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The Singapore Armoured Regiment is a formation of the Singapore Army responsible for armoured warfare. Armour provides mobile firepower support and rapid mobility for the Army by helping to spearhead an advance past the enemies defences and onto seizing and holding key objectives on the battlefield. Armour also acts as an active deterrent role towards any possible aggressors towards Singapore. Armour is known to act swiftly as they can be deployed at a moment's notice to dominate the battlefield hence their motto: Swift and Decisive. ==History== The Singapore Army's first armoured unit, 40 Singapore Armoured Regiment, SAR for short (then known as 40 Singapore Armoured Battalion), was formed in November 1968. In that year, the Army decided to purchase both the V-200 Commando vehicles and the AMX-13 tanks. 40 SAB was formed to operate AMX-13 tanks in 1969, and was the first armour unit to be equipped with the tanks.〔http://www.mindef.gov.sg/content/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2009/jun/26jun09_nr2/26jun09_speech.print.html?Status=1〕 The V-200 Commando vehicles were divided between 40 and 41 SAB to form a mixture between the tanks and armoured infantry.〔http://www.mindef.gov.sg/content/imindef/about_us/history/birth_of_saf/v12n08_history/_jcr_content/imindefPars/0002/file.res/TMIHAug08.pdf〕 That same year, 40 SAB thrilled the crowd at the National Day Parade in a drive past of 18 tanks to salute the President of Singapore.〔http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19690809.2.129&sessionid=9a1a70850192497db50e142f7a8094ef&keyword=AMX-13&search=advanced&fromdate=&todate=&articles=1&advertisements=1&illustrations=1&letters=1&obituaries=1&miscellaneous=1&newspaperTitles=&fuzzysearch=Off&ffromdate=19690101&ftodate=19691231&token=amx-13〕 HQ Armour has since organised armour column drive-pasts during the National Day Parades in the years 1984, 1993, 2002 & 2010. In addition to this, during every National Day Parade, men of the formation are given the honour of the Presidential Lance Guards who will form up upon the President's arrival and departure. They carry lances with a pennon that features the insignia of the Armour formation attached beneath the spearhead. This tradition is modelled after the knights in armour of old who would form up to protect their king. The AMX-13 which was acquired back in 1969 was upgraded to the AMX-13 SM1 in 1988.〔http://www.mindef.gov.sg/content/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/army/microsites/armymuseum/stories/Personal_Stories/1970s/Ang_Taw_Hai.html "In 1988, the AMX-13 was upgraded and renamed the AMX-13 SM1."〕 In July 1970, with the creation of 4th Singapore Armoured Brigade (HQ 4 SAB), 40 & 41 were re-flagged as 40 SAR & 41 SAR respectively. 2 further armoured units were created: 42 SAR was created in 1971 & 46 SAR in 1976. With the inception of full-time national service in 1967, 40 SAR received her first mono intake in March 1970 & 41 SAR received her first intake in July 1970. In 1973, the formation acquired the M113 to replace the V-200 Commando, which was further upgraded to the M113A2 Ultra IFV in 1993 to keep up with the modern age.〔http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/army/ourforces/Armour/History.html〕 The Regimental Colours of 40, 41 and 42 SAR were presented by President Sheares at Selarang Camp on 6 September 1977. 46 SAR Regimental Colours was presented to them on 29 October 1991.〔http://www.mindef.gov.sg/content/imindef/resources/e-books/ebklist/_jcr_content/imindefPars/0022/file.res/ourArmyCustomsTraditions.pdf〕 48 SAR's Regimental Colours was presented by President Tony Tan on 1 July 2013 at the year's SAF day parade. In 2006, it was announced that the AMX-13 SM1 Tanks would be replaced with Germany's Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tanks.〔http://www.mindef.gov.sg/content/imindef/about_us/history/birth_of_saf/v12n08_history.print.html?Status=1〕 The formation also adopted the Black Beret as its official headdress in line with other armour formations worldwide.〔http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/army/ourforces/Armour/History.html〕 The black beret is recognised as a traditional symbol or identity of an armoured unit. In the Singapore Armed Forces Best Unit Competition, Only 5 Armour units have won the title of Best Combat unit: 41 SAR (1978 & 1984), 42 SAR (1979 & 1982) & 40 SAR (2002). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Singapore Armoured Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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