TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN MOUNTED MANOEUVRE
The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) provides the armour capability of the British Army. It combines speed, momentum, firepower and reconnaissance capabilities with armoured fighting vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank and Jackal Fighting Vehicle.
Facts & Figures
Active From
4 April 1939
Role
Armoured Corps
Specialism
Fighting Vehicles
Our Skills
We are physically and mentally prepared to succeed in complex and continually changing conditions, determined to seize and exploit fleeting opportunities and tactical and technical experts in all forms of mounted manoeuvre, from horses to tanks.
- Armour
- Armoured Cavalry
- Light Cavalry
- Ceremonial
Current Deployment
Our Regiments are serving in different countries around the world.
Our People
We have a strong ethos that enables our officers and soldiers to exploit the capabilities of their fighting vehicles and the speed of manoeuvre to outwit, outfight and outlast the enemy through shock action and reconnaissance.
Our Location
Home of the Royal Armoured Corps.
Bovington Garrison (including Lulworth) is the point of origin of the RAC.
Each member of the crew contributes to the Commander's situational awareness. Johno, 22
The Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps form the core of the British Army’s Mounted Close Combat capability.
The 10 Regular and 4 Reserve Regiments are descendants of the famous Cavalry Regiments who rode into battle on horseback and of the Royal Tank Regiment, who manned the very first tanks during the Great War (World War 1).
As one of the two Combat Arms, along with the Infantry, they are primarily focused on close combat through “closing with and destroying the enemy”.
Their core roles are Armour, Armoured Cavalry and Light Cavalry, as well as the ceremonial duties carried out by the Regiments of the Household Cavalry.
The Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps are descendants of the famous Cavalry Regiments who rode into battle on horseback as heavy or light horsemen; and of the Royal Tank Regiment who manned the first tanks during the Great War.
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Household Cavalry
Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, LONDON SW7 1SE 0207 414 2550
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1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
Robertson Barracks, Swanton Morley, Dereham, NORFOLK NR20 4TX 01362 62 7802
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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Waterloo Lines, Leuchars Station, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 0JX 01334 85 6253
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Royal Dragoon Guards
Alma Lines, Catterick Garrison DL9 3AQ 01748 87 3305
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Queen's Royal Hussars
Athlone Barracks BFPO 16 (0049) 05254 982 2428
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The Royal Lancers
Cambrai Lines, Munster Barracks, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire DL9 3PZ 01748 87 3348
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King's Royal Hussars
Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth, SP9 7BB 01980 650816
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Light Dragoons
Gaza Barracks, Catterick, North Yorkshire DL9 4AU 01748 872801
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Royal Tank Regiment
Kirkee Rd, Tidworth SP9 01929 403360
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Royal Yeomanry
Fulham House, Fulham SW6 3JS 020 7384 4644
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Royal Wessex Yeomanry
Allenby Barracks, Bovington, Wareham, Dorset BH20 6JA 01929 402024
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Queen's Own Yeomanry
Fenham Barracks, Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4NP 01912 393127
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Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
Redford Barracks, Edinburgh EH13 0PP 0131 310 5571
HOW FAR CAN DRIVING TAKE YOU IN THE ARMY - TANK CREW
Equipment
Challenger 2 Tank
Warrior
Bulldog & FV430 series
Jackal 2
Coyote TSV
Panther
SCIMITAR ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE
Wolfhound
RWMIK Land Rover
Land Combat Power Visit 2018 - Day 1
The British Army Land Combat Power Visit features a demonstration of combat power including an armoured assault onto an urban objective.
QDG take the lead on battlefield exercise
Troops from 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards have spearheaded a massive battlefield exercise as part of a multinational NATO force in Poland.
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