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

military organization Military organization (American English , AE) or military organisation (British English , BE) is the structuring of the armed forces of a State (polity), state so as to offer such military capability as a military policy, national defense pol ...

whose role is to conduct

armoured warfare Armoured warfare or armored warfare (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences), is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern Milita ...

. 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 battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; ...

s and other

armoured fighting vehicle An armoured fighting vehicle (British English) or armored fighting vehicle (American English) (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by vehicle armour, armour, generally combining operational mobility with Offensive (military), offensive a ...

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

army An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by ...

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

The armoured, tank, or mechanized corps of various nations'

armed forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a ...

during different time periods include: * Royal Australian Armoured Corps *

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC; ) is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army, including 3 Regular and 18 Reserve Force regiments,The Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army (Queen's Printer, 1964) as well as the Royal Canadian Armo ...

* Armoured Corps (Bangladesh) * British Indian Armoured Corps (until 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' ...

* Israeli Armored Corps * 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 Corp ...

Pakistan Armoured Corps The Pakistan Army Armoured Corps is a Military administration, military administrative and combined arms service Military branch, branch of the Pakistan Army. Headquartered in Nowshera Cantonment, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ...

Panzerwaffe , later also ( German for " Armoured Force", "Armoured Arm" or "Tank Force". : ombat"arm") refers to a command within the of the German , responsible for the affairs of panzer (tank) and motorized forces shortly before and during the S ...

, Nazi Germany *

Russian Tank Troops The Russian Tank Troops () is the armored warfare branch of the Russian Ground Forces. They are mainly used in conjunction with the Motorized Rifle Troops in the main areas and perform the following tasks: * in defence – on direct support of ...

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-55#Modernization, T-55AM2 main battle tank; the BMP development, BMP infantry fighting vehicle; and the BTR-80 and WZ551 armoured ...

Swedish Armoured Troops The Swedish Armoured Troops (, P) is the Armoured warfare, armoured branch of the Swedish Army. Since 2005, the Armoured Troops include the South Scanian Regiment (P 7) in Revingehed, Skaraborg Regiment (armoured), Skaraborg Regiment (P 4) in Sk� ...

Royal Armoured Corps 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 Ar ...

, United Kingdom * Ukrainian Armoured Forces *

Armor Branch The Armor Branch is the armored warfare branch of the United States Army. This branch was formerly considered to be one of the combat arms branches, but is today included within the "Maneuver, Fires and Effects" (MFE) classification, in acco ...

, United States

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 had its beginning with two army units formed by the British Administration headed by General Sir Gerald Temp ...

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

Mechanised corps (Soviet Union) A mechanised corps was a Soviet Armed Forces, 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 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist ...

Tank Corps (Soviet Union) A tank corps () 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) preceded the Tank Corps. They consisted ...

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

Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces 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. Rockenb ...

, 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 World War I, First World War. Today, it is an Armoured warfare, armoured regiment equipped with Challenger 2 main battle tanks ...

(UK)

List of armoured corps

Corps-sized armoured formations

See also