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These were made from what I found at time on the old RPGforum. As for others I will add archives that are more relevant to you than this.

UNITED KINGDOM

Her Majesty’s Government (HMG)
Mi-5
Mi-6
Special Branch
Scotland Yard
Lieutnant Morland Brice (SAS)
Colonel Sebastian Thorne (Special branch)
Captain Charlotte 'Mac' McKenzie : MI6 operative
Flight Lieutenant Matt Daark : 33 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Colonel Alan Jones : MI6
Major Kate Carling : King's Own Hussars

BRITISH ARMY
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR)
HQ Germany (Major-General Sir Peter Hunt)
- UK Artillery Division (Braunschweig)
Manpower: 900
Assets: 2 M109, 1 M110, 1 MLRS
- 6th UK Airmobile Brigade (Hannover)
Manpower: 100
- UK Berlin Infantry Brigade (Braunschweig)
Manpower: 400
Assets: 1 Scimitar, 1 Fox
- 9th UK Army Air Corps Regiment (Braunschweig)
Manpower: 200
Assets: 2 Gazelle, 1 Lynx
- 28th Royal Engineer Regiment (Magdebourg)
Manpower: 150
Assets: 3 FV-180 CEV, 1 Chieftain ARV, 1 Chieftain AVLB
I UK Corps
- 1st UK Armored Division (Braunschweig)
Manpower: 1000
Assets: 11 Challenger, 2 M1A2
- 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (Braunschweig)
Manpower: 150 cavalry
- The Royal Hussars (Braunschweig)
Manpower: 50
Assets: 2 Scimitar
II UK Corps
- 4th UK Armored Division (Magdeburg)
Manpower: 3000
Assets: 12 Challenger, 9 Chieftain
- 3rd UK Mechanized Division (Celle/Hannover)
Manpower: 4000
Assets: 8 Challenger, 3 Chieftain, 1 Leopard 2
- 19th Infantry Brigade (Hannover)
Manpower: 300
Assets: 3 Challenger, 2 Leopard 2, 1 M1A2, 1 T-80, 6 Saxon, 11 FV-432
- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Celle)
Manpower: 300 cavalry
- The Queens’ Royal Irish Hussars (Braunschweig)
Manpower: 200 cavalry

MIDDLE EAST FIELD FORCE (MEFF) (Brigadier Sir James Cowan)
Field Force Command and Support (Kuwait)
- Manpower: 210
7th Army Air Corps Regiment (Deh Bid, Iran)
- Manpower: 300
- Aircraft: 4 Gazelle, 6 Lynx, 1 Alouette III
116th Provost Company (Kuwait)
- Manpower: 40
- Armor: 1 BRDM-2, 1 Ferret
16th Air Assault Brigade
- Manpower: 2000
- Armor : 6 Scimitar, 8 Saxon, 12 L118 de 105
27th Armored Brigade (Deh Bid, Iran)
- Manpower: 1000
- Assets: 4 Challenger, 1 Chieftain, 1 T72, 3 Scimitar, 14 Warrior, 2 FH-70
51st Armored Brigade
- Manpower: 1800
- Armor: 12 Chieftain, 18 FV-432, 39 Saxon, 8 M109
25th Infantry (Air Portable) Brigade (Kuwait).
- Manpower: 800
- Notable Support: Light air defense, watercraft (incl. rigid raiders)
1/2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (Kuwait)
- Manowper: 50 (Increasing).

Royal Navy (Commodore Sir William Brown)
Ships
- HMS Edinburgh (D97/Type 42 Destroyer)
- RFA Albion L14 (3 EH-101)
- HMS Leeds Castle P258
Air Assets
- No. 848 Sqn (150 Men) (8 SH-3B Sea kings)
Ground Assets
- Zulu Co. 45 Commando (125 Men)
- C Sqn SBS (35 Men)

