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|branch= |type= Armoured Regiment |role= |size= |command_structure=South African Armoured Corps Army Conventional Reserve |garrison= |garrison_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= ''VRYHEID, GETROUHEID, MOED'' (Freedom; Faithfulness; Courage) |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |flying_hours= |website= |commander1=Col Jonie van der Linde |commander1_label=Honorary Colonel |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders= |aircraft_attack= |aircraft_bomber= |aircraft_electronic= |aircraft_fighter= |aircraft_helicopter= |aircraft_helicopter_attack= |aircraft_helicopter_cargo= |aircraft_helicopter_multirole= |aircraft_helicopter_observation= |aircraft_helicopter_transport= |aircraft_helicopter_trainer= |aircraft_helicopter_utility= |aircraft_interceptor= |aircraft_patrol= |aircraft_recon= |aircraft_trainer= |aircraft_transport= |aircraft_tanker= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2=Black |identification_symbol_2_label=Beret Colour |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label=Armour Squadron emblems |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= Armour beret bar circa 1992 }} Regiment President Steyn is an armoured regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. The Regiment was named after Martinus Theunis Steyn, the last President of the Orange Free State Republic and is stationed in the city of Bloemfontein (where it has the freedom of the city). It is part of the South African Army Armour Formation. ==History== The Regiment was raised as a machine gun regiment in Bloemfontein and its surrounding districts in the Orange Free State on 1 April 1934. Lieutenant-Colonel McHardy was the Regiment's first Commanding Officer; mobilisation for World War II took place on 5 June 1940. In order to increase the strength of the regiment, volunteers from Regiment De Wet and Regiment Louw Wepener and the Orange Free State Field Artillery (''O.V.S. Veld Artillerie'' in Afrikaans) were transferred to it. The Regiment arrived in Egypt in June 1941, as the Machine Gun Battalion of the South African 1st Infantry Division. The regiment saw a lot of action in the north African desert, most notably at Sidi Rezegh, where its 3rd Company went into action with 4 officers, 117 other ranks and 25 "natives", of whom only 1 officer, 44 other ranks and 9 "natives" survived. At the end of 1941 the regiment was made part of the 5th South African Infantry Brigade. In March of the same year additional personnel was received from the 3rd battalion of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment and in April Lieutenant-Colonel W. P. Minnaar succeeded McHardy as its commanding officer. Minnaar commanded the regiment during the El Alamein fighting in June. In January 1943 the unit was sent back to the then-Union of South Africa and placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Nel, who became the commanding officer of the amalgamated Regiment Botha/President Steyn in August of the same year. The unit was later converted to an armoured car regiment. From 1960 to 1966, RPS was called ''Regiment Bloemfontein''. In 1975 the regiment converted from armoured cars to tanks and eventually formed part of the 82 Mechanised Brigade (South Africa). What was later to become Regiment Vrystaat was formed in the same year as the second battalion of Regiment President Steyn. The regiment's Ratel infantry fighting vehicles and Eland-90 armoured cars saw service during the South African Border War. Its first active duty as a tank unit was when two squadrons took part in Operation Packer in March 1988. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Regiment President Steyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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