British Army:
2300AD
Deployment Forces
Introduction
The bulk of the British regular army is
assigned to a pool of forces dedicated for operations
outside of the British Isles and across Terra. Some are
stationed on British soil and others have garrison posts
overseas but all are available for operations if
required. Increasingly however as large numbers of
British troops have been sent up-Arm to fight the Kafers
the forces on Earth have slipped down the list of
priorities in order to build up the expeditionary forces.
They are divided between the UK Joint
Reaction Forces and I (British) Corps. The UKJRF is a
joint service group of units that can be used as the
spearhead of a British intervention anywhere world-wide.
I (British) Corps is the heavy combat force of the
British Army, capable of undertaking the most intense
military operations against first rate enemy forces.
Index
- I
(British) Corps
- 1st
Armoured Division
- 2nd
Armoured Division
- 5th
Armoured Division
- United Kingdom Joint Reaction Forces
- 1st Commando Division
- 15th Air Assault Brigade
- 16th Air Assault Brigade
- 1st
Light Brigade
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I
(British) Corps
I Corps is based in Aldershot in the
south-east of England. I Corps is designated to deploy
anywhere on Earth with up to 3 British Divisions together
with Allied forces in support of British interests. The
Corps has an attached recce group. It is the main
controlling force for British heavy combat operations,
indeed with the departure of II Corps to the French it is
the only major, on-Earth mobile headquarters.
Historically I Corps is the longest established higher
British HQ, being in existence since before 1900.
Contingency planning is mainly concerned with European
operations and possible expeditionary forces to the South
Atlantic or South America in the event of a 4th Rio Plato
War.
Corps Recce Group
I Corps CRG is a large body of recce
formations, each with its own specialities available to
the Corps. It is a 'golf bag' of units, both regular and
TA, from which a tailored formation can be produced for
any given deployment. It includes special forces,
artillery observers, close recce infantry, urban recce
and depth recce formations. The large size of the CRG is
a result of many of the II Corps CRG leaving behind many
of its units when it moved up arm.
- 16th/5th Lancers (16/5 L)
- The Queen's Own Yeomanry (QOY)
- The Royal Yeomanry (RY)
- 1st Battalion, The Highland Light
Infantry (1 HLI)
- The Honourable Artillery Company
(V) (HAC)
- 21 (Artists) Special Air Service
Regiment (V) (21 SAS)
- 23 Special Air Service Regiment
(V) (23 SAS)
- 1 Strategic Regiment, Royal
Electronic Warfare and Security (1 REWS)
Corps Artillery Group
The CAG is a formation including
theatre air defence, ASAT and long range missile assets.
Like the CRG it is a 'golf bag' unit including regulars
and TA.
- 2 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
(2 RA)
- 15 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
(15 RA)
- 32 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
(32 RA)
- 27 Air Defence Regiment, Royal
Artillery (27 RA)
- 44 Orbital Defence Regiment, Royal
Artillery (44 RA)
- 105 Heavy Regiment, Royal
Artillery (V) (105 RA)
- 114 Heavy Regiment, Royal
Artillery (V) (114 RA)
1st
Armoured Division
1 Armd Div is based in the south of
England and is headquartered at Aldershot. It is
currently understrength with the detachment of many of
its assets with 1 (Guards) Armoured Brigade Group to the
French Arm. It has been working closely with 17 (SE) Mech
Bde from the UK Defence Force since the departure of 1
(Guards) Armd Bde.
- Divisional Manouvre Groups
-
- 2nd Armoured Brigade
-
- 9th Royal Tank Regiment (9 RTR)
- 2nd Life Guards (2 LG)
- 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment
of Fusiliers (4 RRF)
- 1st Battalion, The Queen's
Regiment (1 QUEENS)
-
- 3rd Armoured Brigade
-
- 8th Royal Tank Regiment (8 RTR)
- The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
(RHG)
- 1st Battalion, The Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders (1 A & SH)
- 2nd Battalion, The Black Watch (2
BW)
-
- Divisional Recce Group
-
- 2nd Light Dragoons (15th/19th King's
Hussars) (2 LD)
- 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Guards (2
WG)
-
- Divisional Artillery Group
-
- 31 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
(31 RA)
- 8 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
(8 RA)
- 42 Medium Regiment, Royal
Artillery (42 RA)
- 16 Air Defence Regiment, Royal
Artillery (16 RA)
-
- Divisional Air Group
-
- 2 Regiment, Army Air Corps (2 AAC)
-
- Divisional Command Group
- 1 Armoured Command Regiment
- 101 Armoured Tactical Squadron, Royal
Electronic Warfare and Security (101 REWS)
- 1 Armoured Regiment, Royal
Engineers
2nd
Armoured Division
2 Armd Div is stationed in
the north of England and is headquartered at Catterick
Garrison in Yorkshire. The division has trained primarily
to intervene in the Low Countries, bolstering either the
Netherlands or Flanders from either German or French
intervention.
