Scotland's Tank Regiment Sent Back to Iraq As Foot Soldiers
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SCOTLAND'S only tank regiment is to be sent to Iraq to fight as light infantry because the army is running out of foot soldiers.
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (RSDG), which helped spearhead the armoured assault on Basra in 2003, is to swop most of its 68-tonne Challenger 2 tanks for rifles when it deploys back to Iraq's second city in October, as part of 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats.See the full content of this document
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Scotland's Tank Regiment Sent Back to Iraq As Foot Soldiers
Only 13 of the current 40 battalions - and just one of the six Scottish infantry units - has achieved the Ministry of Defence's goal of a 24-month gap between operational deployments in the last five years.
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