Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Armoured Corps
(abbr the RAC)
a division of the British Army formed in 1939 to combine all the units using armoured vehicles (= tanks or other heavily protected and armed vehicles). It also includes all the old cavalry regiments (= soldiers who fought on horses) except the Household Cavalry.

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