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everse order. We received twenty fiveMBTs and had to structure anorganization to fit the tanks.Consequently, three squadrons each witheight tanks were created. Each squadronhad three troops of two tanks, and aSquadron Headquarter of two tanks forthe Officer Commanding and Second InCommand. The twenty fifth tank was tobe the Regimental HeadquartersCommand Tank. The ad hoc structurethough adopted with some skepticismseem to work satisfactorily with troopinfantry units. It seemed effective, buthad to be developed further.Combat deployment soonfollowed and the 4 th Armoured Regimentlent its steel and blood to the nation’sdefense. For the next seventeen years theregiment wrote a new chapter in themodern history of the use of armour incounterinsurgency operations. Theycontributed immeasurably to the ultimatevictory over the Tamil Tigers and theliberation of the Sri Lankan people fromtheir reign of terror.leaders confidently handling two tanksin close quarter battles alongside32
Brigadier C S N B Mudannayake RWP USP psc was born on 21st February 1949. He was educated atKingswood College Kandy. He joined the Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet in July 1971 and onCommissioning was posted to the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Sri Lanka Armoured Corps on 14thOctober 1972. He received his officer Cadet training at the officer Training school, Madras, India andArmy Training Centre Diyaialawa where he won the sword of Honor awarded to the best officer Cadet. Heattended the Company Commander’s Course in the Federal Republic of Germany, and the BangladeshCommand and General Staff College. He raised and commanded the 4th Armoured Regiment of the SriLanka Armoured Corps. He has held many important and prestigious appointments in the Sri Lanka Army.He retired from service as a Brigadier.33
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