The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Army and Army Reserve regiments equipped with armoured vehicles in the Australian Army. The corps was formed in 1941 as the Australian Armoured Corps, before being given the Royal prefix in 1948. Image File history File links RAAC.jpg Badge of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps From Digger History File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Australian Army Emblem The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1st Armoured Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, and is the senior regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. ... 2nd Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the Australian Army and is the second most senior in the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. ... 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment is an armoured regiment of the Australian Army, and is third in seniority in the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. ... The 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) is a regiment of the Australian Army, part of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. ... CambridgeBayWeather 09:46, 27 August 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... CambridgeBayWeather 09:44, 27 August 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...
Equipment
The RAAC is primarily equipped with three types of vehicle:
Leopard 1 - the Leopard is Australia's main battle tank (MBT), and equips 1st Armoured Regiment. The Leopard is due for replacement by the M1A1 Abrams.
ASLAV - the ASLAV is a variant of the LAV III vehicle designed specifically for the Australian Army, and is used in the armoured reconnaissance role with 2nd Cavalry Regiment and 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment.
M113 - the M113 is an armoured personnel carrier that serves in both the light armoured and armoured reconnaissance roles with 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st/15th NSW Lancers, 3rd/9th SAMR, 4th/19th POW Light Horse, 10th Light Horse and 12th/16th HRL.
The Leopard is the primary post-WWII German tank design, a design that has been in use as the primary main battle tank for most European countries in various versions since the early 1960s. ... The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army. ... The Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV), is an Australian version of the Mowag Piranha. ... General characteristics Length 4. ... The M113, one of the most common APCs, on duty during the Vietnam War Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are light armoured fighting vehicles for the transport of infantry. ...
In 1944, the RAC absorbed the Reconnaissance Corps.
The RoyalArmouredCorps is divided into those regiments that operate main battle tanks (armoured regiments) and those that operate reconnaissance tanks (formation reconnaissance regiments).
The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band - this band represents the Royal Tank Regiment and the regiments of dragoon guards, and was formed in 2006 by the amalgamation of the Band of the Dragoon Guards and the Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band.
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