page_title: 1st Armoured Regiment (Australia)
section_title: Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Armoured Regiment (Australia) / Organisation
caption_attribution_description: English: SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Queensland, Australia - M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks prepare to advance on enemy positions during Talisman Sabre 2011 19 July 2011. Talisman Sabre 2011 is an exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and conduct Combined Task Force operations to improve combat readiness and interoperability on a variety of missions from conventional conflict to peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance efforts.
context_page_description: 1st Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Australian Army and is the senior regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. Formed as a tank unit in the new Australian Regular Army on 7 July 1949, the regiment subsequently saw service during the Vietnam War operating Centurion tanks. Currently the unit is based in Edinburgh, South Australia as part of the 1st Brigade. As part of the Plan Beersheba reorganisation, the unit has become one of three Armoured Cavalry Regiments assigned to the Army's multirole combat brigades in Brisbane, Darwin and Townsville. Each ACR is equipped with M1A1 tanks and ASLAV light armoured vehicles.
context_section_description: From December 2017 the regiment was organised as follows:
  Headquarters Squadron
  A Squadron – Cavalry (equipped with the ASLAV)
  B Squadron  – Tank (equipped with the  M1A1 Abrams)
  C Squadron – Cavalry (equipped with the ASLAV)
  Support Squadron
caption: A 1st Armoured Regiment Abrams tank in 2011
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