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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Royal Tank Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Royal Tank Regiment is a unit of the British Army (formerly the Tank Corps and Royal Tank Corps).
		In 1944, the RAC absorbed the Reconnaissance Corps.
		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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Royal-Tank-Corps (629 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 (1153 words)

	Royal Armoured Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1944, the RAC absorbed the Reconnaissance Corps.
		The 1st Royal Tank Regiment forms approximately two thirds of the regular establishment of the Joint CBRN Regiment.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps (682 words)

	Royal Tank Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Tank Regiment is itself a regiment of the British Army, part of the Royal Armoured Corps.
		On 28 July 1917 the Heavy Branch was by Royal Warrant separated from the rest of the MGC and given official status as the Tank Corps, meaning that by the beginning of 1918 the fifteen units were 1st Battalion, Tank Corps through to 15th Battalion, Tank Corps.
		In 1933 the 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Corps, was formed in Egypt by combining the personnel of two of these companies; in 1934, the 1st (Light) Battalion, Royal Tank Corps was formed in England with personnel from three of the existing battalions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment (1205 words)

	Allied armour of WW1; where it began
		Badges of the Tank Corps and Royal Tank Regiment
		The tank, a revolutionary new weapon system, born of General Swinton's vision, was to break the stalemate of trench warfare and the dominance of the machine gun of the battlefields of Flanders sixteen years later.
		The present Royal Tank Regiment, composed of two regular regiments, is the direct heir to the original armoured car pioneers of 1914, the Naval Brigade and the RNAS squadron which augmented the British Expeditionary Forces for the defence of Antwerp in August of that year.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-armour/allied/ww1.htm (2105 words)

	Tank History - Inter-War
		Nonetheless, the work of the tanks was sufficiently impressive to imbue at least a few military leaders with the idea that the use of tanks in mass was the most likely principal role of armor in the future.
		The Soviet tanks were too lightly armored, their Russian crews could not communicate with the Spanish troops, and in combat the tanks tended to run away from the supporting infantry and artillery.
		Reflecting prevailing opinion, it stated that the tank's primary mission was "to facilitate the uninterrupted advance of the riflemen in the attack." The War Department considered that two types of tanks, the light and the medium, should fulfill all missions.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/tank-history2.htm (2595 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The arrival of the Tank Corps on the battlefield heralded a new age of warfare.
		The Tank Corps became the Royal Tank Corps and in turn this became the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) in 1939.
		The present day 2nd Royal Tank Regiment was formed from the Heavy Machine Gun Corps in 1916 and first saw action in tanks of the Battle of the Somme in August 1916.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Flats/6804/52.html (546 words)

	The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
		The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment was formed from the Heavy Machine Gun Corps in 1916 and first saw action in tanks during the Battle of the Somme in August 1916.
		Cambrai in November 1917 (celebration day) saw the newly formed ‘Tank Corps’ in action for the first time and gaining ground in a war that had been at a stalemate for years.
		After the war, the Tank Corps became the Royal Tank Corps (1928) and then later the Royal Tank Regiment in line with Calvary terminology; it formed a large part of the newly formed Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) in 1939.
	www.army.mod.uk /rac/main_battle_tanks/2nd_royal_tank_regiment.htm (408 words)

	World War II and Technology
		Following the British success with the tank at Cambrai during World War I, the Royal Tank Corps was established in 1923.
		The difficulty lay in establishing how the tank should be used - infantry proponents naturally argued that tanks should be used in a support role, while others argued that they should be used in the traditional role of the cavalry (reconnaissance, screening, and flanking maneuvers).
		In Germany, the original Tiger I tank manual utilizes everyday objects to describe how to line up the gun sight, as well as perform other tasks necessary to the operation of the tank.
	projects.olin.edu /ahs/HOT2004/Allies/tankdev.htm (767 words)

	The Little-Known Story of Percy Hobart
		The tank expert was asked to have lunch with the prime minister at Chequers, the official country residence of the British leader.
		Continuing antagonism toward tanks, tank advocates and the new concepts of armored warfare characterized the high command of the army, and Hobart was never sure that his next war game would not be his last.
		Tanks were needed for bridging ditches and rivers, clearing mine fields, throwing flame, destroying pillboxes and emplacements and for swimming ashore from landing craft with the assault waves and crossing rivers.
	ihr.org /jhr/v18/v18n1p-2_Constable.html (7187 words)

	Palace Barracks Memorial Garden - Northern Ireland, Falklands Islands, Felix Memorial Garden.
		Para / S.A.S. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps
		The Royal Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Regiment / SAS
		On the 18th February 1956 an Avro York Aircraft chartered by the Royal Air Force
	www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org /Intro.htm (363 words)

