List of Australian armoured units

List of Australian armoured units

This is a list of all of the armoured units formed by the Australian Army

Pre-World War II

* 1st Tank Section (Australia)
* 1st Light Tank Company (Australia)
* 2nd Light Tank Company (Australia)
* 1st Light Car Patrol (Australia)
* 1st Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
* 2nd Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)

World War Two

Divisions

* 1st Armoured Division (Australia)
* 2nd Armoured Division (Australia)
* 3rd Armoured Division (Australia)

Brigades

* 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia)
* 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia)
* 3rd Army Tank Brigade (Australia)
* 4th Armoured Brigade (Australia)
* 6th Armoured Brigade (Australia)

Armoured reconnaissance regiments

* 6th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
* 2/11th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
* 12th Armoured Car Regiment (Australia)
* 6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
* 7th Divisional Cavalry Regiment (Australia)
* 9th Divisional 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)
* 2/5th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
* 2/6th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
* 2/7th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
* 2/8th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
* 2/9th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
* 2/10th Armoured Regiment (Australia)
* 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 Company

Post-world War II

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)
* Medium Tank Trials Unit (Australia)

Citizen Military Forces/Army Reserve units

* 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia)
* 2nd Armoured Brigade (Australia)
* 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers
* 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
* 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) (Regular Army since 2005)
* 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse
* 3rd/9th South Australia Mounted Rifles
* 7th/21st Reconnaissance Regiment (Australian Horse)
* 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles
* 10th Light Horse Regiment
* 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers
* 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles
* 15th Northern River Lancers


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