9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade (France)
The 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade (French: 9e Brigade Légère Blindée de Marine. 9e BLBM) is a light armoured, amphibious unit of the Troupes de marine of the French Army.
In July 1963, the 9e Marine Infantry Division was created in Bretagne. On 1 January 1976, the 9th Division became the 9th Marine Infantry Division (9e division d'Infanterie de Marine (9e DIMa)), attached to the land intervention force, then the Rapid Action Force from 1983. On 1 July 1999, the 9th Marine Infantry Division became the 9th Marine Light Armoured Brigade.
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