	The Gospel Of The Royal Armored Corps
		Many were the prayers given onto the chosen people and their god of gods TANK who had brought deliverance onto the cavalry, the dashing people.
		But the dashing people turned from the god TANK and their gratitude was soon forgot and they turned to their former gods, saber, lance, carbine and HORSE.
		The pestilence spread throughout many lands and great was the cry unto the mighty god TANK and the chosen people and some of the dashing people, smote him and drove him from the battlefield.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/GreatBritain/Gospel.html (394 words)

	The Royal Tank Regiment
		The 1st Royal Tank Regiment is based at RAF Honington in Suffolk with A Squadron being posted to Warminster.
		After the Armistice the Battalion moved to Bovington to become the 1st (Depot) Battalion which was renamed the Royal Tank Corps Depot in 1925.
		Because of the static nature of the war, all the tanks were dug into pits to protect their suspension and lower parts from enemy fire.
	www.royaltankregiment.com (884 words)

	MLU FORUM - Swedes fighting alongside Royal Tank Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Two of the tanks were loaded onto a train on August 21st and set to the front south of Pskov.
		" 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, Volume One 1914-1919"; by Captain B.H. Liddell Hart.
		I have always rather enjoyed the story of the capture of the city that became Stalingrad by the RTC tank and its commander who I beleive was a Sergeant.
	www.mapleleafup.org /forums/showthread.php?s=336db11200466193153dfa2251f9c6d7&postid=23069 (3159 words)

	45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Corps (TA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1952 the Regiment was redesignated as 45th/51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment (TA).
		The tanks quelled all enemy machine gun fire and the infantry reached their objective, but during the fierce battle, the 51st sustained many casualties - both tanks and men.
		Finally at 1215 hrs the tanks were withdrawn to re-fuel and re-ammunition while the infantry were able to complete the second phase without serious opposition.
	www.yorkshirevolunteers.org.uk /51RTR.htm (1090 words)

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		Royal Corps of Signals - Serjeant-Majors, Superintending Clerks, Foremen of Signals.
		The Royal Army Chaplains' Department: Chaplain-General to the Forces (ranking as Major-General), Deputy Chaplain-General (ranking as Colonel), Chaplains to the Forces 1st Class (ranking as Colonels), Chaplains to the Forces 2nd Class (ranking as Lieutenant-Colonels), Chaplains to the Forces 3rd Class (ranking as Majors), Chaplains to the Forces 4th Class (ranking as Captains).
		History of the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers formerly the Madras European Regiments, from its raising in 1642 to 1842.
	4dw.net /royalark/ADDISON/UK.htm (5721 words)

	Royal Engineers Museum - Biography - Major General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart (1885-1967)
		He was a forward thinker with a strong personality and on more than one occasion these characteristics led him into trouble with his superiors, many of whom failed to appreciate that change was inevitable and that future wars were unlikely to be on the same lines as in 1914-1918.
		After four years as an instructor at the Staff College in Quetta, he returned to England, initially as 2 i/c of the 4th Battalion of the Tank Corps and later as CO of the 2nd Battalion.
		Tanks were not available for experimental work but as a compromise for a particular operation, some were "lent" to the Sappers for these tasks.
	www.remuseum.org.uk /biography/rem_bio_hobart.htm (1172 words)

	Black Beret - Royal Tank Regiment
		The Black Beret remained the exclusive distinctive headdress of the Royal Tank Corps until its practical value was recognised by others and its use was extended to the whole of the Royal Armoured Corps in 1940.
		It stems from the Royal Review held at Aldershot in the presence of King George V on 13 July 1935 on which occasion fl overalls were worn on parade by all ranks of the Royal Tanks Corps.
		Officers of the Tank Corps used these sticks to probe the ground in front of their tanks testing for firmness as they went forward.
	www.1rtr.net /blackberet.html (1247 words)

	D Day Tanks and countdown to 60th anniversary of D-Day from the Tank Museum Bovington
		As E Battalion, Tank Corps it served on the Western Front and had a detachment in Palestine, where this photo was taken.
		It was thus the first tank regiment ever to operate tanks in a desert environment.
		In the years between the wars, equipped with Medium Tanks, 5th Battalion Royal Tank Corps was a major player in the important tank exercises of that era.
	www.d-daytanks.org.uk /regiments/royal-tank-regiment.html (253 words)

