Royal Armoured Corps
The Royal Armoured Corps is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. It provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Recce Vehicle.
History
The RAC was created on 4 April 1939, just before World War II started, by combining the cavalry wing (cavalry units that had mechanised), and the Royal Tank Corps (which was thereupon renamed the Royal Tank Regiment within the new corps). As the war went on, many other units became mechanised and joined this corps. In 1944, the RAC absorbed the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
The Household Cavalry (consisting of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals) is not part of the RAC, although it fulfils a similar function.
Many units were encompassed by the RAC, and they are too numerous to list. However, they did fall into general categories:
Converted Infantry Regiments
Related Units
This unit is allied with the following:
- Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
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