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