King's Royal Hussars
| The King's Royal Hussars | |
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Cap badge of the King's Royal Hussars
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| Active | 2 December 1992- |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Line Cavalry |
| Role | Armoured |
| Size | One regiment |
| Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
| Garrison/HQ | RHQ (North) - Preston RHQ (South) - Winchester Regiment - Tidworth |
| March | Quick - The King's Royal Hussars Slow - Coburg Other - The Eagle |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel-in-Chief | HRH The Princess Royal |
| Colonel of the Regiment |
General Sir Richard Shirreff KCB CBE |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |  |
| Arm Badge | Crossed Kukris From 14th/20th King's Hussars |
| Abbreviation | KRH |
The King's Royal Hussars (KRH) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps. The regiment was formed in 1992 and is based at Tidworth. It serves as the armoured regiment of the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Under Army 2020, it will exchange its Challenger 2 tanks for Ajax vehicles.
The regiment was formed on 4 December 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments:
The regiment was based at York Barracks in Münster at the time of amalgamation from where it deployed units to Northern Ireland on Operation Banner in June 1994 and to Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 1996: it spent its time as part of 2nd Canadian Multi National Brigade and was awarded the Canadian Forces' Unit Commendation - the first time that this had been awarded to a foreign unit.
The regiment deployed units to Bosnia and Herzegovina again in June 1997 and to both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo in autumn 1999. The regiment returned to Aliwal Barracks at Tidworth Camp in March 2000 from where it deployed units to Northern Ireland in October 2002; it also deployed units to Iraq on Operation Telic 1 in June 2003, Operation Telic 6 in May 2005 and Operation Telic 10 in June 2007. The regiment also deployed on Operation Herrick 7 in September 2007 and Operation Herrick 16 in April 2012.
The regiment currently serves in the armoured role, equipped with Challenger 2 tanks, and is based in Tidworth, Wiltshire. It is planned to continue this role and retain its base under the Army 2020 reforms. The regiment is organised into a total of five squadrons, each of which perpetuates the title of one of its antecedent regiments:
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