page_title: 23rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
section_title: Tunisia
hierarchical_section_title: 23rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) / North Africa / Tunisia
caption_attribution_description: English: The British Army in Tunisia 1943 A Valentine tank carries infantry during an exercise, 12 March 1943.
context_page_description: The 23rd Armoured Brigade, originally formed as the 23rd Army Tank Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the British Army that saw service during the Second World War. The brigade was a 2nd Line Territorial Army formation. It was reorganised and renamed the 23rd Armoured Brigade, when it was assigned to the 8th Armoured Division, although it never operated under command of the division.
context_section_description: In December 1942, elements of the brigade, now with the 11th (Queen's Westminsters) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) under command, began to move forward but it saw no combat until it entered Tunisia on 17 February 1943. In the Tunisian Campaign the brigade served as an independent armoured formation under XXX Corps, Eighth Army and fought in most of the battles of the campaign. On 3 May, the 50th RTR was withdrawn to convert to M4 Sherman tanks. After the campaign, the 46th RTR was reassigned to the brigade, although it was still converting to Shermans and the 40th RTR began to convert to the new tank.
caption: A Valentine tank of the 50th RTR carries infantrymen of the 5th Battalion, Black Watch during an exercise, 12 March 1943.
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