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The '''British Army''' is the land armed forces branch of the [[British Armed Forces]]. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland and was controlled by the War Office from London. As of April, 2007, the British Army includes roughly 442,320 regular personnel and 153,840 Territorial Army members. The full time element of the British Army has also been referred to as the Regular Army since the creation of the reservist Territorial Army. The British Army is deployed in many of the world's war zones as part of a fighting force and in United Nations peacekeeping forces.
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In contrast to the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force, the British Army does not include "Royal" in its title, because of its roots as a collection of disparate units, many of which do bear the "Royal" prefix, such as the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers.
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==Units==
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===Cavalry===
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====Household Cavalry====
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=====Household Cavalry Regiment and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment=====
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*The Life Guards
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*The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
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====Royal Armoured Corps====
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=====Heavy Cavalry=====
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*1st The King's Dragoon Guards
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*The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
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*The Royal Dragoon Guards
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=====Light Cavalry=====
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*The King's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
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*9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
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*The King's Royal Hussars
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*The Light Dragoons
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*The King's Royal Lancers
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=====The Royal Tank Regiment=====
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*1st Royal Tank Regiment
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*2nd Royal Tank Regiment
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*3rd Royal Tank Regiment
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*4th Royal Tank Regiment
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*5th Royal Tank Regiment
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*6th Royal Tank Regiment
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*7th Royal Tank Regiment
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*8th Royal Tank Regiment
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===Infantry===
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====Foot Guards====
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*Grenadier Guards - 4 battalions
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*Coldstream Guards - 4 battalions
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*Scots Guards - 4 battalions
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*Irish Guards - 4 battalions
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*Welsh Guards - 4 battalions
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====Line Infantry and Rifles====
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*The Royal Scots Borderers - 10 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Royal Highland Regiment - 10 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) - 8 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border) - 8 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 8 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Royal Anglian Regiment - 8 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) - 12 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) - 9 battalions
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*The Royal Welsh - 8 battalions + 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment - 4 battalions
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*The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) - 4 battalions
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*The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) - 4 battalions
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*The 1st Parachute Regiment - 6 battalions + 2 Territorial Army battalions
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*The 2nd Parachute Regiment - 6 battalions + 2 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Royal Gurkha Rifles - 8 battalions
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*The Rifles - 14 battalions + 8 Territorial Army battalions
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*The Royal Gibraltar Regiment - 4 battalions
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*The Royal Guyana Regiment - 4 battalions
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*The Royal Belize Regiment - 4 battalions
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*The Royal Hong Kong Regiment - 4 battalions
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*The London Regiment - 16 battalions
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*The Royal Irish Rangers - 4 Territorial Army battalions
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*West Midlands Regiment - 4 battalions
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*King's German Legion - 8 battalions + 2 Territorial Army battalions
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===Special Forces===
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*Special Air Service Regiment
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*Special Reconnaissance Regiment
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*Special Forces Support Group
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===Support Arms and Services===
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====Support Arms====
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*Royal Regiment of Artillery
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*Corps of Royal Engineers
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*Royal Corps of Signals
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*Army Air Corps
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*Intelligence Corps
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====Services====
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*Royal Army Chaplains Department
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*Royal Logistic Corps
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*Royal Army Medical Corps
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*Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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*Adjutant General's Corps
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*Royal Army Veterinary Corps
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*Small Arms School Corps
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*Royal Army Dental Corps
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*Army Physical Training Corps
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*General Service Corps
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*Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
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*Corps of Army Music
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==Equipment==
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===Small Arms and Support Weapons===
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*P226 Sig-Sauer Pistol (L105A1)
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*Browning Pistol (L9A1)
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*Heckler & Koch MP5 Submachine Gun (L92A1) - used by Special Forces only
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*Heckler & Koch 53 Assault Rifle (L101A1) - used by Special Forces only
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*SA80 Assault Rifle (L85A2)
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*Light Support Weapon (L86A2)
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*Minimi Light Machine Gun (L108A1/L110A1)
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*General Purpose Machine Gun (L7A2)
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*Heavy Machine Gun (L2A1)
