12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)

12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team
Insignia of 12th Mechanized Brigade
Active	1899 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Mechanized infantry
Part of	3rd (United Kingdom) Division
Garrison/HQ	Bulford Camp
Engagements	Second Boer War First World War[1][2] Le Cateau Battle of Marne Battle of Aisne First Battle of Ypres (1914) Battle of Messines (1914) Hill 60 Second Battle of Ypres (1915) Battle of Albert Battle of Le Transloy Battle of the Somme First Battle of the Scarpe Third Battle of the Scarpe Battle of Polygon Wood Battle of Broodseinde Battle of Poelcapelle Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Arras (1918) Battle of Hazebroucke Battle of Bethune Advance in Flanders Battle of the Scarpe (1918) Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Battle of the Canal du Nord Battle of the Selle Battle of Valenciennes Second World War
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier Henry Searby[3]
Notable commanders	R.A.P. Clements Sir Henry Maitland Wilson Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart Sir John Hawkesworth Daniel Beak Sir Richard Hull Sir Gordon MacMillan
Insignia
NATO Map Symbol	12 3

The 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team, formerly the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade, is a regular brigade of the British Army which has been in almost continuous existence since 1899 and now forms part of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division.