Royal Air Force (Air Commodore Sir John Toms)
Air Assets
- No. 25 Sqn RAF (105 Men) (6 F3 Tornado)
- No. 31 Sqn RAF (105 Men) (6 GR4 Tornado)
- No. 18 Sqn RAF (100 Men) (8 CH-47)
- No. 33 Sqn RAF (100 Men) (6 Puma)
- No. 30 Sqn RAF (100 Men) (4 C-130)
Ground Assets
- No. 15 Sqn RAF Regiment (50 Men) (4 Rapier, 1 S-60 de 57, 1 GDF-35)
- No. 2503 Sqn RAF Regiment (150 Men) (4 S-60 de 57, 4 GDF-35)
- No.34 Sqn RAF Regiment (100 Men) (6 Ferret Mk5)

FALKLANDS
South Atlantic Field Force
- 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Volunteers
Manpower: 450

United Kingdom Land Force (UKLF)
Land Command (Lieutenant-General Sir Bruce Curry)
- Army HQ (Portsmouth)
Manpower: 300
- 227th Provost Company (Portsmouth)
Manpower: 100
- American Legion
Manpower: 250
- The Royal Wessex Yeomanry (High Wycombe)
Manpower: 100, 100 cavalry
Assets: 4 Ferret, 2 Fox, 2 BRDM-2
- The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry (Lewes)
Manpower: 150, 50 cavalry
Assets: 1 Scimitar, 1 Ferret, 1 Fox, 1 BRDM-2
- The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (Salisbury)
Manpower: 100, 100 cavalry
Assets: 2 Fox, 2 Ferret
- 16th Air Defense Regiment (Canterbury)
Manpower: 250
- 40th Royal Artillery Regiment
Manpower: 400
Assets: 4 Abbot
- 5th Army Air Corps Regiment (Portsmouth)
Manpower: 250
Assets: 4 Gazelle, 4 Lynx, 2 Sea King
- The Parachute Regiment (Portsmouth)
Manpower: 700
Assets: 2 L118 de 105
- 6th Royal Engineer Regiment (Hampshire)
Manpower: 200
- 23rd Royal Engineer Regiment (Southern UK)
Manpower: 300
Assets: 4 FV-180 CEV, 1 Challenger ARRV, 1 Centurion AVRE
- 33rd Royal Engineer Regiment (Southern UK)
Manpower: 250
Assets: 3 FV-180 CEV, 1 Chieftain AVLB
- 75th Royal Engineer Regiment (Dover)
Manpower: 400
- 1st Territorial Infantry Regiment (Hampshire)
Manpower: 500
- 1st Special Air Service Brigade
Manpower: 300
The SAS operated as long range recce and raiding force, using the ubiquitous ‘Pink Panther’ Land Rovers as well as more stealthy measures. Therefore an ad-hoc brigade formation was created for local co-ordination. The unit was moved to the UK in late 1998 after the second round of strikes on the UK, although many men were operating around the world.
- 1st Royal Marine Brigade (Southern UK)
Manpower: 500
Assets: 2 L118 de 105
- The Household Brigade (Oxford)
Manpower: 1300
Assets: 1 Challenger, 1 Chieftain, 1 M60, 3 Scimitar
- 2nd Infantry Brigade (Warminster, Salisbury, Winchester)
Manpower: 2100
Assets: 3 Challenger, 6 Scorpion, 4 Warrior, 8 Fox
- 24th Infantry Brigade (Winchester)
Manpower: 1400
Assets: 4 Scimitar, 2 Scorpion, 5 Fox, 3 Warrior, 6 Saxon, 2 L118 de 105
- 32nd (Guards) Infantry Brigade
Manpower: 500, 100 cavalry
Assets: 4 Ferret, 2 Fox, 2 Scorpion, 6 Saxon, 10 Stormer, 2 FH122, 4 Mortars 120
- 43rd Wessex Territorial Brigade (Cheltenham, Salisbury)
Manpower: 1200
Assets: 2 Ferret, 4 Fox
- 44th Infantry Brigade
Manpower: 1600
- 143rd Territorial Infantry Brigade
Manpower: 1400
- 2nd UK Armored Division (Sussex)
Manpower: 2200
Assets: 11 Chieftain, 5 Challenger, 3 Vickers Mk.1, 2 M109, 2 Abbot
- 5th UK Mechanized Division (Hampshire/Isle of Wight)
Manpower: 3000
Assets: 6 Chieftain, 4 Scimitar, 4 Scorpion, 3 Fox, 8 Ferret, 2 FH-70
- 4th Territorial Infantry Division
Manpower: 3100, 350 cavalry
Assets: 24 Scimitars

