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1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1CMBG) is a Canadian Forces brigade group that is part of Land Forces Western Area of the Canadian Army. Originally headquartered at CFB Calgary, it is currently based in CFB Edmonton in Alberta with two major units at CFB Shilo in Manitoba, and consists of seven Regular Force units:

1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group		CFB Edmonton
1 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron		CFB Edmonton
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Armoured	CFB Edmonton
1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Mechanized infantry	CFB Edmonton
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Mechanized infantry	CFB Shilo
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Light infantry	CFB Edmonton
1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Artillery	CFB Shilo
1 Combat Engineer Regiment		CFB Edmonton

Four regular force units of other formations (1 Military Police Platoon/1 Military Police Unit and 1 Service Battalion of 1 Area Support Group, 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron of 1 Wing and 1 Field Ambulance of Canadian Forces Medical Group) are collocated with 1 CMBG at CFB Edmonton and work closely with the brigade group, but are not officially a part of it.

1 CMBG is scheduled for rotation into Afghanistan from February to August 2008.

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Land Force Areas	LFAA · LFQA · LFCA · LFWA

Canadian Mechanized Brigade Groups	1 CMBG · 2 CMBG · 5 CMBG

Canadian Brigade Groups	31 CBG · 32 CBG · 33 CBG · 34 CBG · 35 CBG · 36 CBG · 37 CBG · 38 CBG · 39 CBG · 41 CBG

Small arms	C9 machine-gun · C7A1 rifle/C8A1 carbine/C-7A2 rifle · C6 machine-gun · Browning .50 calibre heavy machine-gun · Browning-HP 9 mm pistol · P225, 226 · Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) · C3A1 sniper rifle · C13 fragmentation grenade · M203 grenade launcher · M72 SRAAW(L)

Crewed weapons	Carl Gustav SRAAW(M) · ERYX SRAAW(H) · TOW LRAAW(H) · 81 mm mortar · 60 mm mortar · Javelin short-range air defence missile · Skyguard · C1 close support howitzer · C3 close support howitzer · LG1 Mark II 105 mm towed howitzer · M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer

Armoured fighting vehicles	LAV III · Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle · ADATS · Leopard C2 · Leopard 2 · Bison APC · M113A3 and MTVL · RG-31

Schools	Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre · Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College

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