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The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army from its creation in 1917, during World War I, until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment , itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps .
Squadrons of 4th Royal Tank Regiment; H Squadron of 5th Royal Tank Regiment* V Light, 132 (Bengal Rocket Troop) Medium Batteries (of 6th Light Regiment Royal Artillery) T (Shah Sujah's Troop) and 9 (Plassey) Light Air Defence Batteries (of 12th Light Air Defence Regiment)
This is an order of battle of the British 4th Armoured Brigade during the Second World War.Many units either served with or were briefly attached to the brigade. [1] The order of battle is given for a number of battles the brigade fought in and reflect the changes to the composition of Armoured Brigades as dictated by the War Office, not all of which were, or could be, applied to units in the ...
4th Royal Tank Regiment (24 Matilda Mk II Infantry tanks) One troop, 12th Anti-Tank Battery, 2/3rd Australian Anti-tank Regiment (2 Pounder Anti Tank guns) 7th Armoured Brigade group A Company, 2nd battalion The Rifle Brigade; 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (29 Cruiser tanks [3]) 6th Australian Division Cavalry (~28 Light Tank Mk VIB) 7th Support ...
2nd Royal Tank Regiment (Mk I, II and III/IV Cruiser tanks) 6th Royal Tank Regiment (Crusader tanks) (Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Harland) 7th Support Group (Brigadier John Campbell) 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 106th Regiments Royal Horse Artillery 1st battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd battalion, Rifle Brigade Divisional troops
The Commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) was given the task of dealing with the invaders with his D Company, B Company 1 RNZIR and C Squadron 4th Royal Tank Regiment with fire support from 102 Battery Royal Australian Artillery. 20 surrendered, [15] while some others were killed or captured by the Royal Malay ...
The rest of the 4th Royal Tank Regiment had been used as a flank guard for the 7th Royal Tank Regiment. While B Squadron was kept in reserve, the three remaining troops of A Squadron (12 tanks) had initial success against Battle Position (B.P.) 38, capturing 200 Axis prisoners and eight field guns with virtually no loss.
The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. [1] Today, it is the armoured regiment of the British Army's 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps, it is part of the Royal Armoured Corps.