page_title: Royal Yeomanry
section_title: Equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Yeomanry / Equipment
caption_attribution_description: BRITISH ARMY MOD SPEC LAND ROVER PATROL VECHICLE ALBERT DOCK LIVERPOOL MAY 2013
context_page_description: The Royal Yeomanry is the senior reserve light cavalry regiment of the British Army. Equipped with Supacat Jackal variants and the Land Rover RWMIK, their role is to conduct mounted and dismounted formation reconnaissance. The Regimental Headquarters is located in Leicester, with squadrons in Fulham, Nottingham, Dudley, Croydon, Telford and Leicester.
  The regiment is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is paired with and supports the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards. QDG and RY together form the light cavalry reconnaissance component of 7th Infantry Brigade, serving alongside six infantry battalions. The RY is one of three light cavalry reserve regiments in 1st Division.
  The Royal Yeomanry is the only British Army Reserve unit to have been awarded a battle honour since the Second World War.
context_section_description: The regiment's main equipment is the Supacat Jackal CVR(W) Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled); a light armoured vehicle, equipped with the General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) and the Browning M2 .50 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG).
caption: A static British Army WMIK on display.
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