- Divisional Manoeuvre Groups
-
- 4th Armoured Brigade
-
- 6th Royal Tank Regiment (6 RTR)
- 1st Wellon Armoured Regiment
(1 WAR) ForEx 2 RTR
- 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire
Regiment (1 YORKS)
- 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire
Regiment (3 YORKS)
-
- 5th Armoured Brigade
-
- 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR)
- 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons (6 D)
- 1st Battalion, The Devon &
Dorset Regiment (1 D&D)
- 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire
& Sherwood Foresters Regiment (1 WFR)
-
- 6th Armoured Brigade
-
- 5th Royal Tank Regiment (5 RTR)
- 17th/21st Lancers (17/21 L)
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish
Rangers (2 RIR)
- 1st Battalion, The Connaught
Rangers (1 CR)
-
- Divisional Recce Group
-
- 4th/8th (Queen's Royal Irish)
Hussars (4/8 H)
- 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire
Regiment (1 STAFFORD)
-
- Divisional Artillery Group
-
- 9 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
(9 RA)
- 25 Medium Regiment, Royal
Artillery (25 RA)
- 26 Medium Regiment, Royal
Artillery (26 RA)
- 45 Medium Regiment, Royal
Artillery (45 RA)
- 30 Air Defence Regiment, Royal
Artillery (30 RA)
-
- Divisional Air Group
-
- 3 Regiment, Army Air Corps (3 AAC)
- 4 Regiment, Army Air Corps (4 AAC)
-
- Divisional Command Group
-
- 2 Armoured Command Regiment
- 102 Armoured Tactical Squadron, Royal
Electronic Warfare and Security (102 REWS)
- 2 Armoured Regiment, Royal
Engineers (2 ARMD RE)
5th
Armoured Division
5 Armd Div is a unit that has returned
from long service on Tirane some ten years ago, it is
based in the north of England and Scotland and has its HQ
in Edinburgh. Its initial role was as a general reserve
force for Earth operations as part of II Corps. However
with II Corps departure it has taken over 3 Armd Div's
'swing role' as first contingency reserve force for
operations outside of Europe.
- Divisional Manoeuvre Group
-
- 14th Armoured Brigade
-
- 1st (Royal) Dragoons (The Royals)
(1 D)
- 2nd Battalion, The Dublin
Fusiliers (2 DF)
- 1st Battalion, The Leinster
Regiment (1 LR)
- 14 Regiment, Army Air Corps (14
AAC)
-
- 15th Armoured Brigade
-
- 6th Dragoon Guards (Scots
Carabiniers) (6 DG)
- 2nd Battalion, Princess
Margaret's Wellon Light Infantry (2 PMWLI)
ForEx 2 R ANGLIAN
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Anglian
Regiment (3 R ANGLIAN)
- 15 Regiment, Army Air Corps (15
AAC)
-
- 16th Armoured Brigade
-
- 3rd (Prince of Wales' Own) Dragoon
Guards (3 DG)
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (1
RS)
- 1st Battalion, The King's Own
Scottish Borderers (1 KOSB)
- 16 Regiment, Army Air Corps (16
AAC)
-
- Divisional Recce Group
-
- 3rd/7th (Queen's Own) Hussars (3/7
H)
- 1st Battalion, The Scottish Rifles
(1 SR) - detached 11 (Wellon) Armd Div
-
- Divisional Artillery Group
-
- 39 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
(39 RA)
- 3 Medium Regiment, Royal Horse
Artillery (3 RHA)
- 18 Medium Regiment, Royal
Artillery (18 RA)
- 49 Medium Regiment, Royal
Artillery (49 RA)
- 22 Air Defence Regiment, Royal
Artillery (22 RA)
-
- Divisional Command Group
-
- 5 Armoured Command Regiment
- 105 Armoured Tactical Squadron, Royal
Electronic Warfare and Security (105 REWS)
- 5 Armoured Regiment, Royal
Engineers (5 ARMD RE)
United Kingdom Joint Reaction Forces
The UKJRF are a grouping of units
designated as lead elements of any British military
intervention. They are based around brigade groups of
infantry forces, which are organised to allow ease of
movement. The heaviest equipped are the Commando Brigades
which normally operate from the assault ships of the RN,
and can draw upon heavy support from their divisional
units. In addition to Army units the UKJRF is also able
to call upon Royal Navy and Royal Air Force formations.
15 Air Assault Brigade is organised to
act as either an entry force for European interventions
or as a pivot force for I Corps in conventional
operations. 16 Air Assault Brigade has recently
re-equipped with Raven aerodynes and has immense
flexibility for intervention missions anywhere in the
world. 1 Light Brigade is tasked with either
interventions or peacekeeping operations, however it has
not yet recovered from its service on the French Arm
against the Kafers.
