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The Standard of the 1st Armoured Regiment is marched onto parade.
Letters to the Editor 

Why bother campaigning for 1 Armd Regt to be returned to a combat role?

06/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 5811 Views 5 Comments

…the answer is easy. Those responsible can’t be allowed to continue detracting from 1st Armoured Regiment’s hard-fought heritage. A unit

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An Australian Army Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank fires during a training serial as part of a soldier qualification course at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Letters to the Editor 

Revisiting the decision to strip the tanks from 1 Armd Regt

04/07/202504/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 1021 Views 0 Comments

There is a growing suggestion that the Chief of Army was pressured into finding a unit to manage new and

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Mixed assets of 2nd Cavalry Regiment on Exercise Brolga Sprint at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Caitlyn Davill.
Letters to the Editor 

Why 1st Armoured Regiment must become a tank regiment again (quickly)

03/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 530 Views 0 Comments

Sometimes one forgets that not all readers have a complete understanding of all the important issues. Rather than emphasising significant

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A controller vehicle is followed by two optionally crewed combat vehicles during a land autonomous systems teaming demonstration at Puckapunyal Military Area, September 2024. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
Letters to the Editor 

Thanks to serving soldier for insightful comments re 1st Armd Regt

01/07/202501/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 855 Views 0 Comments

A current serving member of 1st Armoured Regiment recently wrote an open letter to me. (I’d previously written a similar

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Soldiers look on as an Australian M1A1 Abrams tank passes by during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
Letters to the Editor 

Ex Talisman Sabre 2025 – 1 Armd Regt’s role

30/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 1032 Views 0 Comments

One of the consequences of the tanks being stripped from 1 Armd Regt is that it leaves 3 Brigade (designated

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Soldiers of the 1st Armoured Regiment are briefed while sitting in front of their Centurion tanks at Vung Tau in South Vietnam during 1968. Photo by Starry, Donn A. Mounted combat in Vietnam. Department of the Army, via Wikipedia.
Letters to the Editor 

The Human Cost of Stripping Tanks From 1st Armoured Regiment

29/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 830 Views 2 Comments

The RAAC RSM acknowledged in the 2024 IRONSIDES (just published) that the decision to strip the tanks from 1 Armd

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A Leopard tank from 1st Armoured Regiment conduct manoeuvres during Exercise Predators Strike at El Alamein Army Camp, Cultana, South Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Kade Rogers.
Letters to the Editor 

RAAC newsletter IRONSIDES adds confusion re 1st Armd Regt’s status

27/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 584 Views 2 Comments

The 2024 edition of IRONSIDES was published recently. Those of us who looked for some clarity concerning the circumstances which

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An Australian Army trooper from the 1st Armoured Regiment remotely controls a weapon system on an optionally crewed armoured vehicle during a demonstration in Puckapunyal, Victoria. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
Letters to the Editor 

The ‘Combat Experimentation Group’

26/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 1794 Views 0 Comments

On 29 Aug 24, an article in The Australian Defence Magazine [ADM] stated that: “The Army has re-roled one squadron

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Centurion tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment, and armoured personnel carriers from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, move along the main road of Binh Ba village. Over three days, armour and infantry dislodged a strong North Vietnamese Army group that had entered the village, for the loss of one Australian killed in action. AWM BEL/69/0389/VN. Binh Ba.
Letters to the Editor 

1st Armoured Regiment’s Legacy

23/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 644 Views 2 Comments

Prior to returning from Vietnam, the Commanding Officer of 4RAR/NZ, Lt Col Jim Hughes, MC (later Maj Gen) wrote to

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2nd Cavalry Regiment M1A2 Abrams tanks, conduct a live-fire danger-close serial at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, on 7 June 2025. Photo by Lance Corporal Caitlyn Davill.
Letters to the Editor 

Sometimes when we copy what others do, we get it wrong…

20/06/202522/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 1127 Views 0 Comments

This is what has happened with the new role that the Chief of Army designated for the 1st Armoured Regiment.

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An Australian Army soldier from 1st Armoured Regiment talks to a British Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment, about emerging technologies during Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PCC5) in Fort Irwin, California, 9 March 2025. Photo by Corporal Nakia Chapman.
Letters to the Editor 

Open letter to CO and RSM, 1st Armoured Regiment

19/06/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11524 Views 31 Comments

Dear Commanding Officer and RSM, 1st Armoured Regiment You may not be aware, but the Army and (surprisingly) the Armoured

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An Australian Army Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank during a live-fire serial as part of a qualification course for Royal Australian Armoured Corps soldiers at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Letters to the Editor 

Letter to the Minister About 3 Bde Being Incomplete

15/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 995 Views 0 Comments

Dear Minister, Congratulations on your Government’s return to Office. As a Vietnam veteran who continues to take an interest in

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An Australian Army soldier from 1st Armoured Regiment demonstrates hyper-teaming with uncrewed aerial systems on Project Convergence Capstone 5 at Fort Irwin, California, on 11 March 2025. Photo by Corporal Nakia Chapman.
Letters to the Editor 

How was the Decision Made That Stripped 1st Armoured Regiment of its Tanks?

12/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 1270 Views 3 Comments

Dear All, Did it just happen? Did the Chief of Army suddenly have a vision and tell the RAAC Head

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The 2nd Cavalry Regiment welcomes its second tank squadron at a T4 (D Squadron) Raising Ceremony at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland. Photo by Private Jessica Gray.
Letters to the Editor 

Is 3 Brigade a Fully Capable and Equipped Armoured Brigade?

10/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 1191 Views 0 Comments

A recent radio broadcast emphasised that Australia is fully equipped and prepared to fight from and defend its northern bases,

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An Australian Army soldier from the 1st Armoured Regiment with an uncrewed ground vehicle equipped with a prototype communications system and experimental drone launcher during Project Convergence Capstone 5 at Fort Irwin, California. Photo by Corporal Nakia Chapman.
Letters to the Editor 

Why is 1st Armoured Regiment Still an RAAC Unit?

09/06/202509/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 1006 Views 0 Comments

The Chief of Army has stripped 1 Armd Regt of its tanks, reduced it in size by two thirds, and

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An Australian M1A2 SEP v3 main battle tank at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
Letters to the Editor 

Are Tanks Obsolete?

05/06/2025 Bruce Cameron 425 Views 0 Comments

A video is circulating, the proposition of which is that the tank is dead. Drones and anti-tank missiles, coupled with

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An M1A2 Abrams tank arrives at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville on 14 November 2024. Photo by Corporal Guy Sadler.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

What Will the Chief of Army’s Reply be?

17/05/202517/05/2025 Bruce Cameron 1778 Views 2 Comments

The following is the letter I sent to Lieutenant General Simon Stuart on 10 May 2025: “Dear General, I have

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Letters to the Editor 

A Lesson in Artificial Intelligence

09/05/202509/05/2025 Bruce Cameron 759 Views 0 Comments

“Artificial intelligence (AI) is technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human learning, comprehension, problem solving, decision making, creativity

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Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Armoured Regiment conduct manoeuvre training on an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank in Puslatpur, Indonesia during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

“Publicly criticising an official Army position amounts to insubordination”

09/05/202509/05/2025 Bruce Cameron 1262 Views 0 Comments

1st Armoured Regiment has been stripped of its tanks, reduced to one third of its strength and made a ‘new

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An Australian Army Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank fires during a training serial as part of a soldier qualification course at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

List of ‘Firsts’ for Australian Armour

06/05/2025 Bruce Cameron 1221 Views 0 Comments

“The Australian Army has officially welcomed a second tank squadron to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, marking the first time in

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