Letters to the Editor

Stripping the tanks from 1 Armd Regt meant that 2 Cav Regt (Townsville) had to take on dual roles: close

“If we’re going to make a mistake, let’s only make half a one”. Commander, Australian Forces Vietnam (COMAFV), 1968    

“The destruction of the Regiment weight heavily on my heart. The current-serving decision makers do not care about heritage, history

“Why should it be of any importance whether it’s a tank regiment or an experimentation unit?”. Apart from the now

“A legacy: something left or handed down from the past; something with lasting impact for future generations.”  It was almost taken

“Shameful describes something so bad, wrong, or disgraceful that it causes feelings of shame and dishonour; reflecting a failure to meet

Arguments that have been made in support of 1st Armoured Regiment becoming an experimentation unit include those set out below:

Get away with what?  With throwing 1st Armoured Regiment under a bus and pretending that nothing’s happened … that’s what!

The letter below asks questions related to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, but what is the RAAC and who represents

Let’s look at what the Chief of the Defence Force and Minister have said were the reasons for the tanks

Why was the need for a unit to evaluate emerging technologies so urgent that it justified demoting Army’s most senior

In the famous words of Julius Sumner Miller: Why is This so?   1st Armoured Regiment is the senior regiment

The loss of combat power suffered by 3 Brigade (Armoured) is relatively easy to quantify in terms of unit strength

The following quote is from the Wikipedia entry for the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC): “The removal of 1st Armoured

A series of five articles was published by CONTACT during October and November 2018, titled “Armour in the Australian Army:

The first volume of the RAAC history was written by the late Maj Gen R N L Hopkins, CBE. It

Will 1st Armoured Regiment become a tank regiment again?  Will it resume its rightful place as part of Australia’s only

Between 22 April and 25 November 2025 (when these statistics were compiled), CONTACT published 81 letters related to the demise of

On 7 Nov 24, the Chief of Army said: “I’ve set four strategic priorities for our Army. The central one

The essential element is that someone is responsible for making a decision; as compared with the procrastination that often accompanies