| 1st Armoured Regiment |
1st Armoured Regiment cap badge | | Active | 7 July 1949- | | Country | Australia | | Branch | Army | | Type | Armoured | | Role | Main Battle Tank | | Size | One regiment | | Part of | Royal Australian Armoured Corps | | Garrison/HQ | Darwin | | Motto | Paratus (Ready) (Latin) | | March | Quick - Radetski
Slow - Grand March from Aida | | Commanders | | Colonel-in-Chief | HRH The Prince of Wales
(Colonel-in-Chief, RAAC) | Colonel of
the Regiment | Lieutenant General Laurie O'Donnell, AC | | Insignia | | Unit Colour Patch |
 | 1st Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, and is the senior regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. The regiment is also the only one in the Australian Army to be equipped with main battle tanks. The regiment provides the basis for one of two battlegroups within 1 Brigade, the other coming from 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Image File history File links 1st_armoured_regiment. ...
July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ...
Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Army and Army Reserve regiments equipped with armoured vehicles in the Australian Army. ...
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Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
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The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor; born Windsor, 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2464x1632, 1195 KB) A German designed Leopard AS1 Gun Tank from the 1st Armored Regiment (1ARMD) participates in a simulated battle during the Talisman Saber 2005 exercise at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2464x1632, 1195 KB) A German designed Leopard AS1 Gun Tank from the 1st Armored Regiment (1ARMD) participates in a simulated battle during the Talisman Saber 2005 exercise at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia. ...
The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is a German designed and produced main battle tank that first entered service in 1965 and was used as the main battle tank for Germany, several other European countries, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Chile. ...
Tanks can be classified in a variety of ways: usually either by intended role, or by weight. ...
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June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ...
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Army and Army Reserve regiments equipped with armoured vehicles in the Australian Army. ...
The battlegroup is the basic building block of an armys fighting formation. ...
1 Brigade is a formation of the Australian Army intended as its primary mechanised unit. ...
The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the main regular infantry formation in the Australian Army. ...
History
The regiment was formed as the Australian 1st Armoured Car Squadron in 1946, following which it served as part of the occupation force in Japan following the Second World War. After the unit's return two years later, it was expanded to a full regiment and renamed as the 1st Armoured Regiment, to be equipped with the Centurion. Initially though it used the Churchill. Because of the unsuitability of the Churchill, Australia was unable to provide the requested armour support during the Korean War. Members of the 1st Armoured Car Squadron in Tokyo in late 1947 (AWM 145207) The Australian 1st Armoured Car Squadron was an Australian Army unit formed as part of Australias contribution to the occupation of Japan. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - - commanded by a colonel. ...
The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best British tank designs of all time. ...
The Infantry Tank IV Churchill was a heavy British infantry tank of the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. ...
Combatants United Nations: Republic of Korea Australia Belgium Canada Colombia Ethiopia France Greece Netherlands New Zealand Philippines South Africa Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Medical staff: Denmark Australia Italy Norway Sweden Communist states: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee...
In 1967, the regiment's C Squadron was sent to Vietnam. Over the course of the next four years, all three of the regiment's operational squadrons would see service in Vietnam, gaining four battle honours in the process. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
In 1976 the Centurion was replaced in service by the Leopard 1 (the Leopard 1 was selected over the M60 Patton following trials conducted by the Australian Medium Tank Trials Unit in 1972 and 1973). The Leopard MBT is currently being replaced by 59 M1A1 Abrams AIM tanks. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
The Leopard is the primary post-WWII German tank design, a design that has been in use as the primary main battle tank for most European countries in various versions since the early 1960s. ...
The M47, M48 and M60 Patton were the United States Armys principal tanks of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. ...
An Australia Leopard AS1 in 2005 The Medium Tank Trials Unit (MTTU) was a temporary Australian Army unit formed to test M60 Patton and Leopard 1 tanks to determine the most suitable replacement for the Armys Centurion tanks. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2. ...
- Battle Honours
- Coral-Balmoral, Hat Dich, Binh Ba, Vietnam 1965-72
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