41 Canadian Brigade Group

41 Canadian Brigade Group

Active	1 April 1997 – present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army Primary Reserve
Type	Brigade group
Part of	3rd Canadian Division
Garrison/HQ	BGen Stan Waters Building Calgary, Alberta
Motto(s)	Fortune Favours the Bold
Website	www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/41-cbg/index.page
Commanders
Brigade Commander	Col E. Van Weelderen, CD,
Brigade CWO	CWO M. Brian Talty, CD
Abbreviation	41 CBG

41 Canadian Brigade Group (41CBG; French: 41^e Groupe-brigade du Canada) is a Canadian Forces and Canadian Army formation of the 3rd Canadian Division. The formation is composed of Primary Reserve units within the province of Alberta. The brigade headquarters is in Calgary, Alberta.

The brigade group is made up of approximately 1,200 soldiers. Most of the soldiers within the brigade serve on a part-time basis, and service in units their local communities. The brigade's soldiers are trained and prepared to augment and support their counterparts in the Regular Force by supporting domestic operations (natural disasters, etc.) and expeditionary international deployments, as well as supporting 3rd Canadian Division battle groups. Many soldiers from 41 CBG have gone to service in NATO and UN operations as well as the mission in Afghanistan. ^[1]

History

In December 1941, following the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the beginning of World War II in the Pacific, it was decided to organize a number of brigades for the defence of Canada.^[2] In February 1942, one brigade was organized for each of the eleven military districts. In Alberta, it was 41st (Reserve) Brigade Group in Calgary.^[1]

After World War II, the regional command system was reorganized several times. The Alberta Militia District was reformed into 41 Canadian Brigade Group on 1 April 1997. Its headquarters took over the Brigadier-General Stan Waters Building, formerly the 1 PPCLI headquarters building at CFB Calgary, after the departure of the Regular Force units to Edmonton.^[1]

Brigade Units

41 Canadian Brigade Group		Calgary
41 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters		Calgary
The South Alberta Light Horse	Armoured reconnaissance	Edmonton and Medicine Hat
The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)	Armoured reconnaissance	Calgary
20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Edmonton and Red Deer
20th Independent Field Battery, RCA	Artillery	Lethbridge
41 Combat Engineer Regiment	Combat engineers	Calgary and Edmonton
41 Signal Regiment	Communications	Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)	Light infantry	Edmonton and Yellowknife
The Calgary Highlanders	Light infantry	Calgary
41 Service Battalion	Service and support	Calgary and Edmonton

Other Units

41 CBG is supported by several other units that provide specialist services such as medical services, military police and military intelligence. These units do not fall under the 41 CBG command structure; however, they do work closely with it in order to provide their services to the brigade's soldiers in the field.

Medical

The brigade group closely works with two field ambulance units from the Royal Canadian Medical Service. They are:

15 (Calgary) Field Ambulance; and,
15 (Edmonton) Field Ambulance

References

1 2 3 "Brigade CWO, 41 CBG". Department of National Defence/Canadian Army/41 CBG. 2 Feb 2012.
↑ Canadian Army, About 41 Canadian Brigade Group, accessed October 2011

Canadian Army

History	History of the Canadian Army Canadian Corps First Canadian Army Military History of Canada Fort Frontenac Library

Structure	Structure of the Canadian Army 2nd Canadian Division 3rd Canadian Division 4th Canadian Division 5th Canadian Division List of Units

Mechanized brigade groups	1 CMBG 2 CMBG 5 CMBG

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/C7A2 rifle C6 machine-gun Browning .50 calibre heavy machine gun Browning-HP 9 mm pistol P225, 226 C15 Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) C3A1 sniper rifle C14 Timberwolf 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 C16 CASW

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

Schools	Canadian Army Command and Staff College Peace Support Training Centre Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre

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