Has anyone considered that the British army might, in the right circumstances, reform the Guards as an armoured brigade or even division? There is a precedent set for it.
Household cavalry retains it's recce role
Grenadier and/or Coldstream Guards are expanded to two battalions, one of mechanised infantry and one of tanks.
Option A: Reinforced brigade size formation with 4 guards infantry battalions and one armoured.
Option B: An division sized formation with 2 brigades.
1st Brigade: 2 battalions of Coldstream guards (1 tank, 1 infantry), 1 battalion of Welsh guards
2nd Brigade: 2 battalions of Grenadier guards (1 tank, 1 infantry) 1 battalion of Scots guards.
It would echo how the Guards where used during the second world war.
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