Royal Tank Regiment

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The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR), formerly known as the Royal Tank Corps, is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the World War I.

Battlefield 1
The RTR, then the Royal Tank Corps, are featured in the single player campaign in Battlefield 1. They are featured in the prologue chapter, Storm of Steel, aiding the French Army and the US 369th Infantry Regiment against the Imperial German Army.

They are prominent in the chapter Through Mud and Blood, as it focuses on recent recruit Danny Edwards assigned as the driver of a Mark V tank dubbed Big Bess.