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Regular Force regiments

1. Royal Canadian Dragoons
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3. 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada

Militia regiments

1. The Governor General's Horse Guards
2. 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
3. The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)
4. The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)
5. Sherbrooke Hussars
6. 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice)
7. 1st Hussars
8. The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)
9. The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) trace a direct lineage from the Montreal Volunteer Cavalry formed in the late eighteenth century. The present regiment perpetuates five cavalry and one armoured unit: the Royal Montreal Cavalry, the 5th Dragoons, the 6th Duke of Connaughts Royal Canadian Hussars (6th DCRCH), the 11th... The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
10. The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC)
11. The South Alberta Light Horse (SALH) is one of the oldest and most colourful of the western Canadian army reserve units, tracing its earliest beginnings to the period of the Riel Rebellion of 1885. During this conflict the Rocky Mountain Rangers of Fort Macleod with 150 officers and men were... The South Alberta Light Horse
12. The Saskatchewan Dragoons
13. The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)
14. The British Columbia Dragoons
15. The Fort Garry Horse
16. Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)
17. The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)

Regiments that have the letters "RCAC" as part of their name are former infantry regiments that converted to armour.

Equipment

The main vehicles operated by the RCAC include:

• 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 original Leopard was a fairly conventional design armed with a German-built version of the... Leopard C2 main battle tank
• The Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle is an armoured fighting vehicle built by General Motors of Canada for the Canadian Armed Forces. Its 8-wheeled design is licensed from the Swiss firm Mowag, the Mowag Piranha. The Coyote is a larger version of the of the 6-wheeled AVGP, also developed from... Coyote reconnaissance vehicle; this is in service with the Regular force regiments
• AVGP means Armoured Vehicle General Purpose. Purchased by the Canadian military in the late 70s the AVGP consisted of three vehicles with similar chassis. They were: Cougar: 3 man crew armed with a 76mm main gun. Used as a tank trainer and fire support vehicle on UN missions. Grizzly... Cougar reconnaissance vehicle; this is used by the Militia regiments

See also

• The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. It provides the armour capability of the British Army, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle... Royal Armoured Corps
• Royal Australian Armoured Corps
• Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps