Current Formation
The division was reraised in the mid-1990s after 3rd Armoured Division disbanded in BAOR. From 1995 it alternated with 1 (UK) Armoured Division in providing the headquarters for Multi National Division South West in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as part of IFOR.
On 1 September 1999 the Division was freed from its administrative and regional responsibilities and it became a deployable or "fly-away" division.
As 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division it is now the only division at continual operational readiness in the United Kingdom (the other at operational readiness being 1st (UK) Armoured Division in Germany). It is based at Picton Barracks, Bulford Camp, in Wiltshire and reports to the Commander Land Forces at Andover.
Under the divisional command are four ready brigades:
- 1 Mechanized Brigade
- 4th Mechanized Brigade
- 12 Mechanized Brigade
- 19 Light Brigade
- 3rd Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment
- 5 Regiment Army Air Corps (Lynx)
- 1st Royal Tank Regiment
- 36 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
- 3 Regiment, Royal Military Police
- 3 Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps
- 3 Logistic Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
- 4 Logistic Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
- 12 Logistic Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
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