8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) is an army reserve armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. Army reserves are a part of an army which is normally activated only during emergencies such as a war. ... It has been suggested that Mechanized warfare be merged into this article or section. ... Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - - commanded by a colonel. ... The Canadian Forces (CF) (Fr: Forces canadiennes (FC)) are the combined branches of the military of Canada. ...

Originally founded as the New Brunswick Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry in 1848 by the regimentation of a number of independent cavalry troops, the regiment was the first volunteer cavalry regiment in British North America. The regiment had many names before gaining its current one in 1960. During the Second World War, the regiment was part of 5th Canadian Armoured Division and served in Italy. Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat are commonly known as cavalry (from French cavalerie). ... Soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat are commonly known as cavalry (from French cavalerie). ... British North America was an informal term first used in 1783, but uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... List of military divisions — List of Canadian divisions in WWII Following its redesignation from 1st Canadian Armoured Division, the bulk of 5th Canadian Armoured Division (officially “5th Canadian (Armoured) Division”) proceeded overseas in one main convoy, arriving in the UK at the end of November 1941. ...

In 2004, 8CH changed trades to become an armoured reconnaissance unit, in place of its previous designation as simply an armoured unit. Along with this trade change the unit was given the new Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon, a Jeep-like vehicle more suited to their new role as reconnaissance. The unit is stationed at the Moncton and Sussex detachments of CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick. Its Colonel-in-Chief is HRH The Princess Royal. This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Mercedes-Benz G-Class (G 500 V8) Commonly referred to as the G-Wagen, short for Geländewagen (or Cross-Country Vehicle), Mercedes-Benz secured military contracts for the vehicle in the late 1970s and offered a civilian version to the public in 1979. ... Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, also referred to as CFB Gagetown, is a large Canadian Forces Base located in southwestern New Brunswick. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope restored) Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Official languages English, French (the only constitutionally bilingual province in the country) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson - Premier Shawn Graham (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 10 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st... In the British and other Commonwealth armies, the Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment is its (usually Royal) patron. ... The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family and the only daughter of Elizabeth II. She is the seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, and is currently ninth in the line of succession to the British...

Further reading

• Douglas How, The 8th Hussars: A History of the Regiment, Sussex, NB: Maritime Publishing, 1964.

Alliances

•  United Kingdom - The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)

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Order of precedence