Chico,
Pedant hat on.....
1st Battalion, Northumbrian Volunteers, a Home Service Force unit, is raised in Bishop Auckland in northern England. It is built around a core of former service members and equipped with largely obsolescent FAL rifles, Bren LMGs and a platoon's contingent of Humber Pig APCs and assigned local security duties, including hunting down rumored Spetsnaz teams.
It would more likely be that the HSF Coy, IRL, E (HSF) Coy 7 LI (1 Pl @ Bishop Auckland), would become a Bn of the Light Infantry. There was discussion of using the HSF Coys as command cadres for Reservists who would be mobilized for MHD. The initial role for the HSF was KP Defence, however it was quickly realized that the Old & Bold in some units could outwit & outmaneuver even THEM in exercises. They wanted to utilize this wealth of military knowledge and, as one ex-squaddie put it, trickery!
Equipment wise, there was definitely enough Pigs & Saracens, I do have documents from the mid/late 80's that indicate some MHD Coys being formed from reservists would have to be issued '37 or '44 Pattern web gear and SMLE No.4 Rifles!!!
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