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Defunct Belgian military unit (1994-2010)
2/4 Regiment Lansiers
Active1994 - 2010
Country Belgium
Branch Belgian Land Component
TypeCavalry
RoleArmoured
Part of1st Brigade
Garrison/HQLeopoldsburg
Battle honoursCampaign 1914-1918
Liège-Halen-Antwerp
Beveren (Roeselare)
Wippelgem
The Gete
Zwijndrecht
The Lys
Military unit

The 2/4th Lancers Regiment (Dutch: 2/4 Regiment Lansiers) was a cavalry regiment in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It was created by the merging of the 2nd Lancers and the 4th Lancers Regiments. The regiment was the Armoured Battalion of the 1st Brigade. The 2/4th was inactivated in 2010, and the 1/3rd Lancers Battalion became the Armoured Battalion of the 1st Brigade.

The Regiment is reactivated the 06/01/25.

  • A soldier of the 4th Lancers, circa 1896 A soldier of the 4th Lancers, circa 1896
  • Soldiers from the 2/4th Lancers, 2006 Soldiers from the 2/4th Lancers, 2006

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