SNP warns dismantling Black Watch would be 'serious betrayal' amid reports it could be axed
Scottish regiments are believed to be in the firing line and could be disbanded as the army faces making significant cuts.
It is claimed this could include the Black Watch, amid plans to lose up to 18,000 soldiers.
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Hide AdUK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who served in the Scots Guards, has been told the army needs to make reductions to its 30 infantry battalions.
While the Black Watch was spared in the last series of cuts, it along with the Highlanders and Royal Highland Fusiliers are now believed to be facing the end.
All three regiments are said to be struggling to maintain a full staff.
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) source said: “It makes sense for the battalions most under strength to be rolled into each other. Painful decisions will have to be made.”