| Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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| 1945 | Austria | | |
| 1945 | Italy: Palmanova | | |
| 1946.09 | Germany: Wyvern Barracks, Luneburg | 4 Armoured Brigade | |
1948.04
| England: Church Crookham
| 56 Armoured Division
| TA support = reduced to HQ and one sqn |
| 1951.05 | England: Tidworth | 20 Armoured Brigade | |
| 1952.02 | Germany: Swinton Barracks, Munster | 20 Armoured Brigade | |
| Apr 56: Swinton Barracks, Munster | 6 Armoured Division | |
| | Sept 57: Swinton Barracks, Munster | 6 Infantry Brigade Group | |
| 1959.07 | England: | | |
| 1959.09 | Libya: Derna Camp, Homs, Cyrenica | | Armoured Car Regiment |
| | Oct 61: HQ, Ajax and Badger squadrons were based at Benghazi and Cyclops at Mednine Camp, Tripoli. | | |
| 1962.09 | Northern Ireland: Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh: Cyclops at Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth | 3 Division | Recce Role |
| | Oct - Dec 62: Cyclops in airportable role with Malkara missiles mounted on Humber Hornets | | |
| 1964.12 | England: regiment concentrated at Cachy Barracks, Perham Down: | | |
| | Dec 64 - May 65: Ajax in Cyprus | UN Tour | |
| 1965.11 | Germany: Caen Barracks, Hohne | 7 Armoured Brigade | Centurion |
| 1970.08 | England: Bovington: Ajax at Warminster as Armoured Demonstration Squadron | RAC Centre Regt | |
| 1972.09 | Germany: Swinton Barracks, Münster | 4 Guards Armoured Brigade | |
| Sept 73 - Jan 74: 1 Sqn (Badger) served in Northern Ireland | | |
| Jan - May 74: 1 Sqn (Ajax) served in Northern Ireland | | |
| May - Sep 75: Regt less Badger in Northern Ireland | | |
| Sep 76: Swinton Barracks, Münster | 5th Field Force | |
| | Aug - Dec 77: Northern Ireland: Londonderry | | |
| 1979.05 | Northern Ireland: Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh | | |
| 1980.11 | Germany: Northampton Barracks, Wolfenbüttel | 4 Armoured Division | Recce Role |
| 1984.02 | Germany: Wessex Barracks, Fallingbostel | 7 Armoured Brigade | Challenger tanks |
| 1990.04 | England: Bovington (2 Sqns) & Catterick (2 Sqns) | | RAC Centres Regt |
| 1992.06 | Germany: Lumsden Barracks, Fallingbostel | 7 Armoured Brigade | |
| Sept 92: Amalgamated at Fallingbostel with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment without change of title, and squadron titles omitted | | |
| 1993: A, B, C, D Sqns redesignated as B, C, E, F (HQ), commemorating original Heavy Branch MGC Coys, and successors to 2nd RTR, 3rd RTR , 5th RTR and 6th RTR | | |
| Dec 93 - Jun 94: Cyprus | UNFICYP | |
| 1997: Northern Ireland: | | |
| 1998: second regiment to convert to Challenger 2 tanks | | |
| Apr 98: Bosnia (C Sqn) | OP Palatine | |
| 2001: Kosovo: | | |
| Jan 01: Fourth sabre squadron raised and designated Falcon Squadron | | |
| Dec 01: Other squadrons redesignated: Badger (B), Cyclops (C), Egypt (E), Nero (HQ) | | |
| Feb - Mar 03: Persian Gulf | 7 Armoured Brigade | |
| | Mar - May 03: Iraq | 7 Armoured Brigade | |
| 2007.08 | England: Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth | 1 Mechanised Brigade | |
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