The Queen's Royal Hussars
Welcome to the web pages of The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) the senior light Cavalry Regiment of the British Army.
The Regiment is a teeth arm frontline Main Battle Tank unit. Our mission is to destroy enemy tanks and support the infantry in close combat. To achieve this we are equipped with 58 Challenger 2 Tanks, organized into 4 Sabre Squadrons. Challenger 2 is undoubtedly one of the world's most potent main battle tanks.
In addition the Regiment also fields an "elite" close Reconnaissance Troop mounted in 8 CVRT Scimitar. These are light tracked armoured vehicles that rely on speed and guile. Their task is the covert location and observation and some times destruction of the enemy. As such they are usually found well forward of the leading forces.
The Regiment is currently based in Sennelager Germany. It provides the Armoured Regiment to 20 Armoured Brigade, which is part of 1(UK) Armoured Division.
