6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)

6th Guards Armoured Brigade
6th Guards Tank Brigade
6th Guards Brigade
Insignia of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade[1]
Active1941–1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeArmoured
SizeBrigade
Part ofGuards Armoured Division 1941–1942
Independent 1942–1945

The 6th Guards Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed from the Foot Guards in 1941 as the 6th Guards Armoured Brigade when the United Kingdom was under the threat of invasion in Operation Sea Lion and more armoured formations were required.

  1. ^ Cole, 1973, p. 123