4th Royal Tank Regiment

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1st Royal Tank Regiment
Cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment
Active	28 July 1917- 1993
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Armoured
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps Royal Tank Regiment
Garrison/HQ	Tidworth
Motto	Fear Naught
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
Tartan	Hunting Rose (pipes and drums)

The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as D Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917.

In 1940, it briefly amalgamated with the 7th Royal Tank Regiment, as the 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment, returning to its previous title four months later.

In 1959, it again amalgamated with 7th Royal Tank Regiment, this time without change of title, and in 1993 due to Options for Change, amalgamated with 1st Royal Tank Regiment.

The 4th Royal Tank Regiment has strong Scottish connections and in the late 1970s, a pipes and drums was formed, wearing the Hunting Rose tartan. The Pipes & Drums were transferred to the 1st Royal Tank Regiment upon amalgamation in 1993. The Regiment lives on, in commemorative form, as D Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment.