An armoured corps (also mechanized corps or tank corps) is a specialized

military organization Military organization or military organisation is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer such military capability as a national defense policy may require. In some countries paramilitary forces are included in a nation ...

whose role is to conduct

armoured warfare Armoured warfare or armored warfare (mechanized forces, armoured forces or armored forces) (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences), is the use of armoured fighting vehicle, armo ...

. The units belonging to an armoured corps include military staff, and are equipped with

tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engin ...

s and other

armoured fighting vehicle An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities. AFVs can be wheeled or tracked. Examples of AFVs are tanks, armoured car ...

s, as well as supporting vehicles. The term may refer to two different types of organizations: # A state's top-level branch of the

ground forces An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

which serves as the umbrella for all of its specialized armoured formations # Any of the corps-sized formations within a ground forces that are composed chiefly of military units serving in the armoured role

List of armoured corps branches of ground forces

The armoured, tank, or mechanized corps of various nations' armed forces during different time periods include: *

Royal Australian Armoured Corps The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is a corps of the Australian Army which provides the Australian Defence Force's armour capability. Armour combines firepower, mobility, protection and networked situational awareness to generate shock ...

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC; french: links=no, Corps blindé royal canadien) is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army, including 3 Regular and 18 Reserve Force regimentsThe Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's Printe ...

* Bangladesh Armoured Corps *

British Indian Armoured Corps The Indian Armoured Corps was a unit of the British Empire's Indian Army. The Corps was formed on 1 May 1941 to administer existing armoured units within the Indian Army. Its headquarters was located at Ferozepore. Upon partition in 1947, the unit's ...

(to 1947) *

Indian Army Armoured Corps The Indian Army Armoured Corps is one of the combat arms of the Indian Army. Tracing its origins from the first regiment formed in 1776, the present corps was formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the British Indian Army' ...

(from 1947) *

Israeli Armored Corps , ''Ha'adam she'Ba Tank Ye'na'tzeah'') , song= , mascot= , equipment= , equipment_label= , battles= * War of Independence * Sinai War * Six-Day War * War of Attrition * Yom Kippur War * First Lebanon War * First Intifada * Second Intifada * Se ...

* Egyptian Armored Corps *

Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Force and Territorial Force units equipped with armoured vehicles in the New Zealand Army. The corps was formed in 1942 as the New Zealand Armoured Corps ...

Pakistan Armoured Corps The Armoured Corps ( ur, ﺁرمرڈ كور) of the Pakistan Army is a combat branch tasked with armoured warfare. Equipped with more than 3,742 main battle tanks, the corps is headquartered in the garrison town of Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. T ...

* Sri Lanka Armoured Corps *

Swedish Armoured Troops The Swedish Armoured Troops ( sv, Pansartrupperna, P) is the armoured branch of the Swedish Army. Since 2005, the Armoured Troops include the South Scanian Regiment (P 7) in Revingehed, Skaraborg Regiment (P 4) in Skövde, Norrbotten Armoured Bat ...

Royal Armoured Corps The Royal Armoured Corps is the component of the British Army, that together with the Household Cavalry provides its armour capability, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle. It includes most of the A ...

, United Kingdom

Corps-sized armoured formations

Armoured, tank, or mechanized corps-sized formations (typically composed of divisions and belonging to a field army), include: *

Malaysian Royal Armoured Corps The Royal Armoured Corps or ''Kor Armor Diraja'' (KAD) is the armoured forces of the Malaysian Army. The Royal Malaysian Armoured Corps have had its beginning with two army units formed by the British Administration headed by General Sir Gera ...

Rhodesian Armoured Corps The Rhodesian Armoured Corps, nicknamed the "Black Devils" — was the only standing armoured battalion of the Rhodesian Security Forces. During World War II, it took part in the Allied Spring 1945 offensive and the Battle of Monte Cassino a ...

Mechanised corps (Soviet Union) A mechanised corps was a Soviet armoured formation used prior to the beginning of World War II and reintroduced during the war, in 1942. Pre-war development of Soviet mechanised forces In Soviet Russia, the term armored forces (thus called ''B ...

** 1st Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 2nd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 3rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) **

4th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) The 4th Mechanized Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. Operation Barbarossa Initially formed in January 1941, it was serving with the 6th Army, Kiev Special Military District under the command of General Ma ...

6th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

8th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) The 8th Mechanized Corps, was a mechanized corps of the Soviet Ground Forces. It was destroyed in 1941 in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. The formation of the 8th Mechanized Corps began on June 4, 1940. The commander was General Lieutenant ...

9th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) The 9th Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Soviet Red Army, formed twice. It was first formed in November 1940 and disbanded in September 1941 after suffering heavy losses. The corps was formed again in August 1943 at Tula. The second ...

** 10th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 12th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 21st Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 24th Mechanised Corps **

3rd Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union) Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hig ...

** 5th Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union) ** 1st Guards Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 2nd Guards Mechanised Corps **

6th Guards Mechanised Corps G6, G.VI, G.6 or G-6 may refer to: International politics * G6 (EU), the six largest European Union members * Group of Six, a 1975 international summit which led to the G7 and G8 * 44th G7 summit, referred to as the "G6+1" or just "G6" due to ...

** 6th Guards Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 9th Guards Mechanized Corps ** 5th Guards Mechanised Corps *

Tank Corps (Soviet) A tank corps (russian: танковый корпус) was a type of Soviet armoured formation used during World War II. Pre-war development of Soviet mechanized forces In Soviet Russia, the so-called armored forces (броневые силы) pr ...

, a type of Red Army formation used up to World War II *

Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force The Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces was the mechanized unit that engaged in tank warfare for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front during World War I. Organization Brigadier General Samuel D. Rockenbach ...

, a United States unit in World War I *

Tank Corps, National Army The Tank Corps, National Army, was the stateside tank unit of the United States Army during and after World War I. Preceded by the Tank Service of the National Army of 15 February 1918 in the 65th Engineers at Camp Meade, the service was removed ...

, a stateside United States unit during World War I *

I Armored Corps (United States) The I Armored Corps was a corps-sized formation of the United States Army that was active in World War II. The Corps made landfall in Morocco in French North Africa during Operation Torch in November 1942, the Allied invasion of French North Afr ...

* Tank Corps, later Royal Tank Corps, early name of the

Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. Today, it is the armoured regiment of the British Army's 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Formerly known as th ...

(UK)

List of armoured corps branches of ground forces

Corps-sized armoured formations

See also