Does Armoured have a motto?

[Franko]

Tpr. Lepine... It‘s Speed and Violence...

Actually it‘s the role of Armour...

Destroying the enemy through the use of shock, speed and violence.

But you aready knew that

Regards

 

[George Wallace]

Originally posted by Tpr Lepine:
[qb] First in last out is a motto for the infantry, and to be honest they deserve that motto...

what ever happened to

- Noise and violence!!-? [/qb]

I‘d beg to differ. We were using that "First In/Last Out! saying as Bde Recce in 4CMBG for years. We can get into a bun fight as to who had it first, but that would be a waist of time, as it is not an official Motto.

Same goes for Speed and Violence. Three Troop RCD was wearing that at RV ‘92. It was a troop thing. Not Official.

GW :soldier:

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Originally posted by Tpr Lepine:
[qb] I like the KOCR one -onward-

its weird because calgary police wear the same cap badge that we do. Also stating onward, i guess its just a motto for the city too.

what‘s that cal high motto again ? [/qb]

The Calgary Highlanders‘ motto is "Onward" but in recent years, we translated it to Gaelic - "Airaghardt". It is indeed the motto of the city of Calgary.

The KOCR had a capbadge in WW II based on the coat of arms of the city of Calgary, which incorporates a sunburst over the crown. The regiment was told the badge was illegal, as nothing is allowed over the Crown. (The old Provost Corps had a funny way aound that - they had a lion on top of a crown, so they made the lion wear a little mini-crown and it was ok )

In 1949, the KOCR adopted the current pattern cap badge (with the Tudor Crown, changing it for the St. Edwards crown in the 1950s with the ascension of HM Queen Elizabeth II).

The KOCR and Calgary Highlanders come from the same roots - both were founded as the 103rd Regiment, Calgary Rifles in 1910, and became seperate battalions of the Calgary Regiment in the 1921 reorg of the Militia.

We were the First Battalion of the new regiment, incidentally.

 

[Lepine]

Well i know a bit about the 103rd and i know the cal highs and kocr were the same before..

its funny about the crown though.. some of the senior NCM‘s and senior officers wear the "old" cap badge...

i wonder what they would say to me as a trooper if i showed up Retro style....

 

[Phillman]

Fort Garry Horse - Facta Non Verba (Deeds not Words)

 

[FGH_Recce_DJ]

What's funny about ours is it's the same one JTF2 uses :dontpanic:

 

[Gayson]

Ummm  yeah ok. 

:'(

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Given the role of Recce, up to 30km ahead of the FEBA, I would definitely say we are first in. Being the guys that withdraw, maintaining contact ahead of the enemy advance, I guess we would be the last out also.

 

[George Wallace]

For those exact reasons, others have laid claim to the "First In/Last Out" because Recce has been and gone and they were never even seen.

GW

 

[aesop081]

Tpr. Lepine... It's Speed and Violence...

Actually it's the role of Armour...

Destroying the enemy through the use of shock, speed and violence.

But you aready knew that  

Regards

Actualy, if i remember my JNCO correctly its , to defeat the ennemy trough the agressive use of firepower and  battlefield mobility

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Actualy, if i remember my JNCO correctly its , to defeat the ennemy trough the agressive use of firepower and battlefield mobility

Exactly. "Speed and violence"

 

[Franko]

Tried to look it up in the library next door and all they have is the new PC version  :

We wouldn't want to offend the enemy would we?

The older version which I had memorised went "The role of Armour is: To engage and destroy the enemy through the use of speed and violence"

I can't find the book but can tell you it was published in the early to mid 80s.

Ughh...this pisses me off.

Regards

 

[Michael OLeary]

Motto of the Armoured Corps:
Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond.
(General Worthington)

A little background on the Armoured Corps flag colours, from an old reference:

TANK FLAG, THE: A product of the War, originating shortly before the Battle of Cambrai, where the flag made its debut by being displayed on the leading tank, the "Hilda", which headed the advance, 350 tanks taking part. The story of the origin of the flag is as follows. In August, 1917, General Elles and Colonel Hardress-Lloyd decided that the tanks should have Colours of their own. In a little shop at Cassel in Northern France they selected brown, red and green for the colours of the flag, the brown and red symbolising mud and fire (the fighting spirit); the idea in three colours being that the object of the Tank was to fight its way through mud to the green fields behind the enemy's line. The title "Royal" was conferred on the Tank Corps in 1923, the King at the same time assuming the Colonelcy-in-Chief. The badge of the Corps is a Tank surrounded by a laurel wreath, surmounted by an Imperial Crown, and its motto "Fear Nought". - Edward Fraser and John Gibbons, Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases, 1925

 

[lobudget]

wright.rj :  THe RCD one I had drilled into my head by my RCD Crew Commander in QL3 was "Honi soit qui mal y pense" which means 'shamed be the person who thinks evil of it'.

Its not latin its french.

 

[41D]

As stated right in the beginning, the Armoured Corps motto:

"Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond!"

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Answered a few times here . If you don't get it by now.............