ARMED FORCES
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the organisation and deployment of UK-based armour is.
Penny Mordaunt, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The organisation of British armour based in the UK is as follows:
1st Armoured Infantry Brigade
Household Cavalry Regiment - Windsor
The Royal Tank Regiment - Tidworth
1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - Tidworth
1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment - Bulford
12th Armoured Infantry Brigade
The Royal Lancers - Catterick
The King's Royal Hussars - Tidworth
1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment - Warminster
1st Battalion the Royal Welsh - Tidworth
20X is based in Germany
The following UK based armoured units support these Brigades:
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry - Bovington, Salisbury, Cirencester, Paignton, Exeter & Swindon
1st Artillery Brigade
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Tidworth
19th Regiment Royal Artillery - Tidworth
8 Engineer Brigade
22 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers - Perham Down
26 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers - Perham Down
101 Logistic Brigade
4 Armoured Medical Regiment - Aldershot
5 Armoured Medical Regiment - Tidworth & Catterick
4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Tidworth
6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Tidworth
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