Royal Armoured Corps

Table of contents

1 Introduction
2 History
3 Units
4 Related Units
5 See Also

Introduction

The Royal Armoured Corps is a collection of 12 regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments. It provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger Tank and the Scimitar Recon Vehicle.

The RAC was created in 1939, just before World War II started, by combining the cavalry wing (cavalry units that had mechanised), and the Royal Tank Regiment. As the war went on, many units became mechanised, and joined this corps. In 1944, the unit absorbed the Reconnaissance Corps.

Units

Many units were encompassed by the RAC, and they are too numerous to list. However, they did fall into general categories:

Regulars

Dragoon Guards
Hussars
Lancers

Territorials

Yeomanry
Horse Yeomanry
Horse Guards

et cetera.

Converted Infantry Regiments

Armoured Delivery Regiments
Training Regiments
Infantry Regiments

Related Units

This unit is allied with the following:

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Royal Australian Armoured Corps