It may only be 60 years old, but the 7th Armoured Brigade, better known as the Desert Rats, has one of the proudest histories in the British Army. Now part of the 1st Armoured Division and based ...

S. Central Command disclosed. No U. S. casualties were reported. In the first week of the war, 20 of the 22 British servicemen killed or missing in the U. S.-led combat have been victims of accidents.

Major General Patrick Cordingley, former commander of the British Army's 7th Armoured Brigade - the "Desert Rats" - has just returned from a reconnaissance mission with a brigade due to deploy to ...

It comprises a much reinforced armoured brigade - the 7th Armoured Brigade known as "the Desert Rats" and elements of the headquarters of One UK Division.

The 7th armoured brigade, the desert rats, with some soldiers still grumbling about equipment and provisions, are positioned at just 40 kilometres from Iraq.

Under the plans, 7th Armoured Brigade HQ, currently based in Hohne in Germany, will return to UK to become part of the new 7th Infantry Brigade, based at Chilwell in Nottinghamshire.

THE HEADQUARTERS of the 7th Armoured Brigade - the 'Desert Rats' - is to leave the dingy garrison town of Bergen–Belsen, 50 miles south of Hamburg, and move back to the UK as part of the army's ...

The brigade's assets will primarily be based in the U.K. or at least not in Estonia, during peacetime, but are able to integrate at very short notice. Col. Müürisepp made his remarks as the commander ...