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|unit_name= 33rd Armoured Brigade
| image=British 33rd Armoured Brigade - Tactical Formation Sign.svg
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|caption=Formation Insignia of the 33rd Armoured Brigade<ref>Cole p. 126</ref>
|dates=17 March 1944 - 22 August 1945<br />1 January 1980 - 1 December 1992
|country= {{flag|United Kingdom}}
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|branch=[[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
|type=Armoured
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|size=Brigade
|command_structure= Independent Brigade<br />[[79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|79th Armoured Division]]<br />[[3rd Division (United Kingdom)|3rd Armoured Division]]<br />[[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Armoured Division]]
|equipment=[[M4 Sherman]]<br />[[LVT 4]]
|garrison=Alanbrooke Barracks, [[Westfalen Garrison|Paderborn Garrison]]
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|battles=Second World War<br />[[Invasion of Normandy]]<br />[[Le Mesnil-Patry]]<br />[[Operation Charnwood]]<br />[[Operation Pomegranate]]<br />[[Operation Totalize]]<br />[[Operation Varsity|Rhine Crossing]]
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{{Infobox command structure
| name = 33rd Armoured Brigade
| date = March 1944
| parent = [[49th (West Riding) Infantry Division]]
| subordinate = [[1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry]] <br /> [[144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps|144th Regiment]], [[Royal Armoured Corps|RAC]] <br /> [[148th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps|148th Regiment]], RAC
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{{Infobox command structure
| name = 33rd Armoured Brigade
| date = August 1945
| parent = [[79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|79th Armoured Division]]
| subordinate = [[1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry]] <br /> [[11th Royal Tank Regiment]]
}}
{{Infobox command structure
| name = 33rd Armoured Brigade
| date = January 1980
| parent = [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Armoured Division]]
| subordinate = [[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards]] <br /> 1st Battalion, [[Royal Highland Fusiliers]] <br /> 1st Battalion, [[Black Watch]]
}}
{{Infobox command structure
| name = 33rd Armoured Brigade
| date = 1989
| parent = [[3rd (United Kingdom) Division|3rd Armoured Division]]
| subordinate = [[Blues and Royals]] <br /> 1st Battalion, [[Queen's Own Highlanders]] <br /> 1st Battalion, [[Queen's Lancashire Regiment]]
}}
{{Infobox command structure
| name = 33rd Armoured Brigade
| date = December 1992
| parent = [[3rd (United Kingdom) Division|3rd Armoured Division]]
| subordinate = [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]] <br /> 3rd Battalion, [[The Light Infantry]]
}}
The '''33rd Armoured Brigade''' ('''33rd Armd Bde''') was an [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] [[brigade]] of the [[British Army]] that was active in [[Western Front (World War II)|northwestern Europe]] in the [[Second World War]] from June 1944 until May 1945 and from 1980 to 1992.

==History==
===Normandy===
[[Image:Shermancharnwood.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A column of tanks advance from the left to right, each tank following in the preceding tanks track marks.|Shermans of the 33rd Armoured Brigade during Operation Charnwood.]]
The brigade was formed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 1944 by the re-naming of the [[33rd Tank Brigade]].<ref name=iwm>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30072768|title=Badge, formation, 33rd Army Tank Brigade & 33rd Armoured Brigade|publisher=Imperial War Museum|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> The brigade took part in the [[Operation Overlord|Normandy campaign]] and landed on [[Gold Beach]] on 6 June 1944. The brigade, consisting of three armoured regiments, was assigned to infantry divisions which needed armoured support and rarely fought as a unit.<ref name=iwm/>

The brigade took part in the [[Battle for Caen]]. On 11 June, the brigade took part in fighting at [[Le Mesnil-Patry]]. From 8 to 9 July, the brigade participated in [[Operation Charnwood]]; the capture of Caen north of the Orne. On 16 July, attached to the [[59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division]], the brigade took part in Operation Pomegranate, part of the [[Second Battle of the Odon]], to divert German attention from [[Operation Goodwood]].<ref name=pome>{{cite web|url=http://59div.morssweb.com/?bnoyers|title=Operation Pomegranate|publisher=59th Division|access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Following the Battle for Caen the brigade took part with the [[First Canadian Army]] attacks towards [[Falaise pocket|Falaise]]; on 8 August the brigade took part in [[Operation Totalize]].<ref>Poulsen, p. 91</ref>

