1st Tank Cavalry Regiment (Argentina)

1st Tank Cavalry Regiment
Regimiento de Caballería de Tanques 1
Active	1 March 1822 - 8 February 1905 10 February 1930 - present[1]
Country	Argentine Republic
Branch	Argentine Army
Type	Cavalry
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Regiment
Part of	Command of the 2nd Armored Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Villaguay Army Garrison
Nickname(s)	RC Tan 1
Patron	Colonel Federico de Brandsen
Motto(s)	"Tanques 1"
March	Regiment march
Anniversaries	1 March - Creation of the regiment
Equipment	TAM, VCTP, M4 Sherman, SIMRA, Ford F-100 (ambulance), Ford F-7000, Isuzu Trooper[2]
Engagements	Cisplatine War, Paraguayan War, Falklands War[1]
Battle honours	Coat and Cord de Ituzaingó Cord de Tuyutí Metal of Yatay Medal for the Campaign to Paraguay Medal for the Campaign to the Black River Medal for the Andes Campaign.[1]
Commanders
Notable commanders	Federico de Brandsen (first commander)[1]

The 1st Tank Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the Argentine Army, currently endowed with TAM tanks.

It has his seat in the Army Garrison of Villaguay (Entre Ríos province), which it shares with the 5th Mechanized Infantry Regiment.[1]

References

1. "ANIVERSARIO DE LA CREACIÓN DEL REGIMIENTO DE CABALLERÍA TANQUES 1 "CNL BRANDSEN"". EJERCITO ARGENTINO (in Spanish). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
2. "EJERCITO ARGENTINO - ORBAT". Saorbats. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2018.