1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team

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,[1] 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.[1] The Brigade was officially stood up on 1 July 2022.[2]

The brigade is designed to integrate reconnaissance assets with deep fires and non-lethal effects, utilising Ajax and MLRS systems.[1] As the Future Soldier guide states:[1]

1st Deep Recce Strike BCT will focus on the Army’s deep fight, combining deep fires with reconnaissance and the ability to integrate non-lethal effects. Deep Recce Strike BCT combines the Ajax’s formidable sensors with enhanced fires systems to provide long-range persistent surveillance for the coordination of deep fires.

The structure of the brigade is as follows:[1]

• Brigade Combat Team Headquarters. Delhi Barracks, Tidworth[3][2]
  • Household Cavalry Regiment, at Powle Lines, Bulford Camp[4][5] (Armoured Cavalry)
  • 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, at Robertson Barracks, Swanton Morley[6] (Light Cavalry)[7][8]
  • The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth's Own), at Catterick Garrison (Armoured Cavalry)[9]
  • The Royal Yeomanry, in Leicester (Light Cavalry)[10][11]
  • 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, at Assaye Barracks, Larkhill Garrison (Armoured Fires)[12][13] [14]
  • 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, at Albemarle Barracks, Stamfordham[15][16] (Deep Fires)[17]
  • 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Marne Barracks, Catterick Garrison (Surveillance & Target Acquisition)
  • 19 Regiment Royal Artillery,[18] at Larkhill Garrison (Armoured Fires)
  • 26 Regiment Royal Artillery, at Purvis Lines, Larkhill Garrison (Deep Fires) [19]
  • 101 (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery, at Napier Armoury, Gateshead[20][21] (Deep Fires, will provide a formed battery to each of 3 RHA and 26 Regt RA) [22]
  • 104 Regiment Royal Artillery, at Raglan Barracks, Newport[23][24] (Armoured Fires, will provide individual reinforcements to 1 RHA and 19 Regt RA)[25]
  • National Reserve Headquarters, Royal Artillery, at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich
  • 6 Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Delhi Barracks, Tidworth Camp
  • 206 (North West) Multi-Role Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps[2]