A stable belt is an item of uniform used in the armed forces of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries. Gymnastic belts are similar coloured belts used in Brazil and Lebanon. Stable belts or gymnastic belts are also worn by the armed forced of other nations such as Denmark.

Sizes: Standard width 7.5 cm; small (to fit up to 32" waist), medium (to fit up to 34' waist), large (to fit up to 36' waist) and extra-large (to fit up to 42' waist). Weight: 130g. Royal Regiment of Scotland Stable Belt Sizes: Standard width 6.5 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"). Colour: navy blue. ACF Stable Belt When it was formed in 1992, all AGC personnel wore the same stable belt, but the branches gradually won the right to wear the stables belts of their predecessor corps and today only the Staff and Personnel Support Branch wears the AGC stable belt.

Stable belts are worn with most styles of informal dress, but not with full dress, service dress or mess dress.

Sizes: 6.5cm wide, available in sizes from 28' to 44'. Weighs - 140g (approx.). Colour - 1A tartan. Royal Anglian Regiment Stable Beltcaption id="attachment_6032" align="alignnone" width="1500"] New 2017 Royal Regiment of Scotland Stable Belt[/caption] Personnel of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, with the exception of those serving in Territorial Force battalion groups, wear the regimental belt of the Durham Light Infantry, being rifle green with two thin red stripes. The belt was adopted as the RNZIR Corps belt in 1970. The Durham Light Infantry regimental belt was given to the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment when it relieved the 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry at Sarawak, Borneo in May 1966. Sizes: 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 Sherwood Foresters stable belt with silver stripe to distinguish EMU OTC from its (foster) parent unit. 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 (to fit up to 32' waist), medium (to fit up to 36' waist), large (to fit up to 40' waist) and XL (to fit up to 43' waist). New Pattern Royal Navy Stable Belt Now worn by C Squadron, Royal Yeomanry and HQ (Kent and County of London Yeomanry) Squadron, 71st Signal Regiment. 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. 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.

In the Royal Air Force, this belt is worn with service working dress(No. 2 dress) either covering the top of the trousers or skirt and the lower part of the shirt. It can also be worn through belt loops if they have been specially designed to accommodate the belt's width. Musicians usually wear the stable belt of the regiment or corps with whose band they are currently serving. Today's stable belt is a wide webbing belt, typically designed in a single solid colour or horizontally striped in two or more different colours. Every regiment and corps of the British Army has its own stable belt which is often quite colourful. New Pattern RAF Stable Belt 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. Gymnastic belts have a similar appearance but a different origin, being derived from physical training equipment.

Note that these belts are shown in cross section, the stripes actually being horizontal as worn, and are actually considerably wider than shown, although the stripes are shown in correct proportion. Where belts are asymmetrical, the left-hand side of the illustration is the uppermost as worn.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. Stable belts as we know them weren't introduced until 1950... well after the horse ceased to be as ubiquitous as it was.