Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
rac Military unit The Royal Armoured Corps is the armoured arm of the British Army , that together with the Household Cavalry provides its armour capability, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 and the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle .
In 1938, the British Army adopted a revolutionary and practical type of uniform for combat known as Battledress; it was widely copied and adapted by armies around the world. [45] During the Second World War a handful of British units adopted camouflage-patterned clothes, for example the airborne forces ' Denison smock and the windproof suit .
Each branch of the British Armed Forces has its own uniform regulations. Many of these uniforms are also the template for those worn in the British cadet forces. Uniforms of the British Army; Uniforms of the Royal Navy; Uniforms of the Royal Marines; Uniforms of the Royal Air Force
Media in category "British military uniforms" This category contains only the following file. Admiral Sir Angus.jpg 266 × 374; 12 KB
Soon after its conversion, the 108th's officers were ordered to wear the black beret of the RAC with their battledress uniform; [5] but in common with other infantry units transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, personnel would have continued to wear their Lancashire Fusiliers cap badge on the beret.
112 RAC was assigned to the newly formed 42nd Armoured Division as its armoured car regiment. [8] The regiment's initial equipment was the Bison concrete armoured lorry with extemporised armour and Standard Beaverette armoured cars handed over by 42nd Division's Reconnaissance Regiment, with Daimler Dingo scout cars as armoured command vehicles.
A private of the 69th Regiment of Foot in about 1880, wearing the home service uniform worn until 1902. Members of the Corps of Guides in early khaki uniforms. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the bright red tunics worn by British infantry regiments had proved to be a liability, especially when during the First Boer War they had been faced by enemies armed with rifles firing ...
111th Regiment RAC was formed on 1 November 1941 by the conversion to the armoured role of 5th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, a 1st Line Territorial Army infantry battalion. In common with other infantry units transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, all personnel would have continued to wear their Manchester cap badge on the black beret ...