32 Canadian Brigade Group

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32 Canadian Brigade Group

Active	1 April 1997 – Present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army Primary Reserve
Type	Headquarters
Part of	Land Force Central Area
Garrison/HQ	ASU Toronto Denison Armoury
Motto	"Steadfast"
Abbreviation	32 CBG

32 Canadian Brigade Group (32CBG) is part of Land Force Central Area, under Land Force Command of the Canadian Forces. It is centered around the Greater Toronto Area, as well as Grey and Simcoe Counties.

It is headquartered at Denison Armoury in Toronto.

Brigade Shoulder Flash

[edit] Brigade Units

32 Canadian Brigade Group		Toronto
The Governor General's Horse Guards	Armoured Reconnaissance	Toronto, Ontario
The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)	Armoured Reconnaissance	Toronto and Aurora, Ontario
7th Toronto Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Moss Park Armory, Toronto
32 Combat Engineer Regiment		Toronto
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	Light Infantry Rifle Regiment	Toronto (Downtown & Scarborough)
The Royal Regiment of Canada	Light Infantry	Toronto
The Grey and Simcoe Foresters	Light Infantry	Owen Sound and Barrie, Ontario
The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)	Scottish Light Infantry	Brampton, Oakville and Georgetown, Ontario
48th Highlanders of Canada	Highland Light Infantry	Toronto
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)	Scottish Light Infantry
25 (Toronto) Service Battalion		Toronto
32 Military Police Platoon		Toronto
2 Intelligence Company		Toronto

[edit] History

32 Canadian Brigade Group (CBG) was created on April 1, 1997, with its Headquarters located in Toronto. Resulting from a major restructuring of the Army, it was established as one of ten Reserve brigade groups organized across Canada.

Although 32 CBG has a short history, this cannot be said of its units. Regiments like The Governor General's Horse Guards, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, The Royal Regiment of Canada, The Lorne Scots and The Grey and Simcoe Foresters were all founded before Confederation. Most units have served in almost all of the military campaigns involving Canadians: Fenian Raids, Red River Expedition, Northwest Rebellion, South African War, both World Wars and the Korean War.

25 Field Ambulance has been tasked with providing medical support to the Brigade.

[edit] Armouries

Moss Park Armoury
Dalton Armoury
Fort York Armoury
Denison Armoury
Brampton Armoury
Oakville Armoury
Col J.R. Barber Armoury

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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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