During this period he also raised and commanded the armoured brigade and functioned as the first armoured brigade commander.

He later commanded five armoured regiments (three in action) and an armoured brigade.

In 1967, a new armoured brigade was established.

Although reorganized as an armoured brigade, no motor battalion served under its command.

He has held various command, staff and instructional appointments that include command of an armoured regiment, armoured brigade and armoured division.

Instead, an armoured corps officer with no flying experience and a more emollient personality was chosen.

They are now allowed to enter the cavalry, infantry and armoured corps.

In the reserves he was a company commander in the armoured corps.

In some cases infantry and the new armoured corps also operated their own integral light anti-aircraft artillery.

Three brigades — one airborne, one marine and one armoured infantry — will remain to be deployed in an emergency.

The five licences covered components for armoured personnel carriers, machineguns and armoured infantry vehicles, and communications equipment for military and police vehicles.

This was exactly what the tank and armoured infantry battalions were designed to do, and they did it brilliantly.

These systems produced relatively large numbers of poorly armoured infantry, usually armed with 12-14 foot spears.

Scimitars are also used by one of the four squadrons in an armoured regiment and the reconnaissance platoons of armoured infantry battalions.

After all, cataphracts and knights both fulfilled a similar role on the medieval battlefield, and the armoured knight survived well into the modern age.

It was not unknown for a seated armoured knight to act as the target.

The armies of the period comprised bodies of mounted, armoured knights, supported by infantry.

In the early 15th century, advances in weaponry allowed infantry to defeat armoured knights on the battlefield.

The main foyer also displays two armoured knights.

There was only one entrance and this was covered by sliding doors, made of 50cm thick steel armoured plate and concrete.

The prototype had an armoured plate protecting this assembly but it was omitted on the production vehicles to save weight, leaving only two elongated beams to brace the whole.

Body scales are relatively large, with wide, close-knit armoured plates on the back.

Where this was not possible, armoured plates could be factory made.

Like many of its relatives, it had heavy armoured plates along its back, tail, and parts of the underside.

Known as an 'explosively formed projectile', it was believed to be capable of penetrating the most heavily armoured tanks and troop carriers deployed by coalition forces.

This legendary rock will have to be attacked by infantrymen supported by armoured tanks.

He has also boasted about being in possession of armoured tanks and other combat vehicles.

His luxury and heavily armoured train travels no faster than 37mph.

The 9-pounders then accompanied the marines in their advance, whilst the 40-pounder continued to give supporting fire from the armoured train.

A miniature armoured train was used on the line.

They were supported by an armoured train and armoured cars.

The right wing came into position by rail, with the armoured train leading the way and the marines riding in a second train behind.

Some residents said that the attackers arrived in an armoured truck and opened fire on the unsuspecting soldiers at point-blank range.

Defence chiefs discovered the maze of tunnels, bunkers and concealed firing positions two weeks ago after jets destroyed an armoured truck which mysteriously sank as smoke billowed from holes nearby.

Armed officers have been patrolling the circuit including the pit lanes, while an armoured truck was yesterday deployed at one of the main entrances to the circuit.

At least 20 troop carriers were parked nearby, supported by five armoured trucks with machineguns mounted on them.

In one video, armoured trucks with heavy machineguns speed past.

He left court in an armoured van travelling in convoy with several police cars and vans, two of which were carrying armed officers.

Uniformed police officers were stationed at all entrances and exits, while the armoured van that brought him to court had an armed police escort.

The camera pans across and travels past an armoured van in mid-explosion.

He and the other suspect, both 23, are believed to have carried out a series of robberies on armoured vans transporting cash.

The business has 2,000 armoured vans and about 6,000 security guards who collect takings from high street banks and retailers.