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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. [1] Today, it is the armoured regiment of the British Army's 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps, it is part of the Royal Armoured Corps.
22 SAS Regiment; Royal Armoured Corps. 10th Royal Hussars; 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards; 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards; Queen's Own Hussars; Queen's Royal Irish Hussars; 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers [20] Royal Tank Regiment. 1st Royal Tank Regiment; B Sqn, 5th Royal Tank Regiment; Guards Division. 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards; 2nd ...
Founded as B Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917, the 2 RTR first saw action in the First World War with the advent of tank technology. It later fought in the Second World War. In 1992, it merged with the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, keeping their own original title. It became the second regiment to be equipped with the Challenger 2 in 1998. [1]
23 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers; Divisional Troops 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers [2] 4 Regiment Army Air Corps; 26 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery [2] 32 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery [2] 39 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery [2] 12 Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery [2] 32 Armoured Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers [3]
The contribution of reservists to the deployment (some 9,500 of the 46,000 personnel involved in the warfighting phase and its immediate aftermath, the vast majority from the Territorial Army, and in significant number in the subsequent roulements) is understated by the order of battle, as the only units to deploy in their entirety were 202 ...
The Royal Armoured Corps was to be reduced by a total of two regiments, with the 9th/12th Royal Lancers amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Lancers to form a single lancer regiment, the Royal Lancers, and the 1st and 2nd Royal Tank Regiments joined to form a single Royal Tank Regiment. The Royal Armoured Corps will also see a shift with one ...
The 31st Army Tank Brigade was formed in the UK on 15 January 1941, in Northern Command and comprised the 9th Royal Tank Regiment and 10th Royal Tank Regiment.The 141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (141 RAC) was added on 8 November 1941 and on 29 November the brigade was transferred to South Eastern Command.
The unit was formed on 1 November 1938 by converting the 7th (23rd London) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, a Territorial Army (TA) infantry battalion, into a tank unit.For a short while it was 42nd (7th (23rd London) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment) Battalion of the Royal Tank Corps before the corps was redesignated the Royal Tank Regiment in 1939.