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 nati ...

whose role is to conduct

armoured warfare Armoured warfare or armored warfare (mechanized forces, armoured forces or armored forces) (American English; see spelling differences), is the use of armored fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of ...

. 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 ...

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 cars, ...

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 Prin ...

* Bangladesh Armoured Corps * British Indian Armoured Corps (to 1947) * Indian Army Armoured Corps (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 * Seco ...

Egyptian Armored Corps The Egyptian Armoured Corps is a branch of the Egyptian Army and the second main Corps responsible for Armoured operations. It was established after the Egyptian Cavalry Corps was converted to use vehicles, after 1930. History In 1922, the K ...

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. Th ...

Sri Lanka Armoured Corps The Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) provides the armour capability of the Sri Lanka Army, with vehicles such as the T-55AM2, and type 80/88 main battle tanks; the BMP infantry fighting vehicle; and the BTR-80, and WZ551 armoured personnel carri ...

* Swedish Armoured Troops *

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 ...

, 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 *

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) The 1st Mechanized Corps was a Mechanised corps (Soviet Union), mechanized corps of the Red Army during World War II, formed twice. World War II 1st Formation Initially formed in March 1940 it was attached to the Leningrad Military District, an ...

2nd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) The 2nd Mechanised Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. First formation (June 1940 – Aug 1941) Initially formed in June 1940 in response the German victories of 1940 it was attached to the Odessa Military ...

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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 M ...

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5th Mechanised Corps (Soviet Union) The 5th Mechanised Corps was a mechanised corps of the Red Army, formed on three occasions. It was first formed in 1934 and was converted into the 15th Tank Corps in 1938. It was reformed in the Far East in 1940 and moved west before the Germa ...

** 1st Guards Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) ** 2nd Guards Mechanised Corps ** 6th Guards Mechanised Corps ** 6th Guards Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union) **

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* Tank Corps (Soviet), a type of Red Army formation used up to World War II * Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force, 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 Af ...

* 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 t ...

(UK)

List of armoured corps branches of ground forces

Corps-sized armoured formations

See also