British Armed Forces

The **British Armed Forces** is a playable faction in Squad. This faction is the third conventional army featured in the game. It was added in the Alpha 11.0 update.

## History

The British Armed Forces (or "British Army") was founded in 1660 after the monarchies of Great Britain and Ireland were restored. Throughout the centuries, the British Armed Forces helped expand the British Empire into the largest empire in the world and had participated in many notable wars such as the Napoleonic Wars and the World Wars. Today, the British Armed Forces uses modern equipment created in the British homeland as well as foreign equipment, mainly created by the United Kingdom's notable ally, the United States. The British Armed Forces focuses on expeditionary warfare but also operates as a Coalition power and United Nations peacekeeper.

## Flag

The flag of the British Armed Forces shown in Squad is the Union Flag; consisting of a red cross (representing St. George and England) in the center which cuts up a blue and white saltire (representing St. Andrew and Scotland) into quarters with a cut-up red saltire (which represents St. Patrick and Ireland) within the white lines of the blue and white saltire. Wales has no representation on the flag.

## In-game equipment

The British Army uses modern Western weaponry. In addition, the British Army fields many optical sights for most of their small arms. To identify a British soldier, make sure you spot their MTP (Multi-Terrain Pattern) uniforms. Their armored vehicles are also predominantly tracked. Their vehicle arsenal also possesses one of the toughest armored APCs and IFVs in-game, the FV432 and FV510, respectively.

### Weapons

#### **Small Arms**

* L85A2 - Assault Rifle
* L22A2 - Carbine
* L110A2 - Light Machine Gun
* L7A2 - Medium Machine Gun
* L86A2 - Designated Marksman Rifle
* L129A1 - Designated Marksman Rifle
* L131A1 General Service Pistol - Pistol

#### **Grenades and Launchers**

* L109A1 - Fragmentation Grenade
* L123A2 - Underbarrel Grenade Launcher
* ILAW AT-4 CS - Rocket Launcher
* M72A7 LAW - Rocket Launcher
* NLAW - Rocket Launcher

#### **Deployable Weapons**

* BGM-71 TOW - Anti-Tank Guided Missle Launcher
* L16 - Mortar
* M2A1 - Heavy Machine Gun

#### **Equipment**

* SA80 Bayonet - Melee Weapon
* Entrenching Tool - Shovel
* M112 C4 - Explosive
* Field Binoculars - Binoculars

### Vehicles

#### **Boats**

* RHIB Transport
* RHIB Logistics
* RHIB M2

#### **Trucks**

* HX60 Transport
* HX60 Logistics

#### **Jeeps**

* FV432
* LPPV
* LPPV RWS

#### **Infantry Fighting Vehicles**

* FV510
* FV520 CTAS40

#### **Air Supports**

* SA330
* MQ-9 UAV\*
* A-10 Warthog\*

\*Commander Asset

## Divisions

**2 PARA**
UK 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment
**QRH**
 Vehicles

2x LPPV
1x MAN HX Truck Logistics
6x SA330

Delayed Spawn
1x MAN HX Truck Transport [6 mins]

2x FV107
6x FV4034
1x FV520 CTAS40 (Up-Armoured)
3x MAN HX Truck Logistics

Delayed Spawn
1x MAN HX Truck Transport [10 mins]

**3 DIV**
UK 3rd Division
**GREN GDS**
 Vehicles

1x FV107
2x FV4034
2x FV432
1x FV520 CTAS40 (Up-Armoured)
2x LPPV
3x MAN HX Truck Logistics
2x SA330

Delayed Spawn
1x MAN HX Truck Transport [10 mins]

1x LPPV
3x MAN HX Truck Logistics
3x MAN HX Truck Transport

**UK Battlegroup**
British Armed Forces
**1 YORKS**
 Vehicles

3x MAN HX Truck Logistics
3x MAN HX Truck Transport

2x FV4034
6x FV520 CTAS40 (Up-Armoured)
3x MAN HX Truck Logistics

Delayed Spawn
1x MAN HX Truck Transport [10 mins]

**3 RIFLES**
UK 3 Battalion The Rifles

2x FV107
1x FV432
2x LPPV
2x LPPV RWS
3x MAN HX Truck Logistics

Delayed Spawn
1x MAN HX Truck Transport [10 mins]

## Gallery

**September 2016**

**January 2017**

**January 2018**

* Rifleman with L85A2 assault rifle
* Grenadier with L85A2 assault rifle with L123A2 underslung grenade launcher
* Automatic Rifleman with L86A2 LSW
* Rifleman with L85A2 assault rifle
* Machine Gunner with L7A2 GPMG