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2/4th Lancers Regiment

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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

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.

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  • "Section of the website of the Belgian Ministry of Defence about the 2nd/4th Lancers Regiment". 19 January 2005. Archived from the original on 19 January 2005. - Only available in Dutch and French