The 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team is a formation of the

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, currently headquartered in Delhi Barracks,

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, as part of the

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History

As part of the Future Soldier Programme, which in turn arose from resulting from the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy ("Global Britain in a Competitive Age") published in March 2021, it was announced that 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade and 1st Artillery Brigade would merge to form a deep fighting formation known as 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team. The Brigade was officially stood up on 1 July 2022. The brigade is designed to integrate reconnaissance assets with deep fires and non-lethal effects, utilising

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and MLRS systems. As the Future Soldier guide states:

Structure

The structure of the brigade is as follows: * Brigade Combat Team Headquarters. Delhi Barracks, Tidworth **

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, at Powle Lines,

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(Armoured Cavalry) ** 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, at Robertson Barracks, Swanton Morley (Light Cavalry) ** The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth's Own), at Catterick Garrison (Armoured Cavalry) ** The Royal Yeomanry, in Leicester (Light Cavalry) **

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the armoured field artillery role, and was equipped with the AS90 self-propelled gun, until it was retired from service ...

, at Assaye Barracks, Larkhill Garrison (Armoured Fires)The Integrated Review, Lt Gen Andrew Gregory CBE, Master Gunner St James's Park, 25 Nov 21 **

3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. They are currently based at Albemarle Barracks, Northumberland, England. The regiment is equipped with MLRS and provides Deep Fires to the 1 ...

, at

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(Deep Fires) ** 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Marne Barracks,

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( Surveillance & Target Acquisition) **

19 Regiment Royal Artillery 19th Regiment Royal Artillery – The Scottish Gunners (sometimes referred to as the “Highland Gunners”) – is a Scottish regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently supports 12 Mechanised Brigade in the armoured fiel ...

, at Larkhill Garrison (Armoured Fires) **

26 Regiment Royal Artillery 26th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. The regiment is equipped with MLRS and is 3rd (United Kingdom) Division's divisional fires regiment. History The regiment was formed from 4th Field Regimen ...

, at Purvis Lines, Larkhill Garrison (Deep Fires) **

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, at Napier Armoury,

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(Deep Fires, will provide a formed battery to each of 3 RHA and 26 Regt RA) ** 104 Regiment Royal Artillery, at Raglan Barracks, Newport (Armoured Fires, will provide individual reinforcements to 1 RHA and 19 Regt RA) ** 100 (Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Artillery, at

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** 6 Armoured Close Support Battalion,

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, at Delhi Barracks, Tidworth Camp ** 206 (North West) Multi-Role Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps

References

{{Current British brigades Brigades of the British Army Artillery units and formations of the British Army Organisations based in Wiltshire