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armoured units Armoured warfare or armored warfare (mechanized forces, armoured forces or armored forces) (American English; see spelling differences), is the use of armored fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of ...

formed by the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...

Historic units

Pre-World War II

* 1st Tank Section (Australia) * 1st Light Tank Company (Australia) * 2nd Light Tank Company (Australia) *

1st Light Car Patrol (Australia) The 1st Light Car Patrol was formed in Melbourne in June 1916, and designated the 1st Armoured Car Section; it was also known as the 1st Armoured Car Battery. The patrol was disbanded in 1919 as repatriation of soldiers was underway. History T ...

* 1st Armoured Car Regiment (Australia) * 2nd Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)

World War II

Divisions

1st Armoured Division (Australia) The 1st Armoured Division was an armoured formation of the Australian Army, raised in 1941 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War II. While the Division was originally to be deployed to North Africa in late 1941, ...

2nd Armoured Division (Australia) The 2nd Armoured Division was an armoured formation of the Australian Army during World War II. Originally raised in 1921 as the 2nd Cavalry Division, based in Victoria and South Australia, the formation had been converted into a motor division ...

* 3rd Armoured Division (Australia)

Brigades

* 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) * 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia) * 3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia) * 4th Armoured Brigade (Australia) *

6th Armoured Brigade (Australia) The 6th Australian Armoured Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II. The brigade was formed in May 1942, by the conversion of the 6th Motor Brigade and was assigned to the 2nd Motor Division. The brigade also absorbe ...

Armoured reconnaissance regiments

* 6th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia) *

2/11th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia) The 2/11th Armoured Car Regiment was an Australian Army armoured reconnaissance regiment of World War II. The regiment was formed in mid-1941 and was intended to be deployed to the Middle East. In late 1941, in response to the growing threat pos ...

* 12th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia) * 6th Division Cavalry Regiment (Australia) * 7th Division Cavalry Regiment (Australia) * 9th Division Cavalry Regiment (Australia) *

Australian 2nd Cavalry Regiment The 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2 CAV) is an armoured cavalry regiment of the Australian Army. Formed in 1965 as the "1st Cavalry Regiment", it is the second most senior regiment in the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. In 1970, the regiment was redesi ...

* 8th Cavalry Regiment (Australia) * 21st Cavalry Regiment (Australia) * 25th Cavalry Regiment (Australia)

Armoured regiments and tank battalions

* 2/4th Armoured Regiment (Australia) * 2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia) * 2/6th Armoured Regiment (Australia) * 2/7th Armoured Regiment (Australia) *

2/8th Armoured Regiment (Australia) The 2/8th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. It was raised for service during World War II, being formed in July 1941. It deployed to New Guinea in 1943 but did not see any action before being disbanded in February ...

2/9th Armoured Regiment (Australia) The 2/9th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. Raised for service during World War II, the regiment was formed in August 1941 and spent most of the war in Australia. It was disbanded in early 1946 after seeing action ...

2/10th Armoured Regiment (Australia) The 2/10th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. Formed for service during World War II, the regiment was raised in 1941, but was disbanded in late 1944 having never been deployed overseas. History The 2/10th Armoure ...

12th Armoured Regiment (Australia) The 12th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, which served during World War II. The regiment was formed in May 1942 as part of the 6th Australian Armoured Brigade. It was originally a Citizens Military Force unit ...

13th Armoured Regiment (Australia) In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the Musical note, note thirteen scale degrees from the root (chord), root of a chord (music), chord and also the interval (music), interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be ...

* 14th Armoured Regiment (Australia) * 1st Army Tank Battalion (Australia) * 2nd Army Tank Battalion (Australia) * 3rd Army Tank Battalion (Australia)

Independent squadrons

* 2/1st Light Tank Squadron (Australia) * 2/2nd Light Tank Squadron (Australia) * 3rd Armoured Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron (Australia) * 2/1st Reconnaissance Squadron (Australia) * 2/1st Amphibious Armoured Squadron (Australia)

Jungle division carrier companies

* 3rd Division Carrier Company * 5th Division Carrier Company * 6th Division Carrier Company * 7th Division Carrier Company * 9th Division Carrier Company * 11th Division Carrier Company

Post-World War II

Australian Regular Army units

1st Armoured Car Squadron (Australia) The Australian 1st Armoured Car Squadron was an Australian Army unit formed as part of Australia's contribution to the occupation of Japan. Upon its return to Australia in 1948 the Squadron was expanded and re-equipped to form the 1st Armoured R ...

* 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Australia) *

4th Cavalry Regiment (Australia) The 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment is an armoured unit within the Australian Army's Royal Australian Armoured Corps. Formed in 1981 with the amalgamation of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and the 4th Cavalry Regiment, from 1986 to 2014 the unit consisted of ...

1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (Australia) The 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (1 APC Sqn) was an armoured unit of the Australian Army raised for service during the Vietnam War. Raised in 1965, the unit was deployed to South Vietnam in May 1966 to join the 1st Australian Task Forc ...

Medium Tank Trials Unit (Australia) {{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 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 Army's Centurion tanks. The MTTU was forme ...

* School of Armour (Australia)

Citizen Military Forces/Army Reserve units

* 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) * 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia) *

1st Royal New South Wales Lancers The 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers was an Australian Army light cavalry (reconnaissance) regiment. Its complicated lineage includes the New South Wales Lancers which was first formed as a colonial unit in 1885 as the New South Wales Cavalry, a ...

* 7th/21st Reconnaissance Regiment (Australian Horse) *

8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles (8th/13th VMR) was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army Reserve. Formed in 1948, the regiment initially operated M3 Grant medium tanks, but was later re-equipped with Centurion tanks in the late 1950s. ...

6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles The 6th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in September 1914, and assigned to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. The regiment fought against the forces of the ...

15th Northern River Lancers The 15th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in Palestine in 1918, from soldiers that had been serving with the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, and assigned ...

Current units

Australian Regular Army

* 1st Armoured Regiment * 2nd Cavalry Regiment * 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment (Australia) * 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry)

Army Reserve

1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers The 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is an active Australian Army Reserve Cavalry regiment. The regiment has its headquarters at Lancer Barracks in Parramatta, a suburb in Western Sydney, New South Wales. Lancer Barracks is the oldest Mili ...

3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles) The 3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles) (3/9 SAMR) is a Reserve light cavalry regiment of the Australian Army based in Smithfield, South Australia. Part of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), the regiment is attached to ...

4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse The 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse (4/19 PWLH) is a cavalry regiment of the Australian Army. The regiment in its current composition was formed in 1948 when the Citizens Military Force (CMF) was re-raised after the completion of the demob ...

10th Light Horse Regiment The 10th Light Horse Regiment is a "mounted infantry" regiment of the Australian Army Reserve, raised in Western Australia (WA). While the name of the 10th Light Horse originated in the first months of World War I, the regiment traces its cere ...

12th/16th Hunter River Lancers The 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers is an Australian Army Reserve cavalry regiment. It was formed on 1 May 1948, although it draws its lineage from units that were originally formed in the 1880s. It is currently a Light Cavalry unit equipped with ...

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