Thread: British MBTs
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Old 01-23-2012, 03:17 PM
James Langham James Langham is offline
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Looking good so far.

Minor point...whilst one Regiment of the Household Cavalry was tasked with a Recce role, I believe the other was deployed to the BAOR as a Type 43 MBT Regiment (they swapped roles periodically).

IIRC the Regiment in the Recce role was tasked as follows:

One CVR(T) Squadron to the 5th Airborne Brigade

One CVR(T) Squadron to the 3rd Marine Brigade

One CVR(W) Squadron remained in the UK with a home defence role (can't confirm this but speculation is they would have formed part of a Special Duties Force to protect Her Maj and other members of the Government / Royal Family if the brown stuff hit the fan).

One Squadron to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (together with a Squadron from the MBT Regiment, hence the reason the MBT Regiment was a Type 43 - it was a Squadron short).

Cheers

(BTW pretty sure the Gurkhas also have (or at least had) a pipe band! )
Will check the Household Cavalry - may change when war starts anyway.

Can I plead that Gurkhas are highlanders....?
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