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British Army Arms and Services

Combat Arms
Royal Armoured Corps
Infantry
Guards Division
Scottish Division
King's Division
Queen's Division
Prince of Wales' Division
Royal Irish Regiment
Parachute Regiment
Royal Gurkha Rifles
The Rifles
Special Air Service Regiment
Army Air Corps
Combat Support Arms
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Corps of Royal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals
Intelligence Corps
Combat Services
Royal Army Chaplains Department
Royal Logistic Corps
Army Medical Services
Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Dental Corps
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Queen Alexandra's Royal
Army Nursing Corps
Corps of Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers
Adjutant General's Corps
Army Legal Services Branch
Royal Military Police
Military Provost Staff Corps
Small Arms School Corps
Army Physical Training Corps
General Service Corps
Corps of Army Music

The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. The British Army 's Infantry comprises 51 Battalions of Infantry, from 19 Regiments Of these 37 battalions are part of the 'Regular' army and the The Guards Division is an administrative unit of the British Army responsible for the administration of the regiments of Foot Guards. The Scottish Division is a British Army Infantry command training and administrative apparatus designated for all Scottish line infantry units The King's Division is a British Army command training and administrative apparatus designated for infantry regiments in the North of England The Queen's Division is a British Army command training and administrative apparatus designated for has the regiments from the east of England and the remaining regiment of The Prince of Wales's Division is a British Army command training and administrative apparatus designated for all land force units in the West of England and For the regiment of the same name disbanded in 1922 see Royal Irish Regiment (1684-1922 The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling 83rd The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army. The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR is a Regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. For the band The Rifles see The Rifles (band. For the novel by William T The Special Air Service ( SAS) is a Special forces regiment within the British Army which has served as a model and inspiration for the special The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army, first formed in 1942 The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers ( RE) and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. The Intelligence Corps (also known as Int Corps) is one of the Corps of the British Army. The Royal Army Chaplains' Department (RAChD is an all-officer corps that provides Ordained Clergy to minister to the British Army. Royal Logistic Corps is the British Army Corps that provides the logistic support for the Army The Army Medical Services (AMS is the organisation responsible for administering the four separate units responsible for supplying medical and nursing services in the British Army The Royal Army Medical Corps ( RAMC) is a specialist Corps in the British Army which provides Medical services to all British Army The Royal Army Dental Corps ( RADC) is a specialist Corps in the British Army that provides dental care services to British Army personnel and their families The Royal Army Veterinary Corps ( RAVC) is an administrative and operational branch of the British Army responsible for the provision training and care of animals Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps ( QARANC; commonly known as the QAs) is the Nursing branch of the British Army and part of the The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ( REME; pronounced phonetically as "Reemee" is a Corps of the British Army that has The Adjutant General's Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services The Army Legal Services Branch ( ALS) is a branch of the Adjutant-General's Corps (AGC in the British Army. The Royal Military Police ( RMP) is the branch of the British Army responsible for the policing of service personnel and providing a Military police The Military Provost Staff Corps ( MPSC) was the Corps of the British Army which ran its Military prisons As the Military Provost Staff The Small Arms School Corps (SASC is a small corps of the British Army responsible for maintaining the proficiency of the army in the use of small arms support weapons and The Army Physical Training Corps ( APTC) is the British Army Corps responsible for Physical fitness and Physical education. The General Service Corps ( GSC) is a corps of the British Army. The Corps of Army Music is a corps of the British Army. It was formed in 1994 as an umbrella organisation centred on the Royal Military School of Music A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel. There are currently nine regular cavalry regiments of the British Army, with four serving as Armoured regiments and five as Formation reconnaissance regiments. Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Territorial Army, descended from volunteer Cavalry regiments The Territorial Army ( TA) is the principal and Volunteer reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces branch of the United Kingdom It provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. FV4034 Challenger 2 is a Main battle tank (MBT currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. FV107 Scimitar is an Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank)

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History

Badge of the Royal Armoured Corps
Badge of the Royal Armoured Corps

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). Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The term cavalry wing in Military history was used to refer to the cavalry units positioned on either of the army Flanks when deployed for Battle, predominantly The Cavalry (from French cavalerie) is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as Soldiers or Warriors who fought mounted on The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR is an armoured regiment of the British Army. As the war went on, many other units became mechanised and joined this corps. This article is about a military unit For alternative meanings see Corps (disambiguation. In 1944, the RAC absorbed the Reconnaissance Corps. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Reconnaissance Corps was a short-lived Corps of the British Army.

Units

The Royal Armoured Corps is divided into those regiments that operate main battle tanks (armoured regiments) and those that operate reconnaissance tanks (formation reconnaissance regiments). A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical The Formation Reconnaissance Regiment is one of two organisations currently provided by Cavalry regiments of the British Army. Of these, three regiments are designated as Dragoon Guards, two as Hussars, two as Lancers and one as Dragoons. Dragoon guards was in some armies, particularly the British Army, the designation used to refer to heavy Cavalry Regiments from the 18th century Hussar (original Hungarian spelling huszár, plural huszárok, Husaria refers to a number of types of Light cavalry created in Hungary A lancer ( Uhlan) was a type of Cavalryman who fought with a Lance. A dragoon is a soldier intended primarily to fight on foot but trained also in Horse riding and cavalry combat especially The remaining two are the two regiments of the Royal Tank Regiment. The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR is an armoured regiment of the British Army. In the regular army there are five armoured regiments and five formation reconnaissance regiments:

The 1st Royal Tank Regiment forms approximately two thirds of the regular establishment of the Joint CBRN Regiment. 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys (SCOTS DG is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish (QRH is the senior United Kingdom light cavalry regiment. The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's (9/12 L is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The King's Royal Hussars (KRH is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The Light Dragoons (LD is a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The 1st Royal Tank Regiment ( 1 RTR) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. A weapon of mass destruction ( WMD) is a weapon which can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e …The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment ( 2 RTR) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. The Joint Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Regiment is a specialist expeditionary unit of the British armed forces.

The Household Cavalry Regiment (consisting of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals) is not part of the RAC; instead it is part of the Household Cavalry, which is classed as a corps in its own right. The Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and is one of two Regiments that are formed from the Household Cavalry The Life Guards (LG is the senior Regiment of the British Army. The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons (RHG/D is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the Cavalry of the Household Divisions a country’s most elite or historically However, for operational purposes, the Household Cavalry Regiment is considered to be part of the RAC and constitutes the fifth formation reconnaissance regiment.

Recruiting areas of the regular army regiments
Recruiting areas of the regular army regiments

Deployments

Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps are deployed primarily in the UK and Germany:

UK regiments

Overseas regiments

Armoured regiments:

Formation reconnaissance regiments:

Bands

The Corps of Army Music is responsible for the administration and training of the two RAC bands:

Reorganisation

The reorganisation of the army announced in 2004 led to significant changes to the Royal Armoured Corps. The 2003 Defence White Paper, entitled Delivering Security in a Changing World sets out the future of the British military, and builds on the 1998 "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Reorganisation that began in 2003 would see three armoured regiments removed from Germany to the UK, with one re-roled as an FR regiment. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In addition, three Challenger 2 squadrons will be converted to Interim Medium Armour Squadrons, while each FR regiment will gain a Command and Support Squadron.

Future deployments

As part of the reorganisation, postings will be realigned:

UK regiments

Overseas regiments

Order of Precedence

Preceded by:
Household Cavalry		 Order of Precedence Succeeded by:
Royal Regiment of Artillery

Related units

This unit is allied with the following:

See also

External links

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