The Formation Reconnaissance Regiment is one of two organisations currently provided by cavalry regiments of the British Army. Until recently, it was known as the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment. Formation reconnaissance regiments, as the name would indicate, are intended to provide Armoured Reconnaissance for a higher-level formation, usually a division or a heavy brigade. In a large-scale defensive operation, they would delay attacking forces, whilst screening heavier units as they moved to engage the enemy. The regiments are, currently, equipped with vehicles of the CVR(T) family or Jackal or RWMIK Land Rover. Current use Five regular army regiments were equipped for the formation reconnaissance role: Household Cavalry Regiment 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Light Dragoons 9th/12th Royal Lancers Queen's Royal Lancers The Queen's Own Yeomanry and the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry, the Territorial units equipped for this role. Under Army 2020, this number was reduced to three regiments: Household Cavalry Regiment The Royal Lancers - formed 2 May 2015 by the amalgamation of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and the Queen's Royal Lancers The Royal Dragoon Guards - re-roled from a heavy armoured regiment to formation reconnaissance The Light Dragoons and Queen's Dragoon Guards were re-roled into the 'light cavalry' role along with the Queen's Own Yeomanry Organisation For the late 1990s to early 2000s: A regiment was organised into four reconnaissance squadrons, each with three reconnaissance troops of four Scimitars and a guided weapons troop of four Strikers. The squadrons also have a support troop with four Spartan APCs, a Mechanical Engineer section with a Spartan and a Samson recovery vehicle and a Squadron Headquarters troop with two Land Rover 110 medium utility trucks, two Sultan command vehicles and a Samaritan ambulance. The main combat strength is thus 16 Strikers and 48 Scimitars. Reconnaissance Squadron composition Squadron Headquarters Troop Two Land Rovers, Two FV105 Sultan command vehicles and FV104 Samaritan armoured ambulance Three Reconnaissance Troops Four FV107 Scimitars Guided Weapons Troop Four FV102 Striker anti-tank guided missile vehicles (withdrawn from service) Support Troop Four FV103 Spartan armoured personnel carriers Mechanical Engineer Section FV103 Spartan and FV106 Samson armoured recovery vehicle In addition to these three squadrons, a regiment also contains a Regimental Headquarters squadron, with six Sultans, a Spartan, a Samaritan and two medium utility trucks, and a Light Aid Detachment of the REME with a Sultan, a Samson, a Spartan and a Foden recovery vehicle. In wartime, a regiment