Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

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The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC) is the armoured branch of service of the Canadian Forces Land Force Command (Canadian Army), including regular force and militia regiments. The corps was formed in 1940 as the Canadian Armoured Corps with Major-General (then Colonel) F. F. Worthington as its first colonel-commandant, but claimed lineage from the Canadian Tank Corps of the First World War. The royal designation was added in 1945. Canadian armoured regiments split their heritage between the cavalry, from which many armoured regiments were created, and the infantry beginning in 1936 with the creation of "infantry (tank)" regiments and continuing from 1940 when many infantry regiments mobilized armoured units for the Second World War and eventually transferred from the (Royal) Canadian Infantry Corps into the RCAC.

1 Regular Force
2 Primary Reserves
3 Equipment
4 Order of precedence
5 See also

[edit] Regular Force

Royal Canadian Dragoons — armoured/armoured reconnaissance
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) — armoured/armoured reconnaissance
12^e Régiment blindé du Canada — armoured reconnaissance

[edit] Primary Reserves

The Governor General's Horse Guards — household cavalry/armoured reconnaissance
8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) — armoured reconnaissance
The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) — armoured reconnaissance
The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) — armoured reconnaissance
Sherbrooke Hussars — armoured
12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice) - armoured reconnaissance
1st Hussars — armoured reconnaissance
The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) — armoured reconnaissance
The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) — armoured reconnaissance
The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC) — armoured reconnaissance
The South Alberta Light Horse — armoured reconnaissance
The Saskatchewan Dragoons — armoured reconnaissance
The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) — armoured reconnaissance
The British Columbia Dragoons — armoured reconnaissance
The Fort Garry Horse — armoured reconnaissance
Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC) — armoured reconnaissance
The Windsor Regiment (RCAC) — armoured reconnaissance

[edit] Equipment

The main vehicles operated by the RCAC include:

Leopard 2 main battle tank, purchase announced in 2007
Leopard C2 main battle tank
LAV III infantry fighting vehicle
Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle; this is in service with the Regular Force regiments
G-Wagon reconnaissance vehicle; this is used by the Militia regiments

[edit] Order of precedence

RCHA on parade with guns: (See note below)

Preceded by: Army elements of Royal Military College of Canada	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (Armour Branch)	Succeeded by: Royal Canadian Artillery

RCHA on dismounted parades: (See note below)

Preceded by: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (Armour Branch)	Succeeded by: Royal Canadian Artillery

Note: The honour of "The Right of the Line" (precedence over other units), on an army parade, is held by the units of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery when on parade with their guns. On dismounted parades, RCHA units take precedence over all other land force units except formed bodies of Officer Cadets of the Royal Military College representing their college. RCA units parade to the left of units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.