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The Battalion (561 personnel) continues to evolve and the
resultant structure appears to based around the usual three Rifle
Companies each with three platoons. Two of these platoons are from
the Regular Battalion and the third from the affiliated Army Reserve
Battalion (eg 6 Rifles is affiliated to 1 Rifles).
The third regular rifle platoon in each company has now be re-roled
as a GPMG SG platoon resulting in a rifle company that will probably
look like this:
The evolving Manoeuvre Support Company will probably resemble the
following:
Many battalions now
have sniper sections equipped with the Long Range Rifle that has an
effective range of up to 1,100 m plus.
HQ Coy has the usual mix of support elements that includes REME LAD,
QM's Department, MT Platoon, Medical and CIS Platoon.
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Light Role Infantry Battalion – Army Reserve
Affiliations |
| Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated
Reserve Unit |
| 1st
Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment |
Light Role Infantry |
Woolwich |
3rd
Bn the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (R) (Canterbury) |
| 1st
Bn the Grenadier Guards |
Light Role Infantry |
Aldershot |
The
London Regiment (R) (Westminster) |
| 2nd
Bn The Rifles |
Light Role Infantry |
Ballykinler |
7th
Bn The Rifles (R) (Reading) |
| 2nd
Bn The Mercian Regiment |
Light Role Infantry |
Chester |
4th
Bn The Mercian Regiment (R) (Wolverhampton) |
| 2nd
Bn The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment |
Light Role Infantry |
Weeton |
4th
Bn the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (R) (Preston) |
| 2nd
Bn The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Light Role Infantry |
Edinburgh |
6th
Bn The Royal Regiment of Scotland (R) (Glasgow) |
| 1st
Bn The Rifles |
Light Role Infantry |
Chepstow |
6th
Bn The Rifles (R) (Exeter) |
| 2nd
Bn The Parachute Regiment |
Air
Assault |
Colchester |
4th
Bn The Parachute Regiment (R) (Pudsey)
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