Townsville is emerging as Australia's new Army capital with hundreds of soldiers to be relocated over coming years, while Adelaide becomes the home of advanced land-based, long-range strike technology.
From 2025 all of Army's heavy armour and half of its helicopters will be hosted in Townsville.abc.net.au/news/townsville-biggest-winner-of-defence-force-shake-up/102909694The Garrison city of Townsville is emerging as Australia's new Army capital with hundreds of soldiers to be relocated to north Queensland over coming years, while Adelaide becomes the home of advanced land-based, long-range strike capabilities.
The Queensland city's 3rd Brigade will be re-formed as the Army's only heavy combat formation with up to 500 personnel added to its ranks.The 3rd Brigade, based in Townsville, will be an armoured combat brigadeThe 10th Brigade, based in Adelaide, will be raised as a fires brigade. The 1st Armoured Regiment will be "re-roled" as an innovation and experimentation unit to deliver and integrate these emerging technologies but will remain at its current location in the South Australian capital, close to the Cultana and Woomera training ranges, and the ADF's space sector partners which provide targeting data.
Eventually all of Army's tanks, Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles, Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles, and Huntsman self-propelled howitzers will be based in Townsville along with the Apache and Chinook helicopter fleets.
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