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	Royal Armoured Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Household Cavalry Regiment (consisting of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals) is not part of the RAC; instead it is part of the Household Cavalry, which is classed as a corps in its own right.
		The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band - this band represents the Royal Tank Regiment and the regiments of dragoon guards, and was formed in 2006 by the amalgamation of the Band of the Dragoon Guards and the Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band.
		The Light Cavalry Band - this band represents the regiments of dragoons, hussars and lancers, and was formed in 2006 by the amalgamation of the Band of the Hussars and Light Dragoons and the Band of the Royal Lancers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps (682 words)

	Cavalry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In retrospect it was clear that by 1918 the advent of modern vehicles with effective mobility and armor such as tanks and armored cars had spelt the end of horse troops as the key mobile element of an army.
		Interestingly the post-war German Army (Reichsheer) was permitted a large proportion of cavalry (18 regiments or 16.4% of total manpower) under the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.
		In the British Army, all cavalry regiments were mechanised between 1929 and 1941, redefining their role from horse to armoured vehicles to form the Royal Armoured Corps together with the Royal Tank Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cavalry (4599 words)

	Regimental History
		Battalion, Royal Tank Corps, the Battalion moved to Lydd in Kent where it remained until the outbreak of the Second World War; the Regiment in the was remarkable.
		The Regiment was centrally located in the Ledra Palace Hotel with many troops permanently based in outstations along the border between the Greek Cypriots to the south and the Turks to the north.
		When the Tank Corps reformed at Bovington and Wareham in 1919, the arm badge was taken into general use by all officers and men and is believed to be the only badge of its kind which survived the years of the First World War and was continued in use as part of a peacetime uniform.
	www.army.mod.uk /2rtr/regimental_history/index.htm (4494 words)

	Guardian \| Five may face trial over killing of sergeant in Iraq body armour case
		The 33-year-old sergeant, from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, died on March 24 when he was trying to fend off an Iraqi who was attacking him with pieces of rock.
		The findings of a Royal Military Police special investigations branch inquiry were passed to the Army Prosecuting Authority who passed it on to the attorney general.
		Kevin Lee Williams, 21, a trooper with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was charged with the murder of Hassan Said on August 3 last year in Ad Dayr, southern Iraq.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5024410-103550,00.html (645 words)

	The Royal Tank Regiment [UK]
		VCs in the Royal Tank Regiment Museum, by Iain Stewart.
		The tanks : the history of the Royal Tank Regiment and its predecessors, Heavy Branch, Machine-Gun Corps, Tank Corps, and Royal Tank Corps, 1914-1945.
		Voyage to the desert : an account of the voyage of 4 Royal Tank Regiment & 4 NZ Fd Arty Regiment in HMT City of London from Liverpool to Suez in the winter of 1940-41.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/cav/RTR.htm (1161 words)

	The Royal Tank Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		During the latter exercise B Coy, whose vehicles were composed of Cruiser and Light tanks, operated with the Light Armoured Bde.
		The tanks kept up with the Bde which was operating mainly with wheeled vehicles.
		Tanks were moved to positions near large tents and guy ropes secured.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/6th_royal_tank/6rtr_39.html (866 words)

	European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Commanders of EUFOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1971, and has served in UK, Northern Ireland, Germany, Bosnia and in Canada.
		His subsequent appointments were as Chief of Staff 7th Armoured Brigade (Germany), Military Assistant to the Chief of the Defence Staff and Commanding Officer of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.
		He is a deputy Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment, President of Army Squash and a Governor of the National Children’s Orchestra.
	www.euforbih.org /commanders/comander.htm (359 words)

	Iraq war hits home - single post for printer
		Sergeant Roberts' regiment issued a statement reporting the loss of the man who was known to colleagues as TC.
		He represented both the 2nd and 3rd Royal Tank Regiments at rugby and squash during his career.
		Speaking before the war on BBC Radio Five Live, Sergeant Roberts' wife Samantha said both she and her husband were reconciled to the fact that war was inevitable in the face of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/single.php?post=61661 (358 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Brothers in arms set for action
		The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment has eight sets of brothers within its ranks.
		Tank commander Sergeant Karl Saxby, 32, is serving alongside his Lance Corporal brother John, 23, from Hull.
		The Rats, who possess the Challenger II tank, are expected to play a major role in the taking of southern Iraq.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2861425.stm (229 words)

	Military Books
		After the battle for Normandy, Blackburn's 4th Field Regiment, with the rest of 1st Canadian Army, was called upon to pursue the enemy through the flooded Low Country, clearing the Scheldt estuary and opening the port of Antwerp.
		The T34 tank was the dominant weapon in the hands of the Russian tank force during WWII.
		The regiment is composed of the 71st and 74th, which were amalgamated in 1881.
	www.stillmanbooks.com /militarybooks.htm (6535 words)

