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| 1st (UK) Armored Division | (Herford) | 17,798 | ||||||||||||
| 1st (UK) Armored Division has its headquarters at Herford, commands three Armoured Brigades situated throughout North West Germany and is the major component of British Forces Germany. | ||||||||||||||
| With it's three Armored Regiments and six infantry batallions, 1 (UK) Armored Division can provide the Headquarters (HQ) for nine Battle Groups. Personnel in Germany total 18,000 soldiers including supporting units, but the division can be reinforced by units from the UK as necessary. These could include Rapier and MLRS regiments which would be added to the Division Artillery Group (DAG). | ||||||||||||||
| Order of Battle as of March 2009: | ||||||||||||||
| 4th Mechanised Brigade | (Catterick) | 4,283 | ||||||||||||
| Brigade HQ & 204 Signal Squadron | 195 | |||||||||||||
| Royal Dragoon Guards | 44 x Challenger 2 | | 18 x CVR(T) | | 9 x FV432 | 4 x CrARRV | 558 | |||||||||
| 1st Bn Scots Guards | 59 x Warrior | | 12 x CVR(T) | | 20 x FV432 | 640 | ||||||||||
| 1st Bn Duke of Lancaster's Regiment | 56 x Saxon | | 12 x CVR(T) | | 22 x FV432 | 600 | ||||||||||
| 1st Bn The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) | 570 | |||||||||||||
| 4th Regiment, Royal Artillery | 18 x AS-90 | | 9 x Warrior | 500 | |||||||||||
| 21th Engineer Regiment (Close Support) | 9 x AVRE | | 9 x AVLB | | 18 x CET | | 15 x FV432 | 650 | |||||||||
| 4th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 450 | |||||||||||||
| 115 Provost Company, 1st Regt, Royal Military Police | 120 | |||||||||||||
| 7th Armored Brigade | (Bergen) | 4,923 | ||||||||||||
| Brigade HQ & 207 Signal Squadron | 195 | |||||||||||||
| Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | 58 x Challenger 2 | | 19 x CVR(T) | | 12 x FV432 | 5 x CrARRV | 558 | |||||||||
| The 9th/12th Lancers | 48 x Scimitar | | 32 x Spartan | | 17 x Sultan | 600 | ||||||||||
| 1st Bn Royal Regiment of Fusiliers | 59 x Warrior | | 12 x CVR(T) | | 20 x FV432 | 640 | ||||||||||
| 4th Bn The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 59 x Warrior | | 12 x CVR(T) | | 20 x FV432 | 640 | ||||||||||
| 2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment | 570 | |||||||||||||
| 3th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery | 18 x AS-90 | | 9 x Warrior | 500 | |||||||||||
| 32nd Engineer Regiment (Close Support) | 9 x AVRE | | 9 x AVLB | | 18 x CET | | 15 x FV432 | 650 | |||||||||
| 2nd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 450 | |||||||||||||
| 111 Provost Company, 1st Regt, Royal Military Police | 120 | |||||||||||||
| 20th Armored Brigade | (Paderborn) | 4,923 | ||||||||||||
| Brigade HQ & 200 Signal Squadron | 195 | |||||||||||||
| Queens Royal Hussars | 58 x Challenger 2 | | 19 x CVR(T) | | 12 x FV432 | 5 x CrARRV | 558 | |||||||||
| 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 48 x Scimitar | | 32 x Spartan | | 17 x Sultan | 600 | ||||||||||
| 1st Bn The Princess of Wales’s Royal Rgt | 59 x Warrior | | 12 x CVR(T) | | 20 x FV432 | 640 | ||||||||||
| 5th Bn The Rifles | 59 x Warrior | | 12 x CVR(T) | | 20 x FV432 | 640 | ||||||||||
| 1st Bn The Yorkshire Regiment | 570 | |||||||||||||
| 26th Regiment, Royal Artillery | 18 x AS-90 | | 9 x Warrior | 500 | |||||||||||
| 35th Engineer Regiment (Close Support) | 9 x AVRE | | 9 x AVLB | | 18 x CET | | 15 x FV432 | 650 | |||||||||
| 3rd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 450 | |||||||||||||
| 110 Provost Company, 1st Regt, Royal Military Police | 120 | |||||||||||||
| 102nd Logistic Brigade | (Gutersloh) | - | ||||||||||||
| Brigade HQ & 262 Signal Squadron | - | |||||||||||||
| 6th Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | - | |||||||||||||
| 7th Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | - | |||||||||||||
| 8th Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | - | |||||||||||||
| 101st Force Support Battalion REME | - | |||||||||||||
| 5th Regiment, Royal Military Police | - | |||||||||||||
| 5th General Support Medical Regiment, RAMC | - | |||||||||||||
| 102 Military Working Dog Support Unit, RAVC | - | |||||||||||||
| 103 Military Working Dog Support Unit, RAVC | - | |||||||||||||
| 9th/12th Lancers Cavalry Regiment | 48 x Scimitar | | 32 x Spartan | | 17 x Sultan | 600 | ||||||||||
| 12th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery | 108 x Stomer HVM | 600 | ||||||||||||
| 1st Regiment, Army Air Corps | 16 x Lynx Mk 7 | | 8 x Gazelle | 600 | |||||||||||
| 28th Engineer Engineer (General Support) | 24 x M3 | 479 | ||||||||||||
| 2nd (Close Support) Regiment, RLC | 48 x DROPS | | 108 x TTF | | 18 x 14t | 570 | ||||||||||
| 1st (General Support) Regiment, RLC | 147 x DROPS | | 144 x MMUV | | 21 x TTF | 820 | ||||||||||
| 29th Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps | 200 beds | 8 x Surgical Teams | - | ||||||||||||
| Division summary | 17,798 | Men (a) | ||||||||||||
| 160 | Challenger 2 | |||||||||||||
| 344 | Warrior | |||||||||||||
| 132 | FV432 | |||||||||||||
| 72 | AS90 | |||||||||||||
| 120 | Scimitar / Sabre | |||||||||||||
| 74 | Spartan | |||||||||||||
| 108 | Stormer HVM | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Lynx Mk 7 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Gazelle Mk 1 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | M3 | |||||||||||||
| 195 | DROPS | |||||||||||||
| 129 | TTF | |||||||||||||
| 162 | MMUVs | |||||||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||
| (a) - FV432 Mk 3 "Bulldogs" replace Saxons in units on operations in Iraq | ||||||||||||||