page_title: Structure of the French Army in 1989
section_title: General Staff of the Army
hierarchical_section_title: Structure of the French Army in 1989 / General Staff of the Army
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context_page_description: The order of battle of the French Army in 1989 is given below.
  In 1977 the Army had changed its military organisation in accordance with a short war-fighting strategy in Europe, and divisions lost their component brigades. Under army headquarters in 1985 were the First Army, with three corps, the Rapid Action Force, an independent corps-level rapid deployment command, six military regions in the metropole, and forces overseas in Guyana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Djibouti, Seychelles/Mayotte, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia.
  The theoretical strength is 295,989 men out of the 557,904 soldiers for the three weapons, the common services and the national gendarmerie available to the French armed forces in 1989.
context_section_description: General Staff of the Army, (État-major de l’Armée de terre), Vincennes, France
  24ᵉ Régiment d'Infanterie (24ᵉ RI), Vincennes
  8ᵉ Régiment de Transmission (8ᵉ RT), Vincennes
  41ᵉ Régiment de Transmission (41ᵉ RT), Suresnes
  1ᵉʳ Régiment du Train (1ᵉʳ RT), Vincennes
  Escadrille d’hélicoptères légère de l'État-major de l’armée de terre, Les Mureaux
  Forces Françaises à Berlin, Berlin
  11ᵉ Régiment de Chasseurs (11ᵉ RCh) (41x AMX-30B)
  46ᵉ Régiment d'Infanterie (46ᵉ RI) (63x VAB)
  110ᵉ Compagnie du Génie (110e CG)
caption: French Army Corps and division locations 1989
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