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Units

Abreviation

1

Army Headquarters

Army HQ

2

Headquarters 1 Brigade

HQ 1 Bde

3

Headquarters 2 Brigade

HQ 2 Bde

4

Headquarters 3 Brigade

HQ 3 Bde

5

Headquarters 4 Brigade

HQ 4 Bde

6

Headquarters Salisbury District

HQ Sby Dist

7

Headquarters Midlands District

HQ Mid Dist

8

Headquarters Special Forces

HQ Spec Forces

9

Depot, The Rhodesian African Rifles

Dep RAR

10

1st Battalion, The Rhodesian African Rifles

1RAR

11

2nd Battalion, The Rhodesian African Rifles

2RAR

12

3rd Battalion, The Rhodesian African Rifles

3RAR

13

1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry

1RLI

14

1(Rhodesian) Special Air Service Regiment

1SAS

15

Selous Scouts

S Scouts

16

Grey's Scouts

Grey's

17

School of Infantry

S Inf

18

Depot, The Rhodesia Regiment

DRR

19

Corps Training Depot

CTD

20

1(lndependent) Company. The Rhodesia Regiment

1(Indep) Coy RR

21

2(Independent) Company, The Rhodesia Regiment

2(lndep) Coy RR

22

3(Independent) Company, The Rhodesia Regiment

3(lndep) Coy RR.

23

4(Independent) Company, The Rhodesia Regiment

4(lndep) Coy RR.

24

5(Independent) Company, The Rhodesia Regiment

5(lndep) Coy RR

25

6(Independent) Company, The Rhodesia Regiment

6(lndep) Coy RR

26

1st Battalion, The Rhodesia Regiment

1RR

27

2nd Battalion, The Rhodesia Regiment

2RR

28

4th Battalion, The Rhodesia Regiment

4RR

29

5th Battalion, The Rhodesia Regiment

5RR

30

6th Battalion, The Rhodesia Regiment

6RR

31

8th Battalion,.The Rhodesia Regiment

8RR

32

9th Battalion, The Rhodesia Regiment

9RR

33

10th Battalion, The Rhodesia Regiment

1ORR

34

1 Psychological Operations Unit

1 POU

35

Depot, The Rhodesian Defence Regiment

DepRDR

36

1st Battalion, This Rhodesian Defence Regiment

IRDR

37

2nd Battalion, The Rhodesian Defence Regiment

2RDR

38

The Rhodesian Intelligence Corps

RIC

39

Depot, Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment

Dep RhACR

40

Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment

RhACR

41

Depot, Rhodesian Artillery

Dep RhA

42

1 Field Regiment/Rhodesian Artillery

1 Fd Regt

43

School of Military Engineering

SME

44

1 Engineer Squadron

1 Engr Sqn

45

2 Engineer Squadron

2 Engr Sqn

46

3 Engineer Squadron

3 Engr Sqn

47

4 Engineer Squadron

4 Engr Sqn

48

5 Engineer Support Squadron

5 Engr Sp Sqn

49

6 Engineer Squadron

6 Engr Sqn

50

7 Engineer Squadron

7 Engr Sqn

51

School of Signals

S Sigs

52

1(Brigade) Signals Squadron

1(Bde) Sig Sqn

53

2(Brigade) Signals Squadron

2(Bde) Sig Sqn

54

3(Brigade) Signals Squadron

3(Bde) Sig Sqn

55

41 Troop, 4(Brigade) Signals Squadron

41 Tp 4(Bde) SigSqn

56

10 Signal Squadron

10 Sig Sqn

57

11 Signal Squadron

11 Sig Sqn

58

12 Signal Squadron

12 Sig Sqn

59

8 Signal Squadron

8 Sig Sqn

60

Services Area Headquarters (Matabeleland)

Svcs Area HQ(Mat)

61

Services Area Headquarters (Mashonaland)

Svcs Area HQ(Mash)

62

Services Training School

STS

63

Services Trade Training Centre

STTC

64

Ordnance and Supplies Depot Bulowayo

OSD Byo

65

Ordnance and Supplies Depot Salisbury

OSD Sby

66

Bulawayo Base Workshops

Bye Base Wksps

67

Salisbury Base Workshops

Sby Base Wksps

68

1 Air Supply Platoon

Air Sup P1

69

1 Maintenance Company

1 Maint Coy

70

2 Maintenance Company

2 Maint Coy

71

3 Maintenance Company

3 Maint Coy

72

Medical Training School

Med Trg School

73

1 Medical Company

1 Med Coy

74

2 Medical Company

2 Med Coy

75

5 Medical company

5 Med Coy

76

Army Health Unit

AHU

77

Tsanga Lodge

Tsanga

78

School of Military Police

SMP

79

1 Provost-Platoon

1 Pro P1

80

2 Provost Platoon

2 Pro P1

81

3 Provost Platoon

3 Pro P1

82

4 Provost Platoon

4 Pro P1

83

5 Provost Platoon

5 Pro P1

84

Army Detention Barracks

Army DB

85

Pay Corps Training School

PCTS

86

1 Pay Company

1 Pay Coy

87

2 Pay Company

2 Pay Coy

88

3 Pay Company

3 Pay Coy

89

4 Pay Company

4 Pay Coy

90

5 .Pay Company

5 Pay Coy

91

7 Pay Company

7 Pay Coy

92

Rhodesian Army Education Corps

RhAEC

93

Rhodesian Corps of Chaplains

RhCCh

94

School of Military Administration

SMA

95

Army Records

Records

96

Army Data Processing Unit

ADPU

97

Rail Transport Organisation Platoon

RTO Pl

98

1 Military Postal Platoon

1 Mil Postal P1

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