page_title: 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
section_title: Operational role
hierarchical_section_title: 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards / Operational role
caption_attribution_description: English: QDG sniper training
context_page_description: The 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits from Wales and the bordering English counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, and is the senior cavalry regiment, and therefore senior regiment of the line of the British Army. The regiment is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is paired with the Royal Yeomanry.
context_section_description: The regiment operates in a light cavalry role and is now equipped with Jackal 2 armoured fighting vehicles.
caption: Snipers training while on exercise.
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