7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team
The 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team is a formation in the British Army with a direct lineage to 7th Armoured Brigade and a history that stretches back to the Napoleonic Wars. It saw active service in the Crimean War, the Second Boer War and both the First and the Second World Wars. In 2014, the 7th Armoured Brigade was re-designated as 7th Infantry Brigade, thereby ensuring that the famed "Desert Rats" continue in the British Army's Order of battle.
Tactical recognition flash (2017) harks back to "Desert Rats" badge of 7th Armoured Brigade
Men of the 20th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment resting by a tank (serial number 9891), disabled by side-slipping down a railway embankment, near Premont, 8 October 1918.
Guardsmen of King's Company, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards go 'over the top' during training at Annappes, France, 8 April 1940.
7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 7th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army. The brigade is also known as the "Desert Rats", a nickname formerly held by the 7th Armoured Division, of which the brigade formed a part during the Second World War until late 1941.
Two Sherman tanks of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment in action against German machine gun positions on the walls of San Marino, during the Battle of San Marino, September 1944.
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (C Squadron) during live fire training exercises on Bergen-Hohne Training Area (Germany) near the Fallingbostel station
Sign at the Celle Station of the 7th Armoured Brigade, 2012
