User:Coldstreamer20/Outline of the British Army in 1989
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This page represents the structure of the British Army in 1989, the last year of the Cold War.[1] As of 1 April 1989, the following amounts of troops were deployed around the world: 71,000 in Great Britain, 56,000 (of which the Berlin brigade makes up 3,000), 10,200 in Northern Ireland (including 3,200 on roulement), 5,000 in Hong Kong, 4,000 in the Lines of Communications counties (Netherlands and Belgium), 3,200 in Cyprus (including 850 on roulement), 1,300 in Belize (including in 1,000 on roulement), 1,000 in the Falkland Islands, 800 in Gibraltar, 800 in Brunei, 100 in Suffield (including 175 temporary staff from March–November 1989), and 60 in Zimbabwe.[2] For the corps, the following formed each percentage of the army as at 1 April 1989: 27.0% the Infantry, 10.0% Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 9.7% Royal Engineers, 9.0% Royal Artillery (and Royal Horse Artillery), 8.5% Royal Corps of Signals, 7.3% Royal Armoured Corps, 6.9% Royal Corps of Transport, 5.4% Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 3.15% E2, 3.1% Army Catering Corps, 2.6% Royal Army Medical Corps, 1.5% Royal Military Police, 1.4% Royal Army Pay Corps, 1.2% Army Air Corps, 1.0% Royal Pioneer Corps, 0.9% Intelligence Corps, 0.3% Royal Army Educational Corps, 0.3% Royal Army Dental Corps, 0.3% Army Physical Training Corps, 0.1% Royal Army Chaplain Corps, 0.1% Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 0.1% Small Arms School Corps, 0.1% Military Provost Staff Corps, and 0.05% Army Legal Corps. The above figures are for United Kingdom Trained Adult Males (UKTAM) only; they exclude young soldiers, junior soldiers (boys), Women Services, and Gurkhas. The Military Personnel Target 1988 (Global) is divided into MPT (Defence) (135,897) and MPT (Military Assistants) (1,050), the total being 136,947.[2]