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*Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Sniper Rifle (L96A1)
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**AW50F
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*Accuracy International AWM Sniper Rifle (L115A1)
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*M82 Barrett Sniper Rifle (L82A1)
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*L9A1 51mm Light Mortar
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*L16 81mm Mortar
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*LAW 80
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*NLAW (Next Generation Anti-tank Weapon)
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*ILAW (AT4)
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*NLAW (MBT LAW)
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*Anti-Structures Munition
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*FGM-148 Javelin ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Launcher
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===Armoured Vehicles===
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*FV4034 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank
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*FV510 Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle
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**FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle
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**MILAN Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Carrier
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**FV511 Infantry Command Vehicle
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**FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle
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**FV513 Mechanised Recovery Vehicle (Repair)
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**FV 514 Mechanised Artillery Observation Vehicle
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**FV 515 Battery Command Vehicle
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**Warrior Reconnaissance Vehicle
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**Desert Warrior
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*Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)
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**FV101 Scorpion light tank
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**FV102 Striker anti-tank guided missile carrier
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**FV103 Spartan armoured personnel carrier
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**FV104 Samaritan combat ambulance
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**FV105 Sultan command and control vehicle
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**FV106 Samson armoured recovery vehicle
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**FV107 Scimitar light tank
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**Sabre light tank
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**Shielder minelayer
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**Streaker high mobility carrier
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**Stormer HVM short-range air defence vehicle
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*Saxon Armoured Personnel Carrier
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**AT105A: Ambulance
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**AT105E: Turret armed with one or two machine guns
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**AT105MR: 81mm mortar
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**AT105C: Command vehicle
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*FV430 Armoured Fighting Vehicle
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**FV431 armoured load carrier
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**FV432 armoured personnel carrier
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**FV433 self-propelled gun
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**FV434 "Carrier, Maintenance, Full Tracked" REME Maintenance carrier
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**FV435 Wavell communications vehicle
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**FV436 command and control vehicle
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**FV437 Pathfinder vehicle
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**FV438 Swingfire guided missile launcher
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**FV439 signals vehicle
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**FV430 Mk3 Bulldog upgraded troop carrier
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*Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle
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*Mamba Mine-Protected APC
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*Tempest Mine-Protected Vehicle
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*Mastiff Mine-Protected Vehicle
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===Artillery and Air Defence===
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*M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
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*AS-90 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer
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*L118 Light Gun 105mm Towed Howitzer
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*Rapier FSC Air Defence System
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*Starstreak HVM (High Velocity Missile)
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===Aircraft===
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*Westland Apache AH.Mk.1 Attack Helicopter
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*Bell 212 Utility and Transport Helicopter
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*Westland Gazelle AH.Mk.1 Light Helicopter
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*Westland Lynx Multirole Helicopter
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*Britten-Norman Islander Reconnaissance/Command Light Aircraft
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*Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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===Logistics Equipment===
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*Land Rover
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**Land Rover Wolf Truck Utility Light (TUL)
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**Land Rover Defender Truck Utility Medium (TUM)
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**Battlefield Ambulance
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*DROPS (Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System)
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**Leyland Medium Mobility Load Carrier
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**Foden Improved Medium Mobility Load Carrier
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**Pinzgauer 716M - Four-wheel drive transporter
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**Supacat All Terrain Mobility Platform (ATMP)
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**Carrier Full-tracked Articulated BV206 - Two-part, articulated vehicle designed for snow and sand
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**Harley Davidson MT350E Motorcycle
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**Honda R250 Motorcycle
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*Heavy Transport
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**Oshkosh Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET)
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**Bedford 14 tonner
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===Communications Equipment===
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*BOWMAN
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===Landing Craft & Assault Boats===
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*Mk 5 Assault Boat
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*Rigid Raider
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*Mexeflote
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===CRBN Defence Equipment===
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*Fuchs Nuclear and Chemical Reconnaissance and Survey Vehicle
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*Nerve Agent Immobilised Enzyme Alarm and Detector-Level 3 (NAIAD)
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*Prototype Biological Detection System (PBDS)
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*Integrated Biological Detection System (IBDS)
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*Multi-Purpose Decontamination System (MPDS)
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[[Category:Armies]]
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[[Category:Military of the United Kingdom|Army, British]]
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