It is heir to the honours and traditions of the 2nd Armoured Division famously commanded by Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.

From 1999 to 2010 the brigade headquarters was located in the quartier Bellecombe in Orléans.

From July 2010 the brigade headquarters was located in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, neighbouring Strasbourg, at the quartier Leclerc (near the 2e Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions and the 291st Jäger Bataillon).

The general commanding the brigade is at the same time the Military Governor of Strasbourg.

[2] He loges in the fr:Palais du Gouverneur militaire de Strasbourg situated in the place Broglie in Strasbourg.