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Black beret - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Black beret

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The black beret is a type of headgear commonly worn by armoured forces around the world including the British Army's Royal Tank Regiment (RTR), The Canadian Forces's Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC), and The Australian Army's Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) among others. Notable non armoured units to wear the black beret include the Russian Naval Infantry (and formerly Soviet) and some Russian Spetsnaz units, the United States Air Force (USAF) Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) members and Canadian Forces Maritime Command (Canadian Navy) ("navy blue"). Black berets are also worn over hoods by members of ETA.

In the United States military it was officially worn and associated with the United States Army Rangers. However, it is now worn by all United States Army troops unless the soldier is approved to wear a different distinctive beret. The Rangers now wear tan berets, a homage to the buckskins worn by Rogers' Rangers. Unofficially, it was also donned by members of the US armor units in the past.

The most famous wearer of the beret was Field Marshal Montgomery, who wore an RTR beret complete with badge which had been presented to him by the RTR, to which he added his own General's (later Field Marshal's) cap badge.

[edit] Usage around the world

In the German Army, an oversized black beret was introduced during the Third Reich for panzer crews, to be worn over the crash helmet; however this was dropped in favour of a black garrison cap during World War II. Today the black beret (of conventional size) is worn by the Armoured Corps and the Army Reconnaissance Corps.

In the Chilean Army,the black beret is worn by the paras and the special forces.

In the Spanish Army, the black beret is worn by the Mechanized Brigades and the Parachutist brigade.

In the Belgian Army, black berets are worn by armoured and engineer troops.

In the Dutch Army the cavalry battalions wear black berets.

In the pre-2003 Iraq Army, the black beret was the most commonly worn head gear and continues to be worn by both army and police personnel of the new Iraqi Army.

In the Israel Defense Forces, soldiers serving in the Armor Corps wear black berets.

In the Malaysian Army, the members of the Royal Armor Corps wear the black berets.

In the Singapore Armed Forces, members of the Armour formation wear black berets.

The Norwegian Army Panserbataljonen (armoured) and E-bataljonen (intelligence) wear black berets.

In the Indian Army, all Cavalry and Armoured Corps wear black berets.

In the Pakistan Army, the Armoured Corps wears black berets. In the Spanish Army, the black beret is distinctive of armoured and para troops

The Swedish armour and mechanized troops wear black berets.

In the Irish Army the majority of the members of the Permanent Defence Forces wear black berets except for certain combat support units such as MP's, Cavalry etc.

The Irish Republican Army and its splinter groups wore black berets (with balaclavas) at events such as funerals of their members. A Black Beret was often placed on the coffin of the deceased.

Members of Serbian Military Police wear black berets.

The Finnish Panssarijääkäri (panzerjaegers) and members of the Armored Brigade also wear black berets.

Tactical Air Control Party members of the United States Air Force wear black berets with a flash and crest design.

The Brazilian armour and mechanized troops also wear the black beret.

The Argentine Navy's Batallón de Infantería de Marina 5 (5th Marine Battalion), of Falklands War Mount Tumbledown fame (1982), wears a black beret. This was introduced by (then) Commander Manuel Tomé around 1977, and the beret was awarded on completion of a Cold Weather and Mountain Warfare Course. Today, all units of the Southern Marine Force of the Argentine Marine Corps wear black berets with unit badges.

In the Canadian Army, black berets are worn by armoured troops.

In the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (Canadian Navy) all sailors wear a black beret ("navy blue") as part of their Combat Dress (see Uniforms of the Canadian Forces).

In the Greek Army, black berets are worn by the Armoured branch.

In the Italian Army most units wear a black beret. Exceptions are: Paratroopers, Alpini, Army Aviation Corps (AVES) and Bersaglieri.

In the Indonesian Army, black beret is worn by the members of Cavalry.

In the Austrian Bundesheer all armoured units (Armoured Battalions, Mechanized Infantry Battalions, Artillery Battalions and Mechanized Headquarter Battalions, wear the black beret.

[edit] Near black berets

The naval colour is officially "very dark blue". The Dutch navy and Dutch Marines wear very dark blue berets; a silver anchor for the Navy and a gold or dark brown (field duty) anchor on a red background for the Marines. The Royal Norwegian Air Force also use a dark blue beret.

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