmobile Brigade (Technically this is a Combat Helicopter Brigade)

(Essey-les-Nancy, Lorraine)

 

Command and Communications Company 4 (CCT 4) Essey les Nancy, Lorraine

            5 Communications sections and command (RITA)

 

1st Battlefield Surveillance Regiment (1e RRA) - Phalsbourg, Lorraine

           

58 helicopters

30 Gazelle attack/recon

8 Puma transport

16 Cougar transport

 4 Cougar EW

 

3rd Combat Helicopter Regiment (3e RHC) - Etain, Lorraine

           

56 helicopters

20 Gazelle HOT

10 Gazelle Viviane Recon

                        10 (Type not identified)

16 Puma transport

 

5th Combat Helicopter Regiment (5e RHC) - Pau, Aquitaine

           

54 helicopters

10 Gazelle HOT

10 HAP

10 Viviane recon

24 Puma transport)

6th Combat Helicopter Regiment (6e RHC) - Compiègne, Picardie

           

56 helicopters

10 Gazelle HOT

20 HAP

10 Viviane recon

16 Puma

 

6th Light Armored Brigade

(Nimes, Pays de Loire)

 

Command and Communication Company 6 (CCT 6) - Nates, Pays de Loire

            5 Communications sections and command (RITA)

Light Armored Recon Squadron 6 (EEI 6) - Orange, Provence

            30 LAV VBL 4X4 and RASIT radar

1st Foreign Legion Cavalry Regiment (1e REC) - Orange, Orivebce

            4 squadrons 48 ACFV AMX 10RC

1st Spahis Cavalry Regiment (1e RS) - Valence, Rhône-Alpes

            4 squadrons 48 ACFV AMX 10RC

2nd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (2e REI) - Nimes, Languedoc

            5 combat companies (75 VAB 4X4 APCs

The brigade’s AT company (16 AFV-HOT)

21st Marine Infantry Regiment (21e RIMa) - Frejus, Provence-Alpes Côte-d’Azur

            5 combat companies (60 VAB 4X4 APCs)

3rd Marine Artillery Regiment (3e RAMa) - Canjuers, Provence-Alpes Côte-d’Azur

            4 batteries (32 AU-F-1 155 mm SP guns and 8 120 mm martors)

1st Foreign Legion Engineers (1e REG) - L’Ardoise, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur

            4 combat engineer companies (16 VAB, 8 MPG), 1 support (6 EFA, 6 PAAA)


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