1st Commando Division, Royal Marines
Based in Plymouth although with
brigades widely dispersed in Arctic, Antarctic and now on
the French Arm. The Commando Division has been the
leading British intervention asset over the last two
hundred years, a role it is only just handing over. The
Commando Division is organised for amphibious landings in
co-operation with the Royal Navy. The Cdo Div has
recently re-organised its DRG with the heavy 3 RTR
deploying off-world and being replaced by the battle
hardened 4 DG. A close recce battalion has also been
recently formed building on the expertise of M Squadron
and the Brigade Recce Squadrons and has received the
historic 41 Commando name.
- 3 Commando Brigade Group, RM
-
- 1 Recce Squadron, RM
- 35 Commando, RM (35 Cdo)
- 37 Commando, RM (37 Cdo)
- 71 Commando, RWM (71 Cdo)
ForEx 33 Cdo RM
- 301 Assault Squadron, RM
- 29 Commando Regiment, Royal
Artillery (29 RA)
- 3 Commando Air Group (3 CAG)
- 59 Independent Commando Squadron,
Royal Engineers
- 1 Commando Logistics Regiment (1
CLR)
-
- 5 Commando Brigade Group, RM
-
- 3 Recce Squadron, RM
- 52 Commando, RM (52 Cdo)
- 53 Commando, RM (53 Cdo)
- 58 Commando, RM (58 Cdo)
- 501 Assault Squadron, RM
- 50 Commando Regiment, Royal
Artillery (50 RA)
- 5 Commando Air Group (5 CAG)
- 61 Independent Commando Squadron,
Royal Engineers
- 3 Commando Logistics Regiment (3
CLR)
-
- Divisional Recce Group
-
- 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
(4 DG)
- 41 Commando, RM (41 Cdo)
-
- Divisional Command Group
-
- 1 Commando Division Command Group
- 201 Commando Tactical Squadron, Royal
Electronic Warfare and Security (201 REWS)
- 1 Commando Regiment, Royal Horse
Artillery (1 RHA)
- 126 Commando Regiment (V), Royal
Artillery (126 RA)
- 1 Commando Regiment, Royal
Engineers (1 Cdo RE)
- 2 Commando Regiment, Royal
Engineers (2 Cdo RE)
- 11 Commando Logistics Regiment (11
CLR)
15th
Air Assault Brigade
This brigade is based in Colchester,
England. It trains for interventions in the European
continent and indeed was forward deployed to the
Netherlands during the Franco-German War of 2292.
Currently it is somewhat understrength as it has had to
continuously find drafts for the Parachute Regiment
battalions fighting on the French Arm.
- Pathfinder Group 'Pegasus'
- 1st Battalion, The Parachute
Regiment (1 PARA)
- 4th Battalion, The Parachute
Regiment (4 PARA)
- 17 Regiment, Army Air Corps (17
AAC)
- 18 Regiment, Army Air Corps (18
AAC)
- 19 Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
(19 RA)
- 1 Assault Squadron, Royal
Engineers
16th
Air Assault Brigade
16 AA Bde is based at a series of bases
around Dishforth in Yorkshire in the north of England. It
has recently re-equipped with Raven aircraft,
vastly increasing its operational radius. Troop levels
have also suffered although the brigade is in better
shape than 15 AA Bde.
- Pathfinder Group 'Bruneval'
- 5th Battalion, The Parachute
Regiment (5 PARA)
- 102nd Battalion, The Royal
Wellon Airmobile Regiment (102 RWAR) ForEx 3
PARA
- 19 Regiment, Army Air Corps (19
AAC)
- 20 Regiment, Army Air Corps (20
AAC)
- 23 Light Regiment, Royal Horse
Artillery (23 RHA)
- 2 Assault Squadron, Royal
Engineers
1st
Light Brigade Group
Currently based at Tidworth in England,
1 Light Bde formed a vital part of the
legendary Light Division during the fighting on Beta
Canum, but suffered heavily for it. The brigade has
recently been relieved by a Wellonese brigade on Beowulf
and has returned to Earth. Of the infantry battalions
only 4 LI was part of the original complement, the other
battalions have been moved to other duties in order to
recover. To replace them two Irish battalions have been
brought into the unit, and these are currently finishing
their training as light battalions. 1 Light Bde is
currently the UK contingency brigade for off-world
operations on the American or Chinese Arms.
- 4 Recce Group 'Waterloo'
- 4th Battalion, The Light Infantry
(4 LI)
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish
Rangers (1 RIR)
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster
Fusiliers (1 RUF)
- 40 Light Regiment, Royal Horse
Artillery (40 RA)
- 81 Field Squadron, 29 Regiment
Royal Engineers
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