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The Royal Armoured Corps
British Army
The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle. It was created as a loose association of armoured regiments, both The Royal Tank Regiment and those converted from old horse cavalry regiments. (See Ancestry below) Today it comprises ten regular regiments and four Yeomanry regiments of the Army Reserve.
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The Royal Armoured Corps
Reference: WIKI Royal Armoured Corps
Today
The Royal Armoured Corps is divided into regiments which operate main battle tanks (heavy armoured regiments), those in reconnaissance vehicles (armoured reconnaissance regiments), and those in Weapons Mount vehicles (light reconnaissance regiments). Of these, three regiments are designated Dragoon Guards, two as Hussars, one as Lancers and one as Dragoons. The remaining regiment is The Royal Tank Corps. In the regular army, there are three armoured regiments, three armoured cavalry regiments and three light cavalry regiments:
Regular Army
- Household Cavalry- Armoured Reconnaissance
For operational purposes, the Household Cavalry Regiment is considered to be part of the RAC and constitutes the third armoured reconnaissance regiment.
- 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (1QDG) 1959 - Light Reconnaissance (3.1)
- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) (SCOTS DG) 1971 - Light Reconnaissance (3.2)
- The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) 1992 - Armoured Reconnaissance (3.3)
Northern Ireland's cavalry regiment.
- The Queen's Royal Hussars (QRH) 1993 (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) - Heavy Armoured
The senior Light Cavalry regiment in the British Army.
- https://www.geni.com/projects/British-Army-9th-12th-Royal-Lancers-Prince-of-Wale-s/38960 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)] - Armoured Reconnaissance (
- The King's Royal Hussars - Heavy Armoured
- 'The Light Dragoons - Light Reconnaissance
- The Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL) 1993
- [https://www.geni.com/projects/British-Army-The-Royal-Tank-Regiment/35127 Royal Tank Regiment - Heavy Armoured retains a CBRN reconnaissance and support squadron as part of its establishment
Regiments
3.1 3.1 - 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
Including ...
(Reflecting historic name changes and amalgamations)
1st King's Dragoon Guards
1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards
The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
3.23.2 - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
(Carabiniers and Greys)
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes and amalgamations)
The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)'
3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards'
3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales)'
6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)'
25th Dragoons
3.33.3 The Royal Dragoon Guards
Including ...
(Reflecting historic name changes and amalgamations)
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
1st Irish Horse
4th Irish Horse5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
5th/6th Dragoons
Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards
5th Dragoon Guards
6th Inniskilling Dragoons
3.4 QRH3.4 - The Queen's Royal Hussars
Including ...
(Reflecting historic name changes and amalgamations)
The Queen's Own Hussars
The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
3rd The King's Own Hussars
7th Queen's Own Hussars
4th Queen's Own Hussars
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
3.5 - 19603.5 The 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes)
9th Lancers
9th Queen's Royal Lancers
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
9th Regiment of Dragoons
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers)
9th Queen's Royal Lancers
9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers
12th Regiment of Dragoons
12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Lancers
12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Regiment of Lancers
12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers
12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
Col Phineas Bowle's Regiment of Dragoons
Major Gen. Owen Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons
3.6 The King's Royal Hussars
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes)
2nd Bengal European Light Cavalry
10th Dragoons
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars
10th Regiment of Dragoons
10th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
11th Regiment of Dragoons
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars)
11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
14th Dragoons
14th King's Hussars
14th Regiment of Dragoons
14th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
14th (The King's) Hussars
14th (The King's) Regiment of Light Dragoons
14th/20th Hussars
14th/20th King's Hussars
20th Hussars
20th Inniskilling Light Dragoons(disbanded)
20th Jamaica Light Dragoons(disbanded)
20th Light Dragoons (disbanded)
20th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Brig Gen Humphrey Core's Regiment of Dragoons
Duchess of York's Own Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
James Dormer's Regiment of Dragoons
King's Hussars
Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment of Dragoons
Phillip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons
Prince Alberts Own Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars)
Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
3.7
3.7 The Light Dragoons
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes)
1st Bengal European Light Infantry
1st (or The King's Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons
13th Dragoons
13th Hussars
13th Regiment of Dragoons
13th Regiment of Light Dragoons
13th/18th Hussars
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
15th (or King's) Light Dragoons
15th (or King's) Light Dragoons (Hussars)
15th (King's) Hussars
15th King's Hussars
15th (or Light) Dragoons
15th Regiment of (or Light) Dragoons
15th The King's Hussars
15th/19th Hussars
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
15th King's Hussars
18th Hussars
18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
18th Regiment of Light Dragoons
18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
19th (Princess of wales's Own) Hussars
19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexander's Own)
19th Regiment of Hussars
(Col Geo) Eliott's Light Horse
Drogheda Light Horse (1759)
Richard Munden's Regiment of Dragoons
The Queen's Royal Lancers]
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes)
2nd (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons
3rd Bengal European Light Cavalry
5th Dragoons
5th Regiment of Dragoons
5th Royal Irish Lancers
5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons
5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons (Lancers)
6th Dragoons
16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of Light Dragoons
16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers)
16th (Queen's) Lancers
16th The Queen's Lancers
16th (The Queen's) Lancers
16th/5th Lancers
16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers
17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
17th Lancers Duke of Cambridge's Own
17th (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons
17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
17th/21st Lancers
21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
21st Hussars
21st Lancers
21st Lancers Empress of India's
21st Lancers (Empress of India's)
21st Regiment of Hussars
21st Regiment of Light Dragoons
Burgoyne's Light Infantry
Burgoyne's Light Horse (16th Light Dragoons)
Hale's Light Horse (18th (or Light) Dragoons)
James Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons.
Ross's Regiment of Dragoons
Royal Dragoons of Ireland
Viscount Molesworth's Dragoons
Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons
The Royal Tank Regiment]
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes)
Armoured Car Section
The Machine Gun Corps
Motor Machine Gun Service
Royal Tank Corps
The Tank Corps
Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)
Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Section)
Notable Personnel
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