The 7th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army. It was formed as the Mobile Division (Egypt) on 27 September 1938, after increased...

also known as the "Desert Rats", a nickname formerly held by the 7th Armoured Division, of which the brigade formed a part during the Second World War...

Panzer Division (Bundeswehr), Germany 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 7th Armored Division (United States) 7th Armed Police Mobile Division, China...

formation was reformed when the 4th Armoured Division was redesignated as the 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division. It contributed to various peacekeeping...

size of a division can vary dramatically as a result of what forces are assigned and the doctrine employed at that time. The 7th Armoured Division was an...

during the Rhine crossings. Hobart had formed the 7th Armoured Division (then known as the Mobile Division) in Egypt before being removed by GOC British Troops...

The 1st Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army. It was formed as the Mobile Division on 24 November 1937, after several years of...

The 11th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army which was created in March 1941 during the Second World War. The division was formed...

The 6th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, created in September 1940 during the Second World War and re-formed in May 1951...

The 10th Armoured Division was an armoured formation of division-size of the British Army, raised during the Second World War and was active from 1941–1944...

The 7th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army, first established by The Duke of Wellington as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army...

the United Kingdom, priority for equipment shifted to the 2nd Armoured Division, which was brought up to strength. The plan was to use the division to...

The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley...

World War. Component units included: 27th Armoured Brigade (transferred from division on 10 August 1942) 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 13th/18th Royal Hussars...

Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was created in the United Kingdom on 17...

It then joined the 7th Armoured Division (the 'Desert Rats') for the Second Battle of El Alamein. It remained part of 7th Armoured for the rest of the...

which were in the Armoured Brigade, were equipped with the Sherman medium tank. An exception was the 7th Armoured Division's 22nd Armoured Brigade which had...

The 8th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War. It was deployed to Egypt in June 1942 but never operated...

the 1950s as an armoured formation before being disbanded and reformed again and finally disbanded on 1 January 2012. The 4th Division was originally formed...

There was also a Guards Division in the Second World War which was formed on 12 June 1945 from the Guards Armoured Division which had undergone reorganisation...

Artillery Divisions (for the invasion of Normandy): 7th Armoured Division; 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division; 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division. Divisions...

late 1944. The 27th Armoured Brigade was formed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 1940 by the conversion of the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade...

almost continuous existence since 1899 and now forms part of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. British Army brigades had traditionally been ad hoc formations...

the United Kingdom at the end of November 1941. The 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division spent two years of the war uneventfully in the United Kingdom, before...

Armoured Brigade is a brigade formation of the British Army, currently based in Catterick, North Yorkshire as part of 1st (United Kingdom) Division....

Airborne Division (returned to United Kingdom 3 September 1944) 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 7th Armoured Division After the defeat of Germany,...

the end of November, the brigade came under the command of the 7th Armoured Division, the famous Desert Rats and was involved in the battles around El...

Bulford, Wiltshire, as part of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. On 15 September 1950, the 20th Armoured Brigade was reformed in the UK for a strategic...

the 7th Armoured Division. In February and March, the division was slightly reorganised with battalions being transferred amongst the division's brigades...

again disbanded in 1946 and reformed first as an armoured formation and then as an infantry division before final disbandment in 1961. The Territorial...