The 6th Guards Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed from the Foot Guards in 1941 as the 6th Guards Armoured Brigade when the...
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known as the 6th Guards Tank Brigade which served during World War II: the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) the 6th Guards Tank Brigade of the Red...
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2s of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and 14 Iraqi tanks, all of the Iraqi tanks being destroyed. Initially the brigade was faced by very spirited but...
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Brigade 3rd Guards Brigade 4th Guards Brigade 5th Guards Armoured Brigade 1941-1945 (later 5th Guards Brigade) 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) 1941-1945...
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World War from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, and the Household Cavalry...
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Tank Corps (Colonel Hamazasp Babadzhanian) (25 August 1944 – 9 May 1945) 40th Guards Tank Brigade 44th Guards Tank Brigade 45th Guards Tank Brigade 27th...
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the brigade 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment was transferred from XXX Corps on 12 June 1945 as the new reconnaissance unit 6th Guards Tank Brigade (three...
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Battalion, Coldstream Guards and 1st Battalion, Scots Guards moved to 2nd Guards Brigade, and the brigade was redesignated as the 1st Brigade. It was with the...
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during the Second World War, as the 24th Infantry Brigade (Guards). During various designations, the brigade was active throughout the Cold War and existed...
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Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards (at Chelsea Barracks, London) 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) Anti-Tank Company...
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the brigade was moving forward as fast as possible, supported by the 4th (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards, part of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. Steinhuder...
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formed in the United Kingdom under Northern Command on 12 September 1940, commanded by Major-General John Crocker, an officer of the Royal Tank Regiment who...
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The division consisted of the 3rd and 5th Parachute Brigades along with the 6th Airlanding Brigade and supporting units. The division's initial operation...
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infantry brigade, with each of the battalions (the 6th Grenadier Guards, fresh from England, and 3rd Coldstream Guards and 2nd Scots Guards, both veterans)...
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The 1st Army Tank Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the Second World War. A Tank Brigade was intended to support the Infantry and was...
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January 1943, left the 15th Division and was replaced by 6th Guards Tank Brigade. The Brigade was then assigned to the 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division...
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British Army's rapid response formation, 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Paras, along with the Guards, are the only line infantry regiment of the British Army...
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and replaced by the Coldstream Guards and Irish Guards respectively, Royal Gurkha Rifles moved to 16th Air Assault Brigade, The London Regiment transferred...
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Tank Regiment (under command) 229th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery (under command) (As 6th Guards Tank Brigade) 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 3rd...
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currently based in Catterick, North Yorkshire as part of 1st (United Kingdom) Division. The brigade, now known as the 'Black Rats', was formed in 1939 and fought...
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(Ukraine) 6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) 6th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) 6th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) 6th Guards Brigade 6th Infantry...
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of the British Army. At the start of World War II, the brigade was based in the United Kingdom, initially as part of the 1st Armoured Division and then...
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the brigade saw active service in Italy, the South of France and Greece. At the end of the European war the brigade returned to the United Kingdom and...
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Mark Berry (late Life Guards) 1st Airborne Division 6th Airborne Division "4th Division". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Archived from the original...
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The 6th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence during the Second Boer War, the First World War and...
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left the United Kingdom. It was disbanded on 6 October 1943. The following units constituted the brigade: 6th Battalion, Coldstream Guards (from 30 October...
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The brigade headquarters was disbanded on 11 January 1943. The 3rd Armoured Brigade: 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (until 11 August 1940) 3rd Royal Tank Regiment...
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36th Tank Brigade was a short-lived armoured brigade of the British Army raised during the Second World War. The brigade remained in the United Kingdom for...
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experiments in tank design, the first American tanks to see service were copies of French light tanks and a joint heavy tank design with the United Kingdom. In the...
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replaced in the division by the Regular 24th Guards Brigade and remained in the United Kingdom. The brigade was stationed in Iceland, and adopted as its...
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