This website is dedicated to the soldiers and history of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, from Pre Federation colonial Light Horse regiments to the present day RAAC. It will cover the history and traditions of each regiment and include battle honours, personalities, badges and insignia, and of pictures.
It is intended for this site to be the most comprehensive reference on the Internet about the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) and its predecessors.
This site will include information on all the Australian Light Horse regiments, the Australian Armoured Regiments of World War 2 and the current Royal Australian Armoured Corps.
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is currently comprised of the following regiments:
Regular Army
1st Armoured Regiment – Armoured
2nd Cavalry Regiment – Reconnaissance
‘B’ Squadron, 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment – Armoured Personnel Carrier
2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) – Reconnaissance
Army Reserve
1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers – Light Cavalry
12th/16th Hunter River Lancers – Light Armoured
4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse – Light Cavalry
‘A’ Squadron, 3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australia Mounted Rifles) – Light Cavalry
‘A’ Squadron, 10th Light Horse Regiment – Light Cavalry
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is the senior arms corps within the Australian Army and is the comprised 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.
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps traces its lineage back to the Australian Light Horse regiments and in many cases to state militia prior to Federation. Today, many of the current regiments follow the traditions of their Light Horse predecessors.
The RAAC has an approximate current strength of about 250 officers and 1000 other ranks and has units around Australia.
The main characteristics of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) are firepower, mobility, protection, communications, endurance and flexibility.
Important Notice
Hi Everyone,
This site will very soon be changing as part of the RAAC Heritage project that we are involved with.
It will be changing format to an interactive blog format and as information and pictures become available, it will be updated.
Expect to see the site up in the new format in the next week or so, but it may not contain much information. A link to the old information will hopefully be made available as soon as possible.
Exciting times lie ahead!
Mick
