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Royal Armoured Corps

Index Royal Armoured Corps

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. [1]

74 relations: Ajax (armoured vehicle), Armoured regiment (United Kingdom), Bad Fallingbostel, Bovington Camp, British Army, British Army order of precedence, Catterick Garrison, Cavalry regiments of the British Army, CBRN defense, Challenger 2, Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), Corps, Corps of Army Music, Delivering Security in a Changing World, Dragoon, Dragoon Guards, Formation reconnaissance regiment, Future of the British Army (Army 2020 Refine), Future Rapid Effect System, FV107 Scimitar, Germany, Hohne, Household Cavalry, Household Cavalry Regiment, Hussar, Jackal (vehicle), King's Royal Hussars, Lancer, Light cavalry, Light Dragoons, London, Main battle tank, Malaysian Royal Armoured Corps, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Queen's Own Yeomanry, Queen's Royal Hussars, Queen's Royal Lancers, RAF Honington, RAF Leuchars, Reconnaissance Corps, Robertson Barracks, Norfolk, Royal Artillery, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, Royal Dragoon Guards, Royal Lancers, Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Royal Tank Regiment, ..., Royal Wessex Yeomanry, Royal Yeomanry, Scotland, Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry, Sennelager, Southern England, Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010, Structure of the British Army, The Midlands, Tidworth Camp, Warminster, Windsor, Berkshire, World War II, Yeomanry, 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East, 9th/12th Royal Lancers. Expand index (24 more) »

Ajax (armoured vehicle)

The Ajax, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a family of armoured fighting vehicles being developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army.

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Armoured regiment (United Kingdom)

Armoured regiments are units provided by the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army.

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Bad Fallingbostel

Bad Fallingbostel is the district town (Kreisstadt) of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony.

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Bovington Camp

Bovington Camp is a British Army military base in Dorset, England.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Army order of precedence

The regular army of the British Army is listed according to an order of precedence for the purposes of parading.

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Catterick Garrison

Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and town south of Richmond in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Cavalry regiments of the British Army

There are currently nine regular cavalry regiments of the British Army, of these, two serve as armoured regiments, three as armoured cavalry regiments, three as light cavalry and one as a mounted ceremonial regiment.

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CBRN defense

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense (CBRN defense or CBRNE defense) is protective measures taken in situations in which chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear warfare (including terrorism) hazards may be present.

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Challenger 2

The FV4034 Challenger 2 (MOD designation "CR2") is a British main battle tank (MBT) in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman.

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Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)

The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) —or CVR(T)—is a family of armoured fighting vehicles (AFV)s in service with the British Army and others throughout the world.

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Corps

Corps (plural corps; via French, from the Latin corpus "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organisation.

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Corps of Army Music

The Corps of Army Music (CAMUS) is a Corps of the British Army dedicated to the provision and promotion of military music.

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Delivering Security in a Changing World

The 2003 Defence White Paper, titled Delivering Security in a Changing World, set out the future structure of the British military, and was preceded by the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter, which responded to the immediate challenges to security in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001.

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Dragoon

Dragoons originally were a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility but dismounted to fight on foot.

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Dragoon Guards

Dragoon Guards was the designation used to refer to certain heavy cavalry regiments in the British Army from the 18th century onwards.

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Formation reconnaissance regiment

The Formation Reconnaissance Regiment is one of two organisations currently provided by cavalry regiments of the British Army.

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Future of the British Army (Army 2020 Refine)

Army 2020 Refine, formerly known as Future Army Structure (Next Steps) or FAS (Next Steps), is the name given to an ongoing restructuring of the British Army, and in particular its fighting brigades.

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Future Rapid Effect System

The Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) was the name for the overarching British Ministry of Defence (MOD) programme to deliver a fleet of more than 4,000 armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army.

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FV107 Scimitar

The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Hohne

Hohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle.

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Household Cavalry

The Household Cavalry (HCav) is made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).

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Household Cavalry Regiment

The Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) is an Armoured Cavalry regiment of the British Army based at Combermere Barracks in Windsor.

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Hussar

A hussar was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Eastern and Central Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, originally Hungarian.

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Jackal (vehicle)

The Jackal or MWMIK (pronounced EmWimmick) or Mobility Weapon-Mounted Installation Kit is a family of vehicles designed and developed by Supacat Ltd at their factory in Honiton, Devon (UK) for use by the British Army and Royal Air Force Regiment.

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King's Royal Hussars

The King's Royal Hussars (KRH) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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Lancer

A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance.

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Light cavalry

Light cavalry comprises lightly armed and lightly armoured troops mounted on horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the riders (and sometimes the horses) are heavily armored.

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Light Dragoons

The Light Dragoons (LD) is a cavalry regiment in the British Army.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Main battle tank

A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the armor-protected direct fire and maneuver role of many modern armies.

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Malaysian Royal Armoured Corps

The Royal Armoured Corps or Kor Armor Diraja (KAD) is the armoured forces of the Malaysian Army.

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Northern England

Northern England, also known simply as the North, is the northern part of England, considered as a single cultural area.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Queen's Own Yeomanry

The Queen's Own Yeomanry (QOY) is one of the Army Reserve light armoured reconnaissance regiments.

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Queen's Royal Hussars

The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (QRH) is the senior United Kingdom armoured regiment.

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Queen's Royal Lancers

The Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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RAF Honington

Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England.

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RAF Leuchars

Royal Air Force Leuchars or RAF Leuchars was a Royal Air Force station located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.

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Reconnaissance Corps

The Reconnaissance Corps, or simply Recce Corps, was a corps of the British Army, formed during the Second World War whose units provided the mobile spearhead of infantry divisions.

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Robertson Barracks, Norfolk

Robertson Barracks is military installation near Swanton Morley in Norfolk.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army.

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Royal Australian Armoured Corps

The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is a corps of the Australian Army which provides the Australian Defence Force's armour capability.

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Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC; Corps blindé royal canadien) is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army, including regular and reserve force regiments.

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Royal Dragoon Guards

The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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Royal Lancers

The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Force and Territorial Force units equipped with armoured vehicles in the New Zealand Army.

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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) (SCOTS DG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment.

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Royal Tank Regiment

The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the Great War.

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Royal Wessex Yeomanry

The Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RWxY) is a Reserve armoured regiment of the British Army Reserve consisting of five squadrons.

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Royal Yeomanry

The Royal Yeomanry (RY) is the senior reserve light cavalry regiment of the Army Reserve.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry

The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (SNIY) is a new creation, created out of the restructuring of the Yeomanry Regiments.

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Sennelager

Sennelager is a village in Germany that forms part of the City of Paderborn.

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Southern England

Southern England, or the South of England, also known as the South, refers roughly to the southern counties of England.

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Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010

The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 was announced by the newly formed Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government of the United Kingdom in May 2010, and published on 19 October 2010.

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Structure of the British Army

The structure of the British Army is broadly similar to that of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, in that the four-star (general-equivalent) field commands have been eliminated.

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The Midlands

The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia.

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Tidworth Camp

Tidworth Camp is a military installation at Tidworth in Wiltshire.

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Warminster

Warminster is a town and civil parish in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36 (between Salisbury and Bath) and the partly concurrent A350 between Westbury and Blandford Forum.

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Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor is a historic market town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yeomanry

Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Army Reserve, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments.

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12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade, formerly the 12th Mechanized Brigade, is a regular brigade of the British Army which has been in almost continuous existence since 1899 and now forms part of 3rd Mechanised Division.

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1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade is an infantry brigade of the British Army with a long history including service during both World War I and World War II.

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1st Royal Tank Regiment

The 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army.

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1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

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20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (The Iron Fist) is an armoured infantry brigade formation of the British Army, currently based at Antwerp Barracks, part of Westfalen Garrison, northern Germany, as part of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division.

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2nd Royal Tank Regiment

The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army.

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4th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 4th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that served in both First and Second World Wars.

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51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland

51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland is an Adaptable Force Brigade of the British Army.

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7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East

The 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East is a formation in the British Army with a direct lineage to 7th Armoured Brigade and a history that stretches back to the Napoleonic Wars.

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9th/12th Royal Lancers

The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1960 by the amalgamation of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 12th Royal Lancers.

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Redirects here:

British Armoured Corps, British Army/Royal Armoured Corps.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps

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