The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Role of Armour:
To defeat the enemy through the aggressive use of firepower and battlefield
mobility.
Motto of the Armoured Corps:
Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond.
(General Worthington)
Regiments of the Armoured Corps:
From West to East:
- The British Columbia Regiment (Vancouver, BC)
- The British Columbia Dragoons (Kelowna, BC)
- Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (Calgary, AB-but due to move to Edmonton) *
- King's Own Calgary Regiment (Calgary,AB)
- South Alberta Light Horse (Edmonton and Medicine Hat, AB)
- Saskatchewan Dragoons (Moose Jaw, SK)
- The Fort Garry Horse R
egiment (Winnipeg, MB)
- Windsor Regiment (Windsor, ON)
- The First Hussars (London and Sarnia, ON)
- The Elgin Regiment (St. Thomas, ON)
- The Queen's York Rangers (Toronto and Aurora, ON)
- The Governor General's Horse Guards (Toronto, ON)
- The Ontario Regiment (Oshawa, ON)
- The Royal Canadian Dragoons (Petawawa, ON) *
- Le Regiment de Hull (Hull, PQ)
- The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal and St. Hubert, PQ)
- Le 12e Regiment Blinde du Canada (Milice) (Trois-Rivieres, PQ)
- Le 12e Regiment Blinde du Canada (BFC Valcartier, PQ) *
- The Sherbrooke Hussars (Sherbrooke, PQ)
- The 8th Canadian Hussars (CFB Gagetown, NB) *
- The 8th Canadian Hussars (Moncton, Sussex, and Sackville, NB)
- The Prince Edward Island Regiment (Charlottetown, PEI)
NOTE: Regiment's denoted with a * are Regular, the remaining Regiments are Reserve.
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