	Guardian \| Frank Naughton
		Although Naughton's unit was being equipped with light tanks, it was still using Crossley armoured cars with a Vickers machine gun mounted in the turret.
		Commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in March 1943, he served as technical adjutant with 150th Royal Tank Regiment during the Burma campaign of 1944-45.
		Under the Royal Warrant of January 31 1941, surviving holders of the Empire Gallantry Medal were required to exchange their awards for the George Cross.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4960732-110595,00.html (656 words)

	The Corps Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
		For the Royal Engineers this mostly applied to civil engineering plant and machinery; for the Royal Signals, radio, telegraph and telephone equipment and for the Royal Army Service Corps (the predecessors of the Royal Corps of Transport), all forms of motor transport.
		The new Corps was made responsible for repairing the technical equipment of all arms with certain major exceptions.
		The re-organised recovery and repair system was thoroughly tested during the remainder of the war, during which REME grew to be the largest technical corps, extending its activities to include the manufacture of spare parts and special equipments on a large scale.
	www3.sympatico.ca /andy.lewis/HistoryREME.html (1362 words)

	The Tank Museum - Bovington - Latest Exhibits, The Collection
		It came from the car of Lieutenant-Colonel H.K Woods (later Brigadier-General) of the 9th Battalion Tank Corps, and was donated to the museum by his son.
		Wood served in the Royal Tank Corps during the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for action in France.
		The 9th Battalion Royal Tank Corps was disbanded after the war and Lieut.
	www.tankmuseum.co.uk /collatest_0305.html (205 words)

	Albert in Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Royal Tank Regiment badge, Albert kept some of these for many years.
		The Royal Tank Corps became the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) in 1939, and part of the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC).
		In April, 1939, the 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Corps became the 6th Royal Tank Regiment.
	www.oswild.org /hobnob/family/john/egypt/private.html (1498 words)

	On this day - 29 April (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Royal Tank Corps presented a silver trophy to mark the occasion.
		The Australian Tank Corps was the first Commonwealth corps granted affiliation with the Royal Tank Corps.
		Those that could not be embarked were forced to surrender although some did escape overland to rejoin the Army in Palestine or fight with various partisan groups in the Balkan region.
	www.defence.gov.au /army/AHU/On_This_Day/April/29_April.htm (165 words)

	Pakistan Armoured Corps as a Case Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The only resistance that these tanks encountered was from Japanese anti tank guns and artillery at very close ranges and these were relatively rare since the British always enjoyed numerical superiority in the later stages of the Burmese campaign and the British Indian infantry was always in close support of their tanks.
		The tanks rendered surplus were used to raise four more armoured regiments which were allotted to the infantry divisions and certainly improved their battle potential.
		From 3rd September onwards progress of operations became slower although qualitative advantage in tanks enabled the Pakistanis to capture Jaurian, surprise was lost and the Indians were able to reinforce the sector with a third infantry brigade and a third AMX squadron.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/aug/corps.htm (7567 words)

	Combined Arms Theory and Practice in the 20th Century: Part 1: England
		Therefore the Royal Tank Corps went on to focus on nearly pure, tanks-only formations in its 1929 regulation: "Mechanized and Armoured Formations" by Col. Charles Broad.
		The fast tanks were advocated by the tank purists of the cavalry school.
		Early tank armor was vulnerable to heavy machineguns or cannon of as little as 20mm caliber.
	www.magweb.com /sample/scit/ci9902ca.htm (1708 words)

	Wallace Family History01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One is that of the "Royal Tank Regiment", or RTR, and the " Royal Armoured Corps", RAC.
		The Royal Tank Corps was changed to reflect the modernization of the British Army.
		The badge, however, still shows the side view of a World War One tank, perhaps the one named "Wee Willie".
	home.columbus.rr.com /oldmv/wallace1.htm (192 words)

	The Tank Museum - Bovington - Collection Display: Medals
		This India General Service medal was awarded to Company Sergeant Major R. Bateman of the 11th Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps, for service in India during the period 1936-37.
		Light tanks and armoured cars were found to be the most effective at combating these hit and run tactics.
		Several gallantry medals were awarded to Royal Tank Corps personnel involved in this incident.
	www.tankmuseum.co.uk /collectiondisplay_1004.html (279 words)

	Scottish Military Historical Society - 4th RTR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Within a laurel wreath, a tank facing to the left and ensigned with the Crown.
		On the Somme on 15th September 1916, C Company (later 3rd Royal Tank Regiment) and D Company, Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps were the first troops to man tanks in action anywhere in the World.
		Bewteen 1957 and 1993 the Regiment recruited mainly in Scotland and the 1st Royal Tank Regiment continue to recruit there as well as its own recruiting area of Liverpool.
	www.btinternet.com /~james.mckay/disp_019.htm (311 words)

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