Newcastle District Command (NDC)
- NDC HQ & Support Group
Manpower: 650
- Zulu Squadron, 22nd SAS Regiment
Manpower: 35
- The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment (Carlisle)
Manpower: 600
- Newcastle Security Force Brigade
Manpower: 600
Assets: 8 Shorland S55, 8 Rapier, 4 GDF-35, 2 ZU-23-4, 2 S-60 57 mm
- 1st Infantry Brigade
Manpower: 1600
Assets: 1 T72, 1 Leopard 1, 7 Fox
- 50th Infantry Brigade (Newcastle)
Manpower: 1170 men
- 54th Infantry Brigade (Middlesbrough)
Manpower: 1000
Assets: 3 Warrior, 7 Fox

The East Anglia Defence Forces
- The Royal Anglian Regiment (Norwich)
Manpower: 950
- The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Manpower: 550
- The George Washington Brigade
Manpower: 350

Ulster Field Force (UFF)
- UFF HQ (Belfast)
Manpower: 150
- 101st Engineer Regiment (Belfast)
Manpower: 50
- 4th Army Air Corps Regiment (Alderscot AB)
Manpower: 200
Assets: 3 Gazelle, 3 Lynx
- 25th Engineer Regiment (Antrim)
Manpower: 300
- 2nd Regiment, RMP (Lisburn)
Manpower: 600
- 3rd Infantry Brigade (Portadown)
Manpower: 700
- 8th Infantry Brigade (Ballykelly)
Manpower: 1300
- 39th Infantry Brigade (Lisburn, Northern Ireland)
Manpower: 850
- 107th Ulster Brigade
Manpower: 600

Gibraltar Defence Force
- Royal Gibraltar Regiment
Manpower: 700
- 26th Field Artillery Regiment
Manpower: 250
Assets: 5 Abbot, 3 M109, 3 M110 Howitzers, 3 Rapiers

South China Field Force (SCFF)
- SCFF HQ (Hong Kong)
Manpower: 50
- Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles (Hong Kong)
Manpower: 250
Assets: 4 Scorpion
- Hong Kong Garrison
Manpower: 1950
- 6th Infantry Division
Manpower: 3700
Assets: 11 Chieftain, 2 T-64, 2 Scorpion, 2 Scimitar, 1 M109, 4 FV-180 CEV, 2 FH122

ROYAL NAVY
Home Fleet
- The Comacchio Group (North Sea Oil Platforms)
Manpower: 500 Royal Marines
Devonport Naval Base
- RN Base personnel
Manpower: 2000
- HMS York (D98/Type 42 Destroyer)
- HMS Chatham (F87/Type 22 Frigate)
- HMS Grafton (F80/Type 23 Frigate, 1 Lynx)
- HMS Superb (S109)
- HMS Atherstone (M38)
Portsmouth Naval Base
- RN Base personnel
Manpower: 2200
- RN Shore party No.2 (Portsmouth)
Manpower: 250
- HMS Ark Royal (R07)
- HMS Glasgow (D88/Type 42 Destroyer, 1 Lynx)
- HMS Marlborough (F233/Type 23 Frigate)
- HMS Richmond (F239/Type 23 Frigate)
- HMS Ranger and Pursuer (P293 & P273)
- HMS Peacock, HMS, Tyne, HMS Mersey, and HMS Severn (Fishing Ships)
- HMS Cattistock (M31)
- HMS Inverness (M102)
- RFA Sir Garaint (L3027)
South Shields Naval Base
- RN Base personnel
Manpower: 250
- HMS Campbeltown (F86/Type 22 Frigate, 1 Lynx)
- HMS Ledbury (M30)
- HMS Dulverton (M35)
- HMS Sandown (M101)
- HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265)

Gibraltar Fleet
- HMS Montrose (F236/Type 23 Frigate, 1 Lynx)
- HMS Plover (Fishing Ship)
- Gibraltar Naval Contingent
Manpower: 200
Assets: 2 Lynx

