British Army Household Cavalry Receive First Ares Armored Vehicle

According to a picture released on the Twitter account of Household Cavalry on September 25, 2020, the Household Cavalry regiment of the British took delivery of the first Ares, the APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) variant in the AJAX tracked armored family to replace the old Scimitar CVRT, light tracked reconnaissance armored vehicle.

The Household Cavalry (HCav) is made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). These regiments are divided between the Armoured Regiment stationed at Kiwi Barracks in Wiltshire and the ceremonial mounted unit, the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, garrisoned at Hyde Park Barracks (Knightsbridge Barracks) in London. The Household Cavalry is part of the Household Division and is the Queen's official bodyguard.

[watsondove]

Sad to see the scimitar go, I commanded one for 3 years, great fun

[davidhouseman]

I knew they were a lot heavier but the picture next to scimitar shows how much bigger they really are.

[roberthughes]

This is why us British take so long to develop new weapon systems as it takes years to think up a set of cleverly associated names for the different versions.