12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (formerly known as 12th Mechanized Brigade) is one of the Army’s deployable brigades, based on Salisbury Plain as part of 3rd (UK) Division. Due to its complimentary make-up of armoured, medium and light-role troops, 12 Brigade is capable of a wide variety of missions anyway in the world.
The Brigade
The Brigade currently consists of a Headquarters Staff, four Combat units and a host of Combat Support and Combat Service Support units enabling it to live, move and fight wherever and whenever it is required.
The brigade is based throughout the South of England, with its headquarters located in Ward Barracks, in Bulford Camp, Wiltshire.
Brigade Units
The King's Royal Hussars
The Royal Lancers
1 Scots Guards
1 Royal Welsh
1 Yorkshire Regiment
History
As part of the A2020, 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment joined the Brigade in 2015. After a busy year supporting training in 2016, the focus shifted again in 2017 to training ourselves. All battalions trained hard before being ready to deploy on operations throughout the world in 2018.
Location
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HQ 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade
Bulford Barracks, Wiltshire
Ex Iron Strike in Canada
Teamwork tested during Exercise Citadel Guibert
British and French forces practise how they would plan and operate together on a joint mission.
