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== Formation == * [[6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)]] * [[10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)]] * [[27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment)]] * "C" Squadron, [[25th Armoured Delivery Regiment (The Elgin Regiment)]]<ref>{{cite web|title=31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgin's)|url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-3/par1/eng-gen/31-cer-rdg-eng.asp|website=Official Lineages Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments – Engineer Regiments and Squadrons|publisher=Directorate of History and Heritage|access-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> Formed as the [[2nd Canadian Army Tank Brigade]] on 26 January 1942, this formation consisted of the [[24th Army Tank Battalion (Les Voltigeurs de Québec)]] (replaced in June 1942 by the [[20th Army Tank Regiment (16/22 Saskatchewan Horse)]]), [[23rd Army Tank Battalion (The Halifax Rifles)]], and the [[26th Army Tank Battalion (The Grey and Simcoe Foresters)]]. Equipped with [[Ram tank|Ram II tank]]s, in the autumn of 1942 the brigade trained at the newly opened [[Meaford AFV range]] on [[Georgian Bay]] where the Halifax Rifles had the honour of conducting the first field exercise.
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