List of Australian armoured units
Encyclopedia
Pre-World War II
- 1st Tank Section (Australia)1st Tank Section (Australia)The 1st Tank Section was an Australian Army armoured unit formed in 1930 equipped with the Vickers Medium Mark II medium tank.The unit was raised in February 1930 and was based at Randwick, New South Wales. Training was undertaken at Greenhills part of the Liverpool Military Area, Sydney...
- 1st Light Tank Company (Australia)1st Light Tank Company (Australia)The 1st Light Tank Company was an Australian Army armoured unit formed in 1937 equipped with the Vickers Medium Mark II medium tank.The unit was raised in November 1937 from the disbanded 1st Tank Section, with the men and equipment transferred to the unit and was based at Randwick, New South...
- 2nd Light Tank Company (Australia)2nd Light Tank Company (Australia)The 2nd Light Tank Company was an Australian Army armoured unit formed in March 1939 equipped with the Vickers Medium Mark II medium tank.The unit was based at Caulfield, Victoria....
- 1st Light Car Patrol (Australia)
- 1st Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
- 2nd Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
Divisions
- 1st Armoured Division (Australia)
- 2nd Armoured Division (Australia)
- 3rd Armoured Division (Australia)
Brigades
- 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia)1st Armoured Brigade (Australia)The 1st Australian Armoured Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II. The brigade was formed in July1941, at Tamworth, New South Wales and disbanded November 1944...
- 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia)2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia)The 2nd Australian Armoured Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II. The brigade was formed in July1 941, at Puckapunyal, Victoria and disbanded April 1944...
- 3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia)
- 4th Armoured Brigade (Australia)
- 6th Armoured Brigade (Australia)6th Armoured Brigade (Australia)The 6th 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 absorbed units of the 5th Motor Brigade in June 1942...
Armoured reconnaissance regiments
- 6th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
- 2/11th 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 1941 and disbanded in 1944 without seeing action.-History:...
- 12th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
- 6th Division Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 7th Division Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 9th Division Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- Australian 2nd Cavalry Regiment
- 8th Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 21st Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 25th Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
Armoured regiments and tank battalions
- 2/4th Armoured Regiment (Australia)2/4th Armoured Regiment (Australia)The 2/4th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, which served during World War II. The regiment was formed in November 1942 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force by amalgamating a number of previously existing armoured units and was disbanded in September 1946...
- 2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia)2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia)The 2/5th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. Raised for service during World War II, the regiment was formed in 1941 and disbanded at the end of the war in 1945 without having been deployed outside of Australia.-History:...
- 2/6th Armoured Regiment (Australia)2/6th Armoured Regiment (Australia)The 2/6th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army that served during World War II. Raised in 1941 the Regiment took part in the Battle of Buna–Gona in 1942–43, however, it did not see further action during the war and was disbanded in September 1945.-History:The 2/6th...
- 2/7th Armoured Regiment (Australia)2/7th Armoured Regiment (Australia)The 2/7th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. Raised for service during World War II in October 1941, it was initially intended to serve in the Middle East, however due to the changing nature of the war and manpower shortages, the regiment never saw service outside of...
- 2/8th 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 1944....
- 2/9th Armoured Regiment (Australia)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...
- 2/10th Armoured Regiment (Australia)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:...
- 12th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
- 13th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
- 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 Company11th Division (Australia)The 11th Division was an Australian Army unit formed during World War II by the redesignation of Milne Force on 1 October 1942. The division saw action in New Britain...
Australian Regular Army units
- 1st Armoured Car Squadron (Australia)
- 1st Armoured Regiment (Australia)
- 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 4th Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
- 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (Australia)1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (Australia)The 1st Armoured Personnel Squadron 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 Force...
- Medium Tank Trials Unit (Australia)Medium Tank Trials Unit (Australia)The Medium Tank Trials Unit 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 formed in early 1972 by converting B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment...
Citizen Military Forces/Army Reserve units
- 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia)1st Armoured Brigade (Australia)The 1st Australian Armoured Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II. The brigade was formed in July1941, at Tamworth, New South Wales and disbanded November 1944...
- 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia)2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia)The 2nd Australian Armoured Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II. The brigade was formed in July1 941, at Puckapunyal, Victoria and disbanded April 1944...
- 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers1st Royal New South Wales LancersThe 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers was a former Australian Army light cavalry regiment. Its complicated lineage includes the New South Wales Lancers which were first formed as a colonial unit in 1885, and subsequently saw action in the Second Boer War, and later during First World War at...
- 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers1st/15th Royal New South Wales LancersThe 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is a current Australian Army Reserve Light Cavalry Regiment. The regiment is based at Lancer Barracks in Parramatta, New South Wales. The regiment has recently re-equipped with 4x4 Land Rover patrol vehicles as part of the conversion to a Light Cavalry ...
- 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry)2nd/14th Light Horse RegimentThe 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment is a regiment of the Australian Army and forms part of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. The regiment was formed in 1952 though sentimentally traces its lineage to 1860...
(Regular Army since 2005) - 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light HorseThe 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse is a cavalry regiment of the Australian Army. The regiment in its current composition was formed in 1948 when the Citizens Military Force was re-raised after the completion of the demoblisation process following the end of the Second World War and it was...
- 3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles)3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles)The 3rd/9th Light Horse is a Reserve light cavalry regiment of the Australian Army based in Adelaide...
- 7th/21st Reconnaissance Regiment (Australian Horse)
- 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles
- 10th Light Horse Regiment
- 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers12th/16th Hunter River LancersThe 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers is an Australian Army Reserve light armoured regiment. The Regiment 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 Scout unit and equipped with Bushmaster Protected...
- 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles6th New South Wales Mounted RiflesThe 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles was a former unit of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps , part of the Australian Army. The unit can trace its heritage back to the 6th Light Horse Regiment of the First World War...
- 15th Northern River Lancers15th Northern River LancersThe 15th Northern River Lancers was an amphibious assault squadron of the Australian Army, the Lancers were designated A squadron of the Amphibious Assault Regiment. The 15th Northern River Lancers were formed in 1948 and based in Northern New South Wales, in 1956 it was amalgamated with the 1st...