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where it came once again under command of 50th Indian Tank
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485:3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards)
454:RAC armoured regiments of the Second World War
1139:Regiments of the British Army in World War II
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1028:3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
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556:13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Marys Own)
212:Mk II tanks. The Brigade fought with the
182:207th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
267:
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1134:Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps
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247:In August 1944 149 RAC returned to
224:and was involved in the Battles at
208:in July, when it was equipped with
178:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
150:149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
19:149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
566:15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
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1003:2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
998:1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
551:11th Hussars (Prince Alberts Own)
480:2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
415:M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45
413:Steven J. Zalgoa, Hugh Johnson,
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495:5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
381:British Army Handbook 1939-1945
258:149 RAC was disbanded in 1946.
132:Battle of Kyaukmaung Bridgehead
127:Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay
1078:Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
813:108 (Lancashire Fusiliers) RAC
541:8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
184:, a Home Defence formation in
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1038:1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
1013:2nd Lothians and Border Horse
1008:1st Lothians and Border Horse
383:. Stroud: Sutton Publishing.
218:7th Indian Infantry Divisions
1023:2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
1018:1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
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715:42nd (7th East Surrey) RTR
526:3rd The King's Own Hussars
1088:Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
873:144 (East Lancashire) RAC
592:9th Queen's Royal Lancers
475:1st King's Dragoon Guards
206:254th Indian Tank Brigade
1083:Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
1053:2nd East Riding Yeomanry
1048:1st East Riding Yeomanry
561:14th/20th King's Hussars
199:50th Indian Tank Brigade
1073:North Somerset Yeomanry
993:2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
988:1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
536:7th Queen's Own Hussars
531:4th Queen's Own Hussars
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379:Forty, George. (1998).
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1063:Inns of Court Regiment
490:4th/7th Dragoon Guards
347:"Royal Armoured Corps"
1098:Warwickshire Yeomanry
327:Zaloga & Johnson.
808:107 (King's Own) RAC
234:Kyaumaung Bridgehead
158:Royal Armoured Corps
92:Royal Armoured Corps
357:on 26 December 2005
214:5th Indian Division
160:that served in the
597:12th Royal Lancers
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154:British Army
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112:World War II
88:Part of
62:British Army
108:Engagements
1123:Categories
626:Royal Tank
374:References
361:13 January
253:Ahmednagar
102:Grant tank
794:Regiments
785:102nd RTR
780:101st RTR
628:Regiments
98:Equipment
27:1941–1946
775:65th RTR
770:62nd RTR
765:61st RTR
760:51st RTR
755:50th RTR
750:49th RTR
745:48th RTR
740:47th RTR
735:46th RTR
730:45th RTR
725:44th RTR
710:41st RTR
700:40th RTR
695:39th RTR
690:12th RTR
685:11th RTR
680:10th RTR
468:Dragoons
238:Meiktila
216:and the
82:Regiment
72:Armoured
981:Reserve
968:163 RAC
963:162 RAC
958:161 RAC
953:160 RAC
948:159 RAC
943:158 RAC
938:157 RAC
933:156 RAC
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888:147 RAC
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878:145 RAC
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858:141 RAC
853:116 RAC
848:115 RAC
843:114 RAC
838:113 RAC
833:112 RAC
828:111 RAC
818:109 RAC
675:9th RTR
670:8th RTR
665:7th RTR
660:6th RTR
655:5th RTR
650:4th RTR
645:3rd RTR
640:2nd RTR
635:1st RTR
585:Lancers
519:Hussars
461:Regular
164:during
32:Country
803:46 RAC
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249:Bombay
240:, and
230:Kohima
226:Imphal
172:Origin
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50:Branch
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24:Active
311:(PDF)
262:Notes
222:Burma
210:Grant
186:Essex
401:ISBN
385:ISBN
363:2022
78:Size
68:Type
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