Gotlandia Regiment

Gotlandia Regiment, or Gotlands regemente, also P 18, is a Swedish Army armoured regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th Century. It is still in active service.

History

The regiment was created from the Gotlandia Infantry Regiment and one armoured battalion of the Gta Armoured Life Guards in 1963. It was given the designation P 18 (18th Armoured Regiment). For a short time in the 1990s, the unit was merged with the wartime organized Gotlandia Brigade. In 2000, the unit was reorganized and renamed back to its old designatiot and name. See also the history for the Gotlandia Infantry Regiment.

Campaigns

  • None

Organization

  • ?

Various

The regimental names:
Gotlandia RegimentGotlands regemente1963-04-01-1994-06-30
Gotlandia Regiment and Gotlandia BrigadeGotlands regemente och Gotlandsbrigaden1994-07-01-2000-06-30
Gotlandia RegimentGotlands regemente2000-07-01-
The regimental designations:
P 181963-04-01-1994-06-30
MekB 181994-07-01-2000-06-30
P 182000-07-01-
The regimental training grounds and garrison towns:
Visborgs sltt1963-04-01-(garrison)
The regimental colours are blue and white (silver). There is no regimental motto. The regimental victory names:
None

See also

References

See the Swedish regiments article for general references.

 

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