1st Mechanised Brigade (France)

1re Brigade Mécanisée
Insignia of the 1st Mechanised Brigade
Active1999 – 2015
CountryFrance
BranchFrench Army
TypeMechanised
Size4,000 including women
Part ofCFAT
Garrison/HQChâlons-en-Champagne
Motto(s)Nomine et virtute prima ("First by name and valor")
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Général Éric Bellot des Minières

The 1st Mechanised Brigade (French: 1re Brigade Mécanisée, 1re BM) was one of the mechanized units of the Commandement des Forces Terrestres of the French Army. Created on 1 July 1999, as heir to the 1st Armored Division, the brigade was dissolved on 21 July 2015. Before the dissolution, formations reached 4000 men and women and the general staff headquarters of the brigade was garrisoned at Châlons-en-Champagne.

The 1st Division was recreated in 2016 within the cadre of the reorganization of the French Army.

Command company marching in parade.
General Bruno Guibert commanding 1st Mechanised Brigade.