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...
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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...
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Panzer Division (Bundeswehr), Germany 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 7th Armored Division (United States) 7th Armed Police Mobile Division, China...
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formation was reformed when the 4th Armoured Division was redesignated as the 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division. It contributed to various peacekeeping...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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World War. Component units included: 27th Armoured Brigade (transferred from division on 10 August 1942) 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 13th/18th Royal Hussars...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Artillery Divisions (for the invasion of Normandy): 7th Armoured Division; 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division; 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division. Divisions...
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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...
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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...
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almost continuous existence since 1899 and now forms part of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. British Army brigades had traditionally been ad hoc formations...
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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...
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4th Light Brigade Combat Team (redirect from 4th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom))
Armoured Brigade is a brigade formation of the British Army, currently based in Catterick, North Yorkshire as part of 1st (United Kingdom) Division....
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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...
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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...
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the 7th Armoured Division. In February and March, the division was slightly reorganised with battalions being transferred amongst the division's brigades...
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again disbanded in 1946 and reformed first as an armoured formation and then as an infantry division before final disbandment in 1961. The Territorial...
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Airborne Division (returned to United Kingdom 3 September 1944) 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 7th Armoured Division After the defeat of Germany,...
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