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The Queen's Royal Lancers is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of two other regiments:
From its formation, the regiment served in the armoured role with first Challenger 1, then Challenger 2. However, in 2005, as part of the re-organisation of the army, the regiment started converting to the formation reconnaissance role, re-equipping with the FV107 Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle.
The regiment is organised into a total of four squadrons, each of which perpetuates one of the antecedent regiments:
- 5th Lancer Squadron
- 16th Lancer Squadron
- 17th Lancer Squadron
- 21st Lancer Squadron
