By 1 May 1945 the Middellande Regiment was reformed at Cradock with Lt. Col. Borchers as its new commanding officer. By 1947, the Regiment was again returned to Graaff-Reinet.
By 1953 the Regiment was changed from an armoured vehicle reconnaissance unit to an armoured regiment. During this time the Regiment was also notified that its name was being changed to that of 'Regiment Gideon Scheepers'. The rational was that the previous name had no real purpose except to distinguish it from other units and just indicated a locality where the Regiment originated from. The new name also brought a change in the unit’s insignia, but the merino rams head was retained with it now facing head-on. The laurel wreath was removed and the letters 'RGS' was added. This became effective from 1 January 1954. A new commanding offer, Commandant F.A. Stetzhorn was also appointed.
During 1959 at a commander’s conference at the Eastern Province Command, it was again proposed to change the name of the Regiment back to its original name. That proposal was rejected but the regiment was still renamed to that of Regiment Groot Karoo. This took effect on 1 January 1960. The Regimental emblem remained except the letters on the bottom changed to RGK.
In 1960, the Regiment was ordered to mobilise because of an internal state of emergency in the country. At the same time the Regiment was converted to an armoured-infantry unit
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