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Organisation: 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment |
Name | 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment |
Description | An airborne mechanized armored unit of the British Army during WW2 equipped with light tanks, armored personnel carriers, armored scout cars, jeeps, motorcycle mounted infantry, and it's own artillery in the form of towed 4.2 inch heavy mortars. They saw action in the Normandy landings and the advance to the River Seine, the campaign to counter the German offensive in the Ardennes and later crossing the Rhine in Operation Varsity. |
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