The Rifles Stable Belt

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Worn by Regimental Headquarters. Squadrons wear old stable belts: Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry, and Westminster Dragoons.

Sizes: Standard width 6.5 cm; small(to fit up to 32' waist), medium(to fit up to 36' waist), large (to fit 38') and XL (to fit up to 44' waist). The Rifles Stable Belt

The Rifles Stable Belt.

Gymnastic belts have a similar appearance but a different origin, being derived from physical training equipment. The Danish Army, Home Guard, and Air Force all use stable belts. The Danish armed forces have had in total 42 different stable belts. Today there are only sixteen in use.

Originally, stable belts were worn by cavalrymen in the working dress they used for cleaning the stables and tending to their horses, but in the 1950s they spread to all branches of the armed forces, adding a splash of colour and individuality to the drab khaki working uniforms. Initially they were resisted by many senior officers, who saw them as too individualistic, but they soon became accepted throughout the forces. Some obvious others not. The QDG have a nice little myth that the SAS chose 'their' colour after being forced to borrow the QDG belts in the desert of WW2 (I refer you to the date of the introduction of modern stable belts). Available in the following sizes: Standard width 6.5 cm; small (fits up to 28' waist), medium (fits up to 32' waist), large (fits up to 34' waist) and extra-large (fits up to 40' waist). Also available in following outsizes: xx-large (to fit waist up to 48'), xxx-large (to fit waist up to 54') and xxxx-large (to fit waist up to 60'). CCF Stable BeltSizes: Standard width 7.5 cm; small (fits waist up to 30'), medium (fits waist up to 36'), large (to fit waist up to 40') and XL (to fit waist up to 44'). PWRR Stable Belt The Rifles regiment was formed in 2007 with the merger of 4 other Regiments of the British army.The Rifles came into being as a result of new Army Structures. It was thought the Light Division would have remained unchanged apart from the light infantry gaining a new battalion with the joining of 2 other regiments, with both gaining a reserve battalion. But on 24 November 2005, the Defense ministry said that the 4 regiments would become one.5 battalion regiments. The battalions of The Rifles was born on 1 February 2007 by joining forces with the 4 Light Infantry and Rifle Regiments.1st Battalionfromthe 1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset, 1st Battalion Royal Gloucester shire, Berkshire and Wilshire Regiments. Until recently the Royal Navy rarely wore stable belts, unless working in a tri-service environment. However they are now issued as a standard piece of uniform with the new Royal Navy Uniform RNPCS replacing the old No. 4s. Musicians usually wear the stable belt of the regiment or corps with whose band they are currently serving. Lebanese firefighters (الدفاع المدني, i.e. " Civil Defense") use the same type of gymnastic belt as used by firefighters in Brazil.