Royal Armoured Corps
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• 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. Today it comprises ten regular regiments and four Yeomanry regiments of the Army Reserve.
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 Regiment. In the regular army, there are three armoured regiments, three armoured cavalry regiments and three light cavalry regiments:
Regular Army
Household Cavalry1- Armoured Reconnaissance
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards - Light Reconnaissance
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) - Light Reconnaissance
The Royal Dragoon Guards - Armoured Reconnaissance
The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) - Heavy Armoured
The Royal Lancers - Armoured Reconnaissance
The King's Royal Hussars - Heavy Armoured
The Light Dragoons - Light Reconnaissance
Royal Tank Regiment - Heavy Armoured