===Rhine Crossing===
The brigade was reformed and re-equipped with [[LVT 4]] (Buffalo amphibious armoured fighting vehicles) for [[Operation Plunder]] the Rhine crossing and was placed under the command of the [[79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|79th Armoured Division]].<ref name=iwm/>

===Post War===
During the 1970s the brigade was one of two "square" brigades assigned to [[3rd Division (United Kingdom)|3rd Armoured Division]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPAMQ3oIT_4C&dq=2nd+Armoured+Division+Lubbecke&pg=PA95|title=The British Army in Germany: An Organisational History 1947-2004|page=95|first=Graham|last=Watson|publisher=Tiger Lily|year=2005|isbn=9780972029698}}</ref> After being briefly converted to "Task Force Echo" in the late 1970s, the brigade was reinstated in 1981, assigned to [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Armoured Division]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harveyblackauthor.org/2014/04/29/the-cold-war-years-a-hot-war-in-reality-part-6-2/|title=The Cold War Years. A Hot War in reality. Part 6.|first=Harvey|last=Black}}</ref> and based at Alanbrooke Barracks in [[Westfalen Garrison|Paderborn]]1986 assigned to 3 (UK) Armd Div.<ref name=baor>{{cite web|url=http://baor-locations.org/AlanbrookeBks.aspx.html|title=Alanbrooke Barracks|publisher=BAOR locations|access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref> Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, in December 1992, the brigade was merged with the [[20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Armoured Brigade]] and disbanded as part of the [[Options for Change]] programme.<ref name=baor/>

==Organisation==
The Organisation of the brigade at certain times included:

=== Second World War ===
* Brigade Headquarters & Signal Squadron, [[Royal Corps of Signals]]
* [[1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry]] (Dragoons), 17/3/44–18/8/45
* [[East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry|1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry]] (Lancers), 16/8/44–23/4/45
* [[Staffordshire Yeomanry|The Queen's Own Staffordshire Yeomanry Regiment]] (Hussars), 26/4/45–26/6/45
* [[4th Royal Tank Regiment]], 1/3/45–30/3/45
* [[11th Royal Tank Regiment]], 28/1/45–30/3/45 and 26/4/35–19/8/45
* [[144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps|144th (8th Battalion East Lancashire) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps]], 17/3/44–28/3/45
* [[148th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps|148th (9th Battalion Royal North Lancashire Regiment) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps]], 17/3/44–16/8/44

=== Cold War ===
* Brigade Headquarters & 202 Signal Squadron, [[Royal Corps of Signals]]
* [[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards]], 1/1/1980–11/1986
** [[RHG(D)]], 11/1986–1/1990
** [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]], 1/1990–19/8/92
* 1st Battalion, [[Royal Highland Fusiliers|The Royal Highland Fusiliers(Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)]], 1/1/1980–11/1984
** 1st Battalion, [[The Queen's Lancashire Regiment]], 11/1984–2/1990
** 3rd Battalion, [[The Light Infantry]], 2/1990–1/12/1992
* 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), 1/1/1980–3/1985
** 1st Battalion, [[Royal Scots|The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)]], 3/1985–12/1988
** 1st Battalion, [[Queen's Own Highlanders|The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)]], 12/1988–3/1990

==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom}}
* [[British Armoured formations of World War II]]
* [[List of British brigades of the Second World War]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lMwwBwAAQBAJ&dq=Operation+Totalize+33rd+armoured+brigade&pg=PA91|title=Coalition Warfare: An Anthology of Scholarly Presentations at the Conference on Coalition Warfare at the Danish Defence College|last=Poulsen|first=Niels Bo|publisher=Cambridge Scholars|year=2011|isbn=9781443850162}}
* {{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Howard|title=Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire|date=1973|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London}}

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