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An outstanding achievement of the British Army had been the creation of the Experimental Mechanised Force in the late 1920s. This was a small Brigade-sized unit developed to field-test the use of tanks and other vehicles. The unit pioneered the extensive use of radio to control widely separated small units.
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Armoured regiments are units provided by the Royal Armoured...
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The tank is the 20th-century realization of an ancient...
- Armoured regiment (United Kingdom)
This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and ...
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Armoured regiments are units provided by the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army. Currently, they are battalion-sized formations equipped with Challenger 2 main battle tanks. There are three Armoured Regiments, each equipped with 56 Challenger 2 tanks. The organisation of a Type 56 Armoured Regiment is: 1 command and reconnaissance squadron.
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve ...
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The tank is the 20th-century realization of an ancient concept: that of providing troops with mobile protection and firepower. The internal combustion engine, armour plate, and continuous track were key innovations leading to the invention of the modern tank. Model of Leonardo da Vinci 's fighting vehicle.
Medium tanks. These inter-war tanks were built to supply the British Army after the First World War. Heavier than most light tanks, they proved to be under-gunned and under-armoured. Some did see action in France and the Low Countries in 1940. They were armed with either the QF 3 pdr or the Vickers machine gun. All were withdrawn from service ...
The Renault FT, the first "modern" tank. A British tank destroyed by the Germans on the Western Front, 1917. The development of tanks in World War I was a response to the stalemate that developed on the Western Front. Although vehicles that incorporated the basic principles of the tank (armour, firepower, and all-terrain mobility) had been ...
