The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured...
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The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. Today, it is the...
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3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army in existence from 1917 until 1992. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself...
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The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the Army of Scotland that became a regiment of the British Army in 1707 upon the Union of Scotland and...
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Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH[RC]) is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Army and is Canada’s only tank regiment. Currently based in...
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Royal Hussars 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 17th/21st Lancers 1st Royal Tank Regiment 2nd Royal Tank Regiment 3rd Royal Tank Regiment 4th Royal Tank...
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44th Royal Tank Regiment (44 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army, which was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured...
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The 6th Royal Tank Regiment (6 RTR) was a regiment of the Royal Tank Regiment, of the British Army, until 1959. It originally saw action as 6th Battalion...
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Steven Roberts (2nd Royal Tank Regiment) is recorded as the first soldier killed in the operation (albeit by friendly fire); two Royal Engineers were killed...
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Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Air Landing Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Air Landing Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 123rd...
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battle tanks. There are three Armoured Regiments, each equipped with 56 Challenger 2 tanks. Armoured Regiments (Type 56) Royal Tank Regiment (1st Armoured...
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killed in 2009 while on active service in Afghanistan with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment. The charity supports children and young people who have lost a...
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use as a gate guardian outside the Royal Tank Regiment Officers' Mess, which was restored by 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Light Aid Detachment (REME) in 2009...
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(209) 40th Regiment Royal Artillery 38 Engineer Regiment The Queen's Royal Lancers 1st Royal Tank Regiment - H Sqn 2nd Royal Tank Regiment - EGYPT Sqn...
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Delivery Regiment (The Elgin Regiment) Formed as the 2nd Canadian Army Tank Brigade on 26 January 1942, this formation consisted of the 24th Army Tank Battalion...
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the regiment was amalgamated with the Border Regiment to form the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Previous names include the 2nd Tangier Regiment, Her...
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7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) (category Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
Desert Rats, led by Challenger 2s of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Queen's Royal Lancers and 2nd Royal Tank Regiment with Warriors of the 1st Fusiliers,...
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placed the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, equipped with older cruiser tanks, in front of the 6th Royal Tank Regiment to use their new Crusader tanks as a surprise...
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2020 reduction in the size of the Army, the 2nd Battalion was merged into the first in 2014. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was formed on 23 April 1968...
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The Royal 22nd Regiment (R22R; French: Royal 22e Régiment) is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Known colloquially in English as the Van Doos...
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Regiment was converted into the 59th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, and upon the Territorial Army being doubled in size in 1939, formed a 2nd Line...
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(Tank) Redesignated 13 August 1940 as the 2nd Regiment, The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank) Redesignated 1 April 1941 as the 12th (Reserve) Army Tank Battalion...
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Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (2nd Regiment of Foot), the PWRR is the most senior English line infantry regiment. The current regiment was named...
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armoured regiments, both the Royal Tank Regiment and those converted from old horse cavalry regiments. In September 2024, it comprised fourteen regiments: ten...
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Dragoon Guards The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) The King's Royal Hussars 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Starry, Donn A., General. "Mounted...
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It is an improved production model of the Royal Ordnance L11 series of rifled tank guns. Challenger 2 tanks and their L30A1 guns are operated by the British...
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large infantry regiment, to be known as the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, becoming the 2nd Battalion of the new regiment. The regiment was raised in December...
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Army's 7th Hussars and 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, fighting in the India and Burma campaigns against the Japanese 14th Tank Regiment. Besides the machine gun...
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The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC), colloquially known as The King's Own, is a Royal Canadian Armoured Corps cavalry regiment of the Canadian Armed...
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The Royal Malay Regiment (Malay: Rejimen Askar Melayu DiRaja; Jawi: ريجيمن عسکر ملايو دراج) is the premier unit of the Malaysian Army's two infantry regiments...
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