Options for Change was a restructuring of the British Armed Forces in 1990, aimed at cutting defence spending following the end of the Cold War. In the Royal Armoured Corps this lead to eight amalgamations resulting in eleven units left.
| - The Household Cavalry - | |||
| Titles in 1992 | Titles in 1994 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Life Guards | } | 1992: | The Household Cavalry Regiment |
| The Blues and Royals | |||
| - The Royal Armoured Corps - | |||
| Titles in 1992 | Titles in 1994 | ||
| 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards | → | 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards | |
| The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | → | The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | |
| 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards | } | 1993: | The Royal Dragoon Guards |
| 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards | |||
| The Queen’s Own Hussars | } | 1993: | The Queen’s Royal Hussars |
| The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars | |||
| The 9th/12th Royal Lancers | → | The 9th/12th Royal Lancers | |
| The Royal Hussars | } | 1993: | The King’s Royal Hussars |
| 14th/20th King’s Hussars | |||
| 13th/18th Royal Hussars | } | 1992: | The Light Dragoons |
| 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars | |||
| 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers | } | 1993: | The Queen’s Royal Lancers |
| 17th/21st Lancers | |||
| 1st Royal Tank Regiment | } | 1993: | 1st Royal Tank Regiment |
| 4th Royal Tank Regiment | |||
| 2nd Royal Tank Regiment | } | 1992: | 2nd Royal Tank Regiment |
| 3rd Royal Tank Regiment | |||