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The Royal Tank Regiment formed in 1917
as the Tank Corps, consists of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 2nd Royal Tank
Regiment, 3rd Royal Tank regiment and 4th Royal Tank regiment. Today there
is only two Tank regiments. with 4th Royal Tank Regiment
amalgamating with the 1st RTR. and the 3rd RTR amalgamating with the
2nd Royal tank Regiment Battle
honours include St Quentin, Battle of the Somme, Arras, Calais, Beda Fomm,
Gazala, defence of Alamein. Military art prints available from Cranston
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Cyclops
Squadron of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment raiding into Az Zubayr, Iraq, at
midday on 26th March 2003.
Battle of the Hook, Korea by David Rowlands
Centurion tank of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment firing at night during
the battle of the Hook.
The First Tank versus Tank Action by David Rowlands
The Mark IV Tank of Lt. F. MItchell MC, 1st battalion Tank Corps engages
A7V tanks at Villers-Bretonneux, 24th April 1918.
Operation Goodwood, Caen, Normandy, 18th-19th July, 1944
by David Rowlands The Allied breakthrough into the Normandy plain, against heavy German
opposition.
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