3rd Cavalry Regiment

The Role of Armour in the Australian Defence Force is defined as:

"The co-ordination with other arms, to close with and destroy the enemy forces using fire, manoeuvre and shock action."

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment was raised on 1st July 1965 as the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) Squadron and was renamed the 3rd Cavalry Regiment on 24th November 1966. The regiment served extensively in South Vietnam as an APC regiment attached to the Australian Task Force. It amalgamated with the 4th Cavalry Regiment in 1981 to become the 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment.

 

 

 



3rd Cavalry Regiment APCs with 6 RAR Troops - Long Tan August 1966
(www.awm.gov.au)



3rd Cavalry Regiment M113A1 APC in South Vietnam
(www.awm.gov.au)

 

This page was last updated 21/03/09.

Tradition

Colonel-in-Chief:
HRH The Prince of Wales
(Colonel-in-Chief, RAAC)


Motto:
Resolute
March:
 Quick - Old Comrades
Slow - 

Location:
Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, QLD
 

Unit Colour Patch:
None

Unit History Book(s)
The Scorpion's Sting
 Paul Anderson