Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Armoured Corps
Badge of the Royal Armoured Corps
Active	1939 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Armoured corps
Role	Armoured warfare CBRN defense Reconnaissance
Size	13 Regiments
Garrison/HQ	Bovington Garrison
Vehicles	Challenger 2, FV107 Scimitar, Ajax
Website	www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-armoured-corps/
Commanders
Colonel Commandant	Maj-Gen Nicholas C. L. Perry, DSO, MBE[1]
Insignia
Abbreviation	RAC

The Royal Armoured Corps is the armoured arm of the British Army, that together with the Household Cavalry provides its armour capability, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 and the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle. It includes most of the Army's armoured regiments, both the Royal Tank Regiment and those converted from old horse cavalry regiments.^[2] Today it comprises twelve regiments, eight regular and four Army Reserve. Although the Household Cavalry Regiment (the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals) provide an armoured regiment, they are not part of the RAC.^[3]