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Royal Armoured CorpsThe 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. It provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance 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 Reconnaissance Corps. 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) - in the regular army there are five armoured regiments and five FR regiments: The 1st Royal Tank Regiment forms approximately 2/3 of the regular establishment of the Joint NBC Regiment. The Household Cavalry Regiment (consisting of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals) is not part of the RAC, although it fulfils a similar function. The Household Cavalry Regiment constitutes the fifth formation reconnaissance regiment. Related Units This unit is allied with the following: See Also External link
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