World War 2 Armoured Units

  

Matilda Tanks of the 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment in the Solomon Islands 24-04-45
(AWM Collection)


 

History

2/6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment
2/7th Divisional Cavalry Regiment
2/9th Divisional Cavalry Regiment
2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment
2/5th Australian Armoured Regiment
2/6th Australian Armoured Regiment
2/7th Australian Armoured Regiment
2/8th Australian Armoured Regiment
2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment
2/10th Australian Armoured Regiment
12th Armoured Regiment
13th Armoured Regiment
14th Armoured Regiment
2/11th Australian Armoured Car Regt
6th Australian Armoured Car Regt
12th Australian Armoured Car Regt
1st Australian Army Tank Battalion
2/1st Independent Light Tank Sqn
2/1st Armoured Brigade Recon Sqn
2/2nd Armoured Brigade Recon Sqn
3rd Armoured Brigade Recon Sqn
2/1st Amphibious Armoured Sqn
Armoured Sqn (Special Equipment)

1st Australian Armoured Brigade
2nd Australian Armoured Brigade
4th Australian Armoured Brigade
6th Australian Armoured Brigade
1st Motor Brigade 
2nd Motor Brigade 
2nd Motor Brigade 
3rd Motor Brigade 
3rd Australian Army Tank Brigade

1st Australian Armoured Division
2nd Armoured Division
3rd Armoured Division

Armoured Fighting Vehicles School

The Commanders




Famous Faces


Battles

Sattelberg

 

Australian Armour in World War 2

 

The Australian Armoured Regiments fought with distinction on the battlefields of North Africa, Syria, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands between 1939 and 1945.

 

 

 

1st Army Tank Battalion tank during the assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea 17-11-43
 (www.awm.gov.au)

1st Army Tank Battalion diggers on the march - Queen St, Brisbane. June 1943
(www.awm.gov.au)

 

 

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