8                                   U.S. MARINES IN THE PERSIAN GULF, 1990-1991

    The division itself remained one infantry regiment short of its full strength
 as it arrived in theater. Until this time, I MEF had attached to it the United
 Kingdom's 7th Armored Brigade. This unit, commanded by Brigadier Patrick
 Cordingley, was composed of two armored regiments, the Royal Scots Dragoon
 Guards and the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, and an armored infantry battalion,
 the 1st Staffordshire Regiment. It also contained a field artillery regiment, an
 engineer regiment,   an air defense battery, and an armored reconnaissance
 squadron of the Queen's Dragoon Guards. Altogether it was equipped with 114
 Challenger tanks, 45 Warrior infantry fighting vehicles, and 16 Scimitar medium
 reconnaissance vehicles. Its total manpower came to 9,466 soldiers. Originally,
 this brigade was to have been included in the MEF's plan for a three
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