	Royal Tank Regiment
		The Royal Tank Regiment formed in 1917 as the Tank Corps, consists of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Royal Tank regiment and 4th Royal Tank regiment.
		with 4th Royal Tank Regiment amalgamating with the 1st RTR.
		Centurion tank of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment firing at night during the battle of the Hook.
	www.regimental-art.com /royal_tank_reg.htm (712 words)

	Operation Telic: Details of British Casualties
		It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that Sergeant Steven Mark Roberts, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was killed in action near Al Zubayr, south west of Basrah, on 24 March.
		On amalgamation between the 2nd and 3rd Royal Tank Regiments he was already a Corporal and was clearly ahead of his peers.
		A first class tank commander, a strong and affective leader with great depth or character who excelled under pressure.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/roberts.htm (500 words)

	TroopsIraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		British soldiers of the Light infantry and 2nd Royal Tank Regiment secure a stronghold in Az Zubayr near Basra, southern Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2003.
		M1-A1 tank gunner Sgt. Terrance Johnson from the 4th Battalion 64th Armor Regiment, part of the 3rd Infantry Division, sits idle during an intense sandstorm which slowed U.S. military progress in the area near Karbala, Iraq Tuesday, March 25, 2003.
		British Royal Marines from 40 Commando Brigade deployed on the HMS Ocean, during a disembarkation exercise in the Kuwaiti Desert, Thursday, March 20, 2003, in preparation for possible military action in Iraq.
	usaattacked.com /troopsiraq.htm (584 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Soldiers take time to pray in Basra
		Gathered in the desert, surrounded by their tools of war, the 1,006 men and women of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Battle Group attended a poignant and moving service to reflect on the conflict so far.
		It was the first time since the Regiment, known throughout the world as the Desert Rats, had been given the opportunity to pray as a unit.
		This is a pooled report from Chris Bucktin, of the News of the World with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Battle Group in Basra, southern Iraq.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/2943315.stm (743 words)

	Britain: soldier charged with murder of Iraqi civilian
		Kevin Lee Williams, from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, appeared at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court in London on September 7, accused of killing Hassan Sayyed Sabbah al-Battat in southern Iraq on August 3, 2003.
		In June, four soldiers serving with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers were charged with assault and indecent assault on Iraqi detainees, and in July Alexander Johnston from The King’s Own Scottish Borderers was charged with unlawfully wounding a 13-year-old.
		The last occasion that a soldier was tried in a civilian court for murder during operational duties was the 1993 conviction in Belfast of Lee Clegg, from the Parachute Regiment, for killing a teenage joyrider and wounding her companion as they drove through a military checkpoint.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/sep2004/sold-s09_prn.shtml (692 words)

	Middle East Online
		Williams is a trooper with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
		The Metropolitan Police said Kevin Lee Williams, 21, a trooper with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was taken into custody at a London police station where he was charged.
		He was to appear in magistrates court in central London later Tuesday on charges of murdering Hassan Said on August 3 last year in the town of Ad-Dayr, 20 kilometers (15 miles) north of Basra, police said.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=11196 (332 words)

	The Tank Museum - Bovington - The Collection
		Our M74 Tank Recovery Vehicle was obtained, in rather rough condition, by 2nd Royal Tank Regiment when they were stationed in Wolfenbuttel, West Germany as it was then.
		It was then given a thorough going over by the Light Aid Detachment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers attached to 2nd RTR who soon had all the equipment functioning and the tank in good running order.
		Now, as part of future plans for the improvement of the Tank Museum display there is a chance that we will see it on show again, after the workshops team have spruced it up again.
	www.tankmuseum.co.uk /colhid.html (229 words)

	Articles - Cavalry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		For instance, Cossack cavalry regiments were an important part of the Imperial Russian Army until the Revolution, and some even served in the Red Army.
		In the 20th century the advent of modern vehicles with effective mobility and armor, such as tanks, provided the opportunity for vehicles to replace horses as the key mobile element of an army.
		In the British Army, all cavalry regiments were mechanised, re-roling from horse to armoured vehicles, to make up, with the Royal Tank Regiment, the Royal Armoured Corps.
	www.1-ace.com /articles/Cavalry (2373 words)

	The Tank Museum - Bovington - Library
		This one seems to have served with the regimental Light Aid Detachment when 2nd Royal Tanks was in Syria.
		Here the crane is being used to lift the power pack out of a Staghound armoured car, some of which seem to have served with the regiment at this time.
		A Scammell 30 ton tank transporter and trailer, complete with a Sherman tank, has come to grief - possibly falling off the causeway from which the photo was taken.
	www.tankmuseum.co.uk /libraryphotoarchive_0805.html (234 words)

