The Waikato Mounted Rifles is an armoured regiment of the New Zealand Army, part of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps. The unit is a single squadron within the Territorial Force that serves in the armoured reconnaissance role. Squadron Headquarters is located at 106 Rostrevor Street, PO Box 212, Hamilton. Ph 07 839 4603.
The Current Role of the Unit is, "To provide general purpose medium reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in order to support NZLAV mounted battalion operations. It is to provide trained personnel to top up and round out Queen Alexandra's Squadron." (Chief of Army, 3 November 2003)
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