Thaba Bosiu Armour Regiment

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Regiment President Steyn
Thaba Bosiu Armour Regiment
SADF Regiment President Steyn shoulder flash.jpg
SANDF Regiment President Steyn Emblem
Active1934–
CountryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Allegiance
Branch
TypeArmoured Regiment
Part of South African Armoured Formation
Army Conventional Reserve
Garrison/HQ Bloemfontein
Motto(s)Vryheid, Getrouheid, Moed (Freedom; Faithfulness; Courage)
Equipment Olifant main battle tank
Insignia
Beret ColourBlack
Armour Squadron emblems SANDF Armour squadron emblems.jpg
Armour beret bar circa 1992 SANDF Armour beret bar.jpg
AbbreviationTBAR

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

Contents

History

SADF 1994 Onward

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

In August 2019, 52 Reserve Force units had their names changed to reflect the diverse military history of South Africa. [1] Regiment President Steyn became the Thaba Bosiu Armour Regiment, and have 3 years to design and implement new regimental insignia. [2]

Regimental symbols

Previous Dress Insignia

SADF era Regiment President Steyn insignia SADF era Regiment President Steyn insignia ver 5.jpg
SADF era Regiment President Steyn insignia

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. [3]

Battle honours

Operational Duty during the Border War

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

1987 Op Moduler & Op Hooper 1988 Op Packer

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References

  1. "New Reserve Force unit names". defenceWeb. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. "Renaming process has resulted in an Army structure that truly represents SA". IOL. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Regiment President Steyn". Saarmourassociation.co.za. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2012-06-01.