Royal Tank Regiment

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British Army regiment armoured regiment

The Royal Tank Regiment is a British Army armoured regiment renowned as the oldest tank unit in the world and a key component of the United Kingdom’s armoured warfare capability.

Aliases (7)

1st Royal Tank Regiment ×1
2nd Royal Tank Regiment ×1
7th Royal Tank Regiment ×1
Royal Tank Corps ×1
Royal Tank Regiment bands ×1
Tank Corps ×1
armoured units of the Royal Tank Regiment ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment → armoured regiment →
allegiance	British monarch →
associatedWith	Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment →
battleHonour	Cambrai 1917 → El Alamein → Korea 1951–53 → Normandy 1944 → North Africa 1940–43 →
branch	British Army →
capBadge	Royal Tank Regiment cap badge →
ceremonialChief	King Charles III →
colour	brown beret →
conflict	First World War → Gulf War → Iraq War → Korean War → Second World War → War in Afghanistan →
country	United Kingdom →
dateFormed	1916 →
dateGrantedRoyalTitle	1923 →
doctrine	combined arms armoured warfare →
equipment	Challenger 2 main battle tank →
formedFrom	Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps →
garrison	Tidworth Camp → Tidworth, Wiltshire →
hasSubUnitHistory	1st Royal Tank Regiment → 2nd Royal Tank Regiment →
insigniaFeature	World War I tank → crown → laurel wreath →
isOldest	tank unit in the world →
march	My Boy Willie →
motto	Fear Naught →
nickname	The Tankies →
notableFor	continuous service since First World War → pioneering use of tanks in warfare →
partOf	Royal Armoured Corps →
precededBy	Royal Tank Corps → Tank Corps →
primaryFunction	to provide armoured fighting capability to the British Army →
regimentalAssociation	Royal Tank Regiment Association →
regimentalDay	Cambrai Day →
role	armoured warfare → reconnaissance → tank warfare →
size	single armoured regiment →
type	regular army unit →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Royal Tank Regiment ("1st Royal Tank Regiment") → Royal Tank Regiment ("2nd Royal Tank Regiment") →	hasSubUnitHistory
Royal Tank Regiment ("Tank Corps") → Royal Tank Regiment ("Royal Tank Corps") →	precededBy
Fear Naught ("armoured units of the Royal Tank Regiment") →	appliesTo
Royal Armoured Corps →	includes
Battle of Nibeiwa ("7th Royal Tank Regiment") →	involvedUnit
Fear Naught →	isMottoOf
Chris Bonington →	militaryService
My Boy Willie ("Royal Tank Regiment bands") →	performedBy
The Tankies →	refersTo