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The Brigade today includes The Queen's Royal Hussars, a tank regiment equipped with the 62 tonne Challenger 2 main battle tank, and two armoured infantry battalions - 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and 5th Battalion The Rifles - both equipped with the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle. 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards provide the reconnaissance role to the Brigade with their fast and agile Scimitar Armoured Vehicles.
1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) is a Light Role Infantry Battalion based in Oxford Barracks, Münster. They have been part of 20th Armoured Brigade since returning from Operation TELIC 9 in Iraq in 2007.
Headquarters 20th Armoured Brigade is currently located in Sennelager, on the outskirts of the city of Paderborn, north Germany. Since September 2009 it has been commanded by Brigadier Patrick Sanders DSO OBE.
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