Nope, goes back to the Regimental system.
Most TA units are a battalion of a regular Regiment, I'll give you an example.
The Rifles
The Rifles have 5 regular battalions, 1st Btn is a commando unit, 2nd and 3rd are light infantry, 4th is mechanised and 5th is Armoured.
In the british army a mechanised Btn uses older APCs while Armoured infantry use the Warrior IFV.
The Rifles have two TA Btns 6th and 7th.
When the brown stuff hits the rotary air cooling device, the 6th and 7th will be folded into the regular Btns and will just become regular infantry.
TA are essentilay part-time regulars who share the regimental identity of their parent unit. It's a very different system to the US natonal guards.
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