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1st Armoured Regiment

Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Fred Jabagat, from the 1st Armoured Regiment, controls the M134D minigun remote weapon station attached to a Modular Robotic Vehicle during Exercise Talisman Sabre at Townsville Field Training Area. Story by √. Photos by Lance Corporal Caitlyn Davill.
Australian Army News Talisman Sabre 

Remote weapons technology tested on Talisman Sabre

01/08/202503/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2576 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Exercise Talisman Sabre, first-person view drones (FPVD), Modular Robotic Vehicle (MRV)

The 1st Armoured Regiment (1st Armd Regt) transformed this year to provide the Australian Army with a Combat Experimentation Group,

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Australian Army Leopard AS1 tank is presented by Colonel Michael King and Lieutenant Michael Henderson of the Australian Army to Lieutenant General Sir William Rollo and Chris Pearce of the Tank Museum, United Kingdom. Story by Captain Edward Pym. Photos supplied.
Australian Army News UK 

Australian tank on display at British museum

11/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4537 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Leopard main battle tank, School of Armour

An Australian Army Leopard AS1 tank has been donated by the Australian Defence Force to the British National Tank Museum

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From left, former crew members of Centurion 169041, Barry Hodges, Graham Munsell and Ray Arthur out the front of 1st Armoured Regiment at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Chris and Jan Fenton.
ADF People Australian Army History Lest We Forget 

The story of Australia’s ‘atomic tank’

25/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1805 Views 2 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Centurian tank, RAAF Edinburgh, Vietnam War