Editing Royal Armoured Corps (section)

===Strategic Defence and Security Review (2010)/Army 2020===
In 2012, following the [[Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010|Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2010]], specific proposals about the make up of the future British Army were announced under the title ''[[Future of the British Army (Army 2020)|Army 2020]]''. These proposals were intended to reduce the size of the army to around 82,000. The Royal Armoured Corps was to be reduced by a total of two regiments, with the [[9th/12th Royal Lancers]] amalgamated with the [[Queen's Royal Lancers]] to form a single lancer regiment, the Royal Lancers, and the [[1st Royal Tank Regiment|1st]] and [[2nd Royal Tank Regiment]]s joined to form a single [[Royal Tank Regiment]].

The Royal Armoured Corps will also see a shift with one third of its regiments operating as [[Armoured regiment (United Kingdom)|armoured regiments]] with [[main battle tanks]], another third as [[formation reconnaissance regiment]]s and a final third as [[light cavalry]] using Jackal vehicles.<ref>[http://www.rfca-yorkshire.org.uk/files/TransformingtheBritishArmyAnnexD.pdf Transforming the British Army Annex D] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616114738/http://www.rfca-yorkshire.org.uk/files/TransformingtheBritishArmyAnnexD.pdf |date=June 16, 2013 }}</ref> Armoured regiments would consist of Type 56 regiments, each with three Sabre Squadrons (comprising 18 [[Challenger 2]] Tanks each) and a command and recce squadron. Armoured Cavalry or [[formation reconnaissance regiment]]s would also have a command and recce squadron and three Sabre Squadrons; which will initially be equipped with [[Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)]], and then with [[Future Rapid Effect System]] Scout vehicles.<ref>[http://www.rfca-yorkshire.org.uk/files/TransformingtheBritishArmyAnnexB.pdf Transforming the British Army Annex B] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="army.mod.uk">[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_brochure.pdf Transforming the British Army, July 2012] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418031611/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_brochure.pdf |date=April 18, 2013 }}</ref> [[Jackal (vehicle)|Jackal]] regiments will be part of the Adaptable Force, comprising three Sabre Squadrons (each with 16 vehicles). These regiments will be paired with a Yeomanry regiment.<ref name="army.mod.uk"/><ref>[http://www.rfca-yorkshire.org.uk/files/TransformingtheBritishArmyAnnexC.pdf Transforming the British Army Annex C]{{dead link|date=May 2014}}</ref>

The new structure of the Reaction Force will see three armoured regiments, each assigned to a new "Armoured Infantry Brigade", alongside a formation reconnaissance regiment (renamed as "armoured cavalry"), two armoured infantry battalions and a heavy protected mobility battalion. These six regiments will fall operationally under what will become known as the "reaction forces", which will be the army's high readiness force. The remaining three regiments will be located with the remainder of the regular army under what has been term the "adaptable forces", which will provide a pool of resources to back up operations conducted by the "reaction forces".

This new basing plan on 5 March 2013 gave an overview of where the regiments will be based.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ministry of Defence |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regular-army-basing-plan |title=Regular army basing plan - Publications |publisher=GOV.UK |date=2013-03-05 |access-date=2014-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111062012/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regular-army-basing-plan |archive-date=2013-11-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> All RAC regiments will be UK based, with the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards moving to Swanton Morley, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards moving to the Leuchars area, the Queen's Royal Hussars to Tidworth, the Royal Lancers settling in Catterick, the Light Dragoons in Catterick, and the Royal Tank Regiment to Tidworth. 

The Army 2020 structure for the Royal Armoured Corps was:<ref name="basing">{{cite web|access-date=12 March 2013|publisher=AFF|title=Regular Army Basing Announcement|url=http://www.aff.org.uk/linkedfiles/aff/latest_news_information/cregulararmybasingannouncementgridunclas.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814181412/http://www.aff.org.uk/linkedfiles/aff/latest_news_information/cregulararmybasingannouncementgridunclas.pdf|archive-date=14 August 2016}}</ref>

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!Armoured Regiment<br />(Challenger 2)!!Armoured Cavalry<br />(Scimitar)!!Light Cavalry<br />(Jackal)!!Light Cavalry – Army Reserve<br />(Jackal)<ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf Army 2020 Report, page 24] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610215557/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf |date=June 10, 2014 }}</ref>
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!colspan=2|[[1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Armoured Infantry Brigade]]
!colspan=2|[[7th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|7th Infantry Brigade]]
|-align=center
|[[King's Royal Hussars|The King's Royal Hussars]]
|[[The Royal Lancers|The Royal Lancers<br />(Queen Elizabeth's Own)]]
[[Royal Dragoon Guards|The Royal Dragoon Guards]]
|[[Queen's Dragoon Guards]]
|[[Royal Yeomanry|The Royal Yeomanry]]
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!colspan=2|[[12th Armoured Infantry Brigade]]
!colspan=2|[[4th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|4th Infantry Brigade]]
|-align=center
|[[Royal Tank Regiment|The Royal Tank Regiment]]
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|[[Light Dragoons|The Light Dragoons]]
|[[Queen's Own Yeomanry|The Queen's Own Yeomanry]]
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!colspan=2|[[20th Armoured Infantry Brigade]]
!colspan=2|[[51st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|51st Infantry Brigade]]
|-align=center
|[[Queen's Royal Hussars|The Queen's Royal Hussars<br />(Queen's Own and Royal Irish)]]
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|[[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards|The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards<br />(Carabiniers and Greys)]]
|[[Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry|The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry]]
|-align=center
|[[Royal Wessex Yeomanry|The Royal Wessex Yeomanry]]<br />(MBT crew replacement, admin only)
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