	CPS Press Release : CPS decision on Iraq deaths case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On Sunday 24 March 2003, a troop of three Challenger battle tanks, part of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, were involved in a road block on the outskirts of Az Zubayr, Iraq, to stop and search vehicles for weapons.
		Shortly after 6.00 am, Mr Zaher approached the tanks throwing rocks, firstly at the tanks and then at Sergeant Roberts who was standing alone outside his tank.
		Although Mr Zaher was hit and severely injured in the arm, two of the bullets struck Sergeant Roberts in the torso and he fell to the floor, fatally wounded.
	www.cps.gov.uk /news/pressreleases/123_06.html (1411 words)

	Men of the Desert Rats
		Also note the tanks are all Comets, except for the Cromwell CS version in the lower middle of picture.
		A9 CS Tank from 2nd RTR guarding the Derma Pass in 1941
		More pictures of 2nd RTR after they left the Division can be found on the main 7th Armoured Brigade Website on the Burma Pictures and Middle East and Italy Pictures Pages.
	www.desertrats.org.btinternet.co.uk /artefacts2.htm (580 words)

	Guardian \| Trooper's murder charge is dropped
		Trooper Williams, 22, of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was accused of killing Hassan Abbad Said, at Ad Dayr, near Basra on August 3 2003.
		Richard Horwell, for the CPS, yesterday described how Trooper Williams was on patrol with other soldiers when they discovered six Iraqis moving a cart containing heavy machine gun ammunition.
		Meanwhile, the Met was investigating the actions of an army officer and four soldiers over the shooting, in March 2003, of Steven Roberts, a sergeant also from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5165905-103550,00.html (582 words)

	Challenger 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		C Squadron the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment based in Mrkonjic grad in central Bosnia.
		The Squadron are deployed to the region with their 70 tonne Challenger 2 Tanks, the worlds most advanced and powerful tank.
		Challenger 2 Tanks of the Queens Royal Hussars, enter their first hide area.
	www.historyofwar.org /Pictures/challenger.html (101 words)

	UNFICYP BRITCON Units
		RHQ and A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
		RHQ and A Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment
		A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers (last unit to perform this duty before Force Reserve Squadron was abolished)
	www.britains-smallwars.com /cyprus/UNFICYPBRITCON.html (170 words)

	Desert Rats are relieved to have marching orders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Brigade, also known as The Desert Rats, and consisting of 120 tanks, artillery and troops from four battalions of mechanised infantry, received its marching orders two days ago.
		About 150 Warrior armoured infantry vehicles are also going, along with AS90 155mm self-propelled artillery, armoured bridge layers, tanks to plough through minefields, and a whole range of electronic warfare equipment to listen into the enemy.
		"This time round we're fighting a different war," said Sgt Paul Clark, 36, of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, who fought in the last Gulf war as a single man but is now married with two children.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/826918/posts (1037 words)

	Personal Memories of the Royal Tank Regiment
		What I hope to achieve in this site is an insight into the Tank Regiment.
		In particular I will be covering the 2nd RTR as this is more my field of knowledge.
		Finally to relate a little about my service in the tanks and the men I served with.
	members.fortunecity.com /rwbrown1942/royaltankregiment (202 words)

	The Scotsman - Renewed calls for Hoon to quit over death of soldier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sergeant Steve Roberts was serving with the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment when he was shot dead during an attack by Iraqi dissidents on 24 March - two days after he sent a letter to his wife, Samantha, telling of his fears about the lack of protection.
		She said the diary of audio tapes recorded by her husband during the Iraq war showed how concerned he was at the lack of equipment.
		At his Downing Street press conference, Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, said he understood the concerns expressed by Sgt Roberts’s widow, but insisted the "only proper thing to do" was to await the outcome of an inquiry by the Royal Military Police which is already under way.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=55012004 (843 words)

	Military history
		ADAM FRANK The Clans, Septs, And Regiments Of The Scottish Highlands.
		The History of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Melbourne Regiment, 1854-1993.
		A General Account of the Regiments and Men of the British Army and Stories of the Brave Deeds which won the Prize.
	www.bspgallery.com.au /military.htm (2805 words)

	Britain's Infantry Mk III Valentine Tanks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Those used in desert were fitted with long range fuel tanks and sand shields.
		First action with the 8th Royal Tank Regiment of the 1st Army Tank Brigade at Capuzzo on Nov 22, 1941.
		Also took part in the night attack with the 2nd South African Division against Bardia fortress on Jan. 1, 1942.
	www.wwiivehicles.com /unitedkingdom/infantry/valentine.html (1394 words)

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