8 Regiment is responsible for the movement of combat supplies, material, armoured vehicles, engineer stores and equipment. The Regiment is also responsible for storing and accounting for bulk fuel and other petroleum products. 

8 Regiment can also provide Command and Control nodes for receiving troops into theatre, sustainment and recovery tasks.

The Regiment is capable of commanding a large Combat Service Support Group. We can setup and operate fuel sites with a bulk fuel lift capability of 616,000 litres.

Additionally we can uplift 28 Main Battle Tanks and 20 other light Armoured vehicles in one lift, using the Regiments Heavy Equipment Transporters (HET) and Light Equipment Transporters (LET), furthermore we have a lift capability of 1440 standard NATO pallets using DROPS.

REGIMENT HISTORY

8 Transport Column (Advanced Weapons Support), Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), was formed in Nelson Barracks, Münster, West Germany in 1964 and assumed the role of the carriage of 1 (BR) Corps Special Weapons, a task previously carried out by the Royal Artillery.

On the formation of The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) on 15th July 1965 the Unit was re-titled as 8 Transport Regiment RCT.

On the 5th April 1993 upon the formation of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC), the Regiment was re-titled to 8 Artillery Support Regiment RLC.  During the summer of 1994 under 8 Artillery Support Regiment RLC moved from Münster to Marne Barracks (formerly RAF Catterick), Catterick, North Yorkshire.

On 1st April 1998 the Regiment was once again re-titled to become 8 Transport Regiment RLC and eventually became known as 8 Regiment RLC in December 2008.

8 Transport Regiment RLC has seen many changes since 1964 but if there is one constant that has remained true through all that time then it’s the Regiments steadfast commitment to maintaining the high values and standards of the British Army.