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The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (RRF) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. As one of the existing large infantry regiments, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was largely unaffected by the reforms of the infantry that were announced in December 2004. ==History== The regiment was formed on 23 April 1968, as part of the reforms of the British Army that saw the creation of the fourth 'large infantry regiments', by the amalgamation of the four English fusilier regiments: * Royal Northumberland Fusiliers * Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers * Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) * Lancashire Fusiliers The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was formed to serve as the county regiment of the following counties: * Greater London * Lancashire * Northumberland * Warwickshire The 3rd Battalion of the Regiment, equipped with 45 Armoured Personnel Carriers, saw active service in Iraq during the Gulf War in 1991.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Units in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm )〕 In 2003 elements of the 1st Battalion of the Regiment were deployed to Basra in Iraq where they carried out patrols and distributed water to the local population.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in Basra, 22-23 April 2003 )〕 The regiment received a reserve battalion, the 5th Battalion RRF, through the redesignation of Tyne-Tees Regiment, on 1 April 2006. In 2006 elements of the former 2nd Battalion of the Regiment were deployed to Afghanistan to support the International Security Assistance Force fighting off 150 Taliban attacks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Operation Veritas: British units deployed )〕 The whole of 1st Battalion deployed to Nahri Saraj District, Afghanistan in 2013, where they took part in mounted and dismounted infantry operations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Herrick 18 Units Deployed )〕 The 2nd Battalion amalgamated with the first battalion forming just one regular battalion, an armoured infantry battalion under 1st Armoured Brigade〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Army 2020 Update, page 7 )〕 in September 2014 as part of the Army 2020 plans. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Regiment of Fusiliers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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