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The British Army uniform has sixteen categories, ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress to evening wear. No. 8 Dress, the day-to-day uniform, is known as "Personal Clothing System – Combat Uniform" (PCS-CU) [259] and consists of a Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) windproof smock, a lightweight jacket and trousers with ancillary items ...
The command structure within the British Army is hierarchical; with divisions and brigades controlling groupings of units from an administrative perspective. Major units are battalion -sized, with minor units being company sized sub-units. In some regiments or corps, battalions are called regiments, and companies are called squadrons or ...
Royal Gibraltar Regiment - 1 + 0 battalion [44] Royal Bermuda Regiment - 0 + 1 battalion [45] Royal Montserrat Defence Force - 0 + 1 platoon [46] Cayman Islands Regiment - 0 + 1 company [46] Turks and Caicos Regiment - 0 + 1 platoon [46] Falkland Islands Defence Force - 0 + 1 company [47]
This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and ...
The British Army has a network of permanent operating bases overseas, primarily in: [5] British Army Training Unit Kenya, [10] British Army Training Unit Suffield, in Canada, [11] British Army Training and Support Unit Belize [12] Omani-British Joint Training Area, in Oman, used as a Land Regional Hub (LRH). [13]
The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the aviation arm of the British Army, first formed in 1942 during the Second World War by grouping the various airborne units of the British Army. Today, there are eight regiments (seven Regular Army and one Reserve) of the AAC, as well as two independent flights and two independent squadrons deployed in support of ...
The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army. It is separate from the Regular Reserve whose members are ex-Regular personnel who retain a statutory liability for service. The Army Reserve was known as the Territorial Force from 1908 to 1921, the Territorial Army (TA) from 1921 to 1967, the Territorial and Army ...
Below is the list of units part of the corps down to platoon (troop) size. [81][82] Joint Service Support Unit, at RAF Digby (Army Reserve elements) 63 (Special Air Service) Signal Squadron, at Stirling Lines, Hereford and a troop in Portsmouth. Central Volunteer Headquarters, Royal Corps of Signals, at Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham [83] 254 ...