2nd Royal Tank Regiment

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2nd Royal Tank Regiment
Cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment
Active	28 July 1917-
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Armoured
Role	Armoured
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Tidworth
Motto	Fear Naught
Colors	Brown, red and green (Through mud and blood to the green fields beyond)
March	Quick: My Boy Willie Slow: The Royal Tank Regiment Slow March
Anniversaries	Cambrai, 20 November
Battle honours	see Battle Honours
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HM The Queen
Colonel-Commandant	Lt-General Andrew Peter Ridgway, CB, CBE
Notable commanders	Hugh Elles
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as B Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917.

In 1992, it amalgamated with the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment without change of title.

The Regiment has seen action most recently in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. After a long period in Fallingbostel, Germany, the regiment moved back to the UK and Aliwal Barracks in Tidworth in July 2007. All four of the Regiments Sabre Squadrons were deployed in 2006/7 with EGYPT providing the Challenger 2 armoured punch on Op TELIC 9 who were then replaced on TELIC 10 by CYCLOPS with BADGER operating in Warriors. FALCON have recently returned from Op HERRICK in Afghanistan where they conducted numerous operations on the new MASTIFF armoured vehicle.

The Regiment has a busy training year ahead with AFV Ranges followed by BATUS towards the end of the year. In June both Regiments will be presented with their new Standard by The Queen which will include the new Battle Honour of Al Basra 2003.