AKX Articles
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 currently consists of a Headquarters Staff, four Combat units and a host of Combat Support and Combat Service Support units enabling […]
3rd (United Kingdom) Division, based at the heart of the British Army on Salisbury Plain, is the only division at continual operational readiness in the UK. ‘The Iron Division’ is made up of 1 Armoured Infantry Brigade (Tidworth), 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (Bulford Camp), 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (Paderborn, Germany) and 101 Logistic Brigade (Aldershot). Origins The Iron Division can trace its history to 1809 in Spain when in the early years of the Peninsular War […]
The punch packed by The Light Dragoons, a light cavalry regiment tasked to provide the Army’s eyes and ears on the battlefield, has been tested. Exercise WESSEX STORM has seen the unit carrying out live fire training on the rain-lashed STANTA ranges near Thetford, close to their base at Swanton Morley in Norfolk. Deploying on Jackal 2 and Coyote armoured vehicles, the soldiers are training alongside 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 21 Engineer Regiment and […]
The British Army is to work more closely with the Bundeswehr (German army) in future following discussions between the two nations’ armies this week at the Headquarters of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division on Salisbury Plain. MajorGeneral Johann Langenegger, Commander of Hanover-based 1. Panzerdivision, visited southern England to cement the official ‘Patenschaft’ (partnership) with the British Army’s 3rd (United Kingdom) Division The two-day visit saw the German officer explore how the Bundeswehr may develop ties with the […]
