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The Thaba Bosiu Armour Regiment (formerly Regiment President Steyn) is a reserve armoured regiment of the South African Army.




History






= SADF 1994 Onward

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During Gibson's tenure the Regiment was awarded the “General Winner Personnel Administration” shield consecutively from 1995 to 1997.
On 1 April 1997 Lt Col Gibson handed over command to Lt Col André de Beer when Regiment Vrystaat (RVS) re-joined the Regiment after 21 years.




= Name Change

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In August 2019, 52 Reserve Force units had their names changed to reflect the diverse military history of South Africa. Regiment President Steyn became the Thaba Bosiu Armour Regiment, and have 3 years to design and implement new regimental insignia.




Regimental symbols


Regimental Colour: The badge is a Vickers machine gun with the arms of the late President Steyn and Floreat above it and the title and Bloemfontein below. The flash is yellow above white with black as the lowest panel, and a black triangle on the centre white.




= Previous Dress Insignia

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Unit colours


The regiment's first Unit Colour was a gift from the City Council of Bloemfontein and the wife of the late President M.T. Steyn presented it to the Unit on 17 October 1939. The RPS also became the first unit to receive the Right to the Freedom of Entry to the City of Bloemfontein. The date of this honour was 1 April 1955.




Battle honours


East Africa 1940 – 1941
Western Desert 1941 – 1943
Sidi Rezegh
Gazala
Alamein Defence
El Alamein




Operational Duty during the Border War


South West Africa:
1980 Ruacana: In support of Op Sceptic
1983 Oshivello: Op Robyn
1983 Tsinsabis: Op Phoenix
1988 Oshivello: Op Prone

Angola:
1987 Op Moduler & Op Hooper
1988 Op Packer




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Thaba Bosiu Armour Regiment
• List of Commonwealth armoured regiments
• Thaba Tshwane
• Pretoria Armour Regiment
• South African Army Armour Formation
• 2019 renaming of South African National Defence Force reserve units
• Traditional South African Regiments
• Solomon Mahlangu Regiment
• South African Special Forces
• Regiment Louw Wepener/Oos Vrystaat