4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group | |||||
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Active | 1968–1993 | ||||
Country | Canada | ||||
Branch | Canadian Army (to 1968) Mobile Command (1968-1993) | ||||
Type | Mechanized Brigade | ||||
Role | main forward deployed land element of Canada's armed forces | ||||
Part of | Canadian Forces Europe | ||||
Garrison/HQ | CFB Lahr | ||||
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4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (4CMBG; French: 4e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada, 4GBMC) was a formation of the Canadian Army, then Mobile Command of the unified Canadian Forces. It was part of the European formation known as Canadian Forces Europe. The formation served as the main forward deployed land element of Canada's armed forces, and was stationed in West Germany from 1957 until it was disbanded in 1993.[1]