China Station
- H.M.S. Tamar (Fishing Ship)
- Hong Kong Royal Marines
Manpower: 140

RAF
UKLF Defense Group
- Queen’s Color Sqaudron
Manpower: 50
Assets: 2 Scimitar, 2 GDF-35, 1 ZU-23, 1 Rheinmetal 20mm
- No. 34 Squadron
Manpower: 100
Assets: 8 Rapier, 4 GDF-35, 3 ZU-23, 1 ZSU-23-4
- No. 2625 Squadron
Manpower: 100
- No. 28 Squadron: 12 Merlin HC.1
- No. 29 Squadron: 4x Tornado F.3
- No. 45 Squadron: 4x Tornado GR.1
- No. 54 Squadron: 5x Jaguar GR.1
- No. 91 Squadron: 8 Harrier GR.7
RAF Group (This is a unit that trains for low level flying in conditions similar to those of parts of the Soviet Union.)
100 troops, 2 C-130, 1 Nimrod, 1 Lynx) (Goose Bay, Labrador
East Anglian Defense Group
- No. 51 Squadron (Marham)
Manpower: 350
- No. 58 Squadron (Lakenheath)
Manpower: 400
Assets: 7 Scorpion
Ulster Defense Group
- No.3 Squadron (Aldergrove AB)
Manpower: 100
Assets: 4 Scorpion


SCOTLAND
Royal Army of Scotland
- Rapid Action Force
Manpower: 150
- Armored Battalion
Manpower: 200
Assets: 6 Chieftain, 5 Scorpion, 5 FV-432
- 1st through 6th Highland Battalions
Manpower: 350 each
- Scottish Logistic Support Regiment
Manpower: 1000
Assets: 5 FV-180 CEV, 1 Chieftain AVLB
- 15th Infantry Brigade
Manpower: 1250
- 42nd Infantry Brigade
Manpower: 1750
- 51st Infantry Brigade
Manpower: 450


WALES
Bragad chan Cymru (Army of Wales)
- HQ (Caernarfon)
Manpower: 50
- 1st Anad Grymoedd Dwr “Owain Glyndŵr” (1st Special Forces Group “Owain Glyndŵr“/Caernarfon)
Manpower: 40
- 1st Cavalry Bataliwn “Dewi Sant” (1st Cavalry Battalion “Saint David”)
Manpower: 250 cavalry
Assets: 2 Scimitar, 5 Fox
- 1st Infantry Bataliwn “Llywelyn ap Iorwerth” (1st Infantry Battalion “Llywelyn the Great“)
Manpower: 550
- 2nd Infantry Bataliwn “Rhodri ap Merfyn” (2nd Infantry Battalion “Rhodri Mawr”)
Manpower: 450
- 3rd Infantry Bataliwn “Gwynfor Evans” (3rd Infantry Battalion “Gwynfor Evans”)
Manpower: 500
- 1st Fagnelau Bataliwn “Llywelyn ap Gruffudd” (1st Artillery Battalion “Llywelyn the Last”)
Manpower: 400
Welsh units have a small amount of vehicles, again generally of the older variety, i.e. FV603 Saracens, Ferrets, etc.


IRREGULAR / AUTONOMOUS FORMATIONS
3rd Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (TA)
- Effective strength - 150 men
- Location - Mansfield
5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers / 37th (Wessex & Welsh) Signal Regt (both TA)
- Effective strength: 300
- Location: Warwick
35th (South Midlands) Signal Regiment (TA)
- Effective strength: 240
- Location: Leicester
6th / 7th Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (TA)
- Effective strength - 650 men
- Location - Brighton
4th Battalion, Queen’s Lancashire Regiment (TA)
- Effective strength: 300 men, Shorland S55
- Location - Durham
Harrogate Militia (formerly 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (TA))
- Effective strength: 400 men
- Location: Harrogate
Swindon Militia (formerly 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment (TA))
- Effective strength: 1250 men, 4 Fox, 7 Saxon
- Location: Swindon
Konev’s Wolves (Major Nikolai B. Konev)
- Effective strength: 100 men, 1 Fox
- Location: South West England
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