Armed Forces: Body Armour

(asked on 18th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units have received Virtus body armour since February 2017.


Answered by
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Guto Bebb
This question was answered on 26th January 2018

Since February 2017 the following units, or sub units within them, have been issued Virtus body armour. Issue of the body armour is decided, based on operational need; this means not all sub units within a unit will be issued it, and some units will be required to hand it back on return from operations.

Royal Navy

1 Assault Group Royal Marines

30 Commando (Information Exploitation Group) Royal Marines

43 Commando (Fleet Protection Group) Royal Marines

45 Commando Royal Marines

Commando Helicopter Force

Commando Training Centre Royal Marines

British Army

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

1st Queens Dragoon Guards

The Royal Dragoon Guards

The Queens Royal Hussars

The Royal Lancers

The Light Dragoons

The Kings Royal Hussars

22nd Engineer Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers

26th Engineer Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers

32nd Engineer Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers

33rd Engineer Regiment (EOD) Corps of Royal Engineers

35th Engineer Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers

42nd Engineer Regiment (Geo) Corps of Royal Engineers

101st Engineer Regiment (EOD) Corps of Royal Engineers

5th Regiment Royal Artillery

12th Regiment Royal Artillery

19th Regiment Royal Artillery

26th Regiment Royal Artillery

32nd Regiment Royal Artillery

14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) Royal Corps of Signals

21st Signal Regiment Royal Corps of Signals

1st Battalion Welsh Guards

Royal Scots Borders 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland

The Royal Highland Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland

The Black Watch 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland

The Highlanders 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland

2nd Battalion Princess of Wales Royal Regiment

1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment

2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment

1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment

2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment

1st Battalion The Royal Welsh

2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment

1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles

2nd Battalion The Rifles

1st Regiment Army Air Corps

3rd Regiment Army Air Corps

4th Regiment Army Air Corps

1st Regiment Royal Logistic Corps

11th (EOD) Regiment Royal Logistic Corps

29th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps

1st Medical Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps

5th Medical Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps

3rd Battalion Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers

1st Regiment Royal Military Police

Special Operations Regiment Royal Military Police

4th Military Intelligence Battalion Intelligence Corps

Honourable Artillery Company

77th Brigade

Defence Human Intelligence Unit

Specialised Infantry Group

Recruiting Group

Headquarters York Garrison

Royal Artillery Trials & Development Unit

Combat Service Support Trials & Development Unit

Army Directorate for Operations & Contingencies

Joint Helicopter Support Squadron

Royal Air Force

51 Squadron RAF Regiment

63 Squadron RAF Regiment

20 Wing RAF Regiment

Tactical Supply Wing

* This information is correct as